Oh my sweet gods I am sorry everyone, it has been a while and I am so sorry for that. I know I have told you all about my issues and over the past few months' things have been changing rapidly for me and my family. My mother had to move away due to my grandmother breaking her hip and had no one to help her. I helped my mother move and then clean her apartment since she left in such a rush.

After I finished with my mother's apartment I myself had to move due to increasing dangerous issues in my last apartment. Now I am settled and feeling good about life again I am back and hopefully I keep up this time and not wait another two months before updating again.

I hope you all enjoy this next chapter and remember my only beta is my husband and even he misses a few things. So please excuse any grammar and spelling issues we have missed.

Garrus growled when he jumped awake, looking around he noticed he was in an alleyway with weight pressing down on his chest. He felt slightly better that for once he was able to wake up without cumming in his plates but the latest dream he had of Shepard was amazing. He breathed in hard only to have something soft tickle his nose, looking down he spotted why. It was Shepard passed out and mostly naked draped on his chest, her hair was flowing around him and it was what tickled his nose. He looked at her naked form with only a boot still on, one pant leg trapped along with her underwear and her bra pushed up to reveal her breasts.

He slowly remembered what brought them there and all that he had done to her. Spirits it wasn't a dream, Garrus was cursing himself at his actions and the slowly oozing wound on her shoulder from his bite. He wondered how they would escape the alleyway when Shepard suddenly shifted and Garrus groaned at the feeling of her vaginal walls squeeze his cock and the knot that kept him locked to her. He calmed down enough to look at the wound on her neck.

Garrus forgot to breath as the sight of the slowly closing wound, he had done it, he marked her. There was one problem though, he wasn't marked, and that needed to be fixed. That or they put some medi gel on the wound and heal the bite without scaring. Erasing the huge issue and leaving Garrus alone, but he needed to see if that is what Shepard wanted.

Garrus was disgusted with how he had practically cornered Shepard to agree to be his mate. Only to half ass it and only have her marked, he needed his own mark from her or the bond only showed that she was his mistress. Garrus stopped his racing mind as he felt himself slide out of Shepard's hot wet body.

Garrus sighed in a relief till he smelt other males and growled in jealousy and the urge to keep his scent on her raged within him. He quickly maneuvered her body to dress her, she was dead weight as he angled her uncovered leg to pull up her underwear. He smirked as he stopped his cum from leaking out of her body and locking his scent with hers till her next shower. Next he pulled up her pants and tried to fix her bra to get it covering her breasts again. He then moved to grab her shirt and get it over her head and maneuver her arms into the sleeves.

Garrus grunted at the effort to understand human clothing and didn't even try to struggle with the buttons and grabbed her boot and struggle to understand how that works. He was able to get it on her foot but the strings he ignored. He grabbed his glove and codpiece to put on everything and then ponder on the best way to escape the alley without every turian they passed staring at them.

Garrus quickly pulled up his omni-tool and hack into the alarm system and set off a fake fire alarm. The loud buzzing started and Garrus was surprised the Shepard seemed to sleep through it and he watched turians run from the shopping district. After a few minutes he slowly walked out of the alley and glanced around. Seeing the coast was clear he made a run for it and took every back way he could think of back to his quarters and get Shepard in his bed.

He needed to talk to her properly, clean her wound and possibly get her begging for him again if she did want this relationship. Within ten minutes he snuck his way into the living quarters but thought better of going to his rooms. He needed his time alone with Shepard and knowing what so many turians had witnessed, he was sure sooner or later his father and Saren would find out then hunt him down and get answers. He worried how his father will react, it was a stain to his father's pride knowing his son was sold and had a sexual relationship with his owner now Garrus had mated to his former owner and could see his father gain a heart attack over the shock.

He quickly hacked his way into Shepard's room and locked everything down. He hoped no one could hack their way past his firewalls till everything between him and Shepard was worked out. He needed to focus on her and with everyone wanting to either kill their barely budding relationship he needed to hide away till they worked out everything. Hopefully his fellow turians would know better than interrupt a mating turian and how even his father would face his wrath should he be interrupted.

Garrus made his way into the room that smelled heavily of her and laid her down before heading into the bathroom to find something to clean her off with. He growled in frustration finding no clothes to wipe away the blood and clean everything. Moving back into the bedroom he pulled off her already ruined shirt and ripped that apart to make strips to clean her with.

