His to Command (Alien Masters Book 1) by Kallista Dane

Author:Kallista Dane
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2015-05-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The next morning AJ decided it was time to take action. Now that she was nearly through with her training, another task would soon be added to her daily list. Each Harlot had an assigned chore to perform to keep the Lyceum and the Citadel running smoothly. AJ knew she’d go crazy if she had to be cooped up inside these walls much longer. Strangely, being indoors hadn’t bothered her on Earth. There, she lived her entire life in an artificial atmosphere. Winter and summer did not exist. Trees and shrubs were artificially created, never shedding leaves, never growing beyond a prescribed height.

But here in Petra, a riot of color bloomed outside her window every day. She luxuriated in the cool breezes in the morning, followed by the heat of Neodyma’s twin suns, Phalys and Zalix, at midday. Twilight brought the sweet fragrance of night-blooming Moon Lilies on gentle currents of air. One night, it rained a few drops. The next morning the air smelled crisp and fresh. Tiny droplets of water glistened in the early morning sun. They magnified the dazzling hot pink color of the flowers blanketing the wall outside her room.

She yearned to feel the kiss of sun on her skin, to touch the flower petals and find out if they were as velvety soft as they looked. Besides all that, if she was allowed to be near the outer walls of the Lyceum, she might find a way to sneak out from time to time.

AJ dressed quickly, slipping on a pair of the flat leather sandals all the Harlots wore while doing their chores and taking lessons. The hated platform shoes were reserved for times when they appeared in public before the men of Petra. She made her way soundlessly to the kitchen, where she found Dianna already at work, slicing sweet bread and fruit for the Sisters’ breakfast.

“AJ!” Dianna’s face lit up with a smile. The two women had become friends, taking every opportunity to exchange a few words in private.

“I need your advice, Dianna. I want to know how I can be assigned to work in the garden.”

“Sister Sophia is in charge of the garden. Here—why don’t you take her breakfast tray to her? You can ask her if she will take you on. But be careful. Kneel when you ask. Better yet, beg her… or else she may decide to punish you. Harlots are not allowed any say in what we do. Ours is but to serve.”

AJ nodded and thanked Dianna, then hurried along the hallway to Sister Sophia’s room. Unlike the Harlots, once a woman attained the honor of being a Sacred Sister, she was allowed to take back her name as well as have her own quarters. AJ had heard rumors that along with instructing or punishing them, some of the Sisters used their private quarters to take their own pleasure with the Harlots.

She knocked softly.

“Come in.”

AJ balanced the tray on one hip and opened the heavy wooden door. Sophia had one of the nicest rooms she’d seen so far.

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