Carlo Russo is having the worst day. Not only has he lost his job, caught his boyfriend cheating, and had one too many shots with his best friend Grace, now he’s seeing aliens too. Big, black, tail-equipped aliens. After a futile struggle, he and Grace find themselves on a spaceship leaving Earth. Zenon Scoreceds Qhainqons doesn’t know what it is about the earthling male. Their mission is to bring back ten females in hopes of them being able to provide their planet with children, but he wants the male. What he’s going to do with the male, he doesn’t know, but he’s claiming him as his payment for going on the mission. Carlo doesn’t approve of kidnapping, but the aliens aren’t too bad, and once the language chip is installed, he finds it entertaining to talk to them. Zen in particular. They’re standoffish and never show any emotion, but Carlo has no problem cuddling up next to Zen at night. All Zenon wants is to spend time with Carlo, but it’s his job to get them all home in one piece. Will he be able to keep Carlo safe from all the dangers lurking along the trip? He has to because Carlo is his, and he’s not letting him go.

There Will Be Aliens

Not comforting at all. “I think we should go back now. You can’t protect all of us if we’re attacked by pirates, and I don’t want to be attacked by pirates.”


“You need to sleep, I need to sleep, and we’re nowhere near the pirates yet.”


“Zen! You can’t…” What couldn’t he? He relaxed on the bed. “No funny business, okay?”


“No. I meant that only because we’re two guys naked in bed together doesn’t mean there’ll be any hanky-panky.” Though he wished he could have a peek at Zen. What did he look like without clothes?


Zenon didn’t like having to ask, but he didn’t understand what Carlo was talking about. The language chip wasn’t nearly as good as Ghurva had promised. “What does it mean?”


Chapter 12