Greetings, everyone. Trust I haven't kept you waiting for too long. :)

A lot has certainly happened these past few months, and I hope all of you are well during the difficult times we currently face with this whole virus crisis. So here's hoping my new chapter provides some alleviation while we wait out this storm. Been a while since the last one, I know, but I definitely feel its been time well spent.

ALSO, some other news that some of you might find interested, after 8 years I finally got back to playing ME3 again, and this time I had A TONNE of mods installed to improve the experience, and boy was it so much better. We've already had the Happy Ending and Citadel Epilogue for years now, but what really convinced me to finally go back was a mod that now makes Shepard not get injured during the ending. That was always the last piece of the puzzle to fixing the end for me.

Couple that with a mod that removes the nightmares completely and other improvements like EGM... and you get ME3 as it truly should've been, and at long last my depression is finally gone completely. For the first time in 8 years, I am free. As Samara once said "I am a ruined vessel of sorrow and regret, but I am free. It is not a feeling I can describe."

I certainly feel very reinvigorated as well, and given also how we're getting close to the end of this fic, hopefully I can say in confidence, progress on future chapters should improve.

Right, I've talked enough. Time to enjoy the chapter. Some warning, this chapter is very heavy with sex scenes.


YEAR 8, Turning Point

2180: 8 Years after the battle of Elysium

7 Years before the Battle of Arkadia


" Alaara and Sandra's wedding day. For once, a crucial point in our lives where everything went well, according to plan and it was a genuinely happy occasion. One I'll never forget..."


Chapter 24

Bondmates Now and Forever

After many months, the day had finally arrived for Alaara and Sandra's wedding. The preparations leading up to it had been a busy time for all of Alpha. Despite that Alaara's parents had provided the necessary budget, that still didn't mean the job was any easier. Leena especially who had accepted the job of handling the electrics and the lighting had been driven almost to the point of frustration by it all. The fact that this was the wedding of two of their closest friends already put a lot of pressure on everyone. Also they really did want this to be completely perfect. After nearly an entire day of setting up the lighting, managing the cables and sorting all the electrics out, the Quarian looked just about ready to have a violent outburst.

Currently, she was in the process of setting up the very last wire for the lighting.

"I dread to imagine someone less qualified trying to do this." she sighed with some relief.

Her moment of finally starting to relax though was short lived before she ran into several tangles in the cable which was pretty much the last straw for her.

"They probably wouldn't have even got past the first light... WHO FUCKED UP WITH THIS BLOODY THING?!"

She threw the cable right onto the floor hard in frustration.

"Boshtets! This thing's gonna be fucking recorded as well!"

Austin could only sigh as Leena let out her anger. As if this morning hadn't been bad enough...


FLASHBACK

Earlier this morning...

Hawk had been given the job of baking the cake and seeing to the food. So far, all had gone extremely well. The main cake was all finished, the main meals were nearly done and the starters and dessert were well on the way. It was as the Helldiver took the top of a tin however that he got a surprise that was either welcome or unwelcome depending on preferences.

As the lid was removed from the tin, the head of an animal roughly the size of a cat popped out.

Anyone who lived on Arkadia for a long time knew a Vosharr when they saw one, or in this case a baby Vosharr.

The Vosharr were a quadruped race native to Arkadia just as the Arkanes were. At their full size, Vosharr were as tall as Elephants and had the length of a twenty foot shark from head to tail. Their faces resembled that of the skull of a horse lined with teeth and possessed long manes long enough to reach all the way down to their shoulders along with a lengthy amount of hair tendrils on the end of their tails. Despite their massive and ferocious appearance, and despite that they were natural predators, Vosharr were an incredibly gentle race. Wild ones for example would often ignore sentient bipeds unless provoked. Apparently it was do with the fact that Arkanes didn't have enough meat on them and also had a taste that was unpleasant to a Vosharr.

Tame Vosharr meanwhile had been used by the Arkanes as mounts for hundreds of years their speed, agility, strength, resilience and intelligence making them not just a perfect mount but also a good companion as well, being intelligent and sentient enough to understand the Arkane language.

Baby Vosharr however were quite the troublemakers. Being so small, they could fit into a lot of small pieces and had a tendency to try and explore an awful lot being so curious in their young age. Even Alpha had experienced some trouble with them. For some unknown reason, a recent litter of pups kept finding ways into the kitchen every so often. For some, it was a cute surprise. To Hawk though, it was an absolute nightmare since he had to deal with all of them and they always made a mess of the kitchen that he had to clear up.

The moment the pup in the tin spotted him, it reacted immediately and suddenly jumped right over his head. In reflex, Hawk ducked to avoid it and ended up losing sight of the pup. As he began looking around, hoping to find it again, he became acutely aware of a sound coming from the biscuit tin. Hawk had a feeling he knew what he was going to find inside and lifted the lid off.

Sure enough, three more Vosharr pups were nibbling away at the biscuits and cookies. They froze and their eyes widened in alarm however as they found they'd been caught in the act.

Ha

As Hawk started to reach for them, with the intention of picking them up and getting them out of the kitchen, all three of the pups suddenly flung a combination of biscuits and cookies into his face using their tails. With Hawk momentarily disoriented by this, all the pups ran into the fridge. Hawk was just able to notice this though and picked up a wooden spoon. Holding it up ready to use if need be he slowly walked to the fridge. Tensing himself in preparation, he gently took hold of the fridge handle. Pulling open the fridge with a fast hard pull, he was about to swing when he suddenly found the fridge completely empty save for a small bowl with nothing in it.

Hawk was left in complete bewilderment for a few moments before he realized what might unfortunately might be about to happen. Very slowly he turned to look at the inside of the fridge door. He barely got a glance before more than 10 Vosharr pups all pounced on him.

Telrass gave a slight yawn as she exited her room. It was a big day ahead after all and she'd be very surprised if later tonight didn't end up being very long.

As she descended the stairs however, she began to dozens of loud banging and crashing noises coming from the kitchen.

Alexa, who was already up, heard them as well.

"Oh dear. Sounds like another Vosharr litter got into the kitchen again." she said.

"That's the third one this month." said Telrass.

Further noises that followed included those made by Hawk as he struggled against all the pups.

"Get off! Get off! Come here, you little buggers! No. No! Put that down!"

The metallic noise a frying pan hitting then followed. Things soon seemed to quiet down for a moment before the kitchen door flung open and stepped with all ten of the pups in his hands, holding them up by the scruff the neck.

He was momentarily stopped though when one of their tails whacked him in the crotch. This in turn caused all the pup's to emit an almost happy laugh like noise as Hawk groaned in further frustration.

Holding back a violent outburst, Hawk simply stormed over to the door, managed to open it and began putting the baby Vosharr on the ground while also trying to shoo them out of the door.

"Out! Just get out! And you, out! Out!"

Finally, the last pup ran out and Hawk slammed the door shut in exhaustion. He finally spoke after a few seconds of getting his breath back.

"I know they're cute, but if they keep breaking into the kitchen, I may not be able to control my temper." he panted.

Telrass and Alexa simply did their best to suppress a giggle. Alexa especially found Vosharr pups adorable, something that wasn't necessarily shared by the rest of her comrades.


Returning back to the present, Leena had managed to calm down and was now fitting the last cable. She'd also hit herself over the head after realizing she could use her drone to assist. She'd called herself an idiot for not thinking of that sooner.

"That about everything? Don't mean to rush you, but we've only 4 more hours, and the invites will start arriving soon." Austin asked.

"It's all taken care of now, Shepard." Leena replied.

As she said that, her drone flew up to her, carrying the end of a cable underneath it which she gently took from the quad-copter.

"Thank you, Thunderwing. Good boy."

She even gave the drone a light pat as well, as though it were an animal.

"You've got a weird relationship with technology. You know that right?" Austin commented.

"He didn't mean that." Leena said cooingly, giving the drone a gentle stroke.

