Alien's Bride Book One Read Free

jagged designs.   Either the suit accentuated his broad shoulders or he had horns growing out of them.
    “You kept Lord Elentinus waiting a long time.”   The weird language he spoke was as clear now as it had been when he’d spoken to me through the monitor.   “This is not acceptable.   You’re being granted leeway because you’ve yet to get acclimated.   That leeway is going to quickly run out.   Do not try my master’s patience.”
    I had to try to hold back tears while I stared at him.   Regardless of what was really going on here, I was more scared than I’d ever been in my life.   I hated this fear.   It all boiled down to one primal terror:   the fear of being raped.   The things I saw in Africa didn’t help matters.   If I got backed into a corner I’d turn into a screaming, scratching, kicking wild woman.   I didn’t want to see that person come out of me.
    Hor-Denay pursed his black lips and looked downward.   His voice became softer.   “Look.   Lord Elentinus is not an especially cruel man.”
    I realized something in my terrified face must have touched him.
    “He’s not going to harm you if you don’t give him cause, and he will show a measure of patience.”
    Patience?   That word gave me hope.
    Hor-Denay resumed his former stern glare at me.   “Your first meeting will set the tone for what follows.   Don’t you dare confront him.   Confront me, if you’re so inclined.   When you’re with Lord Elentinus, conduct yourself with modesty and grace.   Don’t be snide or sarcastic.    Don’t try to be clever either.   It’s best that you try to say as little as possible.   He knows you’re frightened.   It’s acceptable for you to show that fear.   Don’t try to hide it with false bravado or anger.   Defiance is never acceptable.   You’ll receive harsh and swift punishment.”
    He took a little black rectangular thing out of a small satchel on his hip.   When he pressed a button on it, there was a WOOM sound and a bright pink laser glowing rope thing appeared.   It started on the top of the black rectangle, went down to the floor, and spread from his feet to mine.   When I looked down I realized the laser rope went up my body towards my throat.   When I reached up I felt a fuzz of static, but then touched a collar.   It was solid and too tight for me to fit a finger under.   A new panic attack started to build inside me.
    “You’re always wearing this collar even when you can’t see or feel it.   It’s composed of a force field that Lord Elentinus or I can activate at any time.”
    He tugged it and I was jerked off balance.   I had to grab on to the console to keep myself from falling flat on my face.
    “You can’t hide and you can’t escape this vessel.   Further, this collar will be our means of disciplining you.   If you’re disobedient we can inflict a shockwave that will wrack your entire nervous system.   No description of the pain would be adequate; therefore I’ll demonstrate the lowest possible setting now.”   
    “No!”   I practically screamed this.   “Please.   I believe you.   I don’t need a demonstration.   I’ll be good.   I...I promise.”
    I think it was fight or flight instinct that got me to beg not to be shocked.   After seeing the magic pink laser thing appear around my freaking neck I was ready to go numb again.   The stuff he’d told me before couldn’t be real.   It just couldn’t be, because I’d have to accept the loss of my world and everyone—everything I’d ever known.   I was putting all my hope on some other explanation.   The language trick was the first thing to chip away at that hope.   Now I had this thing laser force field thing appear around my neck.   What the Hell could it be?  
    Hor-Denay stuck his nose in the air and made this very snide expression.   At that second I stopped seeing all his bullshit alien features and saw him as a person.   One who had a wretched life