Fate's Gift

On the intergalactic station “Magik,” you can buy any man—an elite slave, a passenger from a cruise liner, or… the scum of the galaxy. Madame Martinika ordered the keeper of the harem to buy a gift for her niece at auction. A special gift. But the girl is capricious—so the respected lady decided to play a joke. Why not rummage through the garbage? Who knew she would catch a “pearl seed,” and that the young headstrong girl would get much more than she had hoped?