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between and coupling only occurred to relieve built up
aggression or to produce offspring. Before either could occur, the
males would bite the females releasing a chemical into the females
to increase their desire to mate. It normally required many times
before the chemical would build up enough for a female to become
fertile enough to receive a male’s seed. Their scientists believe
this might be one reason the birth rate had begun declining,
especially the births of females. Another problem was only bond
mated couples could reproduce. Each Prime male and female was
required to attend a Mating Ceremony when they came of age. Prime
males were matched to their mates though a mating rite ceremony;
and, if no match is made, life for the unattached males meant a
solitary existence. The mating rites were a chemical reaction that
occurred when a Prime male had a physical and emotional chemical
reaction bonding them to a female. The males become overwhelmed
with feelings of possessiveness, protectiveness and sexual desire.
A mating mark, a series of intricate circles denoting the
unbreakable bond between mates, appears on the palm of the male and
matching female when they come into contact with each other. Each
mark is as individualized as the bonded pair.
    The Prime, a proud warrior species, were
desperate to find a species that the larger population of males
could bond with. That was one of the reasons Borj had been on the
warship. Borj was acting as an ambassador for Baade, their home
world, hoping to find out if any of the men on board would react to
the females in the nearby system. Despite meeting hundreds of
females, none formed a bond mate much to the relief of some of the
males on board. Many of the males had almost revolted at some of
the females paraded before them. Borj couldn’t really blame them.
He had fought back panic himself when presented with females who
were larger than he was, had green scaly skin and far more limbs
than he was comfortable with. The only other choice was one with
more hair on its body than some of the creatures found on Prime.
Neither represented a desirable choice. But, if it meant a bond,
the male would not care what the female looked like. Borj found out
his brother Mak’s trip was just as unproductive.
    They were returning from the nearby galaxy of
Grus on a trading and fact-finding mission when they received an
emergency signal from a passenger starship. The starship turned out
to be a decoy to lure in unsuspecting ships. Instead of passengers,
it contained a savage race of species known as the Juangans. They
were a cannibalistic species known to feed on their own kind if no
other food source was available. It was on this journey that Tink
suddenly appeared through a portal device created by a male of her
species. Tink had saved his youngest brother, Derik’s, life. When
she first appeared on the bridge of the warship, all of the males
were enchanted by her delicate beauty. But, it was when she touched
J’kar and the mating mark appeared that all the males on the bridge
realized an overwhelming hope for their future. When the male from
her world appeared on their warship and took Tink away, J’kar
become inconsolable with rage and anguish. Fortunately for all of
them, Tink had left two valuable pieces of her behind…RITA, the
artificial intelligence program she used and a miniature portal
device, both allowed them to travel to her world. Now, Borj was
preparing to return to the ‘warehouse’ where Tink lived and meet
with her friend, Cosmos. Borj had not met Cosmos yet but between
what J’kar. Brock, Lan, and Derik told him and what Tink was
telling him, he felt confident he would not have any problems with
the human male helping him
    “ And you promise to tell Cosmos I’m
okay, right?” Tink was saying.
    Borj flushed as he realized he had been lost
in his thoughts again. He didn’t know what was wrong with him but
he needed to pay better attention. He looked down at the