It seemed to Iris that all love was inherently selfish, the attempt at preserving adored connections. Did that make it bad? No. It made it, like everything else human, and alien… flawed.
“What are you thinking?” Archon caressed the back of her neck lovingly as they watched jugglers entertaining the gathered nobles.
“You’re an utter bastard,” she smirked at him.
“Well, that’s true,” he smiled. “Anything else?”
“That I love you very, very much.”
“What a coincidence. I was just thinking how much I love you too,” Archon replied, giving her a very sweet and loving kiss. Sweet because it was a wish for her happiness, and loving because it was laced with all the unending carnal desire of the alien king.
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And so their story ended, far more happily than it had any right to. It was sweet, but sad in a way, because what is an ending without a new beginning?
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Speaking of new beginnings…
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The Alien King’s Pet
Katie is on her way to work at a job she hates when she is abducted by a winged alien king.
Kind of a lucky break, really.
Dominax wants to make her his pet.
He wants to pamper her, protect her, and procreate with her.
Beats working for tips, right?
At least, once she gets used to the collar and leash.
“My good friend Archon took a human mate, and has never been the same,” Dominax said conversationally to the bound human lying on the ground at his feet. “I intend to handle you differently. He allowed his human to get the better of him. But nobody gets the better of me.”
The gagged young lady made a faint sound which might have been agreement, disagreement, or perhaps an appeal for her life. Dominax was not certain. He didn’t understand much of the human’s speech. Apparently his old friend Archon knew how to speak human, but Dominax did not.
“Best you learn Intergalactic Speech,” he informed his captive. “I don’t learn foreign languages. Takes up too much space in my brain.”
He realized that what he’d said did not make him sound terribly intelligent. How was he managing to make a fool out of himself with a bound captive? These human had an intangible power. He was most intrigued by it.
While Archon and the human had gone to see the dry cleaner, Dominax had stood on the street in all his winged glory and been asked by multiple people if he was a movie prop. He hadn’t understood them terribly well.
Then this human had caught his eye. She was pretty. Broad hips, ample breasts, a nice smiling round face with ruby lips.
So he had taken her.
Why not? How hard could it be to train a modern human as a pet? Seemed to Dominax that they were intelligent little creatures, and this one was certainly very pretty, though he didn’t care for her boxy charcoal uniform which bore a strange golden insignia in the shape of a large M. That would have to go.
This book is a standalone entry in the Royal Aliens series. Very standalone. HEA guaranteed.