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Chapter Eleven

Freya

By the time Zark and I sat down to eat supper, all I could think about was how well-endowed he was. Provided I’d never seen a man’s cock before, I was under the impression that the average cock was well under eight inches in length. Zark’s was well over that. My visual measurement occurred when he wasn’t even erect, so I could only imagine what he would look like aroused—if we even got to that point. He was a huge guy, standing at over seven feet tall, so I expected the huge difference.

“This is really good. For your first time cooking here on our planet, I’m impressed,” Zark said, wiping his lips with a linen napkin.

I felt a blush rising to my cheeks. “Are you just saying that?”

“Just so you know, I’m not a very good liar. It’s the truth,” he said.

“I helped in the kitchen at the orphanage. I didn’t actually cook. Just helped. But it’s nice cooking for myself for a change. I can’t take all the credit though. We were given a cookbook. I follow recipe instructions well,” I said.

“Hmmm.” He grinned. “It’s promising to know that you can follow directions.”

I dropped my fork on the table. “What are you trying to say?”

“Just trying to keep you safe is all. At least until you’ve learned the land here.”

“Well, if I’m inside all the time, I can’t learn now, can I?”

“That will change. The weather hasn’t been particularly nice these days,” he said.

“I’m not afraid of a little rain.”

“What of lightning?” he asked. He must have deliberately activated the ǔre beneath his skin. Silver hues lit up his veins, reminding me of what he was.

“Nope,” I said. “If I survived my memories being wiped and abducted by aliens, I’m sure I can survive that too and anything else you dish at me.”

He sat back in his chair and tilted his chin. “Have you always been this defiant?”

I looked down at the stone table when my mind came up blank.

“You don’t have to answer that.”

I looked up at him. “I wish I could. I do know one thing, though. I’m not as organized as you are. I took all of your spices out trying to find just the right ones. I hope I put them back correctly.”

“Don’t worry, but if you really want to know, they’re organized by color from light to dark. It’s just something I remembered, something my mother taught me.”

“Oh.” I said meekly and bit my bottom lip. Logically, I thought to put them back in the English alphabet order, but I guess I screwed that up. “Where is your mother now?” I asked, effectively changing the subject.

“She was a nurse like Meriuam. She was very brave. Fearless almost. She traveled aboard the spaceships with the other raiders to aid the injured. That was back when they went out frequently before King Crencik ascended to power. Their ship was brought down by pirates. Everything was destroyed. They found nothing in the wreckage. No bodies. Not even a crystal.”

“I’m sorry.”

“That was a long time ago.”

“I lost my mother too when I was little,” I said.

“I know. I’ve heard.”

“How?”

“It appears that humen women love to talk amongst themselves extensively about their time on Earth. We also have many here that can read minds. Rumors spread in the market very quickly. Your name came up many times.”

“Then you must of heard about how much they hate me because of who my father was.”

“But are you your father?”