Garrus hoped the shirt didn't mean anything to Shepard as he got one strip wet and another soaped up. He stripped out of his armor before laying himself on her bed and slowly trying to pull off her bra properly. He gave up after a few tugs and just cut the contraption off with his talons before pulling off each boot and then stripping away her pants and underwear.

He hissed in anger at seeing the red angry bite on her inner thigh and berated himself for his carelessness as he slowly cleaned the wound and pulling a medi-gel from his armor and using it on her skin. Next he worked on any scratches he had made and slowly rubbed in lotion he had found on her nightstand into any reddened raw skin. Next he needed Shepard's opinion he couldn't do much to her bond mark without knowing her feelings on being mated to him.

He pushed her gently, "Shepard wake up."

She groaned before turning over trying to push away the offending hand on her shoulder. He chuckled lowly at her before shaking her a bit more, "Shepard we need to talk."

"Go away, I'm tired."

He shook his head before nipping her shoulder gently but firmly to get her attention. "Stephanie, wake up."

She squeaked at the light pinch before shoving at the large turian, "God damn it Garrus I'm tired."

Shepard slowly focused on Garrus and wondered why he was in her room, in her bed, and only in his under suit. She then focused on the cold air hitting her skin and noticed how very naked she was. She then remembered her 'conversation' with him in the alley way and blushed so hard that she was sure her face turned the same blood red color as her hair.

"Shit! We… we had sex! In public. Oh fucking Christ! You bit me! We're… we're mated…"

Shepard looked at him with her mouth parted, her eyes started to water in happiness and her mouth was slowly breaking out into a happy grin over the events. Till she realized he wanted to talk about something. That's why he had woken her up, he had finally come out of his haze and wanted to talk to her about it. She glanced around spotting the medi-gel and other cleaning items. He wanted to heal the wound and forget he had ever claimed her. She quickly grew cold and snapped her mouth shut before turning her focus to something else, like her slowly growing blue toes. She needed a blanket or something, what little warmth she had seemed to have left her.

"What do you want Garrus?"

Garrus watched her expressions and the growing happy expression that took over her blush after realizing he had laid a bond mark on her. Till she spotted the medi-gel and then her expression grew cold and Garrus swore he could feel the warmth be sapped out of the room. He had grown hope that she wanted the mark on her skin and grew confident at his assumption that she did want this between them.

He purred at her before nuzzling the mark making her suck in a breath, "Stephanie, tell me. Do you want my mark upon your neck?"

She hissed at him, "You talk first, why did you want to mark me?"

Garrus clicked at her, "Because I can't stop thinking about you." He said but his subvocals screamed, "I dream of you every night and no other can fulfill me as you seem to be able to do."

She hissed again before pulling away to glare at him in anger, "Bullshit! You've been screwing Nyreen daily for the past month. How am I supposed to assume you want to be mated to a human when you have something closer to home to warm your bed."

It was Garrus' turn to growl in anger, "Who the fuck told you I've been screwing Nyreen?"

Shepard jumped out of the bed and grabbed the sheet to pull around her body to cover herself up from his gaze. "Nyreen did! Practically rubbed my nose in the fact that now that your back with your own kind you've been fucking her daily. Then confessing to her about how you were so happy that you no longer needed to fuck a human to make sure she doesn't sell your ass."

Garrus growled before stalking the small human only covered in the thin sheet that did little to hide her body. "I screwed that bitch once and she left me more pent up after our quick fuck then I have been since basic. Why in spirits names do you think I've been more hostile as the month has progressed? I haven't been able to get you out of my mind! I have been literally dreaming of you allowing me back into your bed and body. I went into a rage every time some male comes close to you, I wanted to beat Thane when he took you shopping. I want you and only you! I have to fight Nyreen off daily because despite her eagerness to be bent over any object and fucked, I refuse to because our one screw left me feeling like I cheated on you!"

Shepard stared at Garrus in wonder, he really wanted her. Her heart seemed to skip a beat at every omission and was surprised she was still standing. Her legs seemed to wobble and she felt hot tears make their way down her cheeks. "You… really want me? Even though I'm human? My race enslaved yours and you still want me? Even though I can't give you children, or a normal life and more than likely everyone will hate you for your choice. Even though I was with Nihlus?"

