Her Alien Warrior by Viki Storm

Author:Viki Storm [Storm, Viki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Auvok

“Where are you taking me?” Vela asks. It’s hot even though the sun is almost down. Little strands of her hair are stuck to her forehead in a streak of sweat. The clean, salty scent is alluring. I want to lick it from her skin.

“My dwelling,” I say. We walk down the empty streets together, and even the kilometer distance is too far. I’m sick of the whole business with the jewel. The only good thing about the job was that it brought me to Vela, my fated mate. “I’m going to strip you bare and take you into the bathing cabinet where I can scrub every inch of your body.”

Her cheeks turn red and she pretends like she’s looking at the storefronts that line the main pedestrian throughway.

“You’re not going to show me the sights?” she asks, pointedly ignoring my suggestion.

“We’re on Viltra. Other than the pleasure house and the scrapyard, there are no sights.”

“I thought that on the other side of the planet, there was a stone monument that’s supposed to be—”

“No,” I say.

“You’re not going to let me finish?” she asks.

“We’re not going to the Pile,” I say.

“The Pile?” she asks. “That’s what the locals call it?”

“Yes, because it’s a pile of rocks and nothing more. Every once in a while a tourist ship lands and a bunch of morons funnel out to take pictures, hoping that they see the Skinless Lady.”

“It’s supposed to be the place where the Seven Rent Souls pledged their allegiance to the Imperator Ingoull, and where Kayera vanquished him,” Vela says. “Everyone knows that story, humans, Qyath, U’mels. All of the seven major races grew up hearing the stories.” My stomach clenches at the mere mention of the Seven. The last thing I want to do is talk about them. Is it too much to ask to take my mate to bed for three or four rotations of the planet?

“Where they tore open their chests with the cursed blade, where Ingoull buried a cybernetic implant into the very core of their humanity, rendering them loyal and heartless devotees,” I say.

“I mean, everyone knows the story,” she says. “I thought while I’m here…”

“For the love of the Void,” I say. “Fine. I’ll take you out to see the Pile.” She jumps up and down and grabs my hand in both of hers.

“Thank you thank you thank you,” she says. And it’s so damned cute I suppose the trek out there will be worth it. It’s hard to deny my mate what she wants, even if it’s a superstitious hike in the middle of a pile of rocks.

We go back to the hangar and get in my ship. Luckily I don’t have to admit to any of my brethren where we’re going. As we take flight, I look longingly down on the scattering of buildings that comprise our small town. I can even see my dwelling. Soon, I tell myself. Soon I’ll have her back behind closed doors where I can take the time to explore my mate’s sweet body.

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