The New King: An Alien War Romance (Galactic Order Book 5) by Erin Raegan

Author:Erin Raegan [Raegan, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: An Alien War Romance
Published: 2019-07-29T18:30:00+00:00

12

Mona

I slapped Gryl’s hand for the millionth time and growled at him. He chuckled and licked his fingers. That was the third cupcake he’d ruined.

Uthyf stood outside of our booth and greeted every Dahk who came to try a cupcake. There weren’t many. I was pretty sure the twelve Dahk we had gotten had only come over because Uthyf was there.

I pulled my hair back from my face and twisted it into a knot, holding it there. It wasn’t exactly hot, but it was pleasantly warm and I loved it. Still, my hair was sweaty—mostly from nerves. Our cupcakes were pretty and the Dahk certainly stared at them, but none of them wanted to try any.

Lydia was pouting on a stool, her chin in her hand. She had been so excited this morning when she ran down the stairs and announced she was doing our hair. I had three tiny braids holding back the front of my hair, and Roxanne’s was in a fancy up-do. Uthyf had given us each a brand-new gown with fancy threading in a shimmery fabric. For the first time in a while, I felt pretty. I hadn’t been able to wait to give away our cupcakes.

But it had been two hours and no one was biting. So much time and effort had gone into them, and it hurt that no one seemed to want to try one. Even our helpers seemed disappointed. Though our guards had no problem stealing some when we weren’t looking.

Uthyf looked at me over his shoulder again. He had been doing that a lot today. Ever since I had come down in my new gown with my braided hair. He hadn’t said anything, but I knew by the way his eyes flared that he liked how I looked. It made me hot all over, and a little nervous.

Roxanne sighed and scowled at the Dahk passing our booth. “This is dumb. What are we going to do with all these cupcakes?”

“Dump them,” Lydia muttered morosely. Gryl and Lohr shot her an appalled look.

“I think it’s us,” I said. The Dahk were curious enough to walk by, but the moment they spotted us, they moved on. They wanted nothing to do with human cakes. I really, really wanted the Dahk to try them. I would hate it if we had to throw them out. “Maybe if we left, they would try them?”

Uthyf made a sound in the back of his throat. “No.”

“I want to see what everyone else is trading. Let’s leave them here and go look around.” I stepped away from the booth and walked to Uthyf. Maybe the cupcakes would be gone when we got back. “Please?”

The Dahk in the booth beside us watched me warily. I smiled at him and looked at all the meat he was cooking. It was on sticks and glazed with something that smelled so good, my stomach was growling.

Uthyf scowled at me. I took a hesitant step toward the next booth, and when Uthyf didn’t stop me, I took another.

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