Austin once again began replaying the little speech he was soon going to give over and over in his head multiple times. And not just any speech. This was essentially going to be the speech that declared Alaara and Sandra a completely married couple.

This had come about from Alaara and Sandra choosing him personally to be the one to conduct the ceremony. His mind couldn't help but go back to when the two had asked him.


FLASHBACK

"Seriously?"

Still Austin was not 100% sure if he'd heard right. They genuinely wanted him to be the one that married them?

"We're deadly serious." Sandra nodded. "We can think of no better person."

"Sandra and I talked about this while we were showering together… naked." Alaara said with a naughty smile.

"Right…"

Sandra was quick to give her fiancee a serious look. Alaara simply shrugged and didn't press the matter further.

"But why me? I would've thought there were better candidates." Austin asked.

"You're our leader and our friend." Sandra explained. "I did think about you asking to be the best man, but to be brutally honest I've got someone else in mind for that. Besides, Alaara kind of had the idea that you could do the ceremony in full armor and sword."

Austin was somewhat surprised by this and cast her a questioning look.

"Seriously?"

Both women simply nodded.

Despite that this had rather come out of nowhere, Austin saw little reason to say no. After all, it wasn't every day that you get asked to perform the wedding ceremony of your closest friends. Besides, how hard could it be?


Many hours passed as the final preparations were pretty much complete. Leena had finally sorted out all the lights, they'd replaced a crate after she'd punched a hole right through it to let out her frustration, Hawk had finally arrived with the wedding cake and all the rest of the food which the catering staff were sorting out, and all the guests were now arriving.

Both Alaara and Sandra had decided they didn't want a really big fancy wedding. And they didn't want massive crowds of people they didn't know. Thus, the guest list was relatively small, family and invited friends only. The ceremony itself was relatively private as well to avoid too much attention.

Naturally, Alaara's parents had been one of the first to arrive.

Alpha had heard Alaara speak of her parents often, but even those stories didn't seem to do the two Asari pornstars justice.

Alaara's father, Sooleeia T'onrack appeared to be the… more developed of the two. Certainly the dress she was wearing had a lot of cleavage exposed, and it was kind of obvious she had some kind of dampening feel in effect. Most likely an attempt to reduce unwanted attention. She also had a fair amount of face markings unlike Alaara who only used those for disguises. In contrast to her blue skin, Sooleeia's white tattoos almost covered all of her face, and if the parts of her body exposed by her dress were anything to go on, they were on a lot of her body too.

Alaara's father meanwhile, Kavarda, while not quite as big as her wife in the upper body department, was still just as well built and still more than well endowed, even for an Asari. If anything, she looked as though she was the fitter of the two as well, possessing a slightly broader and leaner build, and a decent amount of muscle that looked quite firm under her blue skin. Alaara had mentioned in the past that one of her parents had originally been a commando before changing careers.

Despite that it would've been considered rude, Alpha were unable to resist looking down the Asari's figure. Alaara had actually given them some warning about this. Apparently one of the things here parents had become famous for in their porn career was portraying Kavarda as a futa Asari through the use of a special kind of strap on which for all intents and purposes looked and felt exactly like a real cock with no visible straps at all. Since it was said to reach all the way down to her knees, it was impossible to hide with clothing and unfortunately Kavarda had a tendency to wear nearly all the time, even when she and her bond mate weren't filming at all.

Thus Alaara had made them promise that if she was still wearing it, they would do all they can to persuade Sooleeia to get her bond mate to remove it.

Mercifully though there no bulge or any indication she had something under her dress. It would seem she had listened to her daughter's pleas.

"Welcome, Matriarchs." Austin said modestly, giving a slight bow of his head. "Alaara's told us much about you."

To his surprise, Sooleeia offered out her hand. Though initially confused by the gesture, he quickly caught on what the Asari was expecting. He gently took it in his hands and planted a light kiss on it, which was met with an indirectly seductive smile from the two bondmates.

Austin had a feeling they'd done that on purpose. Perhaps Alaara had told them all about him, and how he often had a way with the ladies. The Helldiver tried his best though to no think on that matter further. It was true, he had a thing for Asari, but two matriarchs… even he couldn't possibly get that lucky. Besides, what would Nyara think? And what would Alaara think, for that matter?

Austin however mentally slapped himself for asking that question. If he knew Alaara, she'd probably not object at all. Hell, she'd probably encourage it, perhaps even try to join in.

The response from Sooleeia though finally allowed him to put all thoughts aside and focus on the present.

"It's a pleasure, Commander Shepard. Alaara's told us much about you too." She said. Her attention then turned to Alpha as well. "And your squad also."

The rest of Alpha all exchanged greetings with the two Asari. Surprisingly, even Dash behaved himself. Right at the last moment however, he seemed unable to take his eyes off Sooleeia's cleavage.

"Eyes up here, young man." Kavarda said, clicking her fingers which snapped the scout out of it.

"Sorry, I just…"

"Save it for the after party." She then winked suggestively, now showing that actually she didn't mind after all.


Another addition was Austin's parents who he'd been allowed to invite.

Both hugged their son warmly immediately. The rest of Alpha saluted in the presence of a Helldiver general. This was hardly their first time meeting Matt, having worked with once before when evacuating liberated human slaves from batarians. Nevertheless, they still knew to show respect to a Helldiver general and the father of their "fearless leader"

Then a third figure seemed to join. A woman of about Austin's height with neck length red hair and decently muscly build in a long dark red dress strode up to him.

The Helldiver smiled upon seeing his younger sister after so long.

"Sarah!"

The two immediately seemed to swing their hands towards one another and then grasped each other as though in an arm wrestle, then they actually did try to overpower one another. Austin, being the visibly stronger of the two had the lead almost immediately. Sarah Shepard though was still putting up some decent resistance.

"Wow. She's strong." Dash said in both confusion and surprise. "I know Shepard's out of his armor, but…"

"You do know he and his sister are genebloods, right?" Hawk asked.

Dash didn't need an explanation for that, and quickly nodded in realization.

"Ah. I see."

For the two Shepard siblings, this arm wrestle of their ways actually derived from a Helldiver greeting, something their father had taught them. From as early as they could remember, their father had personally taught them how to fight and defend themselves. By no means was this some kind of conditioning, nor had he been grooming them from birth to be Helldivers like him. This was simply a tradition that the Helldivers had inherited from the Arkanes. They themselves also trained their children how to fight. Though not compulsory, or a custom by any means, it was something that was both recommended and encouraged. The whole purpose of training them to fight from a young age was designed to help encourage the young to be fit and strong as early as possible, and also to decrease the likelihood of them becoming cowardly in later years. Pretty much all Arkanes were never afraid to stand up for themselves thanks to this training.

One thing that was enforced from the beginning though is that the training was to teach them to defend themselves by all means, but never to attack someone. The one thing that Arkanes would always enforce when training their young would be to never start a fight. By all means, do what can be done to finish it and definitely defend yourself, but never be the aggressor. For an Arkane to start a fight by throwing the first punch was frowned upon and considered a great shame.

It was thanks to this though that Arkanes had built up a good deal of respect among other races. A cowardly, cowering or even a weak Arkane was pretty much unheard of. Even the Krogan respected Arkane for being a race that would not back down and would stand up to bullies.

Since other races had joined the Helldivers, this little practice it seemed had rubbed off on them as well. Even human Helldivers would teach their children to fend for themselves.

Austin and Sarah were prime examples of this. From a time when they were old enough to understand, their father had taught them how to fight and how to defend themselves if attacked. Naturally, the training had worked well for them. It had encouraged an interest in them working out regularly to be strong, fit and healthy, and neither of them backed down easily if threatened.

In this particular case, their little arm wrestle was them trying to test their strength. For Sarah, it wasn't too surprising that her brother was winning. He'd always been the slightly stronger of the two, plus he had the advantage of being a full Helldiver with the Helldiver serum further enhancing his strength. Nevertheless, she was at least relived she was still able to give him some resistance.

"What's the matter? The Alliance got you pushing too many pencils?" Austin taunted in a friendly way.

