Cra contacted them by vid-feed after a couple of days and after some initial shyness, she chattered away with Alyssa as though the two were best friends. The Port Heracles medical team had decided that she didn’t need surgery, but she was recovering in hospital there under their careful supervision.


    The troubled young woman admitted that she had been having trouble sleeping, her dreams quickly turning into nightmares as she relived the traumatic events of her capture. She seemed to be making good progress with her physical recovery, but it was clear to John that Cra was suffering from PTSD. Alyssa and John did their best to cheer her up and promised to speak regrly. Vid-feed calls soon became part of their routine and they spoke frequently in the final leg of their journey.


    Eventually the Fool’s Gold arrived at Alpha Centauri, home of Olympus Shipyard, John’s final destination after all this time. The Olympus shipyard was the centre of Terran Federation power, the drydocks there constructing the biggest and most powerful spacecraft in this quadrant of the gxy. This mighty spaceport sat in high orbit around Alpha Centauri B, or the Gravitus as it was known to locals.


    John sat in the pilot’s chair as he watched Alyssa plot their approach to the Olympus shipyard. He couldn’t believe their journey together was nearly over. He studied the girl who had stowed away on his ship four weeks ago.


    The stunningly attractive teenager was concentrating intensely on the console in front of her, her head tilted slightly to the side. He looked up and down her gorgeous body, drinking in every exquisite detail of the ravishing young beauty before him. She wasn’t just the most physically beautiful woman he had ever met, he also loved her intelligence, her fun personality, her enthusiasm and her zest for life.


    Yes, he did love her he suddenly realised. How was he ever going to let her go? His heart caught in his throat at the thought of this incredible young woman walking out of his life. He realised he would be bereft without her.


    Then there was the age gap though, he was old enough to be her father for god’s sake! John berated himself. The girl was a genius with a zingly bright future ahead of her. Her First ss Navigator’s license that she had earned so effortlessly was her ticket to afortable life filled with adventure. He couldn’t be so selfish as to deprive the young girl of that. A ck depression took hold of him as he realised he loved her too much to hold her back. He would have to let her go.


    The abrupt realisation that he had to do the right thing brought tears to John’s eyes. He turned to the girl he now realised was his soul-mate and tried to mentally prepare himself to let her go. It was the hardest thing he had ever had to do.


    Alyssa sat in the Co-pilots chair, plotting the course to Olympus shipyard. She was reflecting to herself on the remarkable recent turn of events. Of course, there was all that business with her body changing so dramatically, her new boobs being a constant source of delight. However, there was something else that she had been finding far more surreal. She had begun to hear voices.


    It had started off innocuously enough, a week or so after she had been forced to escape from Karron and John had found her on board his ship. He had asked her to be a First ss Navigator in a roundabout sort of a way, so she had thrown herself into his request with gusto. She had been studying in her free time and then meeting up for “mealtimes” with the handsome Captain.


    She loved kneeling in front of him, servicing his massive cock and encouraging him to unload his sweet tasting cum into her eagerly awaiting stomach. She had grown to adore his “quad” and the way he filled her to the brim after every orgasm. She hadn’t felt hungry once since they had made their agreement and for someone who had lived on the borderline of starvation for most of her life, that was a big deal. She did wonder if she should vary her nutrition a bit, but she felt charged with energy and her body seemed to be thriving on the high protein diet.


    As well as the contentedly full feeling in her stomach, she almost seemed to sense his pleasure when he exploded in her mouth. At first she had dismissed it, but she had then be so in tune with the man, that his orgasms would trigger her own. Eventually she had started to pick up other emotions as well, not just when she was pleasuring him. When she had shown him her newly acquired Navigators ID, the bewildering onught of emotions she had sensed from him had been almost overwhelming.


    Just after they had rescued Cra she had begun to hear the voices. Well more specifically, one voice. It was like hearing little snippets of conversation at random times. At the start, she had wondered if she were going mad, but the voice was calm and kind which put her at ease. Most of the time the disembodied voice was saying lovely things about her and that was when she first noticed that she only heard it when John was exploring her body with his eyes. She had put two and two together and with some bewilderment, realised it was his inner voice she was tuning in to.


    She sighed happily. It felt amazing to be so lusted after by the handsome man. She had entered their agreement hesitantly to start, but he was just so kind and gentle with her, that she had begun to develop strong feelings for him. When he told her he was proud of her, it felt like her heart would burst she had been so overjoyed. She found herself doing little things to please him any chance she had and his earnest gratitude was tremendously rewarding.


    Alyssa had spent thest week trying to spend as much time with him as possible, surreptitiously listening in to his inner monologue whenever she could. It was difficult not to react to some of the things he thought, but she was developing quite the poker face. She figured it was prudent to keep this little secret to herself. Besides, what woman wouldn’t want to be able read her man’s thoughts without him knowing it!


    Sitting in the cockpit when they arrived at Alpha Centauri, she had quickly plotted their course to Olympus station. She then pretended to be focused on the console as she tuned in to John’s thoughts, her head tilted slightly to the side.


    *She’s so beautiful* John thought happily. *It’s not just that she’s totally gorgeous, I love that she’s so intelligent and fun to be with…* he mused.


    Alyssa had to fight hard not to grin like an idiot to be held in such high regard.


    *I’m in love with her!* John suddenly realised to himself.


    Alyssa’s heart sang and she wanted to leap into his arms and dere how much she returned his feelings.


    Unfortunately his thoughts suddenly took a dark turn.


    *I’m old enough to be her father for god’s sake!* John berated himself.


    Old enough to be her father? Alyssa wondered. He only looked to be around 30 or so, which got Alyssa curious to know exactly how old he was.


    *She’s a genius with a First ss Navigator’s license. She’s got a bright future ahead, you can’t ruin that by trying to get her to stay* John thought to himself, getting increasingly depressed.


    Now he was thinking about getting her to leave his ship for her own good?! Didn’t he understand she had only been half joking when she said that he owned her? Any thought of being away from him felt gut wrenchingly miserable and her mind shied away from it instinctively. No, she needed to nip this in the bud right now!


    John turned towards Alyssa, his face set in a grim expression, his eyes welling with tears. He opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him off abruptly.


    “Well our journey is nearly at an end, perhaps we should have a chat about our arrangement?” Alyssa said, smiling warmly at him.Belongs to (N)?vel/Drama.Org.


    “Of course” John replied, his face a mask of barely concealed pain. “You’ll have your choice of ships you could sign up with.”


    Her musicalughter filled the cockpit “Other ships? Why would I want to leave? I’ve never been happier!” Her full lips formed an outrageous pout “Unless you don’t want me here any more?”


    “No, of course I do, you’re amazing!” John reacted instinctively before remembering he was trying to be noble. “You have your whole life ahead of you though, why would you want to saddle yourself with an older guy like me?”


    Alyssa slowly rose and walked gracefully towards him before sitting in hisp. She cupped his face in her hands and looked deep into his eyes “I feel safe, valued and cared for and that’s all thanks to you” She paused to watch the hope spreading across his face. “I love you and I can’t imagine us being apart!”


    John encased the earnest teenager in a fierce hug. “I love you too!” he dered, all thoughts of being noble abandoned.