Page 26 of Bred by the Alien Prince

“A fool who fights the tides.” Just like me.

The mechanical feminine voice announced our arrival on Eros. The capital ship was far too large to land on the planet. We would have to take a shuttle, and even then, it took several hours of prep work for a ship of this size for docking permissions and so on. We had time to relax and even make love, which was the only thing on my mind.

“What is this planet?” He seemed in awe as he gazed out the window.

“This planet’s name is Zililiuera, and we’re heading to Eros, a small refueling station here. They also have decent entertainment. It’s a good place to bring a crew. We’ll have everything we want here - nice food, soft, warm beds, soft-colored walls to feel comfortable, and all that nonsense. In the meantime, the ship will refuel.”

The man looked at me. His smooth face scrunched up suddenly, and tears fell from his eyes. His long black hair clung to his face.

“What the hell did I say now? This place is beautiful, you’ll see.” I hated watching soft boys cry. His extreme change in mood bewildered me.

“I want to contact my family and... I don’t know.” He waved his arms in confusion. “One of the first things I would do when I reached Scion 37y was call my family and let them know I was okay. Now I’m landing on some other planet god knows where, and I won’t be able to call them at all.”

“I don’t know what this Scion 37y is, but who says you won’t be able to call your family? Perhaps once we get here, we can contact them.”

“Oh yeah, right! You wanna get on the line and tell them you’re holding me hostage so they would contact our government and go to your stupid war or something.”

“If they could even understand me.” I laughed at his befuddlement. “Never say what you will never get a chance to do. That is the talk of a person who has given up.”

“Says the man holding me here.”

“Do you want to leave?” I walked over to him and stroked his soft skin. “You underestimate how happy you can be as my concubine.”

CHAPTER 10

Caspian

I laid in bed enjoying the warmth and security of being by his side a little too much to where I spent the last hour staring at him and berating myself, reminding myself over and over again that the feelings I was developing were because of these damn drugs coursing through my veins that was doing something strange to my body.

Because falling for an alien with dreams of murdering my people and pumping the rest with drugs to transform them into baby-making factories was not the guy to bring home to Mom, but like this, he looked innocent with his eyes closed and vulnerable. I resisted the urge to sweep his long blond hair from his face.

I had no idea when we were supposed to leave the ship and explore this planet. According to Lorvian, there were all sorts of landing protocols and testing to ensure I could survive and not get myself or any species I encountered sick.

Despite my precarious situation, I was excited to see what the planet looked like beyond what I saw from the expansive window he had in this penthouse-like apartment of a captain’s quarters.

I had lived onboard a ship in the middle of the cold vastness of space for a year; I wanted to see the sky, smell the fresh air, and run sand between my toes at a beach. I missed Earth, my home, and my family, and I felt no closer now to finding my purpose or place to belong as I did when I desperately begged Derek for the money to pay Cormac.

What the hell was I supposed to do if nothing was for me at home and nothing for me here? Hell, this alien lying next to me was the best boyfriend I’ve ever had, well, the only boyfriend I’ve ever had, and certainly the hottest guy I’ve ever messed around with.

I couldn’t believe I was in bed with a freaking alien!

The thought sent me reeling. But I couldn’t stay here as much as I would love to forget how I got here and enjoy this quiet moment. I needed to escape, find my way to Scion 37y, and contact Earth.

Maybe that was my purpose, my mission.

“You must bathe again, this time alone, to mask your scent.” He woke up and stared at me, his dark pools threatening to suck me in again.

“There you go with that scent talk again. I’m really starting to feel self-conscious.”

“Hm, so you have no mating scent where you’re from?”

“I don’t know anything about any mating scent!” I wrung my hands, getting frustrated. Another thing I did while he was asleep was smell myself, I couldn’t smell anything aside from my usual smell which wasn’t terrible but didn’t smell anything special.

“Then it’s just you smelling this damn good.” He planted his head on my lap. “You will forget about everything once we are on Eros. You can get off this stuffy ship and take in all the surrounding sights before you conclude you will be miserable.”

He seemed sure, and I wanted to believe him. I believed he would have made my life much easier, but I wouldn’t be here if I had chosen the easy way. And I wanted no part of this harem crap.

I got out of bed and slipped on my tunic, which I was starting to believe was a freaking dress. I need pants. There was no way I was leaving this ship in a fucking dress.

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