Charged: An Otherwordly Reverse Harem (The Otherworlds Series Book 1) by Gillian Zane

Author:Gillian Zane [Zane, Gillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Parajunkee Publishing
Published: 2018-09-17T16:00:00+00:00

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“What do you call this contraption, Four?” Bobbie asked when he ushered her onto a platform with a tube jutting from the top of it.

“Four?” Four asked.

“Oh, I’ve numbered you guys to keep track of you in my head. I couldn’t very well call you Roc, Roc, Roc, and Roc.”

“And how did we get our numbers?” he asked with a sly grin that was his and his alone.

“Order of appearance.”

“Save the best for last?” he said with a twinkle in his eye.

“I think I shouldn’t show favoritism,” she winked.

“No one else is here to know.” She pursed her lips in response and pinched her chin, checking him out from head to toe in mock assessment.

“Yet to be determined,” she finally said.

“You wound me, mistress.” He mockingly put a hand over his heart.

“You’re too sensitive then, but dammit, answer my question, what the hell is this thing?”

“A tube transport.”

“Oh, nuh uh, you are not sticking me in there to get sucked up into the ether and spit out on the other side.” She shook her head and made a dramatic negative gesture with her hands.

“You don’t get sucked up into the ether,” Four laughed.

“Then what in the blazes does it do?”

“Transmutation of energy. It coverts your body to light and transports you to the destination of choice.”

“Um, not that much better. You do know I’m not one of you guys, right? I don’t survive on photons; I’m eighty percent water.” Her eyes had gotten huge; she wasn’t going in that thing. There was no way in hell. Four’s eyes softened.

“You make a good point, but we are the same. I am made of water as well. We just learned how to access the natural energy in our systems, your people may one day do the same. It is simple physics.”

“Still, not something I want to chance.”

“Maybe we should walk then.” Four looked away from the tube toward the small town.

“I’m all about the walking. Well, how far away is it?”

“A few breaths, not that long,” he said.

“And what is a breath?” Bobbie rolled her eyes.

“One hundred spaces,” he clarified.

“And a space?” she asked exasperated, not sure if the translation wasn’t coming through. He held his hands as far apart as they could reach.

“Give or take.”

“I guess that’s not so bad. I could use the exercise, I could deal with losing a few pounds,” She looked down at the shapeless men’s clothing she wore.

“Nonsense,” Four said. “Exercise is always good, but I do not wish you to lose any of your delicious shape.” He slipped an arm around her, and Bobbie couldn’t help it, she blushed.

“Stop, they’ll think you’re with a man; talk about the rumors,” Bobbie laughed, but Four didn’t drop his hand. Four had her tie up her hair and put a hat on her head so it wouldn’t be quite so obvious she was a woman. He had explained that since there were about six men to every one woman there were sometimes issues with kidnapping by desperate men.

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