Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

Author:Margo Bond Collins [Bond Collins, Margo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dangerous Words Publishing
Published: 2021-05-06T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Wex

On Station 21, I paced back and forth in the hallway outside the transporter room, trying to decide whether to go in.

I had my com tuned to audio-only reception so I could listen to Vos as he pretended to blindly draw names.

But just as in every set of games for at least the last twenty years, the brides had been carefully vetted. Even down to their individual chemical make-ups, we knew more about humans from their implants than the Earthers had ever guessed.

Vos calling out Deandra’s name made my heart race.

My mate. Mine.

The words echoed in my mind.

I straightened my uniform, hoping against hope I would be able to convince her that becoming a Khanavai warrior's mate was not the horror she seemed to think it would be.

Taking a deep breath, I straightened my shoulders and strode into the transporter room just as Deandra materialized inside the tube.

Like many humans, she reeled out, stumbling a few steps in her disorientation.

In two swift steps, I slid around the transporter tech moving up to help her so that I could catch her elbow, instead.

As I steadied her, the contact of my hands against her skin sent an almost electric spark flashing through my body. And again, the sight of her pierced straight through me, down to my cock.

Deandra felt it, too, whatever that reaction was. She jerked and stiffened, a shudder running through her from head to toe as her gaze met mine.

“I can stand on my own.” She tugged her arm away from me, breaking the connection.

“Drink this,” the technician said to her, handing her a plastic container of a yellow Earther electrolyte solution. The drink was a new addition to transporter protocol, suggested by Natalie, the warrior’s bride who had such difficulty with transporters in general.

“Thanks.” Without another word, Deandra grabbed the container away and downed the drink in one long swallow. She handed the empty cup back to the tech and crossed her arms over her chest, glaring at me. “This is some kind of set-up, isn’t it? I’m not here by accident.”

I didn’t want to have this conversation in front of either the tech crew or the other incoming brides. “Come with me…please,” I said, trying to soften the command at the last minute.

“Are you going to take me away and force me to marry someone like you did Amelia?”

I blinked in surprise. I couldn’t think of how to respond to that except with the truth—or at least part of it. “Amelia wasn’t forced to marry Zont. She married him because she wanted to.”

“That’s why she was hiding from you, I guess?”

“We do need to make room for the next transport,” the tech interrupted apologetically.

Deandra’s nostrils flared in irritation. “Fine. Where are we going next?”

“Right through that door.” I pointed toward the exit.

As she marched out into the hallway, her hips swinging slightly from side to side, it was all I could do to keep from reaching out to touch her. I had forgotten how remarkably tiny she was.

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