Ice: A Qurilixen World Novella: Intergalactic Dating Agency (Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides Book 4) by Michelle M. Pillow

Author:Michelle M. Pillow [Pillow, Michelle M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Raven Books LLC
Published: 2018-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Ice held the bag Elle told him to carry as they quickly crossed the parking lot of what she called a truck stop. They’d left the car in a darkened corner of the lot. She’d made him wait outside of the complex as she went in. He did not like being the lookout. The baby aspirin took a while to work, and she said after the police car incident they’d be looking for a blue man accompanying a female.

Giant vehicles towered over them as they passed through the narrow aisles between. Bearded men lifted white sticks to their mouths and blew smoke into the air.

“Hey, sweetheart, you lost?” a man called.

“Not interested,” Elle yelled, not bothering to look at who spoke to her.

Ice came out from behind a semi-truck’s cab. A man stopped mid-stride on his way to following Elle. He quickly averted his eyes and turned when he saw Ice.

“We’re looking for a truck with a red logo that reads ‘Pan Darrell’ on the side.” Elle quickened her pace.

“Are we stealing another car?”

“We’re going to stow away in one of the trailers. The Pan Darrell driver told me his next stop is Boulder. That’s right outside of Denver. I went around and told everyone I was looking for a ride. I had two offers, but the first one was sketchy and smelled like he hadn’t bathed in a while. The second one only had room for one passenger in his cab, and I think he wanted to trade sex for travel. He said he was leaving in twenty minutes, so we don’t have much time. We are going to have to sneak onto the back of his truck.” She glanced at Ice. “Do you know how to read English?”

Ice nodded. “It was part of my uploads.”

“Uploads?” She continued her search.

“The Galaxy Brides aliens inject the information into our brain so that we may have the knowledge. Once it processes, we are able to possess a new skill.” Ice noticed a long white truck with a red cab. The rounded logo looked as if it said the words she was looking for. “Is that it?”

“You let someone inject a whole language into your brain, so you could come to Earth and meet women?” She frowned at him. “That seems extreme.”

“Actually, they injected two.” Ice paused, accessing the ability to add in the gurgling nuances of the Venimice. “Though we didn’t need the first one.”

“That’s the noise you were making when we,” she paused before finishing, “found you.”

“When you and your friends captured me and took me to a laboratory?” he offered.

Elle stiffened as if he’d insulted her. “They’re not my friends. They’re people I was hired to work with. If I had known that aliens were real, that you were real, I would never have taken the job. I’m sorry.”

“I’m not. If you had not taken the job, I would not be free right now. You would not be my girlfriend.”

His comment made her laugh, and he smiled. He liked her laughter.

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