The hivemind is conquering for me?

Hugo stammered to find the right words for a moment, before he sighed and said. "Forgive me Hailey, I did not mean to cause offence, Something caused me to become suspicious of that man and that was wrong of me."

He paused to see Hailey's face grow slightly softer before he continued. "As for Gabrielle." Hugo did not want to tell Hailey that she was currently unstable, as Gabrielle tends to flick a switch around Hailey and turns back to normal.

"She is currently on a mission, a hunt, I am expecting to hear from her soon. Apologies, If I had known you would be here, I would have told her in advance and she would have definitely been here. Now I will not bother you any longer." Hugo then bowed and walked away in the direction of King Dickon.

"Good for you for standing up for Apollo sweetheart." Kathrine said as she rubbed Hailey's back. Hailey blushed slightly as she looked down to the floor. "Well he Is my future husband, it is only natural I defend him against slander."

Hailey suddenly turned towards where Apollo went off to to make sure he did not hear that. Upon realising he was no longer there, panic set in as her brain immediately went to cliché mode.

Turning around slowly in place, she was expecting to see Apollo standing there with a confused look on his face, but much to her relief, he was not. "Where is he then?" She muttered as she began to look around.

Making my way downstairs, I asked one of the guards patrolling the hallways where the restrooms where. I had drank a lot of fluids at this point and something needed to give way otherwise I would burst.

After being given directions, I had to go though another party hall and I had to admit, I was stunned by what I was seeing and hearing. Loud dance music was blaring which was a stark contrast to the more elegant music upstairs. And on top of that. Drugs, drugs everywhere.

Everyone seemed to be off their rocker as they were partying hard and letting loose. 'Goodness, this makes upstairs look like a snooze fest.' I though and continued my way through the room.

Talia was currently having the time of her life as she was dancing the night away with two other Sepiidans that were brought by their respective husbands. She had naturally done drugs before, but never in such quantity and such variety and so was high out of her mind as she danced in a very sexual way, causing onlookers to not be able to draw their eyes away.

One of her new friends just put some powder onto her chest and encouraged Talia to stop dancing a moment and take a bump. As Talia did that, She shot her head up as the powder made her nose feel tingly.

She looked up at the perfect time after taking the bump as she spotted someone who made her insides cry with desire. 'I almost forgot about him!' She thought internally as her regions began to swell with reproductive desire.

She took a quick glance at her husband, who was still passed out in the corner. He had failed in his husbandly duties to her and the other Sepiidans in her home as no matter how much they tried, they still had not gotten pregnant.

With her senses going crazy, Talia became fully sober instantly, but had to play it cool in front of the other Sepiidans, as they could possibly defer that she has gone into a lust. "I need to tinkle girlies, you carry on!"

After the two Sepiidans cheered, not really listening, Talia with a determination began following the genetic masterpiece to wherever he was going.

After leaving the party area, I walked down a long hallway for a moment before realising someone was following me. Turning around to try and catch whoever was tailing me out, I was surprised when the person did not attempt to hide, but instead continued with a quick pace towards me.

"Hi Apollo, do you remember me?" Talia said with a smile as she stopped a little bit away from Apollo. "Hi, how could I forget Talia. Are you enjoying the party?" I asked with a genuine smile on my face. Kathrine doesn't seem to like this woman, probably for more reasons then her being 'ditzy.' But from my interaction she seemed nice. Also I was not inherently racist towards aliens so I could see her as simply a nice female person instead of a Sepiidan.

Talia beamed a radiant smile. 'He remembered my name!' A lot of nobles would have forgotten it by now as she was seen as lesser and not important. "I am enjoying the party so much, but even more now that I have gotten to speak with you again. Where are you going by the way?" She said as she suddenly took my arm and began walking casually, leading me along.

"I am just heading to the restroom. " I said flatly, but Talia seemed giddy by that response. "No way! So am I! We can walk together!" She said, grabbing my arm tighter and continued to talk idly about things until we arrived.

