His Metal Maiden (Space Lords - A Dragon Lords Romance Book 3) by Pillow Michelle M

Author:Pillow,Michelle M. [Pillow,Michelle M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Raven Books LLC
Published: 2016-09-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Home.

Qurilixen.

Even though he was technically on the wrong side of the planet, Lochlann was home. He smelled it in the air, detected it in the warmth of the three suns on his skin. There was a certain vibration to the ground beneath his feet, whether it was real or imagined. It tingled up his legs, reminding him of the hours he’d spent running through the forest in his youth.

But this is not how he imagined his homecoming. Until Alexis, he’d had the hope of finding Margot, of bringing her home, of being a hero with restored honor. None of that mattered. They were where they were, and he was not letting Alexis go.

He had laid her on the ground in the shade. The occasional moan left her, but he was glad when she didn’t wake up to the pain. She needed to heal.

Located on the outer edge of the Y quadrant, the planet did not see much by way of unintentional sky traffic so a ship would have caught the locals’ notice. The Var associated with aliens more than the Draig, but both sides preferred natural living to high-tech lifestyles. They did not have personal landcrafts or security droids roaming the countryside. Electricity did not hum in the background. Giant factories did not mar the quality of the air.

The Draig people only associated with aliens out of necessity, mainly to import eligible females for marriage. For both races, Quirlixian women were rare due to the radiation from the three suns. Over the generations it had altered their genetics, so only male children were conceived. The dragon queen, Mede, was one of the last female dragon-shifters, until the newly born dragon princess.

All his childhood knowledge came rushing back on him, filling his mind and his emotions. He hadn’t expected the tightening in his chest and the overwhelming sense of longing that standing on the surface brought. How simple life had been, and how complicated he had believed it to be.

Home.

The Draig people did not sail the high skies like Lochlann. They did not leave their planet. He looked at Alexis. What would life have been like if a Galaxy Brides ship brought her to him at one of the Breeding Ceremonies? The practice of ordering brides sounded barbaric and antiquated, but no woman was ever forced to come or to stay. Would his crystal have glowed for her? Would she have accepted his offer? Had children with him? Would they have been happy in that alternate universe so unlike their current reality?

In all his travels, he had never seen a planet quite like his homeworld. Old Earth came close, some parts of it anyway. Open clearings like the one they were in now led to forests. Traveling north into dragon territory would lead to mountains and the ore mines. Northwest would bring him to the cave systems. Northeast led to the dragon palace and the lake where fathers would dive for the sacred crystals they would give to their newborns.

Large leaves soaked in the excess sunlight to create giant canopies overhead.

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