Angie's Gladiator_A SciFi Alien Romance by Ruby Dixon

Author:Ruby Dixon [Dixon, Ruby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Icehome Book 5
Published: 2018-12-03T05:00:00+00:00

14

ANGIE

I'm starting to feel like a hermit, staying in my cave all day, but I'm just so tired from taking care of Glory that I can't bring myself to go out and mingle. Others stop by throughout the day, reassuring me that it's normal for a new mom to feel wiped out and for me to take the time I need, but I still feel a little guilty. It's just so easy to get wrapped up in taking care of Glory, of basking in her milky little coos and sweet smiles that are probably gas. I could watch her for hours, but I'm learning that when Glory sleeps, I should sleep, too. So I doze on and off between visitors and work on gathering my strength.

Liz stops by, her hands planted on her lower back, her face constricted in pain. "Fucking contractions," she tells me. "Too far apart. I swear this baby's taking her sweet time getting here."

"You know it's a girl?" I ask her as I nurse Glory. "Even after two girls already?"

"Feels like a girl," she tells me, rubbing her lower back. A wistful look crosses her face. "Too bad—I had the perfect boy name picked out."

"Oh?"

"Anakin," Liz says dreamily.

"Like…the Star Wars character? The bad guy? Darth Vader?" I'm not sure I heard her correctly.

She looks over at me with a frown. "Well, when you put it that way, it sounds shitty. Guess it's good that it's probably a girl." Liz tilts her head and looks thoughtful. "Do you think Kenobi would work for either gender?"

"Uhhh…" I don't know what to say to that.

"I know what you're thinking," Liz tells me with a wave of her hand as she paces back and forth. She told me that she's walking to try and induce the baby to come sooner. "It’s a shitty name. Clearly you’re not a Star Wars fan. It’s just that after Raashel, we kinda ran out of good combinations of our names. You know how everyone does that cute Brangelina thing with baby names here? You try combining Liz with Raahosh. Oh-shiz? Liz-osh? I am not saddling any kid of mine with that crap. And besides, Star Wars is awesome." She shrugs, and it turns into a slow rub of her neck and a grimace. "At any rate, I hope this baby comes soon so we can double up on sa-kohtsk hunting for the cootie."

"That's the thing you hunted for our cooties, right?” I've been told that they'll hunt one in the next few days for Glory, and one of the big creatures will be brought down and a khui given to my baby so she can survive on this harsh planet. I don't like the thought of taking a parasite from a creature and infecting my child with it, but there's no other option. I cuddle Glory a little closer as she nurses, a little sad that her beautiful purple eyes will go blue. Oh well.

I look up, but Liz is already pacing away, muttering to herself as she steps through the cave.

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