Bride of the Alien Prince: Alpha Alien Romance (Alpha Aliens of Fremm Book 2) by Nancey Cummings
Author:Nancey Cummings [Cummings, Nancey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Menura Press
Published: 2016-02-28T18:30:00+00:00
Chapter Eight
Evie
I won’t lie and say I rested well, or at all. Curled up on Aster’s side of the bed, I mentally went over Enhette recipes. The theme of the holiday food was a small animal cooked inside a larger animal, sometimes in a pie crust. Mentally chopping with my knife blade and reciting measurements, I attained a half sleep.
At dawn, I crawled out of bed. Big day. Only your future with the man you love at stake. No pressure.
Maja waited for me downstairs.
My back stiffened at the sight of the beautiful woman. She was dressed modestly in a white work dress with a grey apron. She presented a similar outfit for myself.
Within an hour we were in the palace’s empty kitchens. My guess was correct, the challenge was preparing the Enhette feast. All instruments and ingredients were at my disposal but only Maja remained as staff. Designed for a small, coordinated army of cooks, the kitchen was cavernous with just the two of us.
Baris spread her arms wide. “At midday, you will present us your feast. I look forward to sampling your effort.”
I returned the queen’s empty smile and did the curtsey I practiced until my thighs aches. In the corners of the room, light glinted off camera lenses. So I was being recorded. Better off not knowing if just the court watched me or the entire planet.
On the whiteboard near the pantry, I quickly listed the dishes to the left and the ingredients to the right. “Bring me these items.”
Bread first, as it would need the most time. The second most time consuming item was the egg in jellied meat loaf. I set a dozen sets in a large bowl with vinegar. The dish sounded worse than it tasted, once you got past the gelatinous texture. The shell on the lightly pickled eggs gave a nice crunch.
Look, don’t get all judgmental. It’s alien cuisine. Terran food was just as strange to them. The Fremmian palate had more vinegar and sour notes than most humans could tolerate. Most Terran cooks wouldn’t go acidic enough, but that wasn’t my problem today. Time was my problem. Midday was five hours away. The schedule would be tight but not impossible.
Maja followed directions well but it was obvious she was no sous chef. Her chopping was slow and not uniform, which would not affect the taste of the end product, just the appearance. Anything going on a top layer or involved with the presentation, I would have to complete. Just be everywhere and do everything, don’t let anything burn and make it picture perfect. Sure. Oh, and everything in the kitchen was designed for freakishly tall Fremm, so I needed a step stool like a child. Dignity taken down a peg? Check.
I miss Jaimie and her nonstop chatter. As background noise, it made the hours in the kitchen fly by. I paused, staring at the bank of windows high in the wall. There really was no real obstacle preventing me from talking to Jaimie now.
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