Free Seduced By The Alien by Rosette Lex Page A

began to sit up.
    “Morning,” Crystal greeted. She sat up and turned around to face him, sitting on her knees.
    “So, as your mate, would that make me a queen?” she asked. It seemed like a conversation that would be easier to have when Gerralt was only half-awake.
    He blinked at her sleepily. “Yes?” he said after a moment, confused.
    “But I don’t know how to be a queen,” she pointed out.
    “I’m a bartender. I didn’t exactly get lessons in how to rule anything rowdier than a bar, and then my job was mostly to supply the means to make people rowdier.”
    Gerralt yawned against one hand, his voice slightly muffled when he said, “You would have tutors. To teach you about the kingdom and what your duties would be.” He rubbed at his eyes.
    “Besides, you have a good head on your shoulders, and that’s half the battle right there.”
    Finally, realization dawned in his eyes, and he sat up straighter. “Wait, are you saying you want to stay?” he asked, nearly tripping over the words.
    Crystal nodded slowly. “I think I do,” she admitted. “I mean, there are parts of Earth that I’ll miss, but I’m assuming I could visit it again at some point. Besides, my little town just…doesn’t compare. They’re like night and day, really. Especially with the heat difference.”
    Gerralt simply stared at her for a moment, his eyes wide. And then he surged forward to kiss her. They collided so quickly that Crystal squealed and fell back onto the bed, and it seemed as if he wanted to devour her as he pinned her to the bed. The kiss was hard and fast and sloppy, lips sliding together and tongues battling.
    The kiss parted slowly, reluctantly, and left Crystal panting. “So,” she managed, voice breathy, “I take it you’re happy.”
    “Beyond measure,” he replied.
    “I would show you just how happy, but unfortunately there’s a meeting I need to get to.” He kissed her once more, chaste that time, and when he leaned back he said, “We’ll have to worry about a proper coronation and tutors, but that’s for later.”
    He pulled away from her and stood up, and Crystal watched him get ready for the day, gather up everything he needed, and leave. She would join him for breakfast (or brunch, rather) after his first meeting, and until then she would get as much extra sleep as she could.
     
    As it turned out, there was no brunch with Gerralt, as Mellia accosted Crystal in the hall and dragged her off to brunch with her and Kelso. She was practically squealing in excitement as she burst out, “Gerralt told me what’s going on!”
    Crystal rubbed one ear for show. “I take it you approve?”
    Mellia engulfed her in a hug, and then pushed her down into a seat and began rapidly explaining everything that would need to be planned for the coronation to happen as quickly as possible.
    “Shouldn’t we be married first?” Crystal asked, baffled.
    Mellia waved it off without a thought, but before she could continue with her ramble, Kelso cut in.
    “Marriage here is not as it is on Earth,” he stated.
    “Finding your mate is the important part. If you have a wedding, it is mostly used as an excuse to have a very large party because you found a mate. Since Gerralt has not exactly kept it a secret that you are his mate, there need not be much more than a public announcement.”
    That…made a certain amount of sense. It made Crystal’s life a little less complicated, at least, if she only needed to worry about one imminent celebration.
    “That’s good to know,” she replied.
    Mellia leapt back into her spiel, and it seemed dizzying, the amount of things that would need to be put together for the coronation. But at the end, she made it much better with a single sentence.
    “Of course, I’ll handle as much of it as I can when I’m not busy with my wedding plans.”
    Sometimes, Crystal could just kiss her sister-in-law.
     
    It wasn’t until the afternoon rest that Crystal managed to find Gerralt, and