Total pages in book: 115
Estimated words: 108211 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 541(@200wpm)___ 433(@250wpm)___ 361(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 108211 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 541(@200wpm)___ 433(@250wpm)___ 361(@300wpm)
“And here we are, waiting for the Moon shuttle and hoping the long-distance rig will be able to make a call to the Kindred Mother Ship once we get up there,” she finished. “What about you? How did you get here?”
“Oh, I’m waiting for the Moon shuttle too—I’m hoping to be accepted into the all female Shuttle Academy.” Flow-da’s eyes sparkled with interest. “I’ve always been good with mechanical things, ever since I was little.”
“Oh, so are you hoping to learn to fly the Moon Shuttle?” Andi asked.
Flow-da shook her head.
“No, I want to learn to fix it if it breaks down. They don’t have enough mechanics, since it was a profession women weren’t allowed to pursue before The Incident.”
“Wow—it sounds like life on Zo’rath Three was really restrictive for women before all the men turned into Manimals,” Andi ventured.
“Oh, it was.” Flow-da nodded emphatically, making her curls bounce. “You were allowed to be a wife and a mother and that was about it. Women never had jobs outside the home. And now, look at us…” She spread her hands. “We’re in charge—we rule things around here! And the men can’t stop us because they’re all Manimals.”
“So…you don’t mind it? Not having a man in his right mind for a partner?” Andi asked.
“Why should I mind?” Flow-da asked. “Honestly, I was still just a girl when The Incident occurred and my father had died the year before, so my mother and I were already making it on our own. Then everything changed and suddenly, the whole world opened up.” She spread her arms expansively. “Now I can be anything I want and no man can tell me otherwise!”
“If things were really so unequal before The Incident, it sounds like it really is better now for the women of Zo’rath Three,” Andi remarked. “But…you never get lonely? You never wish for someone to talk to?”
“I talk to Hartford.” Flow-da nodded at her Manimal, who was still sitting patiently beside Cade on the carpet. “I’ve got him trained really well—you’d be surprised how much he understands. Hartford!” she called and made a little chirriping sound with her lips.
The big Manimal perked up at once and came over to her on all fours. He laid his chin on her knee and looked up at his Mistress, as though waiting for instructions.
“Good boy!” Flow-da stroked his head and ruffled his hair gently.
“If you don’t mind me asking, how did you get Hartford?” Andi said. “I mean, if you were only a girl when The Incident happened?”
“Oh, I found him at a Manimal Adoption center once I came of age and moved out of my mother’s house,” Flow-da explained. “You see, after The Incident happened, all the women got together and decided on a few things. First, every woman who had a husband who had turned into a Manimal was responsible for him. You weren’t allowed to just abandon your husband, even if you hated him, because Manimals tend to run in packs if they get loose on their own and then they can be really dangerous.”
“Oh, I found out about that on the way here,” Andi agreed with a shiver.
“Yes—the packs around this town are awful! And they roam around the streets at night sometimes too, so you don’t want to be out after dark,” Flow-da cautioned her. “But anyway, because of what Manimals need, it was decided that you couldn’t be held responsible for males in your household other than your husband.”
“Oh no?” This confused Andi. “Er…what do they need?”
“Well…you know.” Flow-da blushed a bright green. “Anyway, Adoption centers were formed where people could drop off their other male relations that they couldn’t care for, so single women could come and adopt them. And that’s where I found my Hartford.” She ruffled her Manimal’s hair again. “He had the sweetest eyes and he didn’t try to jump on me or hump me like the other Manimals in the center. He just came and laid his head on my knee and that’s when I knew I had to have him. Isn’t that right, Hartford?” she cooed, stroking his cheek.
In answer, her Manimal rubbed his head against her knees affectionately.
“Such a good Manimal! Do you want a reward?” Flow-da asked in a coaxing voice. “Do you want some Sweet Drops?”
Hartford made an affirmative noise that almost sounded like “Yes!” to Andi.
“All right then. Come here.”
Flow-da opened the long brown robe she was wearing and Andi saw that she had on one of the sports-bra type things she’d seen in the Emporium with the nipples cut out. The Zo’rathian girl’s nipples were bright pink—just as her Manimal’s cock, (which was already getting harder)—was.
“Come here and get some Sweet Drops!” Flow-da said, opening her thighs so her Manimal could get between her legs and reach her breasts.
Hartford latched on to one of his Mistress’s bright pink nipples and began sucking vigorously. Flow-da moaned softly in obvious pleasure and stroked his dark pink hair.