Garrus slowly walked up to her, afraid she would try and bolt and run from him. He pulled her into his arms and nuzzled her neck before pressing his forehead to hers. "I've messed up in a lot of ways Shepard, but you seem to be the only thing I have done right. Yes, I want you and everyone else can deal if they don't like my choice. The Nihlus thing I can get over, it wasn't the first time between you two and I feel like I deserve it for screwing around with Nyreen."

He nuzzled her again before pulling her closer, "the only thing we need to rectify is the bond mark."

Shepard looked up at him, "What do you mean?"

Garrus chuffed out a sigh, "Without my own matching bond mark your marked as a mistress not my proper mate. We need to fix that, I refuse to have you as anything less than my proper mate."

Shepard looked up to him in happiness, he never needed to tell her that. She didn't know about that little turian fact and probably never would have known unless Nihlus had told her if he ever noticed Garrus lacked the matching mark. Shepard smiled before walking to a closest and opened it up to pull out a duffle bag. She rifled through it till she found the plate softener that Liara had purchased for her when she first got Garrus.

She passed the little tube to Garrus and he looked at it questioning till his visor seemed to translated the writing and his mandibles fluttered before widening into a turian smile.

"Been thinking of this Shepard?"

She blushed slightly, "No I just… brought some of those items that were found in one of the boxes."

Garrus looked at her quizzically, "I'm pretty sure I hid those boxes."

Shepard laughed, "Hide them better! Liara found them when she raided my apartment when we ran from the Citadel after the attack."

Garrus nodded in understanding, there was no way she could have found the boxes with him and Nihlus hovering over her when she was in her home. Liara must have searched for them after the attack and they were both in surgery. He prayed the asari left behind some of the more… playful toys and items.

"So… You want this Shepard? I know I do… but you never told me how you felt about this. We can still heal your mark… and you could find something closer to home."

She smiled at him, "You really need to ask big guy? Why else would I have freaked out the way I did? Plus, I really don't need to find something closer to home, we've both seen how my efforts came out."

Garrus felt his mandibles flutter in a wide smile before looking over the directions and opened the tube and went into the bathroom to first apply the substance to his softer hide of his neck after removing his under suit. As he waited the required fifteen minutes he helped Shepard clean her bond mark of the remaining blood before leaving it to slowly close on its own. Next he washed the softener off and slowly climbed into bed with Shepard.

He purred into her ear before pulling her close to him, "I need you again Stephanie."

She looked at him, "Really?"

He nodded, "I have a whole month of pent up…" He purred in her ear again, "Stress, to work though. First though I need your bite."

Shepard nodded as she licked at his neck making him purr in her ear as he nuzzled her mark. It was going to kill him to stop himself from biting her again as she marked him properly. Before he could think he felt her teeth latch onto his neck. He growled before positioning himself between her legs and feeling his cock start to emerge from his plates. He felt her teeth press into his hide and knew that her blunt little teeth were going to hurt but knew instinct would take control and he would enjoy every second of the pain. He roared in pleasure as her blunt teeth finally broke through the soft hide and he simultaneously buried himself in her soft body.

Neither could escape the other now, they were mated and nothing would change it.

Nihlus watched with Jack as Garrus tried his hardest to sneak his way into the living area and then hack his way into Shepard's quarters. He held a passed out Shepard and Nihlus was proud his friend finally took the plunge and admitted his feelings to Shepard.

"Finally."

Jack laughed next to him, "They just had sex Nihlus. The reason why Garrus is sneaking around is because they didn't do much talking."

"What do you mean?"

She sighed at him, "I mean, that they didn't confess shit. That's why he's sneaking around, he's trying to get privacy to ask the hard questions now."

"You telling me those two just fucked and didn't say shit about what's really happening between them."

"Yes, you dumb ass. If they had worked out their feelings, they both would have walked around here with their chests puffed out in fulfillment and to hell with what people thought."

"So he's what? Going to hold them up in her quarters till she wakes up and he gets his answers and hopeful confessions?"

Jack nodded before looking back at the large dark chocolate brown turian with striking green eyes. She never really noticed his features till now, his white colony markings were beautiful on his plates and they made him look even darker but brought out the almost neon green color so much more. She now understood why in his papers he was sold for breeding contracts. His colors were beautiful, Jack shook herself and wanted to beat her own ass for getting lost in school girlish thoughts over a turian she had in all ways abused. She pushed the little girlish thoughts away and focused on Shepard's relationship.

