Flame: Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides (Intergalactic Dating Agency) by Michelle M. Pillow

Author:Michelle M. Pillow [Pillow, Michelle M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Raven Books LLC
Published: 2016-10-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“What’s with the chains?” Angela’s soft voice drifted in from somewhere behind him. Vin had waited for her on the front step of the old building as she tended to her mother. “Don’t tell me you were arrested a second time.”

“I will not tell you that.” He lifted his wrists to look at the heavy shackles. “My brother tried to keep me from running off, so he had the Galaxy Alien Mail Order Bride people chain me to the bed and inject me with something to get the ice cream out of my system.”

“Why don’t you melt them off?”

“Alien metal.” He shook his wrists to make the chains clink before dropping his hands. “I tried, but they’re stuck.”

“Let me see. Maybe I can pick the lock or at least pry it open.” Angela stepped before him and took his hands in hers. She examined his wrists. The darker light was pierced by the glow from a streetlamp. It illuminated the top of her head. In the distance, the sound of traffic reminded him of how much life this planet carried on its back. “There isn’t a lock, not even a seam. How did they put them on you—”

When she lifted her face, Vin kissed her. Her lips were parted in speech, and he took advantage of the opening. His tongue brushed along her mouth, dipping inside. To his surprise, she didn’t back away. When he finally pulled back, she was holding onto the front of his shirt and breathing hard.

“You’re very warm,” she whispered. “Is it normal for you to be this warm?”

“This planet is very cool,” he said. “Normally, I am warmer.”

“How are you here?” She didn’t let go of him. “Why? How long have your people been here? Does the government know? Are you in trouble? Are you safe? Are you…?”

“I understand you have questions.” Vin would rather have kept kissing her. “I came to Earth by spaceship. My cousin signed us up for a service to meet women who may become our wives. None of us wish to mate with the women on our planet. We are not technically related to everyone, but it is a very small gene pool and…do you understand?”

“Of course. Over time, intermarriage within a village could cause harm. I remember reading something about that in my anthropology class before I dropped out of college and got a job.” She pulled away from him. “So you’re just here to marry anyone who will have you?”

“I am here for the free vacation that signing up allowed us to take.” He grinned. “I did not expect to meet anyone like you. I thought the Galaxy Brides Corporation was a joke, but perhaps they know something I don’t. They might even employ psychics.”

“So, you just arrived here?”

“Me, yes. Others have been visiting Earth since the beginning of your time, from what I understand. Officially, your people as a whole do not know aliens are real, and no first contact has been made. However, the public

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