The passion of the new kiss was searing and pleasant far more than Thal-ion had words to describe.  He was drawn into her presence with all he had...drawn and held there, and he did not resist the urges he now felt coursing through him...the passion so new and powerful to his heart and mind.  He found himself kissing her back just as passionately...hungrily even as he continued to massage her waist...even massaging her waistline in perfect tempo with their shared fiery kiss.  The Force was flowing from him and into her, and back again...like two parts of an electric current, and he enjoyed the sensation with every fiber of his being.  His own tongue slipped into Alethea's mouth to massage her tongue, but it soon turned into a wild dance between the two...so fiery and passionate.  Ever he held her closer to his body, and ever his soul caressed her own in the Force.<br/><br/>Passion flared through him, and swept back out into her with each new passing second as the kiss continued in the frenzy of desire they now shared in his cabin.  He had never imagined such a thing was possible, or ever thought to desire something of this nature...much less with someone as beautiful as Alethea was.  Yet, here they were kissing in his cabin...in his bed now shared with the only woman he knew he would ever care about in this fashion.  As the tempo increased - so also did the massage of her waistline...in perfect time with the twisting of tongues they now shared.<br/><br/>Images came to him again as they continued there together.<br/><br/>Of her all dressed in pure dazzling white...a gown so beautiful, and yet took nothing from the beauty of the woman he held in his arms.<br/><br/>Of Alethea blazing in radiant light from the Force.<br/><br/>Of his companion becoming a great deal more to him...of the two of them sharing a child together; raising that child together.<br/><br/>Of another child after that one...two now from them as parents.<br/><br/>Of Alethea and him happier than he could ever believe possible as they shared their lives together in the Force.<br/><br/>And these...these he shared with Alethea even as he caressed her soul in the Force...let his mold to her own...touching the deepest parts of her, and still their kiss carried on in frenzied passion.  Some part of him drew one of her legs up over him as they continued...drawing them even more intimately together, but this physical side was nothing compared to the intimacy of their souls touching as they did.  He had absolutely no desire to be anywhere else, or with anyone else.  All he was...all he would ever be was given to her freely without thought or need.  It was selflessly given to her...for he could never trust any other like this...no other woman would ever do.<br/><br/>The kiss finally broke, and he whispered her name...nothing more....just her name, "Alethea!"  Yet, that one word...just her name alone was whispered with more passion and fire than any sun had ever carried.  His tone was husky with desire, but in it was a very deep and seriously real affection for the woman whose name he had called out.  Affection for which he understood was love.  How that was possible when he barely knew her a week or two was beyond his comprehension, but it was there all the same.  He loved her...not in a worshipping way; for that would have been too close to obsession.  Nor was it merely in a simple friendship way, but a deep powerful love for who she was, and how she had touched his heart.  Softly, he kissed her brow...such a soft simple kiss, but it was filled with a promise that he would never leave her...never.  That he would always belong to her...and only her.  It said everything that needed to be said that words simply could not convey.  It was his vow to her, and it was sealed in the Force even as his soul continued to massage her own.