"I bet you right now he's trying to get her to understand how he feels or understand her feelings. Then possibly move on to work out all his stress."

Both Nihlus and Jack laughed at the pun before jumping at the rough voice behind them, "We have an issue guys."

They both turned around to see Wrex and Grunt looking at the quarters located a little further down as a male turian with similar markings to Garrus stomp out yelling at someone behind him still in his rooms.

"No son of mine would willingly mate a human! Her race enslaved us and I'll be damned by the spirits before I allow her to continue to manipulate my son."

He stomped his way to where Nihlus and Jack stood, because they stood in Garrus' doorway watching the drama unfold. Behind the male, ran out two female turians, both with more feminine blue colony markings very similar to Garrus' and the older turian in front of them.

The male hissed at Jack before looking at Nihlus, "where is that idiot of a son of mine."

Nihlus hissed back not fearing the angered male despite his lineage and higher standing. "He's not here."

Nihlus' subvocals screamed at the male to back the fuck off and understand his son's feelings. The male's subvocals replied that Nihlus better show some respect to his highers. Nihlus hissed again, "I show respect to Shepard and her crew for not only saving my ass but then freeing not only me but others that include not only your son but your daughter as well."

The females behind Garrus' father tried to pull the turian away but only received his insults. Nihlus recognized Solana and grew angered at her father as he screamed at both of them for their lack of insult over Garrus' actions. Garrus' mother seemed to gain the brunt of his father's insults for raising a disobedient and undisciplined son. It was her fault that Garrus grew up to be a horrible turian and lacked honor to follow turian culture. Then he yelled about how they can be so calm that Garrus had mated a human.

Wrex stepped forward pushing Nihlus out of the way before looking down at the old turian. Before growling at the male, "You have a problem with my sister?"

Grunt shoved his way forward as well, "My battle master is one of the strongest to exist and is sister to all of the Urdnot clan. Any male and his clan should be honored to be tied to such a strong female."

The male turian didn't know when to back down and only seemed to try and intimidate Wrex with no luck as he stepped forward and got in Wrex's face. "I have an issue with that human whore you all seem to think is the best thing to grace this base. I should feel honored to have a black stain smeared on my families name because my son was thinking with his cock? If he wanted a quick fuck any turian female would have been a better choice than that human whore."

Grunt growled at the insult to not only his battle master but his mother. "Watch your tongue turian or I'll rip it out of your mouth and show it to you before I make you eat it. It is an honor your son is even allowed in the same room as my mother and still hold his organs within his gullet."

Wrex laughed at the anger Grunt was unleashing to the older turian. Never fuck with young krogan and insult his mother. Before the other turian could fling more insults a loud roar was heard from Shepard's quarters and everyone quickly shifted their attention to the red locked door. Garrus' father quickly turned and tried to hack his way into the room, luckily he was denied. He ranted for a bit still trying to open the door as it kept making horrible beeping at every denial till Legion showed up. The turian grabbed the geth and forced him over to the door.

"Open the door!"

Legion barely looked at the lock before turning to it and playing with the interface. It turned green and before anyone could think to grab the older turian and haul him away from the room, he rushed in. within seconds they heard more roaring with some screaming and a loud human voice yelling at the turian for interrupting.

Everyone ran into the room to find Garrus tackling his father and growling in a territorial rage. As Shepard rushed to the bedroom door wrapped in a sheet with blue blood dripping down her lips. Grunt sniffed before recoiling slightly at the smell of Shepard's arousal. Wrex laughed at Grunt's reaction knowing no son wanted to smell their parent's arousal. He walked up to the fighting turians and grabbed Garrus by his cowl and threw him toward Shepard.

Garrus jumped to his feet and grabbed Shepard and continued to growl at everyone in the room. His eyes landed on Nihlus and growled louder challenging the turian to fight for mating rights. Nihlus hummed at Garrus declining the challenge and giving up any rights to Shepard. Garrus hummed in acceptance but barely calmed down before holding Shepard to him, his talons ripping into the sheet in his tight hold.

She nuzzled his unscarred mandible to keep the enraged turian calm as his father got up huffing before looking at his son in anger.

