The Gigolo's Bride (The Necklace Chronicles) Read Online Free PDF

said.
    “The Norlanian people are very advanced.
You’ll learn all you need to know from your sacrosant. ”
    Advanced people, but still abducting women
like some barbarian race.
    The doors slid open, and they walked down
another few hallways before stopping. The only thing about the
smooth wall of the hallway that looked out of place was a pad about
shoulder height that was black with a green grid on it. The guard
who had spoken to her pressed his palm to the door and said, "It's
Captain Riya, Eden. I have your bride."
    Bride? There was that word again.
    She had a mind to just run like mad down the
hallway, screaming in terror, but then the door slid open, and
standing in the open doorway was one of the most beautiful men
she'd ever seen in her life. Her mouth dropped open and all
thoughts of fleeing in terror were swept away.
    The man in the doorway held out his wrist,
adorned with a bracelet with the same blue stone hung in between
intricately carved golden links. The guard who had identified
himself as Captain Riya used a small instrument the size of a pen
and touched the bracelet. The man looked at her shyly, running his
free hand through his thick blue hair. Then Captain Riya touched
the gem on her necklace with his pen. Two beeps sounded from the
pen, and Captain Riya slid it into a pocket of his uniform. "All is
in order here. Good luck, and congratulations."
    Captain Riya unlocked the cuffs from around
her wrists and pocketed them inside his uniform.
    The beautiful man stepped back into the room
and gestured inside. "Won't you come in, please, Ashleigh?"
    Ashleigh looked up at Captain Riya, and he
smiled and nodded, so she stepped in. The door whisked shut behind
her, and she stared in confusion at the man in front of her.
    His eyes roved over her quickly, happiness
lighting his features and making him even more impossibly beautiful
than before. His eyes found hers again, and he smiled. "I'm Eden
Atarn. I'm so happy to finally meet you, Ashleigh."
    Her mouth went dry and fear licked at her.
"What, uh, what are you going to do to me?"
    He frowned, his lush mouth drawing down.
"Do?" Understanding dawned on his features, and he actually looked
sick. "Nothing! I just, I want to get to know you. I won't hurt
you, I promise. You're perfectly safe here in my room on the
ship."
    "No offense, but I don't want to get to know
you; I want to go home." She ground her teeth together, yelling at
herself to stop talking. So much for being agreeable and finding
a way to escape .
    He shook his head, his pretty blue hair
moving with the motion. "We're already out of your solar system.
There is absolutely no way for you to return to Earth."
    She stared at Eden. He seemed entirely
sincere. Not only about her being safe with him, but about her now
being far away from Earth. She wasn’t sure why she believed him,
but she did.
    "I need to sit down," she said weakly,
feeling like she might pass out. He started with alarm and pulled
her swiftly to a long couch. She sank down into the cushions and
put her head in her hands. He disappeared, and after he returned a
few moments later, he had a steaming cup in his hand.
    "This is hot tea made from the beri plant. It's soothing."
    He sat across from her on a small ottoman,
the same shade of beige as the couch she was sitting on. She took a
tentative sip of the brew and found it tasted like sweetened
chamomile. His hair, like several of the guards including Captain
Riya, was multiple shades of blue, cut short and spiked carelessly.
His eyes were soft brown and luminous, reminding her of a wounded
puppy. A straight nose and high cheek bones gave him a regal look,
and the perfect line of his jaw and the lushness of his full, plump
lips made her body tighten with lust, even as her brain reminded
her she wanted to go home.
    He fidgeted, seeming unwilling to bear her
watchful gaze, which she found odd. He was beautiful. Surely he was
used to people looking at him.
    “So tell me why the hell I'm here,"