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

“I didn’t plan on it. If we can get off this ship and seal the door, we can get Zen to fly us out of here.”


“And become slaves on their planet.” She raised her eyebrows.


“I don’t think we’ll be slaves.”


She shrugged, and Carlo wanted to argue, but what could he say. They had been kidnapped, brought here against their will, and the plan was for these women to have babies. It was a shitty situation.


“I think it’s our better option.”


“Okay.” She bent and picked up the gun the woodlouse had held but never fired. “Where do we go?”


“Do you know how to handle it?” He nodded at the gun.


“Never seen this particular model before—” It looked like a plastic toy gun, but Carlo suspected it wasn’t. “—but I’m a cop, so I’m used to firing a gun.”


“Great!” He grinned at her. “What’s your name?”


“Nice to meet you, Laura.” Carlo nodded. “Let’s head for the other ship, if you see anything scaly, shoot.”


Chapter 34