Theron's Hope (Brides of Theron) by Rebecca Lorino Pond, Rebecca Anthony Lorino

really gifted with learning languages and she knew many languages including: Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and German.  Being multilingual was an asset to someone in her trade.  She had never heard a language like this.  It didn’t even sound human.  It started to dawn on her as she spoke aloud, “Could it be possible that I have been abducted by aliens?”
     
    He heard her as she talked to herself and nodded at her.  She quickly asked him, “Am I on an alien ship?”
     
    He nodded again.  This is when she realized that this had the potential to be the story of a lifetime.  She was going to make sure that she paid attention to everything.  This was possibly going to be the biggest adventure of her life and she was not going to fight it.  Hell, this could possibly be a coma induced dream she was having when the car crashed on its way to the airport.  Somehow it did not matter. This had blockbuster written all over it, fact or fiction, and she would capitalize on this adventure.
     
    When he was finished with his exam, he motioned for her to follow him.  She grabbed her luggage, pulling it behind her as she walked beside him out of the white clinic area into the hallway.  They walked down a corridor and at the end was a view she never thought she would see.  It was so close, so beautiful.  The craters looked deeper and more rugged than she had ever seen through a telescope.  It was the moon that orbited her planet, and it was so close.  Right behind it was a sliver of the Earth.  Her alien companion stopped when he noticed she fell behind.  He looked at her and finally got the courage to speak, “It’s beautiful, isn’t it?”
     
    Grace was totally caught off guard.  “You can speak English?  Why are you talking to me now?  Why didn’t you talk to me before in that room?”
     
    Zane carefully considered what he would say.  “When you started to talk you did not let me respond.  I would have answered your questions but I figured that it would be easier for you, if you got used to the idea that you were no longer on the surface of your planet but instead on the mother ship of the Theron Warriors.”
     
    “Theron Warriors?  What is Theron?”  Grace was now curious.
     
    “I am Zane from the planet Theron, which is located in the galaxy X-tran.  I am a Theron Warrior.  I am going to take you to the other Earth women now.  I have to get back to the clinic for any new arrivals.  You will be briefed about why you are here and what will happen to you very soon,” he said as he motioned for her to enter an elevator.
     
    They exited the elevator and not far down the hall she saw two Theron Warriors who appeared to be guarding a door.  Zane walked up to them and one of the guards pressed the palm of his hand to the panel adjacent to the door.  The door slid open with a hiss and Zane looked at her and said, “I will see you very soon Grace.   Until then, please make yourself comfortable here.”
     
    His smile was oddly soothing to her.  She wasn’t really scared.  His presence alone kind of put her at ease.   She entered the room that was filled with overstuffed long sofas along the walls and in the center of the room there was a table with what looked like food items and drinks.   The door slid shut behind her and she started to survey the room.  Several other women were here as well, 14 to be exact. As she made her way deeper into the room, no one got up to greet her.  They all looked like they were very scared and uncertain.  What the hell was going on?
     
    She wheeled her luggage next to the nearest available sofa and sat down.  The closest woman to her was sitting on the sofa looking out the window.   She had dark black hair and it was tied up into a ponytail and she appeared to be wearing pajamas and thick socks on her feet.  She had her feet up on the sofa and her arms tightly wrapped around her legs.  She had what appeared to be ear buds to a MP3