Page 71 of Guardian's Soul

Zoe tipped her finger against my arm, catching my attention. She pointed at a mirror that seemed to have appeared fromout of nowhere, showing Nova wearing the pantsuit. Looking badass and sexy as hell.

She bumped her comm against a panel next to the cubicle, and Zoe explained, "It will be delivered straight to our ship."

"Wow!" That was just incredible.

"You should get one," Thrax whispered into my ear, his black eyes gleaming.

"Oh, I don't know." I looked at the suit, and Thrax gently pushed me forward until I saw myself wearing it in the mirror.

"Oh yes, baby." Nova whistled.

"Look at those curves," Zoe joined, and my face heated.

"You look sexy as hell." Thrax nuzzled my ear.

"All right, we should all get one," I said and watched Nova complete the order.

Zoe was next, followed by Thrax and… hell yeah!

"This is the right kind of badass uniform we'll need to take the big bad Os down!" Nova high-fived first Zoe and then me.

We entered the next store and the next. It was the most amazing shopping experience of my life, and the best part was that nobody had to carry anything. Everything would be brought by drones to the ship, where we would sort through our loot.

"I don't know about you, but I'm hungry," Nova announced after a while.

"Do they have a food court?" Did I dare hope?

"Of course they do!" Zoe laughed.

Had I not been dizzy already, this food court would have done the trick. A large round platform in the middle offered several tables of all sizes, surrounded by chairs, while the entire platform was surrounded by an assortment of vendors inside a kind of bubble, where they prepared all kinds of alien foods.

"Got to go use the ladies' room," Nova announced.

"Hold up, I'm coming," Zoe said.

Realizing my bladder was pretty full as well, I joined the two after nodding at Thrax.

"I'll get you something, no worries." He winked at me.

"Should I be worried?" I asked the other two girls.

"Most definitely," Zoe agreed, snickering.

Of course the bathrooms couldn't be regular bathrooms either. Okay, so there were stalls, just like on Earth, but holy cow! The toilets gleamed from cleanliness. The moment I opened the door, I watched the entire toilet being wiped down, even though it had been spotless before.

I did my business and when I stood, it flushed and cleaned itself again. By the door, I noticed a small, rectangular opening.

"Just put your hands inside," Nova yelled from the stall next to me.

I did as told and, wow, again. First, my hands were sprayed down, then I felt a warm puff, and they were dry, feeling fresh and moisturized.

I stepped out and found Zoe waiting for me. Nova was just about to step out of her stall when the door next to hers opened.

"Hey," a voice hissed at us.

Incredulously, we stared at another human woman.

"Can you help me?"

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