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"Ok my loves, keep your eyes closed and your senses blocked off. Jewel, you are going to need to duck here." I relayed a little late as Jewel's bulbous head bonked into the doorframe.

It did not hurt her of course, but she relayed her displeasure. "My Apollo, why can I not just look? I dislike having things kept hidden from me." Orchid, who was here because I felt the need to appease her as she had destroyed the surroundings upon realising her spot had been usurped, again, replied.

"This is nothing, my queen, he kept it from Orchid and Sophia and the whole cult, except for one, for what felt like eternity!" Orchid squeezed my hand with excitement. She had no idea what I had done, but she felt excited for the fact that Apollo had done something for them.

Making our way through the ship, I escorted the two Bio-forms into the freezer, positioning them correctly before relaying. "So, I love you so much and I appreciate everything you do for me, so I wanted to provide a way to express my love for you, other than mating, we will still be making love later."

Jewel's entire head palpitated as I relayed that, but she allowed me to continue. "Now in human culture, the exchanging of physical gifts of great value are often exchanged between lovers. Now, that would be pointless for you my love, because gems and other things that humans consider expensive are just condensed carbon and such to you."

I then moved over to a crate and popped the lid off as I relayed. "So that is why I got you something, that while you would have gotten eventually, might enjoy now. Open your senses!"

Jewel opened her senses and an overwhelming sense of biomass flooded her sense of smell. "My Love?" She said in a tone that made my heart drop. "Ah man, you hate it huh? I thought that getting you a ton of different samples of the native flora and fauna of the planet I had been residing on as well as the Dino's from the planet you attacked and some other goodies from neighbouring planets would be a good present. I am sorry, I thought it might have been romantic in a specific way. I-"

I stopped my rant immediately as my mind became overwhelmed by the sheer amount of love Jewel was relaying in my direction. It was not just Jewel either. Many other nearby bio-forms, and some very powerful distant forms were all showering me with their love.

I suddenly remembered I passed out the last time I felt this much emotion from the being in front of me. I felt proud that I could withstand the cacophony and relay my own love back. Our emotions began to play with each other in the link, making our feelings please one another in an indescribable pleasure.

I was barely able to move with how good I felt, but Jewel walked forward and pressed her faceplate against my forehead. "Your gift is perfect my everything. Thank you." Jewel could not express her delight any further.

It truly was perfect. Apollo was right. She had everything prey species coveted in her stores, what would she have done with a silly trinket? She would have worn it of course if Apollo would have given it to her, but it would be pointless.

This however? Jewel took in a deep inhale and quivered as Apollo hugged her tightly. In this room was both her first and second favourite thing. The first being her mate of course, the second being finding new genetic material she could devour.

And her mate had truly shown her why he was the perfect mate. So much variety avian, aquatic and terranean. Jewel's mouth began salivating at the thought of digging into the new biomass.

After breaking the hug, Jewel looked down at me and relayed a series of emotions and thoughts that roughly translated to 'When I have finished feasting, we are going to mate until we break through the planet's crust.'

Thinking about the amount of force that would require, my mind went back to the time Jewel... Lost herself to her love for me and the ensuing aftermath. I quickly shook that thought to the side however, as now was not the time to be scaroused.

With my passive growth in strength, alongside Ares's energy seeping into me, my Psionic decay destroying my body and Jewel stabilising me, I already felt a lot stronger than when I first arrived in this galaxy and felt that I could possibly withstand such force if the moment arose again.

All of a sudden after thinking that, I was on my side and a familiar tongue had entered my mouth. 'Orchid? Oh, right...' I forgot about the link again and the fact that my mind was being actively read constantly once more.

Still, I did not resist in the slightest. Orchid had it on Jewel's order to get me ready for mating. For after she had sampled everything I had brought with me, I was next. This surprised me as both of my cuties tended to be rather jealous of one another, but I did not fight, nor did I complain.

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Jewel was extremely satisfied as she ingested a small, furry arachnid. She had been gorging herself for an hour straight on the best tasting morsels she had ever had! She pondered if this 'city' planet Apollo went to was special with its delicious tasting prey, or perhaps it was because her mate had gifted her the morsels and that was why they tasted so sublime.

Jewel then moved to the side as she allowed a warrior to enter the room and begin shoving the pallet away with its noggin. Jewel's current body that she possessed was not really the eating sort. It could sustain itself with the ambient Psionic energy in the surroundings thanks to her breakthrough, so that was why she was only having one or two morsels from each crate before she sent them off to the other bio-forms to devour, with love of course.

Jewel then floated over to the last crate she was allowed to touch, as Apollo's mind was flooded with the phrase 'Dino nuggies' When he mentioned the so-called 'Dino's' earlier. Opening the crate with her Telekinesis, Jewel was intrigued, which was the reason she saved this one for last. For the prey in this box were still alive.

From inside the crate, a flood of arthropods began emerging and began to climb down the box. Jewel felt no threat from the creatures, how could she? So she let them scurry away for now and her drones and warriors would have enjoyment engaging in a small hunt later.

There were still thousands inside the crate, so Jewel picked one up and began to observe the creature. 'Impeccable environmental adaptability for such a base creature.' She thought to herself as she observed its genome.

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The small arthropods were not from a sub freezing climate and should not have the capabilities to survive as such, yet they adapted quickly to be able to do so. Next was starvation. Trapped inside that crate for as long as they were, the tiny arthropods began to devour one another, began breeding and then devouring once more.

The story in the creature's genetic code in front of her fascinated her. Its life was built through a never-ending war for survival, killing and eating its own kin and emerging victorious, for it was the strongest and most intelligent. This made her think of her humble beginnings, when she was much smaller than the creature she now held in her hand.

"Apollo's prey species must underestimate you, morsel. Eating refuse? You could become unstoppable with the right conditions, you could devour everything you lay your eyes upon and let it become one with you until you are everything. A shame."

Jewel then placed the arthropod into her mouth and began chewing with a satisfying crunch. As she was about to place the lid back onto the crate, she paused, realising something. Looking down at her thumb, there was a spec of blood. Her blood.

The wound had healed of course, but a shock ran throughout her surrounding bodies. Some of the warriors nearby actively began to go into defence mode upon realising there was damage to the queen, but she suppressed the instinct as her fascination took over.

Picking up another arthropod, she placed it next to her skin and waited. She was not able to pick up on any pain, but after a minute, she pulled the creature away and sure enough, another spec of blood.

'How?' Jewel thought as she threw the creature into her mouth again. Such a small being, with no Psionic or anti Psionic capabilities? How could it puncture her skin? Jewel picked up another one and stared intently at the genetic anatomy of the creatures maxillopeds and noticed that was not all that it had. It had teeth.

Small teeth so sharp that they could pierce her perfect skin? Jewel began to salivate. These creatures were small and each one had a slightly different genetic code, but if she ate enough and developed a unified genetic pattern she could adapt...

Jewel began wolfing down the Uraps one after another until she had eaten well over a hundred. Realising that the amount in the crate would not be enough, she called over a warrior and tore its scythe off before throwing it into the crate and sealing the lid once more.@@novelbin@@

She had a plan to breed these creatures, like a cultivating field the prey species use. But that could wait for a little while. Orchid was on the verge of losing control and Jewel needed her mate. His gift had an aphrodisiac effect on her and she was now raring to become one with her Apollo once more.