Just a Kiss: The Kiss of an Alien Book 1 by Fiona Roarke

Author:Fiona Roarke [Roarke, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B07D2JPMDZ
Publisher: Torrid Books
Published: 2018-10-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Keller led Gabrielle down the white hallway quite a ways before turning down another hall on his way to the council chambers.

He’d pleaded his case to the members while they all waited for the results of Gabrielle’s gestational assessment. There were eight council members with voting power. The ninth vote rested with the Queen to break tie votes.

Sybille had been called to bear witness to the events on the ship prior to Keller becoming conscious. That surprised him. Witnesses were rarely, if ever, called in matters before the Council. Sybille also recounted her attempt to use information in the ancient scrolls to liberate him from the inevitable life partnering while still back on the spacecraft.

Until the…ah-hem…second publicly declared event by the alien herself rendered the facts useless.

Privately, Keller had questioned Sybille further about the ancient scrolls. She reluctantly gave him some very interesting information. He tucked that precious knowledge away in the unlikely event he might need it.

“Wait!” Gabrielle grabbed his arm before he could lead them through the doors into the chamber. “Aren’t you going to prepare me or anything?”

“I’m sorry. Yes, here is what will happen. The Council will state the concern before them, something about my no longer being pure of mouth. They will state whether or not they should allow me to life partner with you, the alien who…ah…tainted me…” He smiled as if embarrassed. “Then the healer will come in to declare your gestational status, but the Council already knows this. They may ask you some questions, but I’m not certain. Finally, they will render their decision and state the vote.”

“State the vote?”

“How many are for and how many are against the decision,” he explained quickly as they stopped in front of the chamber. “Will you be all right?”

“I guess.” Gabrielle sounded uncertain, but Keller held enough confidence for them both.

Gabrielle would be carrying his child, the Council of Elders would allow them to life partner, and his life would turn out better than he had ever expected it to.

Keller entered the elder’s chamber, pulling the reluctant Gabrielle along behind him to their fate.

* * * *

“In the matter of Keller, future king of Tiburon, and his unfortunate experience during the authorized mission aboard the exploration vessel Titan:

“While returning to our planet from Earth this day, while lying in mourning after his eldest wife died, Keller was accosted by an alien accidentally brought aboard during departure.

“The alien in question, not understanding our laws, performed an oral touching with Keller, thus leading to his mouth becoming tainted for vita parcere with any other Tiburon citizen,” said a snobby, regal-looking alien. He sat dead center at a large, half circle-shaped table with seven other snobby, regal-looking aliens as he read from a yellowed parchment scroll.

Gabrielle stood before them on a foot-tall circular step. She rested her sweaty hands on the short, half wall as she faced the Elders and the Queen, who also happened to be Keller’s mother. No pressure there.

Keller stood stoically across the room on his own half circle separated from her by twenty feet or so.

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