Stolen by the Cursed Alien by Ray Roxie

Author:Ray, Roxie [Ray, Roxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Romance
Amazon: B07Y5PR6SR
Goodreads: 52724892
Published: 2019-11-07T08:00:00+00:00

13

Zark

I left Miranda in the target room while I flew up to my chamber and retrieved something for her to wear, so she wouldn't be forced to hold her tattered shirt closed during the long walk up the marble steps. Then we went up together and curled up in my bed for a while – we both wanted to sleep, but our combined thoughts were too active to let us relax as we'd hoped.

Torqa. Her private army. The book. The curse. Respen.

These things kept whirling and circling in our minds like a flock of Aldorian Tooth-Bats, screeching, insistent, refusing to be put off or ignored.

Would we triumph in the end?

And if we did, would Miranda want me to honor my promise and bring her back to Earth?

I could sense that Miranda heard the question in my head – but I couldn't sense any clear, decisive response from her. Clearly, she was wondering the same thing. Part of her longed for her home, as any creature would. But the other part…

My ruminations were interrupted by the door chime. “Come in,” I called out.

The door slid open and Khim, the palace healer, entered with a universal translator in her hand. There was a faint air of disapproval in her eyes as she peered at Miranda. “Well, we certainly seem to have our share of human visitors these days, don't we?” she said in Valkredian.

“Since when do you deliver implants?” I replied in our native tongue. “That hardly seems as though it would be within your purview.”

“Generally speaking, it isn't. However, it was brought to my attention that the Blood Ruler's brother might have need of my insights, given his current state. You should have come to me at the start of all this, Zark, instead of keeping it a secret. The longer a curse sits within someone, the deeper it roots itself, and the harder it is to remove it.”

“In truth, Khim, I had hoped that somehow, I'd be able to handle this embarrassing situation on my own without troubling anyone else about it.”

Khim looked at me balefully. “Stubbing your toe is an ‘embarrassing situation.’ A Lunian curse is nothing to be trifled with. But first things first, I suppose… we can't have our latest Earth darling feeling left out of conversations like these, now can we?”

I turned to Miranda, speaking to her in English. “Miranda, this is Khim, our resident healer. She's going to install the implant. It'll hurt for just a second, and then you should be able to understand all the known languages of the galaxy.”

“Thank you,” Miranda said to Khim.

Khim didn't answer – she simply stepped forward, holding up the oval device. It was the size of the nail on Miranda's little finger. Khim pressed the top of it, and six spindly silver legs sprouted out.

“Hang on,” Miranda said, wincing. “That thing isn't going to crawl down my ear canal and into my brain or anything like that, is it?”

“No,” I assured her, “and again, the discomfort is extremely temporary.

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