The redhead didn't say anything and simply kept trying to push against her brother. It was to no avail however as Austin had more or less nearly brought her arm right over.

"Had enough?" he added.

"Make it easy on yourself, brother." Sarah said, unable to hide the fact that she was struggling.

In the end though, she gave in.

"Alright! Alright! You win!" she laughed, lightly hitting her brother on the shoulder.

"You held out better than I thought actually. I'm impressed." Austin smiled.

"Damn good to see you again, Austin."

The two siblings hugged one another warmly.

"Oh it's been too long." Austin said.

"I love what you've done with your hair." Sara said, admiring how her brother had let his hair grow out a bit.

"You too." Austin smiled, indicating to Sarah's red hair.

"Remind me to once again thank the happy couple for inviting me." Said Sarah.


The final two guest additions were Xun and also Nyara who had actually been invited by Alaara and Sandra themselves as a surprise for Austin, one which he had managed to react quite calmly to as she arrived wearing a dress that he was sure was deliberately too small for her in order to really show off her form... and most likely to tempt him to tear it off her later tonight. Mind you, he probably would've done that either way.

As had been said before, it was a relatively small wedding. In some ways though, that made it better. No massive crowds of strangers, the wedding wasn't being made a huge deal out of, it was just a private ceremony for people they trusted and knew very well.


As Austin stood before his armor, ready to put it on for the ceremony, he took a deep breath. It seemed strange for a warrior like him to be more nervous about this than be nervous about a battle. But then again, a wedding wasn't exactly an everyday occurrence in the life of a Helldiver.

"Into battle then." He said to himself.


As Austin stood at the altar, now in full armor and sword in hand, Sandra soon joined, dressed in her uniform. The two nodded to each in acknowledgment with a smile.

This also finally revealed who Sandra had chosen as her best man… Dash.

Normally, a same sex wedding like this would've had a best woman, but the truth was that Sandra didn't really know any of the other women in Alpha as much, or as long, as she'd known Dash. They'd been in the same basic training unit after all.

To be honest, he actually seemed like the only choice. The only slight worry though was the speech he'd have to give later on…

As for bridesmaid meanwhile, Alaara had asked Alexa for that role. Troy had earlier had trouble keeping his eyes off his girlfriend dressed in a lovely navy blue dress.

"Nervous?" Austin asked.

"A little." Sandra replied honestly, taking a deep breath.

"Well, for what it's worth, I think it's going to go perfectly." Austin said optimistically.

Sandra simply gave a light smile.

Shortly after, the music began and Alaara soon appeared, slowly walking down the aisle escorted by her parents on each arm.

Once they'd reached the altar, both Asari gave their daughter a kiss on the cheek and allowed her to walk up to Sandra, who took her hand in hers.

"Nice outfit." Alaara said through their union, smiling at her soon to be wife.

"Beautiful dress." Sandra said back.

With everyone seated, Austin cleared his throat and began just as Leena moved her drone into position and began recording the whole event.

"There are few other sights and events in this galaxy that are more joyous than when two people come together in love. Dear friends, family, honored guests, today we are gathered to witness the joining of Sandra and Alaara in true eternal bondship and marriage. If anyone present has any reason why these two should not be joined, let them speak now or…

"Or keep their traps shut." Dash jokingly interrupted, much to the amusement of everyone else who laughed slightly.

"Yes, thank you for that, Dash." Austin sighed. "Anyone?"

"Nope." Alaara simply chuckled when no response came.

"Good. I thought not, but I had to ask." Austin said. "Anyway, your turns to speak."

"Okay…" Sandra said, taking another deep breath. "Alaara T'onrack, I've known you now for 8 years, and I always knew I liked you. But then one day you held my hand, and then another day after… you kissed me, and after that I knew my life was changed forever, that from that moment on there was no going back. And it gives me great pleasure to stand here with you in front of our friends, family and your parents where I can declare my everlasting love to you, now and forever. Actually no, more than that, now… and for an eternity."

A combination of "aw"s came from some of the spectators. Even Austin smiled under his helmet.

Now it was Alaara's turn as she composed herself.

"The first time I saw you, we were all in our armor. Not exactly something that can be claimed was love at first sight. We've spent over 8 years living and fighting together with the rest of this band of misfits we call our squad."

This also caused a light laugh from everyone else.

"Oy!" Hawk said jokingly.

"And then one day we held hands and… something changed, and then we kissed for the first time which wasn't part of undercover work." Alaara continued.

Again, this was met another small laugh.

"Alaara, behave." Sandra whispered with a smile.

"And after that, everything changed. All I can say is… though I have had other bondmates in my life, none of them, and I'm sorry if this offends any of them who are here right now… they're not here are they?"

This once more caused another laugh from everyone at the Asari's humor. Still, it kept everyone in good spirits.

"None of them can hope to compare to you. The union that we have, I dare say is something that so many others like us can barely dream of, and it is something that I will forever cherish as long as I live, and will never forget."

Just as Sandra's speech had been emotional for everyone, Alaara's had a similar response. Even her parents appeared to be shedding some happy tears.

"Well then, let's not delay things." Austin said. "Sandra, do you take this Asari to be your wife?"

"I do." Sandra replied, managing to keep her voice calm despite that she too had shed a tear. It was out of sight though so only Alaara actually saw it.

"Alaara, do you take this woman to be your wife?" Austin asked.

"I do."

"Rings then, if you please." Austin said to both Dash and Alexa who handed the couple their respective rings which were then put on each other's fingers.

"What more need be said then?" Austin asked rhetorically. "By the power vested in me as leader of Helldiver Squad Alpha, I hereby declare this couple…"

For a very brief moment, he came so close to saying husband and wife. Luckily though he stopped himself just in time and found the correct term to use.

"… Married. Now go ahead and kiss already."

Alaara, being all too eager to oblige, did something rather surprising. She pretty much forced her flowers into Austin's arms before she and Alaara finally kissed long and passionately as everyone else erupted into happy applause.

Even Kraan it seemed wiped a little tear from his eye.

"I saw that, tough guy." Leena said, nudging him slightly.

"No, no, I just…" Kraan tried to say, but ultimately gave up. "Okay, so I'm not made of stone."


"Ladies and gentlemen, silence please for the speeches."

The whole room fell silent and Sooleeia rose from her seat.

"I have to say, it's very nice to see so many old friends here today along with a few new ones. I'm ashamed to admit though that I have unfortunately lost the notes I had planned for this as I put them in my other dress and what I thought was my speech turns out to be the script for my wife and I's next film project which… I don't think is entirely appropriate… at least not until the after party. So I'm gonna have to make this up as I go." She said.

A few light chuckles followed as Sooleeia cleared her throat.

"Alaara, I can only hope that you, my beautiful… boisterous, brilliant, and very beloved daughter will be as happy as I have been since the day you were born."

"Oh, Dad." Alaara smiled emotionally.

"What I really want to say is, may you both be lucky enough to enjoy the three best things in this… weird, worrying, but ultimately I think still wonderful galaxy… love, love and love. A toast, to my beautiful daughter and her amazing lovely new wife.

Everyone raised their glasses along with a few applauding afterwards.

"And now please pray silence for the best man."

"Oh here we go…" Austin sighed with dread.

"I think you'll find he may yet surprise you." Sandra said.

Dash stood up and cleared his throat, also briefly straightening out and brushing off his suit.

"Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends, honored guests… and… everyone else." He began, his last line causing a slight chuckle. "Well… where to begin? I suppose I'll start things off by saying that I have known Sandra since basic training. And despite that we struck up a good friendship during that time, I never would've imagined that we'd end up in the same squad together and that our friendship would continue after all these years. In that time though, Sandra has proven herself to be probably one of the best human beings I could've ever known. Indeed, when she first brought up with me the subject of being best man, I was confused. I didn't truly realize what she was asking at the time. I'd been certain she'd pick a best woman instead. But despite that, she still wanted me to have this role. Thank god though she didn't ask me to wear a dress."

