He was fabulous to look at. The tall Kalquorian was almost
as ridiculously handsome as Emperor Bevau. Despite her impatience with the
tedium, Cissy couldn’t help but admire the councilman. His bone structure was
model perfect while still masculine. His hair was a little shorter than the
norm for Kalquorian men, barely brushing his shoulders. He wore it swept back
from that flawless visage. His smile showed straight white teeth that gleamed
from his bronze god face. The slight creases at the corners of his purple eyes
added character rather than detracting from his looks.
As he straightened from his bow, his silky robe settled
about his body. The loose folds did nothing to hide that his frame was as
perfectly made as his face. Cissy liked that she only got a hint of the
muscular beauty concealed within the robes rather than a blatant look at the
package. Sometimes a tease was more alluring than getting to see everything.
The delicious morsel before her was a good way to end this
whole ridiculous formal mess. Her return smile to the Kalquorian councilman was
close to sincere.
She thought, one last
quick hello, thank you, and goodbye. Then maybe I can finally get the hell out
of here. Maybe I can get this one to go with me. Welcome to Kalquor with a
bang.
The man spoke, his deep voice delivering yet another version
of the same thing Cissy had heard for what she thought must be the thousandth
time. “Matara Cecilia, welcome to Kalquor. I am Councilman Dramok Diltan. We
are most delighted that more of our beloved empress’ family has been found.”
It was a voice made for speeches, beautifully modulated,
deep without sounding thunderous, spoken with an air of the educated man. It
tickled Cissy’s eardrums, sending a shiver of pleasure down her spine. Cissy
wanted to hear that voice say dirty words while he did dirty things to her.
Forget it. He’s too
damned handsome. I know the type. This Diltan knows he’s hot and probably uses
it to get whatever he wants. I bet I’d see the arrogance within one minute of
conversation.
Deep down, Cissy knew she was intimidated by the gorgeous
creature in front of her. More than ever, she regretted her casual outfit of
jeans and tee shirt. The rest of her clothing had been too wild to greet her
family and dignitaries in, however. Cissy had shaken off Earth’s repression
with a vengeance in the last few months. Tasha had once called her Miss
Cleavage, and not in a joking manner.
So she’d gone a little wild lately. The outfits she owned
that weren’t tomboyish were a bit on the showy side. Okay, extremely showy,
leaving no doubt that she was very much a woman.
Cissy hated pretension, but she could have at least bought a
nice demure outfit. That, or borrowed something of Tasha’s. Something that
might have impressed the gorgeous Kalquorian in front of her long enough to get
him naked. Oh well, too late now.
Keeping her tone offhand so Councilman Eye Candy wouldn’t
think she’d been affected by his insane amount of gorgeousness, Cissy said,
“It’s nice to meet you. Thanks for taking the time to say hello.”
As she spoke, a movement behind Diltan caught Cissy’s eye.
She glanced past him to see Lindsey standing several feet away. Her cousin was
shaking her head, a note of warning in her eyes as she surreptitiously pointed
at Diltan.
Meanwhile, the councilman regarded Cissy with a slight
frown. He started to turn his head to see what had distracted her. Lindsey
moved away, walking behind a group of conversing councilmen so Diltan couldn’t
see her.
He turned back to Cissy, clearly puzzled. His ingratiating
smile returned as he spoke to her again. “If there is anything at all—”
“That you can do on our behalf, just let you know,” Cissy
interrupted, her tone going cold. “Thanks, Diltan. Tasha, this is Diltan,
another councilman. Say hello so he can go do something important.”
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