Fire Dragon's Baby (Dragon Shifter Scifi Alien Romance) (Elemental Dragons Book 1) Read Free

Earth or on Draconia. She’d had a chance with a few human men, but she hadn’t found the right one. At the ripe old age of twenty-five, Celeste was afraid she'd end up dying alone.
    She continued to work through her stack of samples, noticing there were a few rock samples from a planet called Galaton. She'd never heard of the planet before so she opened her lab desk holocom to research it further.
    “Galaton: an ancient colony of the Draconian Empire established five million years before the common era. While the Draconians of Galaton are genetically identical to those of Draconia, they do not share a culture or government. Galaton is an independent planet ruled by a monarchy based on inheritance and combat for power. Currently, Galaton is ruled equally by four princes, representing the elements: fire, water, earth, and air. Each section of the planet has been terraformed to conform to the element of its ruling prince. Galaton was inducted into the mating lottery March 25, 2046.” Just last week!
    Celeste sat back in her chair, reading the information over several times. What a strange world. Galaton culture predated everything Celeste knew about Draconians, by millions of years, and they were very different from the dragon shifters she knew. They sounded more barbaric and brutal than those on Draconia.
    She wondered what it would be like to be mated to one of them. These princes had to fight for their power. A cold shiver went up her spine just thinking about it. She'd hate to be mated with one of those men. She wanted a sweet, safe Earth Draconian. The guys who liked to play basketball and hang out at the flying range on the weekends. She also wouldn't mind traveling to the pristine world of Draconia, where human females were treated like queens. She couldn't even imagine being mated with a barbarian or visiting that dangerous-sounding planet.
    At the end of her work day, she pressed her thumb to the ID sensor on the way out. She strode across the skyway to board the hover bus that would take her home. As she rode along the skyway, she looked down at the silvery-gray buildings and roads and thought about her world.
    It was incredible to think that even with the sizeable population of New Detroit, everyone had an education, a job, a home, and food to eat. Each person was given work that suited them for twenty-five hours a week. The rest of the time, humans enjoyed swimming in floating pools, hover skating, watching holo-movies, and reading the new internet. Life was good.
    She got off the bus and walked into her high rise building to take the elevator to the two hundredth floor. As she entered her apartment, she looked around at the rounded corners and pristine white walls, and felt bad for feeling sad. Even if she never ended up mating with a Draconian, she had everything she needed.
    But it didn’t feel like enough.
    She wanted a child to love. After her parents had been killed in the Mulgor invasion twenty-five years ago, she'd grown up in an orphanage in New Detroit, longing for someone to love. Even when she'd turned eighteen and transitioned into college housing, she had still felt something important was missing from her life.
    The orphanage had been good to her. There were loving teachers and caregivers, but it was hard to shake the feeling that she didn't belong to anyone. If she had a family of her own, she would belong to someone then. Her children would love and need her as only children could. She longed for children with her whole being. The yearning was so intense she’d considered finding a donor or a one-night stand. But even in the new world, raising a child alone was not what she wanted. She wanted love; a family.
    She longed for a mate who would sweep her off her feet and show her the universe through his eyes. She dreamed of the day they would meet and suddenly realize that they were meant for each other. Their hearts would overflow with love, and she would finally belong. His caring and tenderness