A few of the guests couldn't help but laugh at that.

"Eventually, it sank in with me though and I expressed to her that I was both flattered and… surprised. I'd never expected this request and I was a little daunted in the face of it. But I promised my very best to accomplish a task which was, for me, as demanding and difficult as any I had faced."

Sandra looked at him in a somewhat puzzled look.

"Additionally, I thanked her for the trust she placed in me and indicated that I was, in some ways, very close to being moved by it. It was at that point however that I realized I had said none of this out load." Dash continued.

At this, everyone chuckled slightly, even Sandra.

"For a long time though, I kept wondering if she'd made the right choice in asking me. I don't deny it, I can be so incredibly annoying to be around with all my bad jokes, inappropriate humor, and genuinely being unable to keep my mouth shut…"

Dash though realized he was starting to ramble a bit and go off topic and changed the subject.

"But I suppose that act has run its course now." he said casually. He then turned in Alaara and Sandra's direction. "As this is your wedding day, you now have the right to know a truth I have kept to myself for many years, one that I will admit even among all these people. The truth is.. I am… a fool. I play the part of the fool because I worry about you. I worry about all of my squad. Given that I lost my parents at a very young age, Alpha has essentially become a family I never had, and I would never see that family splinter or fall apart. Tensions can run high though sometimes in our line of work. So I do what few others would be willing to do. I dare say, that the best comparison is that I allow myself to become a bad cracker joke to the rest of my squad. If they all know it's a terrible groaning joke, then everyone is against the joke, and therefore everybody is bonded. I couldn't bare the thought of any of us splitting up, so I allow myself to be made a fool of so that it keeps us all together."

All of Alpha couldn't help but look at each other as the realization really sank in for them. This little revelation cast Dash, and their previous attitudes towards him in a very new light now.

"So if I didn't understand I was being asked to be best man, it is because I never expected to anybody's best friend. And certainly not the best friend of the bravest, kindest and wisest human being I have ever had the good fortune of knowing. Sandra, I am a ridiculous man, redeemed only by the friendship that you have given and refuse to give up even to this day."

Dash then spoke directly to Alaara.

"Alaara, when I say that you deserve this woman, that is probably one of the highest compliments that I am capable of giving in mere words. Both you and your new wife have endured a civil war, injury and loss. But know that today you are here with the Asari that you have made your wife, the man that you have honored with your friendship, and the squad that are honored to be here beside you today, and will continue to be there for you. In short, the people who love you most in this galaxy. And I think I speak for all of them when I say that we shall never let your down, and still have at least 500 years or more to prove that."

Quite a few people were now actually dabbing at tears forming in their eyes at how emotionally heart-warming this had gotten.

"If I try and hug him, stop me." Sandra whispered, holding back her own emotion.

"Certainly not." Alaara simply said.

"Why is everyone crying?" Dash asked, both in confusion and concern. "Oh god, I said something, didn't I? Did I do it wrong?"

Sandra simply sighed and ultimately gave in.

"No you didn't. Come here."

Rising from her seat, she pulled Dash into a hug as everyone applauded. At first, the Scout was taken aback by this, but soon returned the hug. Once everything had settled back down, he continued.

"Right then, I think we'd all very much like to get on to the more fun part of this wedding now, so…" he then raised his glass. "To the married couple."

"To the married couple." Everyone repeated, raising their own glasses.

With an exhale of relief, Dash sat back down.

"Dash, that was… you've even made me cry." Alaara said happily as Sandra handed her a napkin to dry her eyes.

"Well, what can I say? Such an occasion warrants a special speech." Dash said, trying to also remain clam himself after coming down from the anxiety he'd had the whole time doing that speech. He'd never been one for public speaking.

"What you said about playing the fool to keep us together…" Kraan said, struggling to find the right words himself.

"I meant every word of it." Dash simply said.

"We owe you one hell of an apology for the past several years." Austin admitted. "Hell, this revelation is gonna change everything."

"No it bloody won't." Dash said sternly. "Yes, you know now. But don't you dare let that change anything. Because I sure as hell am never gonna stop what I've been doing. Can you possibly imagine going a day without my humor? We may as well give Hellspawn the white flag right now."

Alpha chuckled slightly at this.

"He's got a point." Alexa nodded.

"Besides, think of it as a running gag. Especially the phrase "Shut up, Dash." Don't you dare stop." Dash said.

The rest of the squad simply cast looks at one another and nodded with a smile.

"As you wish." Alaara smiled.

"Good." Dash smiled back. "Now, how long do we have to keep everyone distracted till you two head upstairs?"

Both Alaara and Sandra simply looked at one another with an unimpressed look.

"Shut up, Dash." They both said, unable to hold back a reluctant smile.

Everyone else laughed very lightly as Dash smiled back with an approving nod.

"That's my girls."


Dancing was pretty much in full swing. All the couples in Alpha especially were dancing. Even Austin was dancing with Nyara… while also trying to keep telling to behave herself in public. He was a bit surprised at how hungry the Asari seemed for him this time. Alaara and Sandra especially were dancing with so much happiness and love that they were distracting everyone else from their dancing.

Many long hours passed into the celebrations with dancing and drinking along with plenty of hilarious drunken moments.

Sandra for now was simply talking with a few people who were offering her further congratulations. It was as she was walking to another group however than none other than her new wife came up to her.

What the Asari did next however caught Sandra completely off guard… she initiated the meld right then and there.

Sandra immediately pulled her new wife into a kiss as soon as they were out of sight. The kiss ended up lasting several long minutes before they finally parted for air.

"There it is. Married." Alaara said happily through the meld, looking almost on the point of joyful tears.

"I've never seen you this happy since we first became bondmates." Sandra smiled back silently, gently caressing the Asari's cheek.

"And we still haven't even got to the honeymoon."

"One thing at a time, darling. We've still got tonight to get through. I'll be amazed if we're even able to get out of bed at all. I know what you're like when you're really happy and really horny at the same time."

"Speak for yourself." Alaara smiled, her hands moving lower to Sandra's hindquarters. "You look really sexy in that uniform. I can't wait to get you out of it though... run my tongue all over that hard muscle you have."

"And I can't wait to get your gorgeous body out of that dress. That azure of yours has waited long enough." Sandra said through the meld, making it sound like an erotic whisper.

"Oh stop it, dear. You'll make me ruin the dress." Alaara moaned.

"To fondle those perfect tits of yours..." Sandra continued seductively.

Give how long they'd been together now, and also with the amount of times they'd been intimate, something like this had become perfectly natural to them. Still, Sandra couldn't' help but let out a light gasp as the meld showed her just how potent Alaara's desire was. The Asari practically both teased and begged for them to retire to the bedroom early. For now, Sandra managed to resist it. After all, there were still a few people she'd hoped to talk to.

Her wife however had other ideas on that matter. That's when she deployed… her secret weapon.

The effect was very subtle and only Sandra noticed it, but it came as both a complete shock and at the same time a very welcome surprise to her as she was stunned by the oh so familiar sensation of her breasts growing. Already she could feel them beginning to push hard against her uniform as they grew and expanded very slowly. Despite the strain, her outfit was both sturdy and flexible enough to not tear apart as it stretched.

At this point, Sandra was fully enticed as well as aroused by her wife's new trick, and gladly went with her to a more secluded place away from the rest of the guests.

Sandra idly noted how this was the first time she'd actually walked around with her Union-enhanced endowments and yet her stance, posture and walk was barely affected by the extra weight. Hell, they'd done it so many times that her body was pretty much accustomed to it. If anything, it felt almost as natural as her regular size.

Alaara was about to let out a moan of pleasure, unable to contain herself. But she was interrupted by another moan instead which didn't come from Sandra either.

Both of them looked at one another with both confusion and surprise.

"Sounds like someone's already made a start before us." Sandra chuckled.

"The moan that followed next however caught both of them off guard...

"Oh Shepard!"

Both of them were left wide eyed and frozen in surprise for several seconds before Alaara finally broke the silence telepathically.

