Excerpt from "Surprise Surprise" (The Conclusion to the Falcon Station Series)

BLURB:

The Conclusion to Gia’s Dating Stories on Falcon Station

Who will she choose to marry?

The Agnorrian Princess

The Lyran Diplomat

Or

The Koiran Architect?

Strap in for a short trip to Falcon Station.

HEA 25k

EXCERPT:

On my way back to my quarters, I notice most people are staring at me as I pass through the busy Marketplace. I hold my head high and pretend not to notice them. I know why they’re all looking at me. Two big males are in the station’s security holding cells because they were fighting over me. I know this isn’t a good look for anyone in the galaxy, and especially not a human female.

I reach the door to my apartment and go in. It’s clean and everything is in order as if I hadn’t recently birthed some Octo babies here. Galaxies, my life has been weird lately. I take a seat at my empty table and go through my messages on my computer. One is blinking “official” from the GC.

I open it immediately and am met with a formal summons to a trial tomorrow to determine whether I’m guilty of facilitating interspecies jealousy.

“Interspecies jealousy,” I say out loud. “What the hell is ‘interspecies jealousy?’”

I get out my IC and RVM Karen. Once I see her blue eyes I just start talking, “Karen, why didn’t you tell me that I had a thing with Keiro?”

“I didn’t know. I was on honeymoon when you called,” she says defensively. “Apparently, according to Bruce, you became obsessed with him.”

I feel like she’s slapped me. “No, I love him. There’s a difference.”

“Then why did you leave Hogo? You don’t leave people you love, Gia. That’s not how love works. You were lusting after Keiro, as per your usual, and in your mind, you knew that’s all it was, so you left. Bruce was right to give you the ring. It’s better than watching you have a pity-party for yourself over decisions you made,” she tells me in a matter-of-fact tone.

“It’s true. I took the ring because I wanted those feelings for him to go away. I couldn’t accept that I’d just leave my life and move to Hogo for him, but I think had I not taken the ring, I might have gone back on my own accord.”

“I don’t believe that. Bruce told me humans become obsessed with Koirans,” she says dismissively.

“Jon says we don’t know what Bruce meant by ‘obsessive,’” I say. “I feel like I love Keiro, not lust, and not an obsession. I wish I had never taken the ring.”

“Are you going to leave your galactic lifestyle and move to Hogo now?”

“I don’t know.”

“Look Gia,” she says a little impatiently. “You know I care a lot about you. But you didn’t heed Bruce’s warning and you got yourself into trouble with another alien yet again. And now, you just need to figure a way out of it. Just like you always do. I don’t believe you’re in love. I believe it’s as Bruce says, you’re a human who has become obsessed with a Koiran. It’s simple biology.”

I laugh sarcastically. “Oh, you haven’t heard the news from Jon then?”

“Heard what? I’ve been in meetings. I’m in the Empire right now, remember?”

“Tiro and Keiro got into a brawl here on Falcon Station over me. The Falcon Station security got involved and now I’ve been called to a GC trial tomorrow.”

Karen looks at me seriously, then hushes someone behind her, “Be quiet. I’m talking to my one friend in the whole galaxy.” Then looking back at the screen she asks me, “What are they charging you with?”

“Interspecies jealousy,” I say.

“Ouuuhhh, that’s bad, Gia.”

“You’ve heard of this crime?” I ask.

“If you didn’t spend so much time gambling you would’ve heard of it too.” She sighs. “Who’s accusing you? The GC or Tiro or Keiro?”

“I don’t know.”

END OF EXCERPT

Who will Gia marry?