“I’m so glad you’re going to stay aboard the Mother Ship!” Kat grinned at Lorelei.
Kat and Liv and Sophie and Lorelei were all sitting around in Kat’s living area having a girl day and eating Grieza worms—a delicacy from Twin Moons which looked awful, (it was basically live worms you killed with a kind of sauce,) but tasted just like dark chocolate.
“I am too and so are Torn and Bound.” Lorelei smiled. “I don’t think they liked the idea of going to Earth—too hard to get bonding fruit there.”
“About that…” Kat looked contrite. “I’m really sorry about what happened with the bonding fruit I left you—I should have written out more explicit directions.” She sighed. “I guess I’m just so used to everyone around here knowing what effect it has on a girl that I forget someone might not have a clue.”
“Kat’s practically got bonding fruit juice instead of blood flowing through her veins,” Sophie said, laughing. “She loves that stuff.”
“I don’t just eat it for the flavor,” Kat said dryly. “Some of us need to be stretchy when it comes to sexy time, you know.”
“Honey, any girl married to a Kindred needs to be stretchy,” Liv said and grinned. She looked at Lorelei. “But Kat is right—I’m glad you guys are staying up here. I know the Kindred High Council has ruled that it’s all right for Kindred warriors to live down on Earth if they want but I just feel like it’s more of a family atmosphere on the Mother Ship.”
“Everyone here has been so welcoming and kind.” Lorelei smiled. “And I don’t really have anything important I’m leaving behind on Earth. My crappy car was about to be repossessed again and don’t get me started on the awful job I lost right before Bound found me.”
“Oh, what did you do?” Sophie asked curiously.
Lorelei made a face. “I worked at Minnie Misses Pretty Petites.”
“What? Is that place even still open?” Kat demanded. “Aren’t they the ultra-skinny clothing store where they don’t stock anything over a size three?”
“Ugh—I always feel like such a cow when I go in there,” Liv exclaimed.
“And you’re not even plus-sized,” Kat pointed out. “You can imagine how we fluffy gals feel when we darken their door.” She looked at Lorelei. “That must have been a little slice of hell.”
“You have no idea,” Lorelei said feelingly. “And my boss didn’t make it any easier. I’m sure glad I never have to work there again.”
“I thought Bound came looking for you because you had an advanced degree in AI psychology,” Sophie said.
“He did and I do.” Lorelei sighed. “But then the World Congress passed the AI Blocking Bill and they invented the Throttle chip which dumbs down AIs so they’re nothing but stupid mechanical servants.” She sighed. “I thought the Kindred might have more sophisticated AI tech but I guess I’m going to have to train for another degree entirely because I haven’t seen any self-aware AIs aboard the Mother Ship.”
“For a good reason,” Sophie said seriously. “Have you ever heard of the Volt Kindred?”
Liv frowned. “Baird said something about them to me not long ago—I think he said Sylvan met one?”
“He did, when he went to meet that awful Mistress Hellenix from Yonnie Six and give her back the E’lo stones they got back when the Hive Master died. The Volt Kindred was her body-slave.”
“Huh?” Lorelei looked back and forth between them, completely stumped.
“Never mind about the backstory, doll,” Kat told her. “I think the main thing here is the Volt Kindred.”
“Exactly,” Sophie said eagerly. “They’re a type of Kindred who can conduct electricity through their skin—it gives them enormous power—but up until recently, we thought they were all extinct.”
“Extinct?” Lorelei frowned. “How do you kill a whole race of Kindred? Especially if they can act as living conductors—which is pretty amazing, actually.”
“Well, they made a genetic trade with the people of Uriel Two and were well integrated into their society,” Sophie said. “But according to Sylvan, the Uralieans were extremely technologically advanced and they let these sentient AIs run everything.”
“So what happened?” Lorelei put a hand on her hip. “Let me guess—the machines rose up and killed all the people and took over the planet like in some cheesy science fiction movie.”
“Actually, that’s exactly what happened.” Sophie spoke in hushed tones. “According to Sylvan, they killed or enslaved every man, woman, and child they could lay their hands on. Or claws, or whatever it is robots have.” She made a gesture in the air. “Anyway, Uriel Two is still overrun with them, which is too bad because they have some technology which could be really useful to the Kindred, only they can’t get to it. So it’s basically lost to them—just like the entire Volt Kindred race.”
“Except for that one body-slave, I guess,” Kat said dryly. “I wonder why a warrior who can shoot lightning bolts out of his eyes would let one of those awful Yonnite Mistresses drag him around on the end of a leash?”
Sophie shrugged. “Sylvan said he told him he had his reasons and not to try and rescue him.”
“I guess we’ll never know,” Liv murmured.
“Oh, I wouldn’t be too sure about that.” Kat winked. “You know how everyone tends to get back to the Mother Ship one way or another. We might find out…sometime in the future.”
“I just hope that Yonnie Six Mistress is being careful with the E’lo transport stone,” Sophie said. “You know they used to be used to make two people switch places instantly, even if they were light years apart? Imagine if the other stone gets found by someone on Earth. What would happen then?”
“Yikes.” Kat made a face. “I guess they’d be instantly transported to Yonnie Six. How’d you like that for a change of pace?”
“Oh, I don’t know,” Liv mused. “Being instantly transported to a place where women rule everything and the men are all servants might be interesting.”
“It was kind of like that on Femalah when I went there with Bound looking for Torn,” Lorelei said quietly. “And I didn’t like it at all. I had to treat Bound like a second class citizen and they were about to shoot Torn because he was a ‘bad investment’ just before we got to him. Men have no rights at all there—none. That kind of inequality isn’t good—no matter who’s in charge.”
“You’re right, Lorelei,” Sophie said thoughtfully. “And besides, why would any of us want to go to Yonnie Six when we already have Kindred husbands who treat us like queens?”
“Some of us have more than others,” Kat winked and nudged Lorelei with a grin.
Lorelei grinned back and felt a warm glow. After years of feeling like she didn’t belong anywhere, she had finally found a home among the stars and she knew that she would be happy to stay here aboard the Mother Ship with Torn and Bound, forever now that love had bridged the distance between the three of them.
The End
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Reeve J'lon is an M-Switch Kindred. Their ability to jump into and control the body of another male for a limited period of time has gotten them the derisive nickname, "Snatchers" and they are not trusted by the other branches of the Kindred. Nevertheless, it is to Reeve, an acknowledged pirate and Snatcher, that the Kindred must turn with a top secret mission--to snatch the body of a high ranking enemy and destroy a secret weapon which threatens the entire universe. And so, Reeve steps into the body of his enemy...and into a whole different world.
When Nallah Parokk's husband goes into a coma, she secretly hopes he will never awaken. Harryx is cruel and cold to her, beating her often and using her like a whore. Her existence is nearly unbearable but she knows it could be worse if her husband decides to throw her out on the street. Then he wakes up and suddenly he's...different. He's kind and loving in a way he never was before, so much so that Nallah is almost ready to forgive his past behavior. But what is behind her husband's sudden transformation? And will this change for the better last?
Though he tries not to, Reeve is falling in love with his enemy's wife. But the beautiful little female with wide golden eyes is so wary around him, he wonders what the real Harryx did to her. When he finds out, he is horrified. How can he ever get Nallah to love him back when he is inhabiting the body of a monster--her jailer and rapist? He knows he has to tell her the truth about who he is but how can he make her understand? And if he does, will she ever be able to trust him again after she finds out she has been...
Loving a Stranger?
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