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She consulted her tablet computer and scrolled through a bunch of species and tapped on their details.
“Is anyone from the inner quadrant acceptable?” she said.
“No,” I said.
She paused and looked up at me.
“None?” she said.
“As I said, they’re very influential,” I said.
“That leaves us with a small pool of distant species only.”
“That’s fine.”
She unselected a bunch of species before pulling up a bunch of others on her tablet.
“I have to warn you, the ones you’re looking for had to be brought in from a great distance,” she said. “Extra courier charges may apply.”
“Price isn’t a problem,” I said.
I paused and caught myself. As a G’kauah, I never had to worry about money. How many times had I said those four words over the years, never having to consider whether I could afford something or not? And soon, if I didn’t meet Mom’s expectations, it would be something I’d have to seriously worry about.
It sent a shiver up my spine.
“If I find the right girl, I’ll need to speak with her before I take her with me,” I said. “I want to discuss my… situation and make sure she’s aware of it.”
“That can be arranged,” Shrisa said.
She motioned for us to continue down the hallway. She took me around one corner, then to a single room with red carpets and gaudy gold gargoyles on the walls.
“Please take a seat,” she said.
I did. Another uncomfortable chair to sit in. Shrisa sat beside me. I peered at her and looked her over.
Would she be interested in being my pretend fiancée? She was a little older than I was looking for but she looked like she’d seen a thing or two. I doubted my situation would shock her.
She clapped her hands and two lines of females filed into the room from behind a wall. They were in good shape and from a wide variety of species. Most I’d never seen before.
Some had brown hair, others blonde, some purple, others bald. The most striking was a female with green skin and dark freckles over her nose. She had wide eyes, pointy ears, and—
That was when I saw her.
She was of medium height for a Titan and didn’t look dissimilar from us. She wasn’t on the dais along with the other girls. She was bent over the trash can, preparing to empty it.
Where the other females had their eyes fixed firmly on me, she was the only one who didn’t make eye contact. She stood with her back straight and stared at something behind us.
At the door.
I wanted her to look at me, to latch eyes with me so I could see into her soul.
But how could I get her attention? She was in a world of her own.
I waved a hand, directly in her peripheral vision. The female blinked. She followed the movement. Her eyes glanced at my hand and then followed it up to my face.
Then my eyes.
She stared at me.
