Educating the Alien: Raedyn (The Azurite Series Book 1) by Sara Hotchkiss Read Free Book Online

assume that because another culture was different from the one she knew that the people in it were unhappy.
    Annie nodded.
    “So on another note,” said Lexi, ready to break the tension, “What about sex?”
    Annie coughed on her drink before blushing, Cl’ien covered her little ones ears, and Jaihl grinned like the cat that ate the canary.
    “My partner and I engaged in physical intimacy once,” said Jaihl, leaning in and whispering. “It was magical,” her eyes widened on the last word. Then she straightened as her daughter approached.
    “Did you see mama? Did you see me on the beam?”
    “I did dear one! You were magnificent.”
    The ladies weren’t able to have any further discussion on the topic of sex after the interruption. All the children in their presence seemed to need something or other and they decided the play date had concluded.
    Lexi left the park with her head swimming. Three wives had just dispelled everything she had learned through dossiers. The information she gleaned on Earth about the Azurites had not been completely accurate. She wasn’t sure if it was to protect their culture from humans, or if it was an attempt to depict what they wished their culture proclaimed. One thing was certain though: the Azurites were becoming more and more human in her eyes. Lexi wasn’t sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.

10.
     
    The crowd inside the sport’s stadium was wild. Lexi had never seen so many blue-eyed people in one place at one time before, but it was becoming the norm for her. She jokingly thought to herself that the next time she was in a roomful of humans she might feel uncomfortable with all the people having different eye colors.
    Jaime’s inter-office team was playing tonight and he had invited her to attend the event. Lexi didn’t understand the rules. The game was called Plinkersknoff, or something similar, and was a popular sport from another galaxy. There were three hoops and two balls differently sized on a multileveled court. It reminded Lexi of capture the flag and basketball combined utilizing three teams.
    Lexi was pleased to find Raedyn playing on Jaime’s Public-Relations team. He looked so much better than he had when she saw him last, sick in bed, three days ago. He was hair free once again and looked handsome in his athletic wear: strong and lean, muscles rippling with his movements.
    She sat in the stands with some of the other women from the PR office, drinking malted beverages and munching on crunchy, salty snacks. She felt as though she could have been in any sports stadium back home watching any other game with a group of girlfriends.
    The game ended with the PR team winning and erupting into a series of man-grunts. Lexi rolled her eyes, men were men no matter what the planet it seemed. She was admiring a sweaty Raedyn when his eyes met hers in the stands. Surprise registered on his face before a slow smile spread across it. He raised his finger in a ‘just a minute’ gesture as he and his teammates exchanged back slaps before he could make his way down the upper level court to her.
    He caught up with her in the stands and Lexi was taken aback by his sexiness. He smelled good, the smell of sweat from good clean exertion, it was so much nicer than the smell of sick he wore the last time she saw him. His skin was its normal healthy tan and had a slight tinge of pink from the exercise.
    “Hey,” he said when he finally reached her.
    “Hi, Raedyn. Great game.”
    “Did you have any idea what was going on?” he asked, his brow ridge raised and a smirk on his lips.
    “None at all!” They both laughed.
    The smile faded from his face and was replaced with his more normal serious expression. “I wanted to thank you for your help the other day when I was sick.”
    Lexi smiled. “It was nothing. I’m glad I could help.”
    He ran a hand over his glistening head. “I hope I didn’t say or do anything to embarrass myself when you were there. I was really