Deceit: BBW Alien Lottery Romance (Chosen by the Karal Book 1) by Harmony Raines
Authors: Harmony Raines
Tags: General Fiction
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herself in and waited for him to get in and start the engine. Then they began the steep descent down off the ridge. She took in the vast emptiness of his world and found she enjoyed not seeing a landscape filled with people and buildings. Instead there were different shades of green, mixed in with purples and blues. Large swathes of open grass, surrounding water. Amongst all this, animals moved. Life lived here in all it’s diverse glory.
If she allowed herself, and if Marin was open to her living with him, being his woman, not just the mother of his child, then she could be happy here. But it wasn’t up to him, was it? And although she might have convinced him of her part in the rally and the subsequent deaths, she didn’t know how to persuade this Hierarchy who were in control. It would be like her going and asking the President to release Marin from prison.
Silently, they travelled back over the plain where they had seen the arunda. But he did not head back to the house; instead, he veered off, following a road, although it looked as if it had been little used for some time.
“Where are we going now?” she asked.
He sighed. “No matter what I want, there is a chance you will have to go to the females’ quarters. So I wanted to show them to you.”
“But surely there is plenty of time for this.”
He looked at her sharply. “Elissa, you were chosen for more than your background. They would have bided their time if it were not for the fact that you were also due to ovulate.”
“What? How do they know?”
“The tags. They pick up hormone levels and transmit them.”
“So I might already be pregnant.”
“Yes, the decon' took another more precise reading, you were due to ovulate overnight. There is more than a good chance that you have conceived a child. The tests showed you were very fertile. And I was checked, of course. We were a good match.”
She slumped back in the seat, shocked at his words. She had been dreaming of them living in the small house of his together when in reality there had been no need for her to even unpack. But what about the wash bag filled with the contraband—he would surely find it, or someone else would find it and he would be in trouble. She had no desire for that to happen.
He brought the vehicle to a stand still outside a building with a high fence around it. If it was on Earth, it would have been obvious it was a prison. Guards would be patrolling the perimeter, probably with guns.
“So this will be my prison?” she asked as they got out and walked to the gates.
He opened them for her. “There are extensive renovations going on. But it was decided that it would be best to allow you to decorate it and even design it as you would like. The last visitors were very different to you humans.”
She walked inside the big courtyard. It was barren. All that was there was a big fire pit, beside it tools made from flint. “Your mother was from the Stone Age?”
“Not your Stone Age, but yes. I told you that you were the most advanced species we have ever found. It’s what gave us hope, for the first time.”
“How did you … I mean, you just took them? And raped them?”
“This was not our generation. And it is why the Hierarchy wish to do things differently.”
“Then persuade them to let us live among you. I don’t want to live here. I certainly don’t want to carry a child, give birth to it, then hand it over to you and never see it. It’s cruel.”
“It’s the way it has always been.”
“No, it’s not. It’s the way it became, because of an accident. The fact that your ancestors moved to the wrong part of the planet does not mean you have to live like this. Let us help you change and you can help us to escape the Earth. A symbiotic relationship.”
“Built on trust.”
“Yes.” She turned and walked back to the gates, her mind made up. She now knew what she had to do. “Can we go back to your house? There is something I have to do.”
They
If she allowed herself, and if Marin was open to her living with him, being his woman, not just the mother of his child, then she could be happy here. But it wasn’t up to him, was it? And although she might have convinced him of her part in the rally and the subsequent deaths, she didn’t know how to persuade this Hierarchy who were in control. It would be like her going and asking the President to release Marin from prison.
Silently, they travelled back over the plain where they had seen the arunda. But he did not head back to the house; instead, he veered off, following a road, although it looked as if it had been little used for some time.
“Where are we going now?” she asked.
He sighed. “No matter what I want, there is a chance you will have to go to the females’ quarters. So I wanted to show them to you.”
“But surely there is plenty of time for this.”
He looked at her sharply. “Elissa, you were chosen for more than your background. They would have bided their time if it were not for the fact that you were also due to ovulate.”
“What? How do they know?”
“The tags. They pick up hormone levels and transmit them.”
“So I might already be pregnant.”
“Yes, the decon' took another more precise reading, you were due to ovulate overnight. There is more than a good chance that you have conceived a child. The tests showed you were very fertile. And I was checked, of course. We were a good match.”
She slumped back in the seat, shocked at his words. She had been dreaming of them living in the small house of his together when in reality there had been no need for her to even unpack. But what about the wash bag filled with the contraband—he would surely find it, or someone else would find it and he would be in trouble. She had no desire for that to happen.
He brought the vehicle to a stand still outside a building with a high fence around it. If it was on Earth, it would have been obvious it was a prison. Guards would be patrolling the perimeter, probably with guns.
“So this will be my prison?” she asked as they got out and walked to the gates.
He opened them for her. “There are extensive renovations going on. But it was decided that it would be best to allow you to decorate it and even design it as you would like. The last visitors were very different to you humans.”
She walked inside the big courtyard. It was barren. All that was there was a big fire pit, beside it tools made from flint. “Your mother was from the Stone Age?”
“Not your Stone Age, but yes. I told you that you were the most advanced species we have ever found. It’s what gave us hope, for the first time.”
“How did you … I mean, you just took them? And raped them?”
“This was not our generation. And it is why the Hierarchy wish to do things differently.”
“Then persuade them to let us live among you. I don’t want to live here. I certainly don’t want to carry a child, give birth to it, then hand it over to you and never see it. It’s cruel.”
“It’s the way it has always been.”
“No, it’s not. It’s the way it became, because of an accident. The fact that your ancestors moved to the wrong part of the planet does not mean you have to live like this. Let us help you change and you can help us to escape the Earth. A symbiotic relationship.”
“Built on trust.”
“Yes.” She turned and walked back to the gates, her mind made up. She now knew what she had to do. “Can we go back to your house? There is something I have to do.”
They
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