Dazzled by the Alien Daredevil: An Alien Abduction Romance (The Kurians Book 5) by Ashlyn Hawkes

Author:Ashlyn Hawkes [Hawkes, Ashlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

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Isabella

The way Strol flares his nostrils, I know.

I know he’s falling for me.

And I’ve already fallen for him.

Despite trying desperately to keep him at bay, I’ve failed. My heart has picked him to be the first and potentially only male for me to ever love.

Because I’ve always known that when I would fall in love, it would be for keeps. I’ve gone through so many short-lived relationships that the idea of being with someone long-term equals forever.

I’m terrified. I’ve never once told any of the other guys about my dad. Sharing that intimate detail about my life only highlights the notion that Strol means more to me than any who has come before.

But can I actually give in to those feelings and see where they lead me?

Or should I try to pretend that it’s just sex for as long as I can?

Because even if I do want to be with Strol, that doesn’t mean I can or even that I should. He’s brought up his father, but clearly, there’s something there, something he’s avoiding. And I don’t know what the future would have in store for us. As a Kurian, Strol really should be with a woman who is willing and eager to be a mother, and I don’t know if that’s me. The thought of settling down in a house with a regular job makes me want to break out in hives. I don’t know if I’m cut out for that. But while I’ve enjoyed this bout of living at large, at doing whatever I want, I know it can’t last forever. Eventually, I’ll have to reenter society.

A society that failed my mom.

She had been a war hero, and yes, she managed to get pregnant with me after she had been injured, but as far as I know, no one tried to help her, to heal her. No surgeries had been done to try to fix her. I think there had been shrapnel in her leg or back from when her ship had been shot down. That shrapnel had never been removed, and it hadn’t stayed in one spot in her body. After a centuricar accident that had truly been no one’s fault, her body had been jarred so much that the shrapnel moved and remained stuck in a place that rendered her incapable of walking ever again.

I had to do everything for her, be her caretaker, and that had been when I started to hunt and gather for every meal. Mom had the money for me to go out and hire us a personal chef, but I didn’t want that. Mom always lived a simple life, so why should I change things?

Mom never once complained. She loved me, but she kept a lot of secrets. If Strol and I decide to do this, to be together, to actually maybe one day wear rings, then there won’t be any secrets between us. He’ll have to tell me about his father, and I’ll have to tell him that I don’t know if I want children.

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