1. Pausing, she
wiped her brow with her shirtsleeve, when a movement outside her cell made her
look up. A small shriek jumped from her throat, and without realizing it,
Meredith scuttled backwards until she reached the far wall. From there, she
nearly hyperventilated in fear as the creature with red eyes and a mouth filled
with enormous teeth hovered over her cell.
2. It was either a shift or a short toga. It was also so
transparent, she might as well not be wearing anything. Briefly, Meredith
wondered would happen if she refused, then thought better of it. If she
continued to butt heads with the thing, it could possibly decide Meredith
wasn't worth the effort and kill her. At least, in her opinion, it would be an
easier option to jettison her out into space, rather than turn around and take
her back to Earth. No. It's better I play along for now. Sooner or later it
might slip up, and I'll find a way to get out of here. If I get a reputation
for being docile, it may not be watching me as closely than if I've been
branded a trouble maker.
3. The wall at her
feet moved aside, taking her slowly into the adjacent room that was no bigger
than the one she'd been in. As she reached the wall, a panel lowered to below
her armpits where it flowed downward and solidified around her upper body,
leaving her breasts on the other side. Flashes of a magic trick where a
magician sawed a woman in half went through her mind. At the same time, she
realized she'd never seen or met any of the other kidnapped victims. All she had
was Gleeth's word for it. What if she was really meant to be food for these
creatures? What if all of this was a ruse, and she was being decked out to be
their next banquet? She fought the image as the table halted and the panel
stopped just above the pallet.
4. "We had heard about the pleasuring ship in the past, but we
never came across it until we were in this quadrant of the galaxy. Neeveer
thought it would be interesting to check it out. See if all we had heard about
it was true. He took one of the small survey shuttles, and when he came
back..." Bajud took a deep breath, then gestured toward her waistlet.
"He has had that in his possession for years. He bought it from one of the
greatest jewelry makers on Venilios Six. It cost him...a lot. When he showed it
to me, I asked him what it was for. It is not something an Alcatian master
would wear. He said it gave him comfort. He said it represented the one thing
in his life he had yet to find, but he did not tell me what that was. I never
thought I would see him part with it."
5. "Love is an
Earth word, Merry. There may be no equivalent in Neeveer's language. But isn't
everything he did for you, weren't his actions enough to prove to you how he
felt about you? Remember what Bajud told you? I am a shock to them. I am
something that Neeveer had to have, regardless of the consequences. He went
against orders to obtain me. He spent an incredible amount, trying to negotiate
for me. And in the end, he did what he felt was right for me. He brought me
home."
6. Huge sobs shook her body, but her eyes never left the sky. She
knew he couldn't hear her, but how could she let him know she was here? She had
come back because she'd discovered life really meant very little to her without
someone to share it with. Without someone who cared about her, and wanted to
share it with her.
Without
Neeveer.
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