Alien General's Baby (Scifi Alien Romance) (Zoran Warriors Book 1) Read Free Page B

caught his attention. I’m going to give Kelly such an earful! Whenever I see her again…

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    Vinz
    “ E xcellent choice ,” Dimtri says as we pace through the hall of the human space station. It’s much too warm and too bright here for my liking — human senses must be as frail as their small, weak bodies. “Jillian is a fine specimen.”
    “Watch it,” I growl.
    “I’m just commending you, that’s all,” he hisses.
    “Why do you even want a human on board?” I ask. “I don’t think the Emperor is going to be too happy that you promised to share our secrets with an outlander.”
    Dimtri shrugs. “The humans are weak and stupid, they’ll never learn anything of value — let alone a female. It made a good bargaining chip, and the female might be to the Emperor’s liking.”
    I feel a flash of anger rise up, and I have to resist the urge to snap Dimtri’s windpipe in half. There’s something about the human female that makes me feel possessive . I can’t explain it, but when Dimtri raised the possibility of taking a human on board during the meeting with the human commander, I knew right away it had to be Jillian.
    “We’ll see,” I say. I have to mask my true feelings, or risk giving Dimtri even more power over me.

    * * *
    I enter Jillian’s quarters . We’ve just completed take off, and will engage our warp-drives at any moment. She is sitting on her bed, with her assistant next to her. Jillian’s eyes are red and puffy, and her friend has her arm draped around her shoulders.
    Kelly Graham is her name. A feisty one, that human. She fought my men tooth and nail when they tried to take Jillian’s possessions on board. She demanded that we take her along as well, and in the end it was easier to just comply than delay our departure any further.
    “How are your quarters, Dr. Archer?” I ask.
    “It’s awful,” she snaps, to my surprise. “It’s freezing, and I can barely see a thing! How do you expect me to work in these conditions? Am I your guest or your prisoner?!”
    “You are our guest,” I reply. “Did your commander not make this clear?”
    She rolls her eyes at me — a gesture I don’t fully grasp, but I understand that it’s not a display of affection.
    “Zoran senses are much more sensitive than humans,” I explain. “I’ll see the head engineer about making your quarters and research station more in-tune with yours.”
    The curly-haired female looks up in surprise. “Thank you,” she says.
    I reach out my hand and pull her to her feet. Her skin is warm and pleasant, and it sends an unexpected jolt through my body. “Come, let me show you your station,” I say.
    I guide Jillian and Kelly through the long, dark halls of my vessel. With my trained senses I only need the faintest of lights, but the humans are as good as blind in these conditions. The same applies to the heat levels. After being on board the human space station I realize they must be freezing.
    Jillian sticks close to me, her curvy frame pressing against mine, and I feel the heat radiating from her body. I take an extra few turns just to feel her body against mine a few moments longer.
    “I have provided your computer with access to some of our Zoran databases,” I tell them. “Not all, of course. You can communicate with the Vonnegut using our com system, though it will be monitored.”
    We enter the research station. “Is it to your liking?” I ask. “I’ve made our men set it up like your previous one.”
    Jillian and Kelly wander through the room. “I’m amazed,” Jillian says. “This is exactly how my station looked on the Vonnegut.”
    “I’ll take that as a yes.”
    “How am I ever going to find my way around, though?” Jillian asks. “This place is like a maze.”
    “I’ll assign you a bodyguard,” I say. “Koryn, my second-in-command.” I tap the com on my wrist, summoning him.
    Not only is it important to keep the human females from stumbling around my ship, but I am also wary