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so what? Does that mean you get special treatment?”
    “You could say that. The Emperor of Reestria is my great uncle. I’m a prince, Kira. Of course I’m so far down in line that I’ll never have a shot at becoming the Emperor, but I’m still considered a member of the royal family. I’m sorry we had to leave Earth so suddenly, and I promise we’ll still have a human wedding ceremony.”
    A prince. She was standing next to an alien prince. Who just happened to be her long lost stepbrother. On the bridge of an alien spaceship. In her purple kitten pajamas. Could her day get any weirder?
    She tore her gaze from Alex and looked at Earth, and in the next moment the planet disappeared and space rippled around them. As she witnessed this strange sight all her questions about his royal lineage faded. “Are we in a wormhole or something?”
    “We create folds in space to travel long distances in a short amount of time. We’ll be at Reestria in less than an hour. In the meantime, we must get you to medical.”
    A sense of foreboding fell upon Kira. “Medical? Why?”
    “You’re about to become a Reestrian princess, babygirl. You must be able to speak my language, and after a brief procedure you’ll be fluent in Reestrian Common.”
    She gave him a withering stare. “Let me guess. You’re going to put a chip of some sort in my brain?” After he gave a slight nod, she said, “Yep, this is officially the weirdest freaking day of my life.”
     
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    It was good to be home. Especially with the love of his life by his side. Alex urged Kira down the walkway from the spaceship. The midafternoon sun beamed down its warmth, and Reestria’s two moons rested high above the distant mountains, two pale white orbs floating in the blue daytime sky. Come nighttime the moons would glow orange, a spectacular sight to behold.
    Kira clutched his hand and hesitated as she gazed at the assembled crowd. Thousands of his people had come to witness the arrival of all the Earth-Reestrians returning to Reestria, many of them plucked away from Earth for the first time, all the adults at least. The children hadn’t been taken from their parents and would be safe on Earth despite the current upheaval on the planet. The president might have announced that alien contact had occurred, but he hadn’t mentioned anything about the interspecies baby switching. Neither had any of the other governments who’d scrambled to make similar announcements after the American president’s broadcast.
    “Welcome to the Galattak Clan.” He squeezed Kira’s hand as other Reestrians streamed down the walkway around them. His intended was the only human among them.
    He was thankful to have found her before he’d been beamed to the spaceship, and also thankful the technicians had transported them together. The crew had known he was returning to Earth for his mate, though that hadn’t stopped many a female crew member or passenger from flirting with him during his trip back to Earth. As a prince, even one not likely to take the throne, he was still a sought after male. The closer his twenty-fifth Earth birthday came, the more Reestrian females had tried to catch his notice.
    But none of them could compare to his sweet Kira. He glanced down at her and urged her to disembark the ship with him. She stayed at his side and didn’t release his hand. Her eyes widened as she took in the number of people and the tall, elegant buildings in the distance.
    “When you said you belonged to a clan, I pictured something totally different, even though I know Reestrians are more advanced than humans,” she said in the Reestrian tongue. The chip had been implanted successfully.
    His gaze traveled to the swell of her breasts and over the curves her new dress hugged so temptingly. After the implant, they’d both changed into traditional Reestrian attire, with Kira donning a shimmering silver gown, and Alex putting on a royal uniform. Though he much preferred jeans and