#MidWeekTease: Craving the Forbidden Fruit in BEYOND REACH #scifiromance #books
Happy Wednesday! It’s time for Mid Week Tease. Last night, I sent the manuscript for Bryce to my editor. I cannot wait to release it. It’s my longest story yet. But, I’m not sharing an excerpt from Bryce today. I share excerpts from that story on the weekend as part of Weekend Writing Warriors. Instead, I’m going to share an excerpt from the story that will release after Bryce, called Beyond Reach…
Setup: Xia is a Terran (from Earth) who was abandoned by her parents on the planet Culva. She was raised by natives, and has picked up their trade of erotic massage. Though, she dreams of a different life.
Xia trailed her hand up then down the Elikashe’s scaly thigh.
Sound asleep. Time to leave.
She slid off the bed. Clients had to pay extra to have her stay until morning, and even then, she tried to avoid falling asleep with them. Grabbing her tubes and bottles of massage oils and creams, she packed them away in her bag. After a long night, she yearned to go home, get as much sleep as possible before her next appointment.
Leaving her client’s suite, Xia headed down to the main floor of the guest quarters. She passed through the office to drop off her bag.
“Done already, Xia?”
Spinning on her heels, she faced Garesh, the muscular Culvan man—a level Four Suavito—who had trained her and several other level Ones in the art of erotic massage. If he hadn’t been like a father figure to her, she’d swoon over him like the rest of her classmates had. During their lessons, he’d worn only loose-fitting pants made of filmy palan, which exposed his golden, god-like body to his students. Sometimes, to illustrate his lessons of a male’s erogenous zones, he’d strip down to nothing. On those days, she’d tried to listen more than look. Creaming her panties over her instructor was not all right. What would Cyresse have said?
Xia knew there was something going on between the two of them. He spent a lot of time at the house of her guardian and mentor. But she’d never seen them touch each other intimately, and he stayed away when Cyresse entertained clients. If only she could figure out their relationship.
“Yeah, he’s asleep and my arms are sore. I’m going to need a full day off to recover.” Her last client had extremely knotted muscles under his scale-covered body. A feat for any masseur, whether they included a happy ending or not.
“No can do. I’ve already booked you a client. He’s from Ubetron, so you won’t have to dig so deep.” Garesh winked at her. “Wanted an experienced Suavita, but wasn’t willing to pay for Cyresse. Plus, she’s already booked.”
Xia groaned. Clients who weren’t willing to pay the high price usually expected more than they paid for. And one from Ubetron might not even want her anyway. “Um, Terrans and Ubetrons are enemies. Did you forget that?”
“Not at all.” He eyed the appointment book. “Says here he prefers a Terran.”
“Huh?” Did he plan to torture her?
“Some like to taste the forbidden fruit. It’s very common here.” He shooed her away. “Now go home and rest. He wants you for the entire night.”
BEYOND REACH
Coming Soon
I don’t have a blurb yet, but for anyone who thinks this story sounds familiar, it is a rewrite of An Unexpected Return. I am revising it into the darker story I originally wrote it as, and adding more to the end.
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