Asteroid Mate (Cosmic Alien Sci-Fi Romance Series Book 1) by S. J. Talbot

Author:S. J. Talbot [Talbot, S. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: relica press
Published: 2017-08-31T16:00:00+00:00

It was after lunch, and the commander still hadn't returned.

But Tierney had bigger problems.

The "Welcome Relicans" rallies that were happening in cities across the country had turned violent in many places. Counter-protestors, claiming that anyone who supported the Relicans were under their control, had started riots, attacking innocent people and destroying nearby businesses.

President Freeland had already released a statement, as well as offered the National Guard to any state that requested it to quell the chaos, but Tierney feared this was just the beginning. She'd been relatively isolated from the rest of the world these past few days, but even among the White House staff there was unrest. Because she was spending the most time with a Relican -- and one on one, at that -- she'd been the object of numerous furtive looks and suspicious glances, and she couldn't count the number of times conversation had stopped when she entered a room.

At least Tierney could take comfort in the fact that Clementine was nowhere near those rallies. Maybe now her little sister would admit that Tierney was right sometimes, and start listening to her instead of rolling her eyes every time Tierney tried to give her advice. Even though they had a really good relationship most of the time, Clem often accused her of being a mom instead of her sister. But being nine years older, Tierney couldn't help it sometimes.

She was on the phone with the Governor of Idaho when the air in front of her desk started becoming fuzzy. She rubbed her eyes, attributing it to sleep deprivation, but the fuzziness remained, darkening into a black blur hovering in the air.

"Excuse me, Governor," she said, her heart pounding with fear, "I need to call you back."

Dropping the phone on her desk, she raced to her door and hid in the hallway. Peering in, she saw the floating darkness begin to take shape, particles of air thickening and stretching, swirling and swarming to form legs, arms, and a head.

A silver head.

Of course!

She would have laughed if she weren't too afraid of getting caught lurking outside her own office. She straightened up, patted her hair and clothes, and strode confidently into her office just as the commander was opening his eyes.

"Commander," she said nonchalantly, sitting across from him.

He looked tired, but his face brightened when he saw her. "Miss Dawson," he replied, taking his seat and letting out a sigh.

"Caleb wore you out, huh?"

"The Vice President was able to procure five different interviews among your media outlets."

"In five hours? Yikes. Have you eaten? I'm sure we've got something --"

Her cell phone rang and she glanced at the caller ID. "Just my sister," she said, declining the call. "I was saying that I'm sure we could find something that meets your --"

Her phone rang again. "Geez, Clem!" she muttered.

"Perhaps you should accept."

"No," she said, silencing her ringer and facing it down on her desk. "She just wants to pump me for details about you guys. It can wait. Anyway, are you hungry?"

"The Vice President and I ate together.

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