I peered meticulously at one of the blonds with bright turquoise eyes, filled with the depth of consciousness and high intelligence.
Why does he remind me so much of Yarison? The same facial features, only the hair is longer, shiny and silver in color, and also... the claws on the fingers are in addition to the white feathered wings behind the back! The wings!… Why it's so necessary? Are these predators?
Well... He is so eerily similar! But he can't be him! This is a completely different personality! What if this is his relative?
He also glared at me and a barely noticeable grin hung on his beautiful carved lips. Crap! He's clearly dug into my brain! He had already penetrated my mind and was reading all the information about me!
"... Denris... welcome," I heard a distinct rustling in my head. "My master has been waiting for you... finally you are with us..."
"What? What kind of master?" indignation flared up in my head. "Were you waiting me? Who are you? Are you also a telepath?"
Everyone suddenly heard his pleasant velvety voice in our language:
" I am Adivaris, Ruler of the capital Illuria. We are pleased with your arrival and will allow you to live in our city for assimilation, but we will take your ship as payment for entering our world."
…It was unexpected: why do they need our ark? So that we couldn't escape on it?
None of those present were even indignant. Everyone stood spellbound, listening to the friendly speeches of the two-meter-tall handsome man.
And I couldn't get his phrases out of my head: the master was waiting for you...
Did he really mean Yarison? He's here? Outpaced our ship and got there earlier?
My heart was beating faster at the prospect of meeting him.
I could no longer think about anything else and stopped controlling the current situation. Everything further happened in the fog: we were dropped on the surface of planet without my participation as a navigator, all passengers were brought to the city square in the middle of huge skyscrapers of amazing imperial architecture, where many white-winged creatures flocked to look at us.
There were thousands of them!
Slender, young, handsome men, over two meters tall, some half naked, and some dressed in elegant floor-length robes just like in my dreams… charming youth with melodious voices began to sing some kind of welcoming hymn in their language.
And where is Yarison among them? I looked in vain for him among the crowd of hefty winged creatures and noticed with horror their strange interest to my person.
The men didn't just smile at me warmly, they blew kisses and waved their palms as if they were my old friends.
I heard many voices in my head:
"Desired... radiant... cutie..."
"What's up, baby…"
"Who are you looking for?"
... Isn't my age an issue to you for such open flirting? I'm actually sixty! I'm too old for you, young looking gorgeous creatures!
And by the way... why are senior people nowhere to be seen? And there are no women!
Is this a gay planet?
Here we go!…
I caught Adivaris's voice in my head again:
"The Owner will not allow you to meet the one you are looking for here... don't look men in their eyes..."
"Why?" my heart twitched with alarm.
He didn't answer me...
Out of the corner of my ear I heard a conversation between Onelia and Rianka:
"Residents of the capital seem overly excited...
"Yes, they are lustfull, but it's not scary..."
"And you knew about this?" I intervened in their dialogue. "I don't like this at all! How will we live among these big guys?"
"Don't worry, everything will be fine..."
And then He appeared, apparently their Lord, judging by how the winged ones suddenly became silent and lowered their gaze.
The Master or Ruler, King or God, a tall, respectable black-winged brunette with handsome diamond shaped face, straight shoulder-length hair and bright, piercing purple eyes... mischievous smile, began his welcoming speech about how glad they were to see us.
I couldn't concentrate, absorbed in my chaotic thoughts, and I hadn't listened to everything. I left his name blank and was scared at the way he glared at me after finishing his speech. And what does it mean?
His mysterious whisper clearly heard in my head:
"You won't elude me again, my precious..."
Did he tell me this so familiarly? Did I know him? Ок, when and where? This is the first time I see him!
An unpleasant thought pierced me: we were captured by the inhabitants of this planet without even resisting. What are they going to do with us? Was there too much delight on their faces?
"They are not going to eat us, Onelia..." I heard Rianka's muffled whisper against the background of the sounds of the crowd.
"So why are they so happy about us? How did your negotiations go?"
"That was something... awesome... I didn't expect that..."