Free Abducted by the Star Prince (Lords of Astria) by Juno Wells Page A

tongue, rolling the other in his fingers. Nadia threw her head back, letting the waves of sensation take her body over. Here, she would give herself to this prince. Here, her life would begin.

PROLOGUE

    War been brewing for over 1000 years, but never had it been so close…

     If humans knew the danger lurking in the shadows of Outer Space above them not one would be able to sleep at night. Fortunately for them the guardians of the ancient peace—The Lords of Astria— protected their planetary home.
     A new threat, the Dark Nebula, threatened the little spiral galaxy that had been neutral space since the Treaty of Elyria had ended the Great War.
     Word had reached the High Council of atrocities being committed at the border of the Milky Way - the neutral territory between Astria and the Dark Nebula.
     Just when things seemed at an impasse, a clever solution was proposed: to invoke the ancient rightswhich stated that once two peoples were united by blood and marriage, they became, in effect, one people— and any treaties which bound one people, bound all of them.
     A member of the ruling house of each planet would take an earthling as a spouse, and so bring Earth under the protection - all with the utmost secrecy. If the Dark Nebula made further moves to encroach upon the Milky Way, the High Council would be able to protect its territory with lethal force.
         A leader of each planet would have to wed and procreate with an Earthling in order to assure the continued survival and safety of the United Federation of Astria.
     And so, while these cosmic decision played out in the heavens above them, the ignorant Earthlings slept blissfully, never knowing that the swiftly titling planet they called home held the fate of the universe within its little solar system… unless they were called up to be the mother to an alien child, a wife to an alien lover...
         These are their stories.

CHAPTER ONE

    Kester

    Prince Kester of Delma and the Lanids remained unmated, and no one regretted that fact more than he. For now he had been ordered to fly to the planet known as Terra, a distant blue rock with weak males and weaker females. They called it Earth.

    “Father, you know that I can have any female of Astria.” Kester paced before the throne, a scowl on his face. “You know I can’t take a Terran woman. They don’t even know we exist. Wouldn’t it be best to mate with a Gemnian woman? Or at least a female of the Astrian galaxy?” Kester closed his eyes, thinking of the many women he had bedded during his travels through the galaxy. It was repugnant to him that he might be forced to take a weakling woman — one who wouldn’t even know of his proud history or the riches that his family had to offer. And the Terran women certainly wouldn’t know about Kester’s legendary sexual prowess. He sighed and shook his head.

    “Son, you know that the Dark Nebula is vying for Terra. It’s one of the only planets in the Milky Way with compatible women.” Kester growled, his face growing dark. Terran women were barely women at all. Their bones were weak, and their minds were weaker. They didn’t even possess the ability for telepathy common to many Astrians. How would he even communicate with such a simple creature? The king sighed too, echoing Kester’s frustration.  

    “Kester, you know that taking your mother wasn’t my first choice. I even thought it wasn’t right to take a woman who hadn’t grown up among the Lanids. She was weak and, at first, I felt she was very... simple.”

    “Father, don’t speak of mother that way.” Kester’s voice grew dark. The Duchess of the Lanids may not have grown up among the harsh mining colonies, but she was a strong ruler next to Kester’s father. And the greatest female the colonies had ever seen.

    “Son, you didn’t let me finish. Your mother was very different. She wasn’t even conceived on Gemna. She knew nothing of this