"You stupid pup! How could you! With a human, her race enslaved us and yet you chose her over any other female on this base. Are you so enslaved to her will you throw away your future?"

Garrus growled in anger, "She is all I want! She didn't know of my feelings or my wanting to mate her till today. She had just accepted my feelings when you interrupted us!"

Garrus' father refused to believe any of it and started to pace around. "We can still fix this. Maybe a few does of medi-gel will heal the marks and we can forget you lapse of common sense. I'll find the best plastic surgeon and make sure the scars are gone."

Garrus growled in anger before trying to jump his father again in anger but his need to hold on to Shepard overrode his need for a fight. "I am not annulling this mark! I have mated with Shepard and I refuse to back out. Turians don't get divorced and my bond mark will never leave. Deal with it father, and I doubt many will have issues with my choice in a mate soon."

"You are being stubborn and I refuse to allow this human into our clan and acknowledge her as your mate." Before the male could run from the sight of his son latched onto the small human Garrus noticed his mother and sister waiting at the door before entering Shepard's quarters. Garrus acknowledged them and they slowly entered, both quickly grabbed the older Vakarian male and apologized to Shepard for the male's rude behavior.

Nihlus started feel awkward and pulled Jack out of Shepard's quarters. Jack hissed at him, "What are you doing I wanted to see what she would say to them."

Nihlus shook his head, "We can't interfere. We're not family to Shepard or Garrus and negotiations are going to start."

"What the hell are you talking about why do Wrex and Grunt get to stay?"

Nihlus growled at her in irritation but tried to calm down. It wasn't her fault she didn't know anything about turian mating customs. Nihlus took a deep breath as he took her back to the rooms he shared with Garrus.

"Turians from higher standing families like the Vakarian's don't get to just pick their mates. Both families need to go over the pro's and con's of joining their clans together. If it would bring the family standing down the request to mate will be more than likely declined especially for the females in the family. If it remains the same it can still be declined if one or both families think their pups can find a worthier mate or it can be accepted to continue the line if the child is considered old. No one passes the chance to climb the social ranks so if the mating brings your clan higher it will always be accepted."

"Of course both families will negotiate over who will be taken into which clan. Usually females are taken into the male's clan but on occasion it's the male that climbs the social ladder. In Garrus' case he ignored this old tradition knowing his family wouldn't approve. Unless Shepard was offered turian citizenship her status is less than that of a barefaced turian. So it stains his family's honor for mating below his social rank. It's like that weird human story about a prince marring a servant, no one but the two in love accept the arrangement. Only turians in low social standing can freely pick their mates."

"Adding insult to injury Garrus has not only mated below his standing but to a different race. Ever since our enslavement turians have stopped mating outside their species, some turians have even abandoned their mates that weren't turians. As horrible and dishonorable as that is we accepted it because of the betrayal we have suffered. Garrus may be forced from his clan and his markings burned from his plates or he may be forced to take a proper turian mate and hide his bond with Shepard."

Jack was left stunned looking at Nihlus like he was insane, "Why the hell did we get them together then?!"

Nihlus flinched at her scream but sighed, "I truly don't know. It's not because I want to see Garrus be torn between his people and family or because it could help human-turian relations but because I see how they look at each other. The only thing I can so is hope the spirits take pity on those two and help lessen the backlash this will cause."

Jack sighed before plopping herself down on the uncomfortable couch. "So why is Wrex and Grunt still in the room with them?"

Nihlus took a seat in a reclining chair before trying to relax his body. "They announced themselves as her family not only as her brother but her son."

Jack nodded before glancing around and popping back up to look at the door, "Where is Legion?"

Garrus huffed at his mother and sister trying to get them to understand he needed to be left with Shepard but they pulled his father to Shepard's couch and sat down. His mother looked at him and trilled the need to have a word with him and his intended mate. Garrus replied that she was already his mate but accepted that maybe he needed to just face his actions and talk to his family. As he pulled Shepard back into the safety of her room he noticed both Grunt and Wrex found comfortable walls to lean on and waited.

Garrus knew what was coming, and even the krogans knew. They were going to have unity negotiations and possible punishments for his disregard for traditions and his mating below his rank. Shepard looked up at him in a question when the door closed.

"Shepard we need to get dressed."

She nodded, "I'm going to take a leap of faith and assume your family wants to talk about this."