"Right... I know this is meant to be our night... but... if that really is what I think it is... I've got to see this."

Sandra looked at her for a moment before she replied with an almost naughty smile.

"I hate to say it... but so do I."

Alaara could only share her wife's naughty smile very eagerly.


Dash meanwhile had retired from the dance for now. Despite how fun it had been, he felt he needed a small break, and possibly a little drink as well. As he continued watching the rest of his friends having fun, he noticed an Asari matron walk up to the bar as well. Initially, she remained oblivious to him, but her gaze temporarily fell on him when she noticed he'd been staring. Dash was quick though to avert his gaze. He didn't want to appear rude. It used to be he wouldn't care, but this was the wedding of two of his dearest friends. He would not stir up any trouble this time. That was a promise he refused to break tonight.

Even as he looked away however, the Asari seemed to keep looking at him for a long moment. Even when her drink arrived, she still kept looking at him as she lent slightly against the bar.

"Impressive speech you gave back there, Best Man. Well done." she eventually said.

There was definitely no denying she was a matron. Her voice had that tone of experience and maturity, while still sounding young at the same time.

"Well, uh... thank you, Miss." Dash said, trying to act casual.

A part of him tried to think of something else to say. He even kept asking, what would Shepard say? But int he end, nothing came to mind. Well, nothing that would seem sensible to say. Given however that the Asari had started the conversation, he did at least relax a bit and turned back to face.

Now that he got a proper look at her, there was no denying she was stunning.

The dress she wore was clearly designed to show A LOT of skin. Though nice and long reaching down to her feet, it was definitely a very thin material, which allowed a fair bit of her body's curves to show, and the dark blue color, despite going well with her blue skin did almost make her look nude, though only if someone were very drunk.

The leg part of the dress parted on the left, allowing full exposure of her leg. Meanwhile the top part, while fully covering her front, leaving only neck lien and some of her cleavage visible, left all of her back completely exposed save for her neck where the dress' front hooked round it. Her arms and hands were similarly exposed. That much skin... how the hell was she not dancing with someone... or even still here and not somewhere more secluded for that matter?

Dash considered it a wonder he was not frozen in place by her attire.

"Credit to the bride's parents, the money they spent on this certainly didn't go to waste. Its shocking, isn't it? The first time you encounter real wealth." the Asari said. "When I was your age, I had to make do with so much less. Live on one bowel of stew a day, and stew was a kind word for it."

"Your a friend of Alaara's parents, I'm guessing?" Dash said, keeping his cool despite how warm he now felt in his suit.

"You could say that. They've been some good... clients of mine. I'm actually surprised they invited me, but I'm certainly not complaining. Whoever set up the drinks menu has excellent taste. Have you tried this wine?" she asked, having a brief sip from the glass in her hand.

"Can't say that I have..." Dash replied. On a gamble however, he decided to try his luck. "But perhaps I should."

"One for the Best man." the Asari said to the bartender, interrupting Dash before he could say anything. She noted his somewhat surprised reaction. "Oh don't worry. I'm sure you'll have plenty of other chances to buy me a drink if you want to."

Dash took that as a good sign. Perhaps she was indeed interested in seeing where this went. He certainly hoped so. Once the bartender handed him a simialr glass, he took a sip of the wine. Whatever wine this was was incredible. A warm feeling ran throughout his body, making him feel calmer, more rleaxed... and a bit more confident as well.

"Mmm. That is good." he said in surprise. "That's really good."

"Where do you think its from?" the asked with a smile.

"I couldn't even guess." Dash simply replied.

"Doesn't matter, does it?" the Asari asked rhetorically. "Its the real thing, or its not. You only need a tongue to tell the difference. Go on. Have some more."

Dash complied and drank a bigger mouthful this time. As he did though, the Asari seemed to let out a heavy sigh and her smile seemed to vanish.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"Never really been one for huge crowds. I always prefer more solitude, quieter and more private places." the Asari replied. Her gaze then once again returned to Dash. "Why don't we continue this conversation elsewhere where we don't have to talk over the music and dancing?"

This only further made Dash beleive that this was beginning to go where he was hoping it would.

"Thank you! Thank you!"


"That's better. Quieter and less people. Just the two of us."

They'd found a little secluded spot just outside the hall were the wedding and its party were. The cooling night air was actually quite welcome after the warm air from inside.

"Not sure what else there is to talk about though. We barely know each other." Dash said, trying to play it cool.

The Asari simply smiled at him though as she finished her drink and set her empty glass down on the floor.

"Then we need not talk further."

Gently taking Dash's drink from him, she set the glass down beside hers and then gently pinned him against the wall. Despite that he was shorter than her by an inch or two, in some ways he actually looked her looking down on him.

"Doesn't this seem a bit sudden?" Dash asked, just managing to hide the fact that his pulse had shot right up as well as the fact that so much blood had now gone right to his groin.

"Don't think I haven't noticed you looking at me a certain way. And I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little curious to feel a Helldiver's touch." the Asari smiled.

She then gently brought one of Dash's hands towards her and actually brought it up to her azure. She didn't hoke up her dress or anything, and it seemed she also had underwear on underneath, but still... Dash was almost at a loss for words as the Asari actually forced him to touch her. The Asari moaned in pleasure as he began to gently touch her, her eyes shut in ecstasy.

"Eager. Very eager." she sighed.

Dash imply smiled back, eagerly waiting for when she would return the favor and make the next move...

But it didn't come!

After only about 5 minutes or so, the Asari suddenly pushed his hand away, straightened out her dress... and actually turned to leave.

"That will do, I think." she panted ever so slightly with a smug smile.

"Wait, what?!" Dash said in almost complete shock. "You've got to be fucking kidding me?!"

"Thank you for getting us both roiled up, young man. And thank you for the drink. Enjoy the rest of your evening." she said with an unbelievably naughty smile.

And with that, she disappeared back into the crowd, leaving Dash all on his own.

"...Why is it always me?"


When Alaara and Sandra had rounded the corner from where they had heard the moan.

They'd already had a rough idea of what to expect, but the sight they ended up beholding was a lot more surprising.

As they HAD expected, Austin and Nyara were currently engaged in a very steamy foreplay. Nyara was crouched down in front of the Helldiver with her legs spread revealing her dripping pussy which she was fingering, and she had also undid Austin' trousers and was sucking away at his large erect shaft.

What Alaara and Sandra HADN'T expected however were the extra two Asari with them. None other than Alaara's parents were joining in, both in a similar state of undress. Sooleeia had the top of her dress undone, exposing her humongous breasts, one of which Austin was squeezing in one hand while the other hiked up the lower part of her dress and was reaching into her panties and fingering her azure all while he and her engaged in an aggressive kiss and tongue play. Kavarda meanwhile also had her tits out while she sucked on her wife's other breast while she stroked herself through her dress while her other hand squeezed and fondled Sooleeia's ass.

"By the goddess!" Alaara whispered. "I knew Shepard was good with the ladies, but to catch their eyes as well..."

At that moment, Austin's cock momentarily popped out of Nyara's mouth as the younger Asari paused her sucking to give the penis a long lick from base to tip, giving Alaara and Sandra a full view of it in all its glory, currently wet and glistening with Nyara's saliva.

"Whoa! And no wonder with a cock like that."

Sandra didn't say anything, but in truth she too was very impressed with the sight before her. Part of her was a little bit appalled by the fact that all four of them were doing it right here on their wedding day. But then again, she and Alaara couldn't' exactly complain. They'd had sex in far worse places and situations, even during some missions. Compared to them in fact, this little foursome foreplay was actually quite tame.

Alaara couldn't help but notice how Sandra seemed to biting her lip ever so slightly, and she could tell her wife's pulse had increased. The Asari smiled naughtily as she observed that Sandra was getting turned on by this… just as she was. Sandra even seemed to be crossing her legs ever so slightly. Noticing this, Alaara decided to be even more naughty. Hugging her wife close to her from behind, Alaara's left hands gently snaked down Sandra's body until she eventually reached the hem of Sandra's trousers.

