Pepper writes stories that span the gamut from humorous to heartfelt, however the common theme is crossing boundaries. Pepper's unique stories often tackle taboo topics such as mental illness and homelessness. Readers will find themselves questioning their own sense of right and wrong, attraction and desire.
In addition to writing, the author is also an artist, an introverted recluse, a self proclaimed empath and a foodie. Pepper Pace can be contacted at: 
pepperpace.author@yahoo.com

Carmella was still a teen when the Motherships first appeared dotting the skies over the Earth. For years the world tried to normalize while the silent Motherships hovered. And then THEY arrived, promising that they meant no harm. But within ten years eighty percent of the world’s population would be wiped out. 

Including everyone that Carmella loved.

The ‘blobs’ took those that survived to another planet called Earth Two. But Carmella was an Earthling and she would kill the hated monsters that had destroyed her world before she would allow them to take her. 

Carmella settled into a lonely existence on the now desolate earth—all alone except for her wolf. And then she sees it hiding, watching her—maybe to capture her and remove her from the only thing that she can still call her own--her world.

But Bilal is not like the other Centaurians. He is fully aware that he will never be like the humans that he’s grown up with. Earth is the only home he knows and he feels that he is just as much an Earthling as any human. Shunned by his own kind, Bilal travels the Earth trying to capture an essence of the life that he could never be a part of and a world that would never accept him.

When he sees the black woman living all alone his curiosity gets the best of him. He cannot stop himself from watching her, and secretly growing more attached to the human. Bilal’s quest to become human brings him to a decision that will forever change the course of human-kind. In an attempt to ease the woman's loneliness--or perhaps a need to recreate himself, Bilal impregnates the woman with his Alien DNA. 

Adaptation

Carmella insisted on frying French fried potatoes and half an hour later the family sat down to eat together for the first time in what felt like years. 


After the first bite of burger Carmella stopped worrying about the mayonnaise turning bad or if the cheese had gotten too melted. She slapped the tomato, lettuce and onions back onto it and devoured it. 


All she could do was grin with cheeks puffed out with burger as her eyes rolled in contentment. Bilal chuckled at her. Raj wasn't quite as impressed and ended up removing the bread, lettuce and tomatoes and licking off the mayo and ketchup mixture. He ate part of the hamburger patty but enjoyed his mother's French fries much more. 


"There are more gifts." Bilal said between bites of his burger. He liked it a great deal but not nearly as much as he liked Carmella's Sunday fried chicken.


"Yes back in the field. I couldn't carry the other items. We'll need the trucks to bring them back."


Chapter 57: Bloodstream, Part 1