Wriggling my arm away from the woman, I smiled at her before walking into the restroom. Talia debated a moment on what to do. Apollo had not made a move, nor looked at her suggestively once in their walk.

She knew her looks were immaculate, her chest perky and bouncy and her ass was to die for. 'So why did he not make a pass?' She had a lot of invitations for private 'discussions' this evening, but non of the males fared much better genetically then her husband so she did not partake.

Her line was technically Sepiida royalty after all, not that it mattered to Spartari, and she would only breed with the very best or in her husbands case, the very wealthy and powerful. Feeling slightly insecure about her looks, Talia began playing with her hair and thought of something as she stared at the cool blue that paired well with her skin.

'Does he only like red heads? Ugh, boss wife is so lucky she gets to breed with this man.' Talia contemplated for a moment what she could do to possibly get the man to grace her with his seed.

In the end, considering how nice the man was and was not picking up on her advances, she decided to invoke an ancient Sepiidan courting technique. Getting onto her knees, she made herself look as small as possible while waiting for Apollo to leave the restroom.

After draining the fire hose, I washed my hands and attempted to leave the restroom, but was blocked by Talia who was kneeling on the floor. "Talia? Are you ok? Are you hurt?" I asked concerned as she was chipper only a moment ago.

"No Apollo, I am not ok." She then took a deep breath and used the ancient technique. Bluntness. She looked up at Apollo and began. "My reproductive organs are screaming at me to mate with you. I need you inside me last week. I cannot think about anything else except reproducing with you. Please give me your babies. Our daughters will be so genetically perfect it would hurt to look at them and our sons will make excellent slaves to satisfy our every need. Should you say the word, I will abandon my current partnership and become your wife this instant. Please, I never knew I needed something so bad until this day. Please, Please, please! Give me your genetic superiority! I will do anything!"

"Um..." I said in stupor at what just happened. 'Seriously, what the fuck just happened? The woman made the hive look like an amateur in begging for mating with me.' Finding the right words to deescalate the situation, I began. "I-"

"No, please! I beg you, I will do anything!" Talia then clung her entire body onto my leg, using her wide horns as a sort of anchor to keep her in place. I could feel the Sepiida shivering as she clutched onto me, like rejection would spell her end.

Looking down at the Sepiida, she seemed to feel my gaze and looked up at me with her piercing light blue eyes that seemed to be on the verge of tears. With her button nose, and pretty blue-purple lips and pointy ears, She was indeed incredibly attractive, however, on top of the fact that I promised Jewel I would not sow my seeds anywhere else before she got first dibs, there was another issue.

"Talia, do you think your husband and Kathrine would like the thing you just asked of me if I told them? While you are incredibly beautiful, there are a lot of factors at play here, plus the fact we are in a public place currently does not help your case."

Talia wiped her eyes and pulled back from my leg as she began to think. After a moment she looked up at me with determination. "I already told you I would leave my husband. You are the most genetically superior being I have ever witnessed in my life. I know for a fact our progeny would be perfect and If all I had to do to be with you is leave my less superior partner? I would do so in a heartbeat."

She then stopped to think once more before continuing. "As for Lady Hyllus. She loves me to bits and vice versa, we are practically sisters so I could most likely convince her to let me be your concubine. Is there any other conditions I need to meet before you grace me with your offspring?" Talia asked, thinking I was now onboard since I did not deny or kick her away.

I stared at the determined Sepiidan for a moment. 'I would not mind keeping such a beautiful girl around, a shame she isn't part of the hive or the cult however.' "!!!" I paused as I suddenly thought of something I wanted to try and examine for a while now.

After extending my hand to help Talia up, I explained that, no, we would not be swapping fluids tonight, which caused her face to sink with a clear depression, but my next words sparked hope in her heart.

"You said you would do anything for my 'Ahem' baby batter. Would you ,hypothetically, change your entire being and become a different species while looking almost identical to as you are now?"