Book Title: Alien Eyes (Alien Love, Book 2)
Author: Storm Caywood
Publisher: Carnation Books
Cover Artist: Lodestar Author Services
Release Date: June 26, 2020
Genre/s: M/M Sci-Fi Romance
Trope/s: Alien/Human relationship, starting a family
Themes: Family, belonging
Length: 44 000 words
Buy Links – Available on Kindle Unlimited
Book 1 – Alien Hands
Blurb
After Adil and Esihle meet on a space station orbiting alien refugee Esihle’s home planet of Yalaphor, their relationship of lust and intensity gradually blossoms into love.
Now on Yalaphor, the two care for Sehthe, a young girl who has been orphaned by the same war that cast Esihle out of his home.
To keep their new family safe, Esihle and Adil must come face to face with the worst of Yalaphor, eachother, and themselves.
This heartfelt follow-up to Storm Caywood’s debut novel, Alien Hands, continues a story of redemption and love.
They talked until it was time to pick up Sehthe. They decided to take the streetcar there, then walk home. After a few blocks of walking, Adil realized he was watching Esihle’s training in action. He and Sehthe took turns observing what they saw, in finer and finer detail. Periodically, Esihle would quiz Sehthe about something they had walked by earlier. She enjoyed the game. Of course she did. She loved learning as much as Esihle, and loved showing off as much as him. And they were funny! Their observations were sharp but not cutting, and both took such pleasure in the exercise.
By the time they’d gotten home, Sehthe had successfully steered the conversation to dragons, riding and guard and lap. It had started as part of their game, she would point out all that she saw, quiz Esihle about their size and scale patterns, their tails and snouts and how they moved. Adil smiled. She was good. She waited until they were halfway through dinner before mentioning, “Don’t you think it would be a good idea for us to have a dragon? For safety?”
She knew how to play them both. He didn’t mind this benign manipulation. It wasn’t such a bad idea, anyway. Adil knew Esihle had loved the riding dragons they’d had at the Palace in his childhood, and had hidden out at the stables when things were rough. He was good with animals, just as he was with children. And Adil didn’t mind a dragon himself; it certainly helped to know Esihle would do most of the care-work.
Esihle smiled. “It’s alright to ask for a pet, Sehthe.”
“Okay. I want a pet dragon. But it would help keep us safe! That part is true!”
Oh, Adil could relate to her defensiveness.
Esihle gave her the point. ”You’re right, of course. They do help keep homes safer. And they are very loyal to their people.”
“So we can get one?”
“We can think about it. But not until after our travels! And I mean the trip to Earth, not just this vacation. It wouldn’t be fair to the animal to get them and then leave them alone.”
Sehthe looked disappointed for a minute, then brightened. Adil could see she didn’t like the idea of waiting, but she knew that “think about it” meant yes.
Adil picked up the conversation after she’d gone to bed. “Do you really mean to get a dragon?”
“Well, it is a safety measure.”
“Esihle. It’s okay to want a pet,” he teased.
Esihle smiled. “You’re right. I would like a pet. Gods know why given all I have to do around here taking care of the two of you. But the picture of a dragon basking in the yard…it does make me happy.”
“Do they have to live in the yard?”
“Oh, I’m sure it’ll be in the nest with the three of us in no time.”
“You really are a softie, Esihle, you know that?”
Esihle pulled him over and kissed his mouth gently, then whispered in his ear, “Don’t tell.” The kiss grew deeper, and Esihle started moving them towards the bedroom. He pulled Adil down on top of him on the bed, his arms wrapped around him tight. “You’re not a softie,” he teased.
“Ugh, Esihle, no puns in bed.”
“Of course. I will be completely serious.”
“Thank you.” He grabbed Esihle’s wrists and pinned them to the bed, nudged his legs apart with his knee. “I plan to make it worth your while.”
Storm Caywood is a lesbian author living in Western New York with her family and pets. Her writing career started with distributing her girl-detective stories to friends in the third grade. Alien Eyes is her second published work. When she isn’t writing, you can find her reading, puttering in the yard, or swooning over Star Trek.
Social Media Links
Blog/Website | Twitter: @stormcaywood | Twitter @carnationbooks
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