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Authors: Ashley West
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to ensure that she would age at the same speed as everyone on the planet – something Kaia assured her was being done to every human who had arrived.
When Danielle found out the average life cycle of a Garinian was close to two hundred human years, she felt a little faint. What on Earth would she do with so much time? She’d been struggling to deal with the time she’d had on Earth, and now her allotment had been tripled. The rest of her time in the medical bay passed in a blur as she tried to contend with the changes in her body. Synapses fired that she didn’t even know she had, she was hungry, hot, cold and panicked all at once.
At one point, Kaia took her hand, patting it gently and assuring her that everything would be fine – and unlike her brother’s intimidating gaze, the princess’s eyes were oddly comforting, even in their flickering, ever-changing nature.
When they were done in the medical bay, Danielle was fitted with a simple white tunic that revealed the entirety of her spine and laced down the back, along with a flowing pair of pants in the same color. Kaia promised her that the clothing was only temporary – that she would soon be outfitted in a manner befitting a queen; but that there were certain measures they had to take first. Then, they were off again, through the huge maze of palace rooms, until they reached a wing that seemed quieter than the rest.
Their ever present guard paused expectantly outside an immense, ornate gold door, bowing deeply, and without ceremony, Princess Kaia pushed the door open to glide inside. When Danielle followed her, she was surprised when a high, childish voice shouted an unintelligible phrase.
She had no time to take in the simplistic, clean beauty of the princess’ quarters before a small, pale-skinned figure darted across the room and into her arms. It was as if all the ceremony and pomp melted away from the woman, and a wide smile spread across her face as she lifted a Garinian child into her arms.
He was her son – that much Danielle could see even before she introduced him. He had the amorphous eyes that marked him of royal heritage, with skin as pale as his mother and uncle, and the same sharp, lovely bone structure. However, there were also a handful of attributes that very clearly marked him as a mixed race. Two tiny, jet black horns protruded from the child’s head, and small claws of the same hue jutted from the tips of his fingers. As his mother smoothed back errant strands of platinum blonde hair from his forehead, a long, prehensile tail swished behind him, and Danielle tried not to stare. Kaia cooed to her son in her native tongue, even laughing when the small child took one of the combs from her hair, sending navy curls spiraling down her back – almost to her knees.
“My apologies.” She eventually turned back to Danielle, switching to English. “This is my son, Hadric. He does not yet have his onmilingual chip implanted, so he won’t understand English.” She shifted the boy to her hip before raising his hand in greeting. “But he says hello.”
Bashfully, Hadric hid his face in his mother’s shoulder, and Danielle laughed softly as Kaia lowered him to the ground once more before scooting him off in the direction of the waiting nurse in the far corner of the room. Once the child had disappeared, the princess turned her full attention to Danielle once more.
“How old is he?” The human woman inquired softly, wondering what she and Kael’s children would look like – if, indeed, she produced them as was expected of her. If they were half as adorable as Kaia’s children, she supposed there were worse things. She’d never envisioned a family for herself but that notion, obviously, had flown out the window.
“Two moons. He was born shortly after Kael left for your planet.” Christ. Now that she knew what a moon was, she realized that the prince had been away from his home world for two of them – four years.
She couldn’t
When Danielle found out the average life cycle of a Garinian was close to two hundred human years, she felt a little faint. What on Earth would she do with so much time? She’d been struggling to deal with the time she’d had on Earth, and now her allotment had been tripled. The rest of her time in the medical bay passed in a blur as she tried to contend with the changes in her body. Synapses fired that she didn’t even know she had, she was hungry, hot, cold and panicked all at once.
At one point, Kaia took her hand, patting it gently and assuring her that everything would be fine – and unlike her brother’s intimidating gaze, the princess’s eyes were oddly comforting, even in their flickering, ever-changing nature.
When they were done in the medical bay, Danielle was fitted with a simple white tunic that revealed the entirety of her spine and laced down the back, along with a flowing pair of pants in the same color. Kaia promised her that the clothing was only temporary – that she would soon be outfitted in a manner befitting a queen; but that there were certain measures they had to take first. Then, they were off again, through the huge maze of palace rooms, until they reached a wing that seemed quieter than the rest.
Their ever present guard paused expectantly outside an immense, ornate gold door, bowing deeply, and without ceremony, Princess Kaia pushed the door open to glide inside. When Danielle followed her, she was surprised when a high, childish voice shouted an unintelligible phrase.
She had no time to take in the simplistic, clean beauty of the princess’ quarters before a small, pale-skinned figure darted across the room and into her arms. It was as if all the ceremony and pomp melted away from the woman, and a wide smile spread across her face as she lifted a Garinian child into her arms.
He was her son – that much Danielle could see even before she introduced him. He had the amorphous eyes that marked him of royal heritage, with skin as pale as his mother and uncle, and the same sharp, lovely bone structure. However, there were also a handful of attributes that very clearly marked him as a mixed race. Two tiny, jet black horns protruded from the child’s head, and small claws of the same hue jutted from the tips of his fingers. As his mother smoothed back errant strands of platinum blonde hair from his forehead, a long, prehensile tail swished behind him, and Danielle tried not to stare. Kaia cooed to her son in her native tongue, even laughing when the small child took one of the combs from her hair, sending navy curls spiraling down her back – almost to her knees.
“My apologies.” She eventually turned back to Danielle, switching to English. “This is my son, Hadric. He does not yet have his onmilingual chip implanted, so he won’t understand English.” She shifted the boy to her hip before raising his hand in greeting. “But he says hello.”
Bashfully, Hadric hid his face in his mother’s shoulder, and Danielle laughed softly as Kaia lowered him to the ground once more before scooting him off in the direction of the waiting nurse in the far corner of the room. Once the child had disappeared, the princess turned her full attention to Danielle once more.
“How old is he?” The human woman inquired softly, wondering what she and Kael’s children would look like – if, indeed, she produced them as was expected of her. If they were half as adorable as Kaia’s children, she supposed there were worse things. She’d never envisioned a family for herself but that notion, obviously, had flown out the window.
“Two moons. He was born shortly after Kael left for your planet.” Christ. Now that she knew what a moon was, she realized that the prince had been away from his home world for two of them – four years.
She couldn’t
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