Oppose

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Book: Oppose by Viola Grace Read Free Book Online
Authors: Viola Grace
Tags: Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Adult, Space Opera, dragon, Erotic Romance
alive under that tiny contact.
    Her family would not approve, but her family was not here and this was precisely the sort of thing that she had left home to experience. Affection without restraint and no disapproving eyes.
    A knock at the door pulled them apart.
    Jill felt heat in her face and a distinct pulse in her lips. “I think that Laliette is here.”
    He inclined his head. “I believe you are correct.”
    He stepped back and turned, leaving plenty of space for his wings. She supposed that appendages like that would create a number of physical habits to move around in a world where everyone else could turn on the spot and not knock anyone down.
    Laliette came in and Jill smiled. “Welcome to our new home. Well, the old home that the workers had their way with. The walls have been moved and blown out. I think. All I know is we have four times the space for twice as many people.”
    Laliette chuckled. “Babies take up a lot of room. They rarely stay where they are put once they start moving.”
    The baby in question shoved her arms into the air and waved them around, making tiny mewing sounds.
    “Well, the gang is all here, so let’s have dinner at the new dining table and Rimash can explain my schedule. I still haven’t figured it out.”
    Laliette moved beside Jill and helped her assemble a selection of beverages on a tray.
    “You have a very well-equipped dispenser.” Laliette commented.
    “It is at your disposal, as is everything but my room and Rimash’s room. Just as I will never enter your space without your authorization.” Jill smiled.
    “That is…that is very generous.”
    Laliette looked around at the wide living space, the huge windows that overlooked the wide columns of the Great Archive itself and the maze of buildings, colleges and study halls that stretched as far as the eye could see.
    It was a new view and a great view. Jill hadn’t believed the change that had taken place in her quarters, but her rooms now adjoined Rimash’s on one side and the baby’s room on the other. On the other side of the baby’s room was the nanny’s quarters. They each had wide windows, and it was that one clue that identified their location as the top of a tower.
    Since Rimash led her to and from her quarters, she was pretty sure that this wasn’t just renovated, but rather a completely new level. He wasn’t mentioning it, so she would ask him later.
    She carried the tray over to the table while Laliette helped Rimash with the meals.
    Laliette ate from the pale yellow and grey colour coding in the menus. It was something to keep track of. When Imjay started eating, it would be important to make sure that Jill and Rimash had themselves coded for her nutritional needs. That was something that Jill had learned during basic briefing, and it was her first download. Feeding yourself in an alien environment was always a bit of a chore, but the Alliance and the Imperium had come up with a colour-coding system for their automated dispensers. It kept folks from getting indigestible or toxic items in their meal.
    As they settled around the table with Imjay in her bassinet next to them, Jill took a mental snapshot of her new family. It was very odd, and her parents would not approve, but it felt right. They loved her, but while they spoke frequently about pride in their homeland, they wanted to fall back on familiar tradition. It made it an odd place to be as their child. Jill wanted more for Imjay. She wanted traditions that grew around the baby, not ones that smothered her.
    Rimash looked at her with a slight smile on his lips. “You look a thousand light years away.”
    She blinked rapidly and refocused on the folks around her. “I was thinking about Imjay’s future. It brought me to a few conclusions.”
    Laliette sat a little awkwardly and waited until Jill started eating before she relaxed and took her own bites.
    Jill grinned. “New rule. If we are all here, we eat together. You can tell us about Imjay’s

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