Charming Charly (English Edition) (Lords of Arr'Carthian 3) by Cathy McAllister Page B
Authors: Cathy McAllister
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pulled along a narrow corridor. They finally stopped in front of a wide door and one of the two aliens pressed a few buttons next to the door to open it.
“Ah! There you are, my beauties,” they were greeted by Ellyod Allegrass, who was grinning from ear to ear. “Come in and make yourselves comfortable. I’m pleased that you accepted my invitation.”
The two hairy aliens pushed them into the room before the doors closed behind them. Charly’s heart was beating as if it was going to burst. She could still smell the stench of the beasts. They were probably still standing behind them, but she did not dare look round. Her heart was beating violently.
“Invitation?” said Lory, laughing. “Yes, you could call it that, too. Great. Can’t stop laughing.”
Charly felt anger rise within her. This whole thing was barbaric. Now she really had had enough of being abducted over and again.
“What do you think you’re doing?” she shouted at the pirate. “Why have you abducted us?”
“But, but,” he responded. “Just take a seat now. I have something to drink for you and later we’ll eat together. I’ve told my chef to prepare something very special for my guests. No food from the meal generator. Only the best for my beauties.”
“I want to know what you’re playing at here,” Lory demanded to know. She looked very angry, which Charly was pleased to see.
“Let’s sit down, then we can talk better,” said Ellyod. “Come along here.”
He led them to a seating area consisting of six large armchairs with high backs ending in a point, with smooth, poisonous-green covers. The two women followed him somewhat reluctantly. Once they were seated he poured them an orange-coloured drink in tall, slim glasses. Charly stared indecisively at the drink in front of her.
“Don’t drink it,” Lory warned her. “There could be drugs in it.”
“No, there’s not,” Ellyod objected. “I’ve poured a drink for myself from the bottle, too. There’s nothing in it. You see?” He put his glass to his lips and drank a few sips before leaning back, relaxed, looking at them expectantly.
Lory took her glass and eyed up the liquid skeptically. After tasting it tentatively, she took another sip. Charly did the same as her friend and likewise drank. With surprise she discovered that it was delicious. It tasted a little of orange and melon, but also had a sharp, but pleasant aftertaste.
“Good?” asked Ellyod, who had watched them attentively.
“Yes, not bad,” said Lory. “But what’s the reason behind all this now? Why have you abducted us?”
“So have you forgotten?” replied Ellyod. ”We had an arrangement. I was beside myself with concern when I realized that you had been abducted.”
“Well, if that’s the case,” said Lory.”Let me reassure you. We are completely voluntarily on Karrx7. So you can beam us straight back to the ground.”
Charly doubted that this pirate was being honest with them. After everything that she had heard about this man from Amano, he was unscrupulous and sly.
“You don’t have any intention of taking us to earth, do you?” Charly joined in. “We know what you are now.”
Ellyod smiled weakly.
“And what am I, my little fire lady?”
“A pirate!” Charly shouted at him. “You want to sell us as slaves.”
Ellyod laughed. He threw his head back and laughed so much that he cried tears. The two women exchanged glances and shrugged.
“Me? A pirate? That’s too exquisite,” he said once he was calm again. “Tell me, have these cats bitten you?”
“What’s that got to do with you?” Lory asked indignantly.
“Well,” Ellyod continued. “… these false, devious beasts have a drug in their sweet little bites. You wanted to know whether I was going to drug you up with a harmless fruit juice, yet you’ve been drugged by the most inscrutable creatures in the whole galaxy. It’s a love drug, didn’t you know that? Didn’t
“Ah! There you are, my beauties,” they were greeted by Ellyod Allegrass, who was grinning from ear to ear. “Come in and make yourselves comfortable. I’m pleased that you accepted my invitation.”
The two hairy aliens pushed them into the room before the doors closed behind them. Charly’s heart was beating as if it was going to burst. She could still smell the stench of the beasts. They were probably still standing behind them, but she did not dare look round. Her heart was beating violently.
“Invitation?” said Lory, laughing. “Yes, you could call it that, too. Great. Can’t stop laughing.”
Charly felt anger rise within her. This whole thing was barbaric. Now she really had had enough of being abducted over and again.
“What do you think you’re doing?” she shouted at the pirate. “Why have you abducted us?”
“But, but,” he responded. “Just take a seat now. I have something to drink for you and later we’ll eat together. I’ve told my chef to prepare something very special for my guests. No food from the meal generator. Only the best for my beauties.”
“I want to know what you’re playing at here,” Lory demanded to know. She looked very angry, which Charly was pleased to see.
“Let’s sit down, then we can talk better,” said Ellyod. “Come along here.”
He led them to a seating area consisting of six large armchairs with high backs ending in a point, with smooth, poisonous-green covers. The two women followed him somewhat reluctantly. Once they were seated he poured them an orange-coloured drink in tall, slim glasses. Charly stared indecisively at the drink in front of her.
“Don’t drink it,” Lory warned her. “There could be drugs in it.”
“No, there’s not,” Ellyod objected. “I’ve poured a drink for myself from the bottle, too. There’s nothing in it. You see?” He put his glass to his lips and drank a few sips before leaning back, relaxed, looking at them expectantly.
Lory took her glass and eyed up the liquid skeptically. After tasting it tentatively, she took another sip. Charly did the same as her friend and likewise drank. With surprise she discovered that it was delicious. It tasted a little of orange and melon, but also had a sharp, but pleasant aftertaste.
“Good?” asked Ellyod, who had watched them attentively.
“Yes, not bad,” said Lory. “But what’s the reason behind all this now? Why have you abducted us?”
“So have you forgotten?” replied Ellyod. ”We had an arrangement. I was beside myself with concern when I realized that you had been abducted.”
“Well, if that’s the case,” said Lory.”Let me reassure you. We are completely voluntarily on Karrx7. So you can beam us straight back to the ground.”
Charly doubted that this pirate was being honest with them. After everything that she had heard about this man from Amano, he was unscrupulous and sly.
“You don’t have any intention of taking us to earth, do you?” Charly joined in. “We know what you are now.”
Ellyod smiled weakly.
“And what am I, my little fire lady?”
“A pirate!” Charly shouted at him. “You want to sell us as slaves.”
Ellyod laughed. He threw his head back and laughed so much that he cried tears. The two women exchanged glances and shrugged.
“Me? A pirate? That’s too exquisite,” he said once he was calm again. “Tell me, have these cats bitten you?”
“What’s that got to do with you?” Lory asked indignantly.
“Well,” Ellyod continued. “… these false, devious beasts have a drug in their sweet little bites. You wanted to know whether I was going to drug you up with a harmless fruit juice, yet you’ve been drugged by the most inscrutable creatures in the whole galaxy. It’s a love drug, didn’t you know that? Didn’t
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