You wouldn't know anything about that, would you, Argernon?"

He grinned as he sat back down. "I am guilty. I made them bring my bound home to me."

"It's all right," Casey said softly.

Ariel's eyebrows shot up as she hugged her rounded stomach. "Really? You both made up?"

Ral chuckled. "I told you that it would be fine."

Ariel shot her husband a flirty look. "If he's anything like you, she didn't stand a chance."

Ariel sat down, glancing at Gava. "May I? I'm always hungry. I swear this baby eats three times what I do so I go around in a constant state of starvation. If it wasn't for the workouts I get I'd be as big as this house."

A smiling Gava made a heaping plate to set it in front of Ariel. "Zorn offspring are like that to women. It must be a boy." Gava shot both men a grin. "Their appetites in all things are extreme and they can't get enough from a woman who holds them in their bodies."

Casey almost choked on her food. Ariel chuckled while shooting her a look. "Get used to it. They are blunt like that. It's a common thread to joke about what horndogs Zorn men are."

Argernon frowned. "What is a horndog?"

"You." Ariel pointed to her husband. "Him. It means you can't get enough sex, and you always want it."

Argernon grinned as his eyes went to Casey. "I am definitely a horndog then."

Ral chuckled as he took a seat next to his wife, stealing a piece of fruit from her plate.

She winked at him, obviously amused. Love shone in the way she looked at him and it was clear that he was just as crazy about her.

Casey eyed the couple. They were starkly contrasted. Ariel was small where her husband was big. Ariel was pale in coloring where her husband was deeply tan. They were happy together, and very much in love. She caught the way they looked at each other. Her gaze went to Argernon. He was watching her silently.

"What are you thinking?" His voice was soft.

She shook her head. "It's nothing worth sharing."

"I always find myself wanting to know what you are thinking." He frowned.

Ral chuckled. "Get used to it. Your life has changed, Brother." He grinned at his wife before turning his attention on Casey. "We aren't used to this kind of relationship with women.

Zorn women are quiet and they keep to themselves. Women socialize with other women. Most socialization happens between males and females in the bedroom. Even there not much conversation is exchanged. Human women interact with us on all levels. You speak to us and keep our interest." His gaze went back to Ariel. "I want to spend all my time with my Ariel. She engages me in every way all the time."

Ariel grinned. She winked at Casey. "In all ways. I'm almost terrified when I think of how many kids we're going to end up with. Birth control doesn't work with them. Their semen, I've been told, gets around every form of birth control they try."

"What about condoms?"

Ariel chuckled. "Explain to Argernon what one is. Watch this. It's amusing as hell." She shot her husband an amused look. "Don't say a word."

Ral laughed. He popped another piece of fruit in his mouth just grinning as he gave a nod of encouragement to Casey. His eyes flew to his brother expectantly.

Sighing, Casey faced Argernon. "A condom is a stretchy soft material that fits over your cock from tip to base that catches your seed so it doesn't enter a woman. Do you understand?"

Argernon snarled. He stood up looking shocked as he stared at Casey. He shook his head as he backed up. "NO!"

She was stunned at his reaction. She'd expected something funny. This wasn't amusing.

Argernon looked horrified. He was staring at her like she had just asked him to cut off his own nuts, and with a rusty knife, to add insult to injury. She frowned, shooting Ariel a dirty look.

Ariel laughed. "Tell her why you won't wear a condom."

Casey eyed Argernon. He still looked pissed off and insulted. He met her eyes. "When Zorn males are young--"

"Teenagers," Ariel chuckled. "Really horny teenagers."

Argernon took a deep breath. "We have little control over our sexual urges at that age. If left unchecked a younger male will..." He sighed, staring at Casey. "He will spend most of his time issuing self release. He will never learn to control his sexual desires."

Ariel laughed again. "They'll jerk off until they can't walk, and get dehydrated, from what I've understood."

With a sharp nod, Argernon glared at Ariel and then met Casey's eyes. "In order to teach males control, and so they don't self release over and over all day long, we are fitted with what sounds like what you mentioned. It is tight and with no room for release. If a male releases into one then it is painful because there is nowhere for the release to go." He cleared his throat. "It is very painful."

Casey stared at him. She didn't laugh. That wasn't funny. "Why let them do that to you?"

Ral sighed. "We need to learn control over our bodies. It is hard to go to training, or do anything productive, if all our males are self releasing constantly." His eyes shot to Ariel. He smiled. "I learned control fast but some males..." his eyes went to Argernon and laughed. "Did not, did you, Brother? How many times were you found on the floor of your room in pain?"

Argernon growled. "Shut up."

Ral laughed. His eyes went to Casey. "It was many, many times."

Casey stared at Argernon. Sympathy for the teenage boy he must have been, welled in her. "Why didn't you just take it off?"

He sighed, staring at her. "Because if tampered with, they give an even more painful shock. They are only removed for bathing and urine release, with an adult Zorn present to make sure that is all that is done. Three times a day, young males are allowed sexual release. I wanted more."