Neal James is a space station navigator whose lover, Dylan Teague, left him for a starmapping mission. But when Dylan radios in a distant signal one night, Neal discovers that he hasn't managed to put the relationship behind him in the two months they've been apart. When he's one of the crew members sent to investigate the signal, he finds that his ex-lover feels the same.<br><br>The source of the signal is a lost colony ship. Only a handful of the original colonists remain, survivors of a deadly disease that killed most of their fellow shipmates twenty years ago. To keep the threat of disease to a minimum, the colony adheres to strict laws, including the prohibition of same-sex relationships.<br><br>When the same fatal virus seems to appear again, Neal and Dylan find themselves in the midst of an irrational panic and hate that threatens to destroy everything the colonists have worked so hard to attain.

Operation Starseed

“I need you,” he says, and before I


can stop him, he’s on his knees, taking me into his mouth. His


tongue swirls down my length and I thrust into him, grab fists full


of his long bangs, push into him as far as I can go, over and over


again. His hands are the supports that keep me standing, the world


beneath me, it’s only him, and he does such wicked things with his


tongue and lips, licking me like I’m all he’s ever wanted and


sucking, humming, kneading until I come. That’s when I melt into


his arms, trembling against him, spent. His lips find mine in the


darkness and he tastes so sweet, his mouth alive with my juices,


his hands smoothing my fevered skin, my fluttering stomach. “I love


you,” he tells me, like he always does when he takes me into


I kiss the words away. We don’t have much


Ellington is waiting for us when I lead


Dylan out of the serviceway. He’s giddy and breathless and can’t


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