Sandra almost protested, but despite everything she just couldn't bring herself to say it. Instead, she let the Asari undo her belt ever so slightly and the blue hand slid in, touching her wettening folds.

The overly eager Asari was a bit aggressive with her fingers at first, but the jolt of her body made Alaara ease down a bit.

"Careful, Alaara." She hissed.

"Shhh!" Alaara simply smiled back.

Both of them went back to simply watching the show. Sandra had to hold back letting out a moan as Alaara continued to finger her. The Asari's other hand meanwhile went around Sandra's and brought it up to her where her dress was barely managing to contain her breasts. Sandra knew where this was going and gently eased the dressed down enough until Alaara's left tit spilled out and into her waiting hand. As the Asari continued to finger her, she in turn started kneading the blue breast in her hand, now making it difficult for Alaara to also hold her moans in. She managed to sort of let them out by planting some gentle kisses on her wife's cheek.

Austin reveled in the sensations of both having his cock sucked, an Asari porn star tit in his hand, and an Asari porn star tongue in his mouth. Nyara's hand produced an indescribable feeling as they slid across his sensitive flesh. Looking down at Nyara, he saw the Asari reveling in happiness, so focused on her task that she didn't even notice her boyfriend staring. A bead of pre escaped the Helldiver's tip and slowly slid down his shaft, until it made contact with Nyara's tongue. Once again tasting Austin's cum, Nyara's eyes seemed to glow. She sucked him hard, slurping around the shaft with her tongue and cooing with pleasure. Looking under her, her saw a small pool of her feminine juices had formed under where she'd been touching herself.

In a swift move, Nyara sucked him as hard as she could and then released him with a resounding lip-smack. Flicking her tongue against Austin's balls, Nyara began licking his cock from the base to the tip in slow, almost torturous, strokes.

"Mmm. So tasty..." she mumbled quietly

Sparks of pleasure surged up Austin's body from the Asari's ministrations. By now his cock was really leaking and Nyara was greedily lapping up every little drop.

While Austin was still preoccupied with Sooleeia and Kavarda, Nyara finally began bobbing her head, intent on milking her favourite cock in the galaxy of every single drop it had to give.

Soon it wasn't long before Nyara could feel her boyfriend's shaft swelling a bit more and his balls beginning to tense. The familiar signs were all there.

"He's gonna cum." She said, just enough that the other two Asari could hear her.

"Oh goddess yes!" Sooleeia moaned as she and Kavarda both got on their knees next to Nyara and in front of Austin.

Grabbing his cock in his hand, he stood in front of the three Asari, pumping vigorously. As all them opened their mouths wide, tongues hanging out, the bouncing of their breasts in their hands spurred him on, coaxing him to squeeze, pull, thrust, and massage his cock as best he could. Harder and faster he went, feeling the churning ache from deep inside. Finally, with a cry of release, he unleashed rope after rope of spurts to rain down on the Asari. His hips jerked in the air in time with his eruptions, cum spraying from his dick as his body spas med powerfully, each spurt making him twitch more powerfully than the last.

Nyara, Sooleeia and Kavarda all moaned in pleasure and delight as Austin shot his thick cum all over their tits, painting their blue skin white. Several spatters ejected right up onto their faces and a few landed on their lips and chins.

Finally, Austin was spent. None of them could say anything. Their gazes simply shifted to meet each
other's, soft smiles replacing the looks of erotic pleasure, as Austin came down from his cum shot.

"Oh fuck." He panted, his forehead shining slightly with sweat. "That was…"

Nyara simply winked at him while Sooleeia and Kavarda smiled at him, licking his cum off each other's faces and tentatively licking their lips free of his ejaculate, swallowing it greedily.

Alaara gently withdrew her fingers from Sandra's trousers, glistening with her love's wetness. Bringing them to her mouth, she managed to share it with Sandra who similarly took some of the Asari's fingers into her mouth, tasting herself on them.

"I don't know about you, darling, but after that little show… I want nothing more right now than to fuck you so much."

"Oh I'm all yours, wife." Sandra panted.

"Let's get out of here."


The moment they entered the room, Alaara practically pounced on Sandra, the Helldiver just managed to catch her and hold her up in her arms. Both mouths latched onto one another in a deep kiss.

As they kissed, Sandra carried Alaara over to the large bed. To her surprise however, when she gently put her wife down, Alaara actually turned to tables and flipped them over so that she was on top now. They resumed kissing again for a short moment before Alaara then broke it. As Sandra sat up, Alaara sunk lower and began undoing Sandra's trousers. Sandra was quick to help her as the Asari managed to drag her trousers and underwear down her legs, onto the ground, and off her completely.

With nothing stopping her now, Sandra's tongue went right for Sandra's pussy, lapping away greedily and probing deep into her new wife's folds.

"Oh yes!"

"Raise your leg up." Alaara said.

Sandra did so and managed to prop her left foot up on the bed, presenting her pussy to Alaara directly, who probed her tongue in even deeper.

Sandra meanwhile gently reached up and began undoing her jacket from the bottom, slowly revealing more and more of her body as Alaara watched from below.

Eventually, the last bit was undone and Sandra's jacket parted, revealing her breasts which she began fondling in pleasure while moaning at the attention Alaara was giving to her pussy. Alaara was also enjoying the sight of seeing her wife's eight pack revealed as the jacket parted. She made a mental note to remember to run her tongue over those firm lean muscles at some point tonight.

As Sandra kept squeezing her own chest, Alaara dug her tongue in deeper, as much as she could. Sandra could only let out even more moans, licking her own lips in pleasure, anticipating the further pleasures that were soon to come. Finally after some time and even more moans of pleasure as she ate out her new wife, Alaara finally rose back up, kissing her way up the Helldiver's muscular body, lingering for quite some time on the human's breasts. Still she found herself unable to resist how wet they made her when enlarged through the union. It just made her want to suck on them forever, play with them, squeeze them, have their soft flesh rubbing against her face, feeling the nipples in her azure. She could go on…

As she took one of the nipples in her mouth, Alaara then managed to pick Sandra up and carried her bridal style over to the bed. Yes, it seemed somewhat odd given that it was usually the other way around, but right now neither of them cared. All that mattered in this moment right now was them. Once they reached the bed, Alaara set Sandra down. Then rather surprisingly, she actually turned the Helldiver over onto her front, only to give her arse a playful little slap, which Sandra let out a small pleasure moan followed by a light giggle.

Sandra waited for another slap to come, but it never came. Instead she noticed out of the comer of her eye that Alaara had backed away slightly. Curious, Sandra rolled onto her back again, the Asari giving her a seductive wink. Her whole body then began to shimmer slightly with biotics.

Already Sandra could see Alaara's tits growing in size. What happened at the same time however was a new sight for the Helldiver as Alaara's growing breasts pressed against the fabric of her wedding dress. However, instead of tearing or bursting through the dress, the steadily growing tits were actually pushing the fabric of the dress so much that the zip on the front was actually being unzipped on its own, purely by having Alaara's tits expand from within as they gradually tried to push their way out of the confined clothing they now found themselves stuck inside. Very slowly, the zip moved down on its own further and further, slowly revealing more and more of Alaara's blue skin and her toned front as it slid all the way down until stopping just above her pussy.

"Enjoying the show, my love?" Alaara smiled.

Sandra's only reply to was to reach down to her and begin masturbating to the erotic sight before her as she watched the top part of Alaara's wedding dress fall down on its own, pooling at her waist and revealing her wife's enlarged bosoms in all their glory.

"Bigger than usual, Sandra." Alaara said observantly. "You must be particularly horny tonight."