Garrus nodded before dragging her to the bathroom to wash up his wound and clean the blue blood that was drying on her lips. "I think they want to negotiate about this."

Shepard nodded, "so are they going to have us go through proper mating negotiations."

Garrus was slightly taken aback, "You know about this?"

She nodded as she washed her face, "Nihlus informed me of what higher standing families expect and do when someone wants to take a mate. Usually its older families that still follow this old tradition."

Garrus nodded slowly, "Did he tell you what may happen to someone that mates below the clan's standing?"

"No, why is it bad?"

Garrus shook his head and refused to allow Shepard to know what he might be in for. He didn't want her be back out just so he would be saved from being banished from his clan. "It will be fine Shepard, they can't fight us on this and have nothing to hold over me to stop my wish to be with you."

She smiled before pushing at him slightly, "damn it Vakarian I never blush yet you seem to turn me into a schoolgirl with your smooth talk."

Garrus chuffed at her but was lost on her example and decided to look up the expression later. She left him in the bathroom to start pulling on her cloths, he quickly cleaned up the left over blood on his neck and pulled his under suit and armor back on before meeting her at the door to the living room.

"So… We have to do this?"

Garrus chuffed again, "Commander Shepard afraid of some unity negotiations? I thought you were badass Shepard."

"I am badass but I don't play well with others, especially when they undermine my decisions."

Garrus pressed his crest to her soft forehead, "It'll be fine Shepard. Just ignore my father and any racist comments he makes and if he gets to annoying you can sick Grunt on him."

"Wait, what? Why is Grunt here?"

Garrus shrugged, "I guess we will find out why they stayed behind. Nihlus dragged Jack away but seemed to have forgotten the krogans."

Shepard nodded at her mate and felt her heart skip a beat to the omission of him being her mate. They're practically married and Shepard couldn't help the goofy smile that graced her face. That was till she walked into her front room and was confronted by one very angry looking male turian, two females that looked like they had no opinion and two growling krogan that kept glancing at Garrus' father. If their looks could kill he would have had his plates pulled off one by one slowly, fringe first.

Shepard quickly pulled her Commander Shepard face on and steeled her spine for what was to come. She pulled all of her knowledge together on turian customs and negotiation tactics. First his father will act like a complete ass and will pull anything out to see if he could manipulate her into giving up her new found happiness. Threats to Garrus will be the first to be thrown at her, next her own standing in the turian resistance operations he may even know about her frequent visits to the children she had rescued and threaten them.

If threats don't work next will be a ploy to appeal to her honor and Garrus' honor. What Garrus' father didn't know is that she could give a crap about her honor and would respect Garrus' decision to stay with her. Next would be possible banishment for Garrus and being banned from his family, Shepard knew that and was sure Garrus had hidden that possibility from her. Shepard wasn't stupid and after her little talk with Nihlus about turian mating customs she had looked over everything she could find about turian customs.

Even bribing a turian named Gavorn to smuggle her data pads about turian customs since it turned out she had for some reason be barred from the turian databases. Her data pads ranged from simple holidays to military credentials and family tiers. She had soaked up everything she had read and was going to use all the knowledge she had gathered for this. Too bad she skirted turian mating rituals and will be unprepared for anything Garrus surprises her with. Like his own need for a mark or she would be nothing more than a mistress but at least she might have a few nice surprises. She sat down in a loveseat across from his family and waited for his father to speak first. Garrus quickly took the seat next to her, she quickly grabbed his talons and fumbled for a second till she found a comfortable way to hold his hand. She may be Commander Fucking Shepard but she still needed a little reassurance from Garrus.

Shepard knew that because her family was obviously not on the base and couldn't start the soon to be yelling match she would need to wait to be addressed by his father. What she was unprepared for was a gruff rumble of words coming out of Wrex's mouth.

"What are your issues with accepting my sister within your clan?"

Shepard quickly glanced from Wrex in astonishment to Garrus in question. Garrus' father noted her glances and quickly jumped at her confusion. "Is it true the male krogan is considered your brother, because if not he will need to leave the room. Only family can be a part of unity negotiations, as for the krogan that claims to be your son he needs to leave."

