Marriage in the Name of the Alliance

With the arrival of aliens at the borders of the Earth Alliance, my life divided into "before" and "after". I was happy and loved, but the devourers from the depths of space killed my beloved. Years have passed since then, the Alliance is trading with the aliens, and I... I feel as if I'm not living at all, existing without joy and hope. Something needs to change... And so I agree to my best friend's proposal to go to the "Commonwealth" station, where the Alliance collaborates with the devourers. But who could have thought that I would witness a terrible murder, and then one of the aliens would demand me as his lawful wife? This will be a marriage in the name of the Alliance, they told me. And I was given to the devourer.