The Alien Prince's Bride by Taylor Neptune

Author:Taylor Neptune [Neptune, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-63481-043-2
Publisher: Zaftig Publishing

25

Dinner

Nina

After the night’s show, Nina went to the mess hall to eat with the other dancers. Just like before, Lola and Nina had to sit at a table by themselves. Nina gave herself a double portion of everything. When she smelled the food, she realized that she’d skipped dinner last night and hadn’t eaten all day. Her stomach was trying to eat itself.

As she was finishing up, an announcement came over the intercom.

“Folks, we’re going to need to pick up some new passengers on Intara. It’ll add another day to our trip. The extra day will be offered gratis. The ship that was supposed to pick them up is down for repairs and maintenance, so we’ve got to fly this small part of their route. It’ll cause minimal delays.”

Nina didn’t know if anybody would be mad. The pleasure ship was all about having fun, and Nina, as guest, would love an extra day of fun.

The room filled with chatter as the dancers discussed the possibility of landing on Intara.

Shanna said loudly, “I heard that Intara has extremely tall warriors with almost white hair and glowing skin, some of the most attractive males in the known universe.” She practically purred with pleasure. “Maybe I should snag one. I’ve heard that they have a barbaric mating ritual. A woman just puts a yellow stripe on her outfit to indicate that she’s ready to mate, and they just whisk her away. Isn’t that the craziest thing?”

Nina’s eyes widened as she heard the description of the Intaran warriors. They sounded like the alien in her dream. Was he Intaran? What would that even mean?

Nina looked back at Shanna, and she was looking straight at Nina with a cruel smile on her lips. Nina shivered involuntarily. Shanna’s smile was one of the scariest things that she’d ever seen.

“I heard that they just take their women away, and they lock them up. They never see the outside world again. They don’t have many Intaran women, you see, and they’ve got to take alien women in. They mate them in space, and they mate them on their planet, too. They are mercenaries or space marines, and a lot of them travel frequently. That’s why they have their ritual. It’s an ancient custom that’s lasted for centuries.” A pretty red-headed dancer that Nina didn’t know very well was speaking. “I would never put a stripe on my outfit on Intara. I’m too independent.”

“I don’t know,” another dancer said. Nina thought she was named Ariadne, but she wasn’t sure. “I wouldn’t mind shacking up with some hot Intaran.”

“Even if you don’t mate for life, they’re always down for a good time, if you know what I mean. They don’t have many woman, so there are plenty that hang around the spaceship docks. Maybe we’ll meet a couple,” Stefania said. She winked at the group.

Nina realized that she was staring, so she stood with her tray and put it away. Intara didn’t sound like a world that she’d want to visit.

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