Luna, who’s seated next to me, nods her head at Khephren. “He’s our ship’s captain, so wherever he wants to go, we pretty much follow.” She grins. “Trust me, he hasn’t disappointed us yet.”
“Every new place is an adventure,” Felix promises, his eyes sparkling.
I let out a silent sigh of relief, knowing that I made the right decision to join him aboard the Sleigh Belle. He looks blissfully happy and more alive than ever. I wonder if outer space will give me a similar love glow-up.
“It’s time for the Christmas Eve Extravaganza,” Khephren announces with glee, once we’re en route to our next destination. “Let us all adjourn to the movie theater.”
Felix blinks in surprise. “There’s a movie theater on the ship?”
I look at Luna wide-eyed, and she nods.
“How did I not know that after all this time?” Felix mutters to himself.
“I’ve gotta see this!” I say.
Khephren leads our merry little band to the theater, which we hadn’t managed to get to on my earlier brief tour. I marvel as I step inside what looks like a billionaire’s home media room on steroids. The theater has cushy seats for ten people and an enormous screen. It’s swanky as hell. Staring around in bright-eyed wonder, I can’t believe where I’m at right now.
I’m aboard an alien spaceship heading who knows where in the universe on Christmas Eve. It’s totally surreal, and I should be freaking the fuck out right about now—but I’m not.
I’m downright giddy with excitement.
It helps that a smokin’ hot alien engineer and mechanic is giving me looks so scorchingly sexy I fear she might melt off my clothes. Cheeks warm, I sit down in one of the ultra-comfy theater seats, and my heart does a little backflip in my chest when Luna takes the seat beside me. I can’t help darting covert glances at her—and those fascinating tentacles of hers.
My attention is brought to the front of the room when Sasha turns on the movie screen. “Good evening, friends. In honor of this festive holiday eve, I’m delighted to debut this year’s special Christmas episode ofThe Cat-Tacular Tales of Princess Jonesy.”
I bounce in my seat and beam at Luna. She’s told me all about this show they all create together, and I can’t wait to see what it’s like.
Khephren stands and begins clapping loudly, hearts in his eyes. “You are so amazing, my love!”
Najar groans and covers his face with one of his tentacles.
Luna leans over and whispers, “Naj hasn’t shown Felix the episode yet. He’s probably dying from embarrassment right about now.”
The faint puff of her breath against my ear has me breaking out in goose bumps all over. I gasp at the sensation.
Luna inhales sharply, and her mysterious multicolored eyes, which I can now see are in an unusual kaleidoscope pattern, could singe me with the heat they’re sending my direction.
Danger! Danger!
I cannot attack this woman with my ravenous lust right now. Although the looks she’s giving me suggest she would be a-okay with me doing so.
Felix laughs nervously. “You know, uh, your show kind of reminds me of this obscure online story I like to read.”
Oh dear. Here we go with Felix’s favorite tentacle-porn space opera, the one he secretly writes fanfiction for. He thinks I haven’t read any of his work, but like any good sister, I totally have. There’s lots of good brotherly blackmail material in some of those stories.
Sasha zeros in on him like a man on a mission. “No fucking way. Please tell me you also readThe Tentacular Tales of Captain Starblade.”
My brother’s eyes go as wide as proverbial saucers. “This is so surreal, but yeah, I’m a huge fan.”
“Look at Naj,” Luna whispers.
I glance at the golden-hued alien whose tentacles are coiling repetitively. The evil grin on his face suggests he’s more than happy about this little revelation that my brother digs the tentacle porn.
I roll my eyes. Clearly, they’re a match made in tentacled heaven.
“Fucking A,” Sasha says, giving my brother a fist bump. “I’m a major fan too, although I only discovered it when a bunch of extraterrestrials introduced me to it. You know it’s, like, a mega sensation on the intergalactic web, right?”
Luna groans. “Here we go. They’re gonna geek out big time now.”
