Redondo by Leona Windwalker

A down on his luck actor and a battle scarred warrior hoping for love

Thomas
I have a huge problem. My rent is three months past due, and there’s an eviction notice taped to my door. The best paying roles I’ve tried out for all seem to go to someone else, and the payday loans I took out are long past due. Payday loans, which did not come from anywhere reputable, seeing as I’d defaulted on two of those previously and took out one of the shadier loans from ‘a guy who was a friend of a friend of a chick a former castmate met at a party’ to repay them. I called my agent and spilled my woes in desperation, she had a suggestion: go to the local Scholarship center and apply to try out for the new educational TV series soon to begin production within the Mylos Fleet.
The job comes with some definite perks, free housing and all living expenses paid, free healthcare and dental, and a decent salary. It does have a few catches, however. The first is that there is a five year commitment attached to all of the adult roles. The second is all cast members must relocate to the Fleet. The third is what gives me a moment’s pause, all unmarried adult applicants must submit to a mate matching test, with all the legal ramifications should a match be found.

Redondo
I’m Mylos only by adoption, taken in by a Mylos warrior after finding me hiding among a stack of crates after responding to a distress call at a Dragonii colony outpost. I’m larger than most Mylos, nearly a full head taller as well as broader. I’m scaled all the time and my fangs are always present. I’m also winged, and capable of flight. Humans always react in fear when they first see my battle scarred body, so I’m doubtful that my match will be found among them. Mine is probably somewhere else, and I’m unsure if I will ever find him. If I do, I will love and cherish them as only a Dragonii and a Mylos can- giving them my heart and sharing my hoard while fiercely protecting them against any who would come against them. Anyone at all. All I ask is that they love and cherish me back

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