ENSLAVED BY ALIEN LORD
Chapter 1
“I have no idea why you continue to play the field, Scarlet. You do know that you are close to the age of choice and that your days of casual dalliances are almost over. Don’t tell me that you haven’t noticed the way that the guys have suddenly gotten a little bit more anxious around us lately. We are all ready to take that plunge, but I’m not sure that you can say the same thing. I know that having fun is one thing, but it’s time to grow up and become what you have been destined for.” Scandal was Scarlet’s best friend, but she was the only one that could accept that she was mutated. Scandal’s skin had a tinge of blue, not unlike prince Niles Starr. He was the one that everyone was waiting for and also terrified that they would be chosen.
Standing at the window in a flowing white gown, Scarlet looks down on the town and knows that eventually her time of freedom will be over. She thought that there was plenty of time, but the age of choice was not something that she could deny. “If it’s all the same to you, Scandal, I would really like not to talk about this anymore. It gives me a cold chill down my spine to think that I’ll have to spend my life with one man.” She saw the many suitors with some that had tails and others that had glowing green eyes. This was a melting pot of alien entities. Her herself had one strange feature and that was a string of purple hair that looked out of place on her almost platinum blond locks.
“You can’t stick your head in the sand forever. Two days from now, we are to stand and to choose our mates. I’ve already given my hand to Justus. He’s very kind and I do hope that his family approves.” “I don’t see why she is, so worried. She has the pedigree and Justus’s family should feel honored that she is going to stand with them. I on the other hand have no idea what I’m going to do. There are so many eligible bachelors and so little time. I’ve been sowing my wild oats and I have to say that I’ve enjoyed the variety.”
Scandal moved her hand through her very short shorn hair that had the kind of spikes that you would find on some wild animal on earth. They knew of its existence, but this was the river planet. It was named accordingly. This world was entwined by many rivers and that one person that held the power of passage didn’t exactly do it out of the goodness of their hearts. She knew that the royal family with the name of Starr held those rights with grim death.
“You’re lucky that you have chosen already. I’m sure that others have already done that as well, but I just don’t feel that flutter of nervousness in my stomach. Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy exploring their bodies and finding the differences. You know that one and he will remain nameless has the kind of anatomy that actually comes out like a turtle?” She remembered seeing it and touching it and thinking that it was not much to look at. It was only when it sprung out of its shell that she realized that it had a mind of its own. “I’ve come here from the distant planet of Delta. I was given the right to come to this planet, as an emissary to my family and their way of life.”
Scarlet turned from the window, disgusted by her behavior, but secretly delighting in the feel of those bodies that had come to her in the middle of the night. She welcomed them with open arms and found that sense of freedom something hard to give up. “I don’t want to have only one lover and that seems cruel and unusual punishment. So what that I’m a little promiscuous and I like to share the wealth of my body.”
“You are the most incorrigible woman that I have ever met in my life.” Scandal had come from her own planet and this melting pot of entities was here by the bequest of each of their leaders. They were here to make sure that the best interest of the planet that they served was met with favorable results. “I don’t know how you plan to get out of this and I really don’t need to know. The less I know the better, as far as I’m concerned. I’m afraid that I can’t take this journey with you. I implore you to rethink your decision and going against the age of choice is not something that you should do lightly. Besides, it has never been done before and you have no idea what the punishment for that kind of thing is. Between you and me, I really don’t want to find out and I don’t think that you do either.” Scandal was wearing a red dress that had strategic cuts all around, so when she turned it floated around her like it was a part of her.
“I hold the hopes and dreams of some man out there in the palm of my hand. They have no idea that I can be stubborn and stuck in my ways. I don’t want to be a part of this tradition. I’m going to do everything in my power to find a way out of this. There is nothing in the rules that state that I can’t remain an island onto myself. Let them do their damnedest. They can court me all they want, but I don’t think that there’s anyone alive that will make me feel anything, but mild curiosity.” Coming here was the best thing that she could ever have done. Back on her own planet, she was cloistered and pretty much told by her parents what to do on any given day.
Without them around, she was able to break free and there was no way that she was in any hurry to put those bonds of matrimony around her wrist. Those bracelets were meant to signify a unity between the trust of two people that had found each other. To her, it was prison. She had no desire to walk down that path anytime soon. It didn’t matter to her that her parents had requested that she find a way into the prince’s good graces. She had seen him in passing in the last five years that she had been on the river planet. She did notice that he was looking at her from time to time, but she tried her best to dissuade his interest. Frankly she was hot for his form.
“I know that I came here for my parents, but what I found was a haven from their tyrannical ways. You have no idea what I had to put up with. I was anxious to spread my wings and they were just, as anxious to clip them. I tried to rebel, but my father was adamant that I keep my opinions to myself. He had made it virtually impossible for me to find a suitable mate. He claimed that I was better than that.”
The door had a resounding knock. She was presented with a bouquet of flowers from the hills. At the first contact of sunlight, they began to stretch and turn different colors. They fed off the fuel of the two suns and off the emotions of the person that they were given to. “The prince has requested that you come to him for the bicentennial dinner. This is quite the honor. The one thing that you cannot do is refuse. This is part of the courting tradition and one that you must abide by.” Sousa was the man that the prince respected enough to do his bidding. He was a squirrelly fella, but he had always found a way to do what was needed to be done.
Scarlet was about to say something in argument, but Sousa turned around and walked away before she had the chance. She looked at the flowers and she knew that she was obligated to at the very least sit down and discuss things in private with the prince.
“I’m not sure that I should call you lucky or cursed. It’s the highest honor to be chosen for the bicentennial dinner by the prince himself. It’s also the one thing that all of us girls have been trying to avoid from the moment that we got here.” Scandal knew that five years planting the seeds of their own planets best interest was a tedious task to say the least. There were many functions that required them to dance to the tune of the prince and his royal family. Five years and in all that time, she noticed that Scarlet was not exactly shy about her affections. It kind of sickened her, but she was secretly envious of the way that she was able to make the best out of a bad situation.
“I guess I’m going to have to break out the ceremonial robes.” “I never wanted his attention and why he deems me appropriate for this dinner is beyond me. These robes are not very flattering, but maybe I can do some alterations to make the prince stand up and take notice. This might be the only way that I can get him off my back once and for all. He’s sophisticated, charming, but I doubt that he’s going to like my attitude, not to mention the scantily way that I dress.” She gave Scandal the bum’s rush, pushing her out the door with a glint in her of mischievousness.
“I don’t like the look in your eyes, Scarlet. You’re obviously up to something and I just hope that you’re not biting off more than you can chew. Be careful, as the prince is very conditioned by his family to do the right thing. You can imagine that they will not be very happy with you and that unhappiness may turn deadly. I can’t tell you what to do, but I can warn you that these people are not to be taken lightly. We’ve both seen them in their element and they rule with an iron fist. It takes a lot of concessions for them to even consider allowing somebody passage on the rivers.” This was a planet that had the raw materials including those for building and those that were unique. Some were priceless on the black market.