Craved By the Alien Beast (BRIDES OF THE ZULDRUX WARRIORS #1) by Ava Ross EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Vanessa
My boss, Franklin, rushed into the kitchen of Dria’s Diner where I
worked.
“You’ve gotta come see this on TV,” he said. “It’s happening!”
After sliding the burger I’d just finished cooking from the grill and onto
a bun, adding the requested toppings and a generous side of fries, I slid the
plate onto the window between the kitchen and the guest area of the diner.
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I tapped the bell. “Order’s up.”
A server hustled over to grab the plate while I followed Franklin into the
dining area and looked up at the TV mounted in the corner. Guests had
stopped eating and gazed as raptly as Franklin at the screen.
“It’s about the upcoming launch,” he said. “You don’t want to
miss this.”
“They’re sending a bunch of scientists to Mars in a few weeks,” one of
the customers seated on a high-top at the bar said, his face glowing in the
yellow lights humming above the island. He braced his forearms on the
shiny counter. “What of it? I can’t see why tonight’s special.”
“They’re testing the propulsion systems,” Franklin said. “If they work,
the project’s a go. They’ve been loading supplies in the hull for months.
The crew will ride partway in stasis, then the rest of the time, they’ll check
out the view of the stars. Marvel at planets they pass. Get ready to start
building the new colony on Mars. It’s basically Star Trek come to life. How
can you not be as into that as me?”
“Beam me up?” a woman quipped from beside the guy at the island, and
they clinked their drinks together, laughing.
Franklin’s shoulders deflated, but only for a moment before he shored
them up again with his never-ending excitement. “You know what I mean.
After the systems are ready, it’s just a matter of fine-tuning everything else
and loading the nonperishable food inside. It’s gonna be real. We’re going
to settle some people on Mars and form our first colony. I tell ya, if I was
younger,” he stroked back his thinning gray hair, “and fitter. And smarter.
Well, I’d be volunteering to be one of the first settlers.”
“They’re only going to send people with the right skills,” the woman
said. “I doubt running a diner is one of them.”
“In the olden days, people like me ran inns for travelers.” Franklin’s
chest puffed with pride. “Pubs like my diner were valued. Mark my words,
there’ll be inns in the new settlement eventually. Stores and movie theaters.
Dance halls.” He frowned. “Maybe dance halls. People love that kind of
thing, and they want the colony to feel like home.”
As much as it could feel that way on a planet far from Earth. I wasn’t
sure if I’d go even if I was offered a spot, which I wouldn’t be. I liked
having my feet planted firmly on the ground. Besides, I’d never meet the
stringent criteria. I wasn’t a rocket scientist, and I was curvy. Okay, I was
extra curvy.
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