Chaining the Lady (1978)
“we require more forceful leadership summon council:: *but* ::do you wish to answer to the force of sphere quadpoint?:: *council shall be summoned* * * * Suddenly it opened into realization, that elusive objection she had to Slammer the Magnet. He was an excellent bodyguard, but also a most effective jailer.
Slammer was the Captain's creature, not Melody's. The Captain was a fine man, and Yael was, as she put it, head over heels about him. (Heels over head better described the position actually assumed.) Only extreme discipline and awareness of her own nature prevented Melody from being the same. Sexual attraction was potent stuff, and she wasn't used to it. Perhaps it was already too late. And what would she do when she finally had to leave the ship? She knew Dash could not go with her. Love between the species was an exercise in futility.
Regardless, the magnet was not hers. Should things sour with Dash—and Melody's old neuter mind had to consider that possibility—she was in trouble.
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