“It matters.”
“Why?”I asked nervously.
He winked at me.
“Because when I bring the other females back here, I’m going to claim you as my mate.”
8 Jessa
I’d been in a tailspinsince yesterday.Tovis had announced that he was going to claim me, and left before I could process his words.I was guessing my face had clearly displayed how shocked I’d been, and he was giving me time to process his...proposal.
Was it really a proposal if he justtoldme he was going to claim me?He hadn’t asked, that was for sure.
If he was a human guy, I would be planning how to barricade the doors, because his statement was all kinds of red flags.But he was an alien.Maybe that was just how they did things?
I wished the note he’d given me had an in depth explanation of everything turoch so I could gauge just how freaked out I should be.All the mysterious Penny had said was that the turochs were the good guys.
But surely that didn’t meanallthe turochs were perfect gentlemen.There were bad apples in every bushel.Did I really think Tovis was a bad apple?
I groaned and rubbed my face.I could not be trusted to make that judgement.Between the extreme loneliness of the last six months, and my nearly debilitating fear of the outside world, my brain was a mess.It had been so nice to talk to someone, and Tovis had been friendly, sweet even.
But I’d only talked to him for a few hours total, even the worst human could keep a mask in place for that long.At the same time, was I freaking out just because he was an alien, and I was scared shitless of everything?
What I wouldn’t give to have another woman to talk to at this moment.
I’d just wait a day and talk to the women who actually knew these aliens.Clearly, they weren’t chained to beds or enslaved if they were allowed to come for a spa day.That was a good sign, right?
I was reaching a crossroads, I could feel it.Soon I’d have to accept my new reality, a reality where nothing was the same, the world was irreparably changed and the future I’d planned for myself was gone, or...
I didn’t really know what the other option was, but I had a feeling I wouldn’t last very long if I kept pretending the outside world was just as I’d left it.
What did ‘claiming’ me even mean?
Obviously, there were aliens and humans getting freaky beyond the spa doors.For goodness sakes, two women were pregnant.
Did I have a choice?Had the other women had a choice?