Shepard immediately understood why Wrex had spoken, by claiming to be her brother he was the oldest male in her family and had the highest standing. She looked at Garrus' father and smiled sweetly, she knew if anyone that knew her saw this smile they knew she was out for blood. "Wrex has claimed me as a sister to his clan and Grunt is in fact my son."

Garrus' father looked like he had swallowed a sour lemon as he looked to Grunt and back to Shepard. She knew what he was thinking, Grunt looked to at least be her age and there is no way she could have raised him. "My I ask how that is possible, he is a full grown krogan which takes a good fifty years at least. I may not be an expert on humans but I know that you cannot be that old."

Shepard nodded, "It is true I am not that old and humans tend to live about as long as turians but Grunt is not a normal krogan. I found him fully grown in a tank when I went after his 'father' upon the councils request to find Okeer and take him in for questioning. His 'father' was killed in a scuffle with some blue suns and all that was left of Okeer's research was Grunt."

"I didn't want the young krogan to be used in experiments and so I opened his tank. So in a way I had birthed him into his world, both he and Wrex consider me his mother. I am proud to call him son, and have even gone as far as travel to Tuchanka with him. I was there as he passed his rites and became an adult and was there as he killed his first thresher maw. Clan Urdnot welcomed not only him but me into their clan, we even gained a few breeding requests for our conquests."

Garrus' father looked to grow more and more angered as Shepard spoke, she was telling him all this because it displayed her strength and acceptance in more than just the human community. The male hissed, "is clan Urdnot within the seat of power? Or just a smaller clan needing warriors?"

Shepard smiled sweetly again and knew that this would be a kick to the quad if the male in front of her was krogan. "Clan Urdnot is the equivalent to the primarch's clan, and Wrex would be the equivalent to the primarch. He brought the clans on Tuchanka together much like the unification war here."

The male hissed again this time at Wrex, "Yet you abandon your people to go gallivanting around the galaxy with this human instead of watching over your people and planet."

Wrex laughed, "My brother is good enough to watch over my throne while I help relations with other planets. Shepard's influence help's me and my people by connecting me to other races and earning their ear or favor. Grunt is also proving to be a great krogan and may one day succeed me and take my throne. If my children don't beat him to it, thankfully Shepard has had a hand in the raising of my young and has taught them respect. The likelihood of any of them killing me to gain my throne is low."

Garrus' father growled but calmed down when the older female touched his talon lightly. "Fine they may join our negotiations. Let's start off with introductions, my name is Vitis Vakarian. My mate," he motioned to the older female next to him, "Plina Vakarian and I believe you know my daughter Solana Vakarian. We are here about the unity negotiation for my son Garrus Vakarian."

Wrex stepped forward, "I am Urdnot Wrex and my nephew Urdnot Grunt. I warn you we are missing a few family members but in later negotiations we can bring them in. My sister Urdnot Stephanie Jane Shepard wishes to be recognized as Garrus Vakarian's mate and join his clan."

Vitis growled, "you assume there will be more negotiations?"

Wrex smiled, "I know there will be."

Vitis grunted before moving on, "What can she bring to the Vakarian clan? Her position is greatly lowered since she will be unable to birth any pups and is useless to carry on the Vakarian name."

Wrex growled but quickly stopped as he thought of a solution. "If Shepard allows it and they later wish to breed they can get a surrogate mother."

"A What?"

"Surrogate mother, a human solution to breeding problems. If the female cannot carry the child or is infertile they would ask another female to become the host for the pregnancy and even use one of the female's eggs. After the birth the pup would be handed over to Shepard and Garrus to raise, the pup would be of Garrus blood but not Shepard's. If they wish they could do the opposite and get Shepard pregnant and give birth to a human pup. There are ways around her unable to carry his pups or his fathering her pups. Do not insult my intelligence over a minor issue, I know even turians use these procedures to breed."

Vitis nodded his head slowly, "Fine, but the issue still stands what can she bring to the Vakarian clan?"

I hope you all enjoyed this latest chapter and hope I don't take to long for the next one. I know I did post a little one-shot and in it I revealed that soon I will be nixing the lemon and smutty scenes mainly because I reviewed the rules and found out MA ratings were not allowed.

Which depresses me since I love writing those scenes. So I may take them out of the but I have an account with AO3 (Archive of Our Own) with the same name and all, when I take it out here it will still be there.

. Please remember I love feedback and would love to hear your thoughts on this latest chapter.