Bond: Stargazer Alien Mail Order Brides (Intergalactic Dating Agency) by Tasha Black

Author:Tasha Black [Black, Tasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: 13th Story Press
Published: 2016-09-25T18:30:00+00:00

19

Bond

Bond held Posey’s hand in his. He enjoyed the cool breeze, the bright colors of the leaves swirling from the trees, the busy hum of the minds around them.

On the other side of the small grove, they met with their companions again and crossed the street to the small grocery store.

Though he did not share their thoughts, it was impossible not to taste their flavor. Most were happy and relaxed. Bond eased his own mood into theirs like sliding into a bathtub of warm water.

A poster for the Fall Festival graced the front window of the grocery store. Magnum had asked Dr. Bhimani about it before. He was very pleased to hear about a day of delicious foods, topped off with games of skill and strength - even more so at the prospect of attending with Posey.

A bell sang out as the door opened. Dr. Bhimani had explained that one did not knock on the door of a store. But the singing of the bell was like its own merry knock.

Inside, rainbows of fruits and vegetables went on as far as he could see. Pickles bobbed with placid restfulness in their barrels, too similar to manatees and hippos to seem like food. Fragrant loaves of bread in every imaginable shape lined a large wire shelf. Bond decided he would eat several of them for his diner.

On Aerie, energy came from starlight. Life was the movement of chasing the light that dappled the surface of the craggy planet.

The idea that the humans’ energy source could be so pleasant to consume and so plentiful was incredible. On their first visit, Bond could not fathom why Dr. Bhimani didn’t buy it all.

“Rima Bhimani, is that you?” a woman squealed, running out of the line with a basket over her arm.

Rima smiled and went to the woman.

Bond noticed how Magnum stepped in protectively to flank her. Interesting. He had thought those two weren’t getting along. It was so hard to tell since he stopped reading thoughts.

“Hi, Ellie,” Rima said.

“Wow, are these your friends?” Ellie asked, blinking at them from behind a large pair of spectacles.

“Oh, um, yes, this is Magnum, Georgia, Rocky, Bond and Posey,” Rima said a bit awkwardly. “Guys, this is my friend, Ellie, from high school.”

“Hey,” Ellie said, looking them over. “Don’t you guys look…cute?”

“We’re Mennonites,” Georgia said.

“Oh,” Ellie said. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be,” Georgia replied. “Most people don’t know much about our customs.”

“Do you use candles for light?” Ellie asked suddenly, as if Georgia’s statement had removed a cork from a bottle.

“Oh, no,” Posey jumped in. “You’re thinking of the Amish. It’s a common mistake. Both religions began in the sixteen hundreds, and are considered Anabaptist, but the Amish are actually Old Mennonite…” Posey trailed off, seemingly unsure of what to say next. No one had ever made it this far into the story before.

But Ellie was nodding and listening with great interest, as if she were expecting a test on Anabaptist religions of the sixteen hundreds to be given immediately after the conversation.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.