Chapter 214: Expensive Dresses

Zanr drew in a deep breath and entered his dwelling. If he was a lucky warrior and an even luckier Zyrgin - his breeder would look at him with lust in her eyes like in the movies he found on the human database. He could almost sweat like a human just thinking about those movies. The way their bodies moved. Except he couldn't imagine being like that with anyone, only Rose.

Inside he found Rose awake and agitated. She sat upright in bed, her hair framing her beautiful face. She'd undone the hairstyle he'd made for her and this pleased him, because it meant he could make another one for her. "I don't know if it's day or night without windows. Why did you leave without making a window?" Her voice sounded wrong, shrill on his eardrums. Her face had lost color. Her chin and lips trembled, and he could see her trying to firm them, to hide the physical signs of fear. He would settle for five minutes alone with Parnell.