Bay's Mercenary [Unearthly World Book 1] by C. L. Scholey

Author:C. L. Scholey [Scholey, C. L.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press LLC
Published: 2013-05-30T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Zane smiled at Bay when he came through the front door of his home; he had just dropped Draven off at school. She was sitting on the furniture fixture she called a couch. She called the furniture fixture in his room a bed, and though she knew what drawers were, she also called the furniture fixture that held them a dresser. Her words in her language were interesting, and the way she spoke in her own tongue, he knew she wasn’t making things up as she went along. But it was odd how she gave a name to the fixtures—as though they were real, live objects.

Bay finished the food she was eating—she called it yogurt; he didn’t have the heart to tell her it was baby food. She ate some of their normal food, but not all, and supplemented her diet with the creamy substance and another substance they gave to older children who were still teething. She named it beef jerky, except it was made from the flesh of a being called a zat. When Zane described a zat, Bay told him except for having three eyes and being a deep indigo, it sounded like a cow—whatever the hell that was.

Her smile made his heart thump. It was always so amazing that she was happy to see him. Zane remembered his mother’s smile, but during his first mating with Draven’s mother, there had been no smiling, just lots of growling. Bay put her food down and went to him. Zane was surprised when she wrapped her arms around him; he wondered if all human females were so affectionate. Earth males had been very lucky.

Bay’s chin was settled onto his chest as she gazed up into his eyes. “Do you have work to do?”

Zane looked past her out the window. A storm that had been threatening was now teeming with rain so hard he couldn’t see into his own backyard. No doubt his communication would be off until it subsided. Zane helped coordinate his people’s encounters. He did the research to see if any beings they went to war for had the materials they actually needed; it was best never to lie to a Zargonnii warrior mercenary—it could mean death.

“No work for me today if my system won’t cooperate.”

“This is the first storm I’ve seen on your planet, is it usually this bad?”

Zane had a thought. “Are you scared?”

“No.”

Zane chuckled, she was scared, he could tell. At this very moment, the Zargonnii females were trudging along in this weather, they couldn’t have cared less—rain was the least frightening of their world. “Didn’t your Earth get storms?”

“My Earth got so many storms our planet died.”

“Point taken.”

“The storms were so bad and struck with so much force thousands died each day.”

“Your family?”

“I have none left. You and Draven are all I have.”

Zane felt guilty for thinking the idea pleased him. He didn’t want her to be missing someone. “You are so beautiful and you smell wonderful, is it too early to

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