Page 2 of The Emperor's Concubine

London screamed. “I’m scared mommy!”

Tears streamed down Callie’s face. Was this the way things would end?

Despite her efforts, but her little sedan hydroplaned off the road and slammed into a pile of boulders. As her face madeimpact with the airbag, her last coherent thought was of her babies.

Callie wokeup with a pounding headache and lights shining in her eyes. She winced as she turned her head away from the brightness. Where was she? Her last coherent thought had been that she was a goner, but somehow she was alive. Or was she?

Had she died and gone to heaven? For some reason she didn’t expect heaven to be quite like this. Heaven was supposed to be pain free. And what was that funky odor?

When her eyes finally adjusted to the light, they widened in surprise and fright. Standing over her were two creatures with orange skin, green tentacle like hair, and tusk-like teeth.

These…beings, reminded her of the aliens in the old sci-fi programs she used to watch with her dad. Their faces were covered in blue dots, and instead of noses they had snouts. What the hell? This had to be a dream.

No, a nightmare.

The problem was, a dream never smelled quite like this. It was the pungent cross between sweaty feet and ass. Suddenly, it dawned on her that London was nowhere in sight. Where was her baby?

Shooting to an upright position, Callie tried to slide off the metal table, but large scaly hands pushed her back down. One of the monsters made slurping, and snorting type noises. She wasn’t sure if he was trying to communicate or eat her.

“Where’s my daughter?” she screamed, panic starting to take over.

Again, the creatures grunted and made those strange noises. She nearly passed out when one of them put his foreheadagainst hers, its green eyes starting to glow. Fright stilled her movements, but only for a moment. Struggling against the hands that held her tight, Callie’s maternal need to be with her daughter overrode any fear running through her. “London!” she yelled.

There was no response.

She prayed to God that her daughter had survived the crash. Just the very thought of losing her child filled her with dread. The orange men grumbled. When one of them pulled out what looked like a piercing gun and placed it against her arm, she attempted to pull away, but he was much stronger, holding her in place.

The creature pulled the trigger. Callie squealed, prepared to scream her lungs out in preparation of the pain she was certain would come. However, the sensation was along the lines of receiving a tetanus shot. What had they just done to her? Did they just infect her with some alien disease? Would the anal probing come next? She clenched her ass in self-preservation.

“Stop struggling, human, and you won’t be harmed.”

Hearing the raspy, guttural voice stunned her. What the hell? The creature still made those strange grunting noises, but this time she understood exactly what he said. Licking suddenly dry lips, Callie trembled. “What…what do you want from me? Where’s my daughter?”

“Any questions from here on out will be asked by either Rzxie,” the apparent leader said pointing to his companion, “or myself. I am Theki and you will address me as Master until you’re sold to a new Master. I expect obedience in all my slaves. As for the young one, she’s resting. She’ll remain unharmed as long as you’re cooperative.”

“What have you done to her? Slave? Are you kidding me? Wait a minute… I understand you. How…”

Theki rolled his eyes, and made an impatient click with his tongue. “At least the language chip, I’ve implanted is working. Like I said before, you will be silent and speak when you’re spoken to, or I’ll make sure you’ll work in the teriulium mines.”

Callie wanted to protest, but what she had to say was halted by the narrow-eyed glare Theki shot her way. If this was a nightmare, she wished to hurry up and wake up from it.

“Do I make myself clear, human?” the alien asked.

She could only nod, her mind racing a mile a minute.

Theki’s beady eyes narrowed to slits. “I don’t read minds. Do I make myself clear?”

“Y-y-yes,” she stammered.

“Yes, Master!” he roared, making her jump.

“Yes, Master,” Callie obediently repeated, though she was seething inside.

Callie’s only knowledge of slavery was what she’d read in history books and stories passed down from her ancestors who’d experienced it. Never in a million years did she think she’d ever become a slave. Being enslaved to aliens on another planet seemed to add another layer of shit on top of an already terrible situation.

The creature turned to his companion. “Rzxie, this one is feisty. Her mouth says one thing, but the eyes say another. Perhaps we should keep her for ourselves and break this spirit of hers.”

“Theki, stop trying to frighten the child.”

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