Bay's Mercenary [Unearthly World Book 1] Read Online Free

pet, Blu . They become part of the family.
What were you thinking anyway? This being is like nothing I have ever seen; we
know nothing about it. I can only hope it isn’t allergic to the baby food.”
    Blu sighed and ran a hand over his
face in annoyance. “Look, can you just keep it here and try keeping it alive. I
swear, if Zane isn’t interested, I’ll find it a good home. In the meantime, I
have duties that need attending or Titus will slaughter me.”
    “I’ll keep it here
in my office during your working hours. But that’s pushing it. I need a sterile
environment; I don’t think the female is diseased, but again—I don’t know what
it is. After that, it’s your responsibility. If the female’s not supervised, it
could get into anything on this ship and seriously injure itself; it could chew
on exposed circuits and accidently fry itself or the ship. I won’t turn the
little creature over to you if you won’t learn to care for it properly; your
pet could be hurt or maimed if you’re not dependable. I’ll euthanize it if I’m
not satisfied with your care of it.
    “That means you
not only keep it clean but fed, watered, warm and most importantly, a pet needs
your time. As you train it, you’ll need a gentle hand. No cuffing it as you
would a toff; you might break its nose. And lots of positive reinforcement when
your pet does something well.”
    “Fine.”
    Blu stormed from the room. Finn
looked down at his new charge. It was cute lying there sound asleep, all
wrapped in a sheet. It wouldn’t be responsible pet ownership to leave the
female alone on a table; it could fall off, and its bones were so tiny, Finn
didn’t doubt for a second they wouldn’t break. The idea of a broken bone was
mind boggling—Finn had never once seen such an oddity.
    Finn picked the
little creature up and marveled at its slight weight. With his foot, he pushed a
pile of fairly clean sheets together that sat on the floor to be washed. It
couldn’t hurt them—they needed a good cleaning anyway. He set the female on the
pile and went back to his research.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Chapter 3

 
    Bay woke and
winced when she stretched. She was lying on a pile of sheets on the floor.
Feeling a bit disorientated, she rose to a sitting position; she was alone. The
sheets were okay, but something softer would be better. Bay gazed around the
room curiously and noted a large, stuffed piece of furniture. She rose stiffly
and made her way to the comfortable-looking fixture.
    There was no
escape from these creatures; out a large portal, she saw the void blackness of
space. She was on a vessel; there would be no hiding. Bay settled onto the furniture
feeling relieved they were no longer inclined to keep her in a box; the glowing
bars had zapped her when she had touched them, it hurt. The material on the
couch-like furniture she lay on was like soft velvet and seemed to radiate
warmth. Soon, she was once more sleeping, exhausted from her ordeal and the
horror of a captivity that no longer felt so overwhelming.
    When Bay awoke
again, she found herself lying once more on the pile of sheets on the floor.
They didn’t exactly smell, but it was apparent they needed to be washed. The
doctor creature was now seated on the comfortable-looking furniture with a mug
of something steaming in his hand and paperwork in the other. Granted the pile
of sheets was nicer than anything the Tonan had
offered, but this was ridiculous. These creatures didn’t treat her like a
captive—more like a pet dog.
    The more Bay
thought about it, the more it made sense. She had been smacked on her nose when
they thought her being out of control and biting—they didn’t see it as her
fighting back. She had been washed like a mutt at a poodle parlor, the doctor
creature had pet her head and let her sniff his hand and now she was being
forced to sleep on the floor. Good God, she was surprised they hadn’t stuck a
collar around her neck or had a pooper