Riv's Sanctuary - A.G. Wilde Page 0,6

became so sultry, Lauren wouldn't have thought that just a second ago, the female had been throwing a fit. "I am beautiful."

"Yes, you are, my sweetest dear."

Ugh.

Plopping down to sit cross-legged in the box, Lauren crossed her arms and rolled her eyes, allowing them to go way back in her head as she mimed the couple’s words silently.

I am beautiful.

You are my love.

Oh, please. Did they hear themselves?

"But I cannot bear to look at the thing, much less have it join our matings. I wanted to add flavor to our beddings…spice! Not remove it by gazing on unattractive things while you pleasure me!"

What the fuck?

Eww.

Lauren's head snapped in the direction of the closed door as she glared at it.

That's why that skinny little alien had bought her? So she could...could…join him and his wife in bed?

Her stomach heaved at the thought.

No, thank you.

What was with it with these aliens and sex? Goddamn.

Raising her eyes to the ceiling, she uttered a silent prayer.

It's one thing to be degraded like a pet, being carried around in a box and expected to sit there and wait obediently, but to be bought as a sex pet?

Eww.

"I cannot bear to look at it. It's too…it’s too hideous!" the female within the room continued. “Two eyes! Missing limbs!”

Geblit groaned. "It is my mistake. I did not remember that you don't like beings with missing limbs. I was so focused on getting this rare find."

Something else smashed against the door and fell to the floor.

"Take it away, Geblit!"

"Anything for you, my love."

The door opened and Geblit stepped back out, his form slightly bent as he bowed to his wife. There was just enough of a gap between the door closing and his exit for Lauren to lay eyes on the offensive wife and it only made her face scrunch up more in annoyance.

Heh.

She was no prize but the wife wasn't either! She was at least five times the size of Geblit, who was skinny, but still. The big bubble on the back of Geblit’s head had looked enormous to her but his wife's was even larger. And where he had four round kind eyes at the front of his head, she had six enormous, fire-spitting ones.

With a huff, Geblit came over to her box, which he'd left in the middle of the floor of his dwelling.

"Now I have to return you," he said, tiredness in his eyes. She guessed this wasn't the first time he'd had to do such biddings.

But return her?

Back to that creature market?

Images of the tall, dark aliens who’d wanted to buy her came right back.

Shit. She couldn’t go back there.

Geblit’s four arms extended and grasped the underside of the box. He lifted her quite easily as he headed out of his mushroom-shaped dwelling to where he'd left his hovercar.

A soft wind blew as they made the trek in silence.

Lauren bit her lip.

She needed to do something about this or she was going to be in deep poop.

“To travel all the way back to the exchange,” Geblit mumbled.

“You don’t have to take me to the exchange, you know,” Lauren said and Geblit’s eyes widened a little.

“I forgot you can understand me,” he said.

"You seem to forget a lot of things." Lauren sighed and crossed her arms. “Yep, I heard every word.”

Geblit looked at her, his gaze lingering on her arms as if he was indeed a bit turned off by her lack of extra limbs.

"It is rude to listen to private conversations,” he said.

"Trust me, bud, there was nothing private about your conversation. I'm sure your neighbors and the rest of your estate heard every word of your private conversation."

She could swear his splotchy green skin became a little slack with embarrassment.

Geblit's eyes darted to the other mushroom houses along the street and his skin grew slacker.

"I must get you out of here as soon as possible," he said, activating the key control of his hovercar.

The vehicle was a large round thing in a cheerful teal color with seats in the front and the back. There was a transparent dome that covered the top that, upon Geblit activating the vehicle, rolled right back, leaving the vehicle open.

With a heave, Geblit popped her box on the passenger seat of the ride.

"So you're taking me back to the zoo?"

"Zoo?" Geblit replied. “I’m taking you back to the exchange.”

No.

That wouldn’t do.

That wouldn’t do at all.

“Hey, do you know anything about the mines?”

Geblit’s eyes flicked to her for a second. “The mines are a very bad place run