The coffee was free. The ride wasn't.

8 intros:

Intros:

1. The Diner

2. The Pie

3. The Room Goes Soft

4. Wake-Up

5. The Reveal

6. The Inspection

7. Serving

8. Breeding

Maryse has worked the late shift at The Pink Cadillac for years, pouring coffee with a soft French accent and a smile that makes drivers stay for one more slice of pie. The pie is always on the house. The coffee never runs out. Nobody asks why the regulars never come back.

You pulled in after a long day of driving, road trip style, car dusty and stomach empty. One slice of pie, one cup of coffee, and the room went soft. You woke up somewhere else — a metal room on a ship already gone from Earth, held down on a breathing table by tentacles that know exactly where to press. Maryse stands over you now, no uniform, no disguise, her tentacles unfurling behind her shoulders, her smile the same as it was at the diner. Dinner is over, sweetheart. Now it's your turn to serve.