Quick by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Space Opera, Adult, erotic romance
ISBN: 9781487407063
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Published: 2016-05-15T05:00:00+00:00

Her rumbling belly woke her up. Cam sat up and looked around. She was in a bare, spare room. The pale sheets wrapped around her were the only soft things visible.

Her stomach growled again. “Right. Okay, okay.”

She wrapped the sheet around her in a stylish toga and tried the door. It opened easily, and she was able to tiptoe around the silent base in search of food with her stomach growling.

She walked down boring grey halls until she found the kitchen.

Cam sat and looked at the wreckage on the counter. She had eaten everything she could identify as food, and her body had demanded more.

The world outside the windows was lightening, and she sighed and started to clean up after herself. She started to move and ended up with a clean space in six seconds.

She made some tea and looked around for the ingredients to make some food for the other folks at the base. She managed some biscuits.

Commander Daymoth was the first to show up as she pulled the biscuits out of the oven.

“Good morning, Apprentice.”

She smiled weakly. “Good morning, Commander. Why am I here?”

“What do you remember?”

She closed her eyes and thought back. “I remember light and little bits sticking to my skin. They came faster and faster, and then, I had to move.”

“That is a fair recollection. You have been chosen as one of the Gifted. There hasn’t been an alien among us before, and that is causing a bit of a problem. So, as commander, I normally make the first meal of the day. You and the other two apprentices are going to be treated to an orientation.”

She held her breath as he started to look through the cupboards with increasing agitation.

“What happened to it all?”

She bit her lip and edged out of the kitchen area. “I got hungry.”

Mordem walked into the kitchen area with only a set of loose trousers on. He looked delightfully rumpled. “She’s a power burner, Daymoth.”

The commander winced and leaned back against the counter. “Well, fuck. What are we going to do? That was a month’s worth of food.”

She raised her hand. “If I can get some clothing, I can go out and get some food for today.”

Mordem grinned. “I can get you clothing and a pack, but you are going to burn through what you have consumed while running the errand. I will give you the coordinates of some shops and a list of high-density ration packs. Everything will be charged to the Guardian Base.”

Daymoth was looking suspicious. “You knew she would eat everything?”

“I have a degree in biology. You can’t move that fast and not burn more calories than your body can easily access. Nine Guardians have had metabolic talents in the last four hundred years. She makes ten.”

Daymoth raised his brows. “You want to take her on as your apprentice? You don’t have compatible talents.” The last part was said as a warning.

Mordem shrugged. “She has the same strength and skills as a normal biological creature, merely faster. I am well aware of how to test for physical tolerances.

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