Sandra nodded. She didn't really need to say anything. Through the union the both felt how aroused the other was. With a smile, Alaara then turned her back to Sandra. Wiggling her hips aggressively, the dress eventually slid down her butt and finally polled at her feet on the floor. Much to Sandra's surprise and delight, Alaara hadn't worn any underwear under her dress. To be honest though, it wasn't that surprising. Alaara had always had a bit of a thing for "going commando" and only wore underwear on certain occasions if she was either in an uncomfortable outfit or hoping to put on some kind of strip tease show… and not just for Sandra.

With a little smile, Alaara gave her butt a slight wiggle, which made Sandra breath in with further arousal. Without turning, Alaara slowly backed up towards Sandra until her butt was within reach. Sandra didn't even hesitate and reached up to cup the gorgeous arse of her wife.

Such delicious cheeks, so round, firm, big, smooth and soft to the touch. As Alaara savored the sensation of her wife's touch, Sandra's mouth edged closer until she quite literally kissed it. With Alaara, only times like these were when Sandra would quite literally "Kiss her arse." And it worked vice versa. If anything, Alaara enjoyed it more due to Sandra's muscles. Hell, if anything the Asari was quite the muscle worshiper when it came to them having sex. Right now though, all that mattered was here and now.

After Sandra had slid her cheek over Alaara's arse plenty of times, the Asari finally turned round and gently laid the both of them down the bed, their enlarged tits and hyper sensitive nipples rubbing against each other, the slightest movement causing stimulation that would drive anyone lesser to an instant release.

Both partners let out moans of pleasures as their chests touched, the hyper sexual sensitivity sending jolt after jolt of pleasurable sensations through their bodies, doubled by the enhancements and then quadrupled by their linked minds via the union.

Alaara, being the one on top, begin to gently thrust herself against Sandra, not only thrusting her enlarged breasts into her wife's, but also rubbing her azure against Sandra's pussy, adding even further pleasure and stimulation.

Alaara moaned throatily into Sandra's mouth as they kissed, hungrily grinding their bodies against each other, rubbing their pillowy breasts against one another and writhing back and forth.

Being driven almost mad with pleasure, Sandra wrapped her strong legs around the Asari's torso, essentially locking her in place as they continued to thrust against one another, trying to see who might climax first or if somehow it might end up being another of their shared ones. Alaara in turn kept her arms locked in place, the two of them now holding onto each other like their lives depended on it.

"You feel so good... so hot... so sexy..." Alaara panted.

Sandra tried to think of a good thing to say in return, but nothing really fitting enough came to mind. In the end, the Helldiver simply stared back at her with the same expression of pleasure and love.

Alaara's thrust soon started to become bigger, slightly more force put into them, each one giving both partners a jolt of pleasure as their hyper sensitive nipples and the flesh of their enlarged tits crashed into one another and their pussies continued to grind with every thrust.

"I-I'm getting close..." Alaara warned, trembling in pleasure but still eager for the friction that set their nerves alight.

Pistoning back and forth with all the speed and force they could muster, using every muscle they could still control, finally, neither of them could hold it back any longer. As they both timed it exactly right, they simultaneously launched into an incredible orgasm, their screams of ecstasy almost loud enough that the entire party downstairs might have heard them if it wasn't for the room being sound proofed.

As both took a moment to get their breath back, Alaara looked down at her beautiful wife. Seeing her so happy and in such pleasure... it was a sight that mere words alone could not describe how happy it made her feel.

With a gasp and a sigh of utter relief, Alaara slumped into Sandra's arms, collapsing onto her big breasts and laying there to regain her strength, feeling the heat from her lover's body. Sandra gave a happy sigh and pulled the Asari into another kiss, holding her close with her strong arms and legs, intent on keeping her right where she was for a while.

Eventually, after feeling her energy return, Alaara was able to push herself up enough that she was looking at Sandra once more.

"Tonight is ours, my love. Tell me what you want. Tell me everything." She said through the union, taking both Sandra's hands and pressing them to the bed.

"Nipples. I've always wanted to…"

Alaara though stopped her by pressing her finger to the Helldiver's lips.

"So have I." she said seductively.

Gently flipping Sandra over on to her front, Alaara began planting several kisses along the woman's back, her lips savoring her soft skin and hard muscles.

Gently parting Sandra's legs, Alaara brought one of her matriarch sized tits down to the human's wet pussy until the hard erect nipple was touching and rubbing the folds almost like the tip of a penis.

"Mmmmmm." Sandra moaned calmly with a relaxed smile on her face.

Alaara then grabbed Sandra and rolled the two of them around, pinning the human to the bed under her. She smiled at her wife seductively and reached down to stroke one of the enlarged and erect nipples underneath her. Sandra shuddered and instinctively thrust up towards her, letting the Asari feel her to be ridden, to feel her wife's azure around her hyper sensitive nub.

"You're so sexy... You have no idea." Alaara purred dreamily.

With a soft smile, she straddled Sandra's breast and lowered herself onto her nipple, letting out an exhale of pleasure as the firm nub finally made contact with her azure. The sensations that fill both of them was such pleasure it nearly left them at a complete loss for words. Sandra took hold of Alaara's shoulders, feeling the blue texture of her skin and the firm toned muscles underneath, and started to thrust her breast into her, driving her nipple in.

"Ah! Yes! M-my tits! Uh! Please!" Alaara begged, holding her bondmate's shoulders for support; her black eyes looking deep into hers

Sandra complied, her hands reaching up caressing the great, heavy bosoms of her blue lover, feeling the firm soft and hot flesh gently squish under her grasp.

Alaara moaned, pushing her chest out into Sandra's hands, allowing the human to squeeze her nipples.

The two hungrily kissed one another, tongue's almost a blur as they danced with another, savoring their tastes and lips practically fused together lovingly.

"Do you like playing with my body?" The Asari moaned at her ministrations.

Sandra gave her a playful smirk and ran her fingers expertly over Alaara's nipples, making her moan and mewl at the stimulation. Slowly, she guided Sandra towards one of them. Sandra smiled at her and accepted the nipple, rolling it between her lips and exerting gentle, teasing pressure with her teeth.

"Hmm... that feels nice. Just... don't forget what's the priority here." Alaara moaned, her hips bucking against the nipple she was riding, still firmly lodged inside her pussy.

Sandra squeezed Alaara's other tit, caressing the firm and soft flesh, still suckling teasingly at the other nipple in her mouth, listening to her wife moan in pleasure from her actions, feeling the Asari's her azure lips rippling around her nipple. Her nursing was suddenly interrupted when she was pulled off Alaara's breasts and into a deep kiss. The Asari once again shoved her tongue inside her mouth, exploring it in detail. Sandra kissed her back as eagerly as she could until the lack of air forced them to break the kiss apart reluctantly.

"I love you so much, Alaara. Cum for me..." Sandra moaned.

Alaara's pussy contracted slightly, pulling at Sandra's nipple; her black eyes rolling to the back of her head. With a muffled moan she finally gave in, a small wave of her cum crashing into Sandra's abs and pooling on their bedroll. Alaara broke the kiss and panted, looking down at her wife with a mixture of love, satisfaction and desire. Sandra looked back at her with need, her muscled torso and enhanced breasts drenched in the Asari's sexual fluids.

Sandra thought about Alaara's tongue and the many advantages it had. Alaara pretty much read her mind as they both decided what would be next for them tonight. The Asari crawled towards her wife and gently brought her nose closer to the human's moistening pussy and her eyes closed as she savored her lover's scent. Alaara licked at Sandra's moist slit from top to bottom, stopping briefly to kiss her clit.

"So good..." she heard her whisper before she suddenly plunged her tongue inside the Helldiver's warm depths, exploring every nook and cranny, much to her pleasure.

Sandra shuddered and moaned, feeling her juices dribble from her womanhood onto the Asari's tongue. She wriggled in delight, praising Alaara's skill with her tongue and begging her to keep going. She howled and cried, writhing as Alaara busily devoured her womanhood, and she found herself wrapping her legs around Alaara's neck and pulled the Asari's face right up against her pussy.

