Chapter 18
Abby gasped as Zoran gently set her down on the soft purple grass. It had been a week since the dinner where she and the other women from Earth were introduced to Valdier.
Abby hadn’t had much time to visit with the other women since then. She spotted them on occasion from a distance and had run into Carmen in one of the palace’s long corridors while exploring. Carmen seemed nervous, as if she was trying to find a place to hide. She didn’t say much to Abby other than that she was well and would talk to her later.
Abby was puzzled about Carmen’s behavior until she turned a corner a few corridors down and ran face first into Creon, Zoran’s youngest brother. Abby shivered as she remembered looking into Creon’s cold, dark eyes. Abby had to agree with Ariel on the “scary son of a
