Their Hybrid by Skye Mackinnon
Author:Skye Mackinnon [MacKinnon, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: discrimination, dystopian, human machine, slave, Romance, love, scifi, gaslamp, Reverse Harem, scifi steampunk, victorian, steampunk romance, steampunk, Victorian Era, Friends to Lovers, forbidden romance, menage, romance books, why choose, android, victorian romance, romantic suspense, marriage, hybrid
Publisher: Peryton Press
Published: 2019-08-16T22:00:00+00:00
âWHY DID YOU BRING YOUR hybrid?â
The words slam into me like a punch and I feel sick.
Andrew puts an arm around my shoulders, pulling me against him. I think itâs supposed to be both for reassurance and to show his aunt who I am.
Aunt Laura is staring at us, her cheeks red, almost matching her bright auburn hair thatâs braided in an elaborate style. Itâs likely taken hours for it to look that way. Sheâs wearing a black dress with a high collar, decorated with tiny black pearls. On the way, my men told me sheâs been wearing black ever since her husband died five years ago. Sheâs rather large; her bosom is straining against the delicate fabric and her bum is absolutely enormous.
âYou donât need a servant here, Iâve got my own.â
Iâm sure sheâs intelligent enough to understand that Iâm not their servant, but her stoic expression predicts that sheâs not going to simply smile and accept the fact that Iâm not human.
âAunt Laura, meet our wife, Dex.â
Lukeâs smiling, but thereâs steel in his voice.
âThat has to be a joke.â Sheâs still staring at me in disapproval. I resist the urge to look down at myself and check whether my corset and skirt are flawless and without stains. Weâve been travelling for most of the day, so a few wrinkles in my clothes should be acceptable.
Luke takes his place on my left and takes my hand.
âDex is our wife and you will respect her as such.â
Aunt Laura frowns, the wrinkles on her face growing deeper.
âBut sheâs a hybrid! Sheâs a machine!â
I flinch. Thatâs about the worst thing she could have said. I may have steel parts in me, but I feel human and sheâs not going to take that away from me with her poisonous words.
I step forward, leaving my men behind.
âI am not a machine,â I say coldly, looking her straight in the eyes. I know my mechanical eye will not help convince her, but itâs not like I can simply remove it. Itâs part of me, an implant thatâs fused with my face just like my metal arm and the metal plates in my legs. Iâm a hybrid, part human, part metal, but Iâm not a machine. Iâm alive.
âI am the wife of your nephews and weâve come here to spend our honeymoon together. If you have a problem with that, weâre going to move on and find somewhere else to stay. We donât need your approval and neither do I need to listen to your insults.â
She keeps eye contact, her eyes just as piercing as I hope mine are. We stare at each other, neither of us backing down. Sheâs a strong woman, that much is clear, but so am I.
I might not be one hundred per cent human, but in my mind, I am. I wonât be bullied.
âAunt Laura,â Dan begins from behind me but she shuts him up with a wave of her hand.
âDonât, this is between her and me.â Her frown lessens a little.
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