There was no protest, only compliance as Alaara's tongue batted against Sandra's cervix, demanding entrance into her innermost sanctuary. She tried to hold out, but this was one of those rare time where she was in a battle she couldn't win. The Helldiver cried out as an orgasm rocked her, drenching Alaara's face with her honey. Her juices flowed into Alaara's waiting mouth, guided by the Asari's tongue, and she was all too happy to drink, trying her best not to waste even a single drop.

Finally, with a few last moans, Sandra slumped down, completely spent. Her strong legs released Alaara as she was overcome by numbness that came from being so very well fucked by her love.

"I'll never get over how good you are at eating pussy." She panted, her skin glistening from her own sweat.

Alaara licked her lips as best she could, making sure they were completely clean. Sandra's compliment brought a soft glow of pride to the Asari's black union eyes

Now it was Sandra's turn to pleasure her wife orally. Right now, she would love nothing more but to have a taste of some Asari juice. As the two flipped over, Alaara lay back on the bed and opened her legs, giving her wife easy access to her blooming, moist azure.

Sandra settled in between Alaara's legs, and lent in to reach her folds. From there, she was in a perfect position to gently swish her tongue up the length of the Asari's slit, starting from way back between her legs and then trailing gently forward to caress her blue pussy directly, pushing up between her lips to tickle the interior of her womanhood.

Alaara gasped in pleasure and her legs buckled for a moment, though she quickly recovered by digging her fingers into the bed covers, panting from the stimulation. Sandra looked up at her as best she could around the Asari's heaving bosoms and gave her an innocent smile, then turned right back to the task at hand. Her tongue slid across Alaara's folds, caressing her with all the oral skill she could muster, her juices flowing and being caught and savored with each lick.

Alaara's enjoyment was very apparent, as each time Sandra even breathed over her azure, she bucked against her; her vaginal walls contracting in hopes of gripping the human's tongue and pulling it deeper inside her. Sandra's saliva, combined with the ever-flowing Asari juice kept it slick enough that she didn't have a chance of holding her tongue back.

"Hmm... Ah! A little more to the left..." Alaara directed her.

Sandra's tongue bent with all of the flexibility she could muster, wriggling into her wife's depths and trying to caress and stroke every last one of her most intimate places. Pretty soon, she found that special spot. Every time she made contact with that little spot, Alaara rewarded her with a buck of her hips and a renewed gush of fluids.

"Ah! If you keep doing this I'm going to- Oh!" Alaara gasped as she lost herself in the pleasurable sensations her wife was responsible for. Sandra continued to wriggle her tongue, stroking that special point with as much care as she could manage

With a gasp and sigh, Alaara's tenseness vanished and she fell flat on the bed, gazing up at her love through half-lidded eyes as Sandra crawled up on top, their biotically enlarged and hyper sensitive breasts once more rubbing against each other. Sandra couldn't help but gasp in surprise as the Asari suddenly pulled her down into a deep kiss. Alaara didn't seem to mind tasting herself as she licked around inside the human's mouth. Sandra waited until Alaara took her tongue out of her mouth and smiled at her.

Despite everything though, this was far from the end. They're hunger for each other was just insatiable tonight. For the next several hours, they made love and fucked long into the night going through many more positions which resulted in overwhelming pleasure for either one or other, or both at the same time. In fact, the amount of sessions they went through tonight exceeded, by far, all the ones they ever usually had, even on nights when they'd been drunk, overly horny, or even had a third party in their bed. And then there was the orgasm count. By the time both of them finally had nothing else left in them, Sandra had had a total of nine orgasms and Alaara... well over sixteen.

It was definitely a good thing they'd asked for two spare bedsheets tonight. The originals were a complete mess. Not to mention their aggressive fucking might have actually torn them a bit. Once they'd sought to that, they both lay down exhausted, cuddled in on another's embrace, their still enlarged and sensitive breasts and nipples touching one another.

"Was it good for you, my wife?" Sandra asked, her finger tips gently stoking Alaara's cheek.

"The best..." Alaara whispered.

The two smiled and kissed again.

"I love you, my dirty little Asari." She said, smiling lovingly as she spoke through the meld.

"I love you too, Sandra. You are my amazon, my goddess, my bondmate, my wife… and now you are mine, just as I am yours." Said Alaara.

"Always have been, always will." Sandra said back.

Both of them intertwined hands as they looked into one another's eyes, their foreheads touching, lips merely inches from one another.

With one final phrase both said in perfect unison between them, they sealed the gap with probably their most deepest, passionate, and loving kiss ever.

"Now and forever, my love. For all eternity."


Fortress Vermithrax had been very quiet these past few days. Barely anyone had seen or heard from the Commander in a while. He'd taken to locking himself in his chamber, letting only his lieutenants, strike force and personal guard enter on occasions of meetings and such. Everyone else though hadn't seen him for some time. Somewhat unusual given that the Commander in the past had often come out as way of providing motivation to keep his forces going, reminding them of who they answered to.

Right now, The Commander sat in his throne, the dark glow from the lava being the only illumination he currently had. It cast a very bleak and almost haunting atmospheric light over the dozens of pained and writhing bodies of aliens and enemies that had been sculpted into the throne's architecture.

Held in place by an outstretched dead hand on the throne's left, was a spike on which a Batarian skull was impaled. The skull of his very first kill when he'd still been a child, a fact that he gladly shared with anyone who asked, but still only a half truth. Only those who knew The Commander's complete story and origins would recognize the skull wasn't just any Batarian skull, but the skull of his own father that he murdered in cold blood.

The only other form of illumination came from the holo screen of a vid the Commander was currently watching. None other than the vid that Leena's drone had recorded of Alaara and Sandra's wedding. Despite that Alpha had kept the ceremony small and quiet, that hadn't stopped him from finding out about it. To say that he'd been furious upon finding out his daughter was marrying an alien was an immense understatement.

As to the question as to why he hadn't tried to intervene… well, the answer was rather simple. They'd had the wedding take place on Arkadia in the heart of Arkadia's city. That was a place even the Commander dared not attack openly and directly. If he did, this civil war would practically be over for him and Hellspawn. And even if it wasn't, an attack would like that would unite nearly the entire galaxy against him. Consumed as he was by hatred and revenge, he wasn't foolish.

Deep down though, as the Commander watched Alaara and Sandra kiss, he couldn't help but feel a tinniest bit of happiness for his daughter. Seeing her smiling that much in the arms of those she loved, surrounded by her friends who were practically the only family she'd ever known… The Commander was not so fully consumed by evil that he was completely devoid of some kind of compassion. Despite all that though, that emotion was right at the back of his mind, lingering there like an outcast against the other emotion he felt right now: rage, fury, anger, and above all betrayal. After the time he had spared her from death, and this was how she repaid him?

The faint glow from the lava outside seemed to intensify as he watched Alaara and Sandra kiss again. This time, he didn't hold his emotions back. With a roar of anger, he brought his fist down hard on the arm of his throne. The loud noise echoed throughout his chambers and the whole throne shook violently. Fortunately it didn't break, a testament to the craftsmanship that had gone into its construction.

The vid ended and disappeared, leaving the Commander completely alone now. He took a moment to let himself try and calm down to prevent any more violent outbursts. Though it worked, mentally his mind burned like hell itself with all kinds of rage and anger. When next he and his daughter crossed paths… his desire to spare her and leave her as the last Helldiver alive… it might no longer hold him back.

This was far from the end. If anything, it was just the beginning…


For a while, it was planned that The Commander actually WOULD attack the wedding, but it kind of dawned on me that the killing of some of the guests would overshadow the wedding, making it a bit bittersweet, so I changed it. And actually it was nice to do a chapter with no genuine problems this time. Just something happy and light hearted.

Things are going to get darker and more emotional from here though as we head into the final years of the Hellspawn Civil War. The next chapter especially will be when we start to see more of the darker renegade side of Shepard come out...

Until then, stay safe, stay healthy, and stay strong. We've endured virus outbreaks in the past, and we're still here. Never lose hope. We'll endure this one too. And you know what they say, Always look on the bright side of life. See you soon. :)