Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Oddities by Lyn Gala

Liam and Ondry communicate by lots of talking, questioning and answering but more sweetly by gestures and being keenly attentive to the other’s body language, mood, emotion, and silences. Liam is his family, and Ondry will protect him with his last breath.assuming that he can recognize the dangers in time to do so. He does know one thing that humans seem to constantly forget - that the peaceful Rownt are predators and when their families are threatened, Rownt become deadly killers. Unfortunately, new humans bring new conflicts and he is not sure how to protect Liam.

Ondry has no hope of understanding human psychology in general, he only knows that he will hold onto his palteia with the last breath in his body, and he'd like to keep his status and his wealth too.

He also wants to serve Ondry with not only the pleasures of the nest but also by bringing human profits. Liam wants to help the people he left and the worlds being torn apart. When political changes at the human base lead Ondry to attempt a difficult trade, the pair find themselves entangled in human affairs. That is assuming that Command doesn't catch them trying to desert their posts and execute them first.Ondry and Liam have settled into a good life, but their trading is still tied up with humans, and humans are always messy. However, he does hope a quest to find their missing crew might help them find themselves and their love before it's too late. In his youth, he went on a vision quest to find his path, but right now, spiritual quests don't have much to offer him. Shank knows he has to save his beautiful and dominating Allie and help her find herself again. Allie is in danger of emotionally self-destructing. Shank knows the signs of a person carrying too much guilt and anger. Allie wants more even as she fears her changing beliefs and sexual appetites. The problem is that the old pieces don't fit anymore. He insists on standing by her and helping her find the missing pieces. But no matter how hard she tries, she can't escape the gentle touch of Shank Lacroix, her favorite lover. Somewhere Allie lost some part of herself, too. Allie always enjoyed casual sex with crewmates, but the war never let her get too close to anyone.

Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Oddities by Lyn Gala