“There are five mated human females in my band,” I confirmed.“They are very happy and well taken care of.”
Jessa closed one eye, and squinted the other at me.
“Mated to...other turochs?”
“Of course.”I grinned at her.
“How does that work?”she asked, then held up a hand and shook her head.“Nevermind, don’t answer that.I’m not ready for more information.”
I closed my mouth, hoping my disappointment didn’t show in my face.There was no rush, I was the only male who knew she even existed, I had time to woo her before someone else tried to swoop in and claim her.
“If you’re hiding in here, I’m guessing it's not safe for you to leave yet?”Jessa cast another anxious glance toward the room I’d entered from.
I shrugged.“The percer is likely still watching the building, but if you wish me to leave, I can wait in the other room until it’s safe for me to go.”
She sighed.“No, I’m not going to make you stand in the supply room.It’d be weird and rude.”
She squared her shoulders and stared up at me for a long, silent moment before forcing an overly bright smile onto her face.
“Since this is your first visit to the Green Health Day Spa, let’s get you started with a pedicure.”
5 Jessa
So, clearly I’d lostmy mind.
I wasn’t one hundred percent sure how I’d lost it.Either I’d hallucinated a huge red guy with horns bursting into the spa, or he was real and I'd just denialed my way into pretending he was a customer and not an alien.
Whatever the case, he was perched uncomfortably on one of the massage chairs that I’d previously thought were absurdly large, but forced him to wedge his arms out in front of him in order to squeeze his massive body between the wings.
I dragged my stool in front of the chair and started setting up supplies I hadn’t touched in months.It felt good to fall into the familiar rhythm and I felt my disjointed thoughts settling the longer I let myself pretend that everything was normal.
Tovis was just a body building client with an extreme sunburn and affinity for cosplay head gear.I could handle that, certainly wouldn’t be the weirdest pedicure I’d ever given.
I glanced at the huge, black hooves currently soaking in the water bath and my eye twitched.Maybe it was the weirdest pedicure I’d ever given.
“So, anything interesting planned for the rest of your day?”I kept my eyes firmly on his hooves as I pulled, first one then the other out of the water and dried them with a towel.They were heavy, and his legs were so long he had to do a weird sort of half crunch to give me room to work.
