The Overlord's Pet by Evangeline Anderson

Author:Evangeline Anderson [Anderson, Evangeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evangeline Anderson

THIRTY

ELLI

I followed Sir down the red carpeted hall until we turned the corner and found ourselves at an archway trimmed in gold. It led into a vast dining room where a clear chandelier blazing with light hovered over a long, grand dining table made of some dark, heavy wood.

At first I thought the chandelier must be made of ice, like so many other things on O’nagga Nine. But then I saw a huge fireplace located in a wall behind the head of the table and realized that the heat it was putting out would have melted anything icy—so the chandelier must be made of some kind of clear crystals or gems.

The next thing that drew my eye were the people sitting around the table, apparently waiting for us. Two of them looked like regular Naggians—a man and a woman, both dressed in rich, ostentatious clothing. The man wore a kind of robe that looked like an old-fashioned smoking jacket—maroon with golden trim. The woman had on a long blue dress with a very high collar—it went up almost to the lobes of her ears. The sleeves of the gown went down to her wrists as well. Both of them had long black hair and glowing blue eyes.

The man seated at the head of the table must be the Baron himself, I speculated. He didn’t look quite like the other two—although he did have the same glowing blue eyes and long white fangs that all Naggians seemed to possess.

But he also had two curling horns on either side of his forehead and his white skin was marked with curving blue tattoos. They were easy to see, since his shirt sleeves were rolled up, showing muscular forearms. I could also see another tattoo curling up one side of his thick neck.

I wondered at first why he looked so different and then remembered that Sir had said he was only half Naggian and his other half was Braxian. He was certainly bigger than most of the Naggian men I had seen—he was broader across the shoulders and more muscular. He was also dressed more casually than the other two at the table, wearing just a plain blue shirt and black trousers.

As the servant bowed us into the room and introduced us, all three of the people at the table rose.

“Ah, Overlord!” the Baron rumbled, coming forward with both hands outstretched. “It’s good to meet you in person.” He wasn’t nearly as tall as Sir, but he was still a good seven feet tall, I thought—why did all these aliens have to be so big? I felt like a little kid at the adult’s table among them.

“The feeling is mutual,” Sir said, taking the Baron’s offered hands in a firm grip. “Thank you for having me and little one, here,” he added, nodding at me. “No other Naggian Lord on the planet was willing to meet with me.”

“Well, that’s their fucking loss, isn’t it?” the Baron said, shrugging. “I’m afraid many of my people

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