Chapter 99: Weapon's training.To Chasm's surprise, the weapons training class was fun. For the next two days, Chasm joined the humans as they learned about the planet where they now lived. Before now, Chasm was never allowed to touch things that could kill an alien master, but Keltrix showed him everything the humans were learning. After his introduction to alien weapons, he watched the hand-to-hand combat. Then he was invited to join. While listening to the teachings, Sloan, Murry, and Jazz were all studious and not silly. Chasm appreciated that. About mid-afternoon, the group took a break for a meal. On the first day, they talked mainly about Earth. And on the second day, they gave Chasm tips. By the third, he was actually excited when they got ready to eat. He liked listening to Murry and Sloan and Jazz banter with each other. The way they spoke was with affection and ease, and Chasm wished he could master that. He had not learned how to say more than a few words yet. As Chasm g
Chapter 100: Sex in the rain.Chasm half pulled half pushed Rhylent down the hall in his rush to see Norwell. The alien chuckled at his eagerness all the way. When Chasm reached the bedroom, he threw the Nebos aside and raced past the bed. As soon as he entered, he scanned for Norwell. She was nowhere around the room."Commander?" Chasm looked back at Rhylent accusingly. "She is in the garden," the alien said as he gestured with his tentacles.Chasm nodded and stepped toward the large entrance to the outside. Right as he stepped forward, a roll of thunder sounded. Lightning flashed in the sky as he stepped to the threshold. The lightning from the thick gray clouds lit up Norwell. The woman sat in the center of the garden naked on a pile of Nebos. Rain pelted her. The water made her hair curl and stick to her spine and shoulders. Norwell looked perfect as always. Her skin was flawless. The only sign that she had been with JP was the knotted gray fabric strips around her ankles and wri
Chapter 101: Friends.While Rhylent slept on the bed of Nebos, Chasm curled near his feet and stared at his glass plate. He watched the characters talking and interacting, and he also stared at the items they used to eat and live. He took a few notes on the food items that were in the fridge. When he got to Earth, he would have to learn how to buy food. They had to go to the store often. In the past few weeks, Chasm had made quite an extensive list of things he would need when he got on the planet, and he had to admit this show was a helpful guide. He wished that the humans had suggested it earlier."So, what did you learn from the humans today?" Norwell stroked her fingers through Rhylent's tubes while the alien snoozed. Rhylent's head was cushioned on Norwell's thighs, and she leaned her shoulders against the wall and sighed with contentment. Chasm had no idea how the thin woman handled all that weight of a fully grown Dagerstanteen draped over her legs with his head in her lap."No
Chapter 102: Breaking a rule.Rhylent and Norwell were missing from the bed when Chasm woke the following day. He rolled around and inhaled their fading scent. After he got up, he checked the hammock in the garden doorway. When he didn't find Norwell, he checked his mind. The alien and Norwell spoke to other Dagerstanteens in the alien court, and the topic appeared to be a severe matter of some kind. Even though the tone was solemn, Norwell and Rhylent were not unhappy or worried. Their minds were calm and clear, so Chasm decided that he would ask them later what they were doing.Leaving the hammock, Chasm did what he always did in the mornings. He used the bathroom, ate, dressed, and by the time the Nebos was pulled back to produce Murry, Chasm was ready for the day. Since he would go with the humans today, he had even put on a shirt as Rhylent wanted. As Murry entered Rhylent's rooms, Jazz followed with Peltratria behind them. Chasm remembered the young Dagerstanteen from the slave
Chapter 103: What is a Rosh?Everyone was on their bellies high up near the windows of the enormous room in the palace. Chasm peeked between massive waves of Nebos as he watched the giant assembly of Dagerstanteens below him. At the front of the room stood Octnavin with all of his siblings. The great ruler stood on a raised platform with his offspring next to him and Sloan seated behind him. On the floor stood all his family in a row except for Rhylent.Chasm didn't see Norwell or Rhylent anywhere. He scanned the mass.A large gathering of Dagerstanteen warriors stood on the right and left sides of the room. The crowd left an aisle up the middle, leading to their glorious leader."This kind of looks like a wedding," Jazz whispered to him. "Everyone is in jewels."Chasm had followed everyone up the Nebos silk ladder to Peltratria's secret spot. Now, as he hid, he started to change his mind about this being a good idea. Honestly, this assembly appeared to be a dull political matter to hi
Chapter 104: Liars.After leaving the ceremony, Chasm reached the bottom rung of the ladder. He paused while the other humans got to the floor. He stood in a long back hallway off of the great room where the meeting was held. The walkway was silent, and the Nebos was thick here. As he stepped to the side, Chasm could feel the eyes of Jazz, Murry, and Peltratria on him. By the time they started walking down the hall back to the training area, Chasm was so mad that he had the feeling even the humans could tell. "Are you okay?" Peltratria asked him."Fine," Chasm snapped. He could barely be respectful right now. His mind was on all the sex he had. Chasm had sex with a bear.He had fucked a bear."Chasm?" Murry put his hand on Chasm's arm to slow his stomping forward, but Chasm shook the other man off him."I'm fine," Chasm repeated.His rage reached a boiling point right as they got to the end of the hall. Never did he think he could be this angry, but this was a betrayal of the worst ki
Chapter 105: Earth.Talking to Sloan and getting human clothes was nothing but a blur. Speaking with Octnavin and JP was nothing but a mist in his mind. By the time Chasm got on the spaceship to take him to Earth, he was in a haze of pain and betrayal. Chasm had been on hundreds of ships, but some part of him was so broken and angry that at the moment that he didn't even notice the differences of the Dagerstanteen's space vessel. He went to his assigned room and slept. As the ship approached Earth, Chasm was awakened by JP. The alien inspected Chasm's body thoroughly. JP touched Chasm from the tip of his head to the tip of his toes, trying to sense if Chasm was carrying a Dagerstanteen baby alien. When JP stroked over places only penetrated by Rhylent, in his head, Rhylent lost his temper. Chasm didn't pay any attention to Rhylent's rage at him sharing his body with JP. At least Chasm didn't lie about what was happening to him, and besides, JP wasn't the first alien to touch him and
Chapter 106: Maybe whiskey will work?"I'll be home later tonight. Don't watch TV all day." Elijah's words didn't stir Chasm from where he curled on the man's couch. As soon as he heard the door click shut, Chasm rolled over and stared unseeingly into Elijah's apartment. It had been three weeks here on Earth, and Chasm was no closer to being happy here than any of the other places he had lived in his life. Even though Elijah took him all over the city and showed him one thing after another, all of the sight-seeing left Chasm hollow. He missed the view of the mountains, and he missed Norwell even though she lied to him. And he missed… all of Rhylent.Chasm found the remote and turned on the television. The show was the one he had watched before. The music played, and the characters flashed across the screen. While he stared at the laughter and drama, he thought about Rhylent. His thoughts brought the alien to his mind. Though the link had started to fade, Chasm still felt the connectio