Cassandra jerked awake. She rolled right off the edge of the round bed and was standing at attention while she tried to engage her brain. The sight that met her eyes was slightly confusing for a moment. Instead of an irate drill sergeant she was facing two older Alcandian women. They instantly swept her nude body with their eyes. Her cheeks burned as she turned to grab a sheet but the bed had already made itself. The coverlet was smooth and there was a small pile of pillows perfectly placed in the center of it. “I am Paneil. Zeva is my born daughter.” Paneil was dark-haired like Zeva and rather short for an Alcandian, even a female. Zeva was six feet tall, but her mother was a good foot shorter. Paneil actually circled her, running her eyes over every inch of bare skin before she clicked her tongue. “This is Cambria. She is Dyne’s mother.” Cambria was Asian. There was no mistaking the fact that the woman must have been born on Earth. She stood next to the control panel and pressed the keys to reveal the bathing pool.
