Claim of the Alien God by Taylor Neptune

Author:Taylor Neptune [Neptune, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-63481-046-3

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Conspiracy

Kaley

NEXT MORNING

Kaley was eating breakfast in the kitchen, having figured out how to use the bots that the Intarans had on their ship, when Vánagandr found her.

“There you are!” Vánagandr shook his head. “We want you to perform for the prince again.”

“Is he okay?” After Prince Jesaja had fainted, she had run into the corridor to get help. The priests had swiftly come in, the largest one scooping him up. Kaley had been left looking on, terrified that she’d made the wrong move by performing a story featuring war and conflict, against Vánagandr’s direct orders. She made her way to the gate, opening easily on the way out. She supposed that with their tight control on who went inside, they didn’t worry about who left.

“Just fine,” Vánagandr told her. “But you’ll perform again for him today. He’s still recovering in his bed.”

Kaley nodded, then she followed Vánagandr back to the quiet, opulent area that she’d been to yesterday.

Vánagandr showed her to the same changing room that she’d been to before. Today’s costume was not very different from the one from the day before; it was nearly transparent. Kaley wondered why she was bothering to wear clothing at all when Tiwaz’s priesthood apparently wanted her to dance practically naked. Kaley had had the foresight to wear opaque underthings again, and she shimmied into the new dress. This time, the dress was covered in an incredible number of tropical colors, so many that Kaley felt like she’d been robed in a piece of the jungle.

Like before, it was sheer, showing Kaley’s nearly naked body underneath. Kaley shook her head at the mirror. She’d been contracted for three days. All she had to do was make it through today and the next; after that, they could take these dresses and burn them for all that she cared.

After she came out, the priest brought Kaley to Prince Jesaja’s bedroom. He opened the door for her, then he stepped back and let Kaley into the room.

“I’ll come for you right before Prince Jesaja eats his dinner.”

Kaley nodded before he closed the door behind her.

The prince-godling was struggling to sit up in bed, and Kaley came and supported his back, slowly bringing him to a seated position. She got onto his bed and gathered pillows so that he could lean back and rest in comfort.

She abruptly realized that she was nearly naked. She blushed furiously as she got off of his bed, and he smiled at her, the smile of a man who had a woman in his bed.

“How old are you?” The question had been bouncing around in the back of her mind since the priest had said that Prince Jesaja was young. When she saw his face, she saw that it was unlined.

“Just twenty. When I turn twenty-one, I’ll reach my godhood.”

“Aren’t you already a god? An avatar?”

“I’m just a godling. I’m still going through my training.”

“On a spaceship?”

Prince Jesaja shook his head. “There was a conspiracy on Intara to take me or make

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