Glaring at the pair as Rek gurgled softly, Gofur growled for Kehlor to let him go, and Kehlor growled at Gofur to back off, I startled the stuffing out of myself when I too started growling. It was a knee jerk reaction. Stop growling at my- at Kehlor! He was only protecting me!
“What this?!” a loud, booming voice called out.
Kehlor released Rek with a shove, sending the male stumbling back, landing against Gofur. Instead of catching him, Gofur sidestepped, watching impassively, shoving his hands behind his back, making no move to catch Rek, staring at him as he stumbled, tumbled, and flopped to his furry butt.
A behemoth of a male came stomping up to us, two other larger males, one even bigger than him, following.
Well, shit.
Kehlor turned, putting his hand to my back in a protective gesture.
The booming voiced male stepped over Rek, making sure to kick mud at Rek as he went. “What this?” A grin spread over the behemoth’s face. “Kehlor has female now?”
“Kehlor already say the sorries for not sell to Celuk female,” Kehlor grumbled curtly. “You Joad-knee say Kehlor still dummy head but she ‘cept. No want fight.” He was tense, wound tight.
His reaction worried me.
The behemoth male with sky blue eyes cocked his head as his glance darted my way. My eyes started to narrow and I turned my head away. It wasn’t until I could feel my chest vibrating against Kehlor’s that I realized that funny look from the big male was because I was still growling.
With a grunt of surprise, I cut the sound off.
“What she, you female? Big growl for little thing.” The sky blue eyed biggun chuckled, like he thought the idea amusing. “Big spirit, like our Jojo.”
Kehlor rumbled something at them but I cut him off with a chirped, “I’m human!”
“No sound like hued-man,” Rek grumbled as one of the males standing behind the sky blue eyed male helped him to his feet. There was something about the grey-blue eyed beast that helped Rek to his feet that had alarm bells going off in my head, massivewarning, warning, danger, alerts going on.
In unison, everyone in their group lifted their heads and gave loud sniffs.
If I had any hair on the back of my neck it would be standing on end. My grip on Kehlor tightened. Adjusting his hold on me, Kehlor urged me to wrap my legs around him. He made me feel like we might need to take off soon, so I did as he’d instructed.
“She has no hairs. Head furs all gone,” Rek supplied, like everyone needed to know.
“No furs on head?” the sky blue eyed one asked curiously. He made to step closer but Kehlor let loose a growl that had the male stopping in his tracks.
“No touches,” Kehlor snarled at him.
Thank god. Yes, no touchy-touchy!
“She no like that. Odix not want to touch.” The large male took several steps back. “Odix have my Jojo. Odix Jojo’s caked-baby.”
“Odix stupid fat head my Jo loves for no reasons,” Rek muttered. “Makes no sense to Rek.” Rek huffed and puffed. A drama queen, that one. The purse went with the Karen in him, it really did.
“Rek just has green in the jellies,” Odix tossed back, “‘cause Rek has no cake.”
“Why Rek be green with jellies Odix has huge, enormous-”
“Rek.” The male with the dangerous air about him spoke softly but firmly.
Rek sighed, glanced the male’s way, giving him a look I noted as I stole a peek at that, that reminded me of a child being chastised.
“Fine. Rek not say Odix has butt so big it widest load,” Rek huffed and puffed. Lips twitching, he seemed rather pleased with himself.
“Our Jo loves Odix’ butt.” Odix grinned.
Rek made a face and pretended to gag.
“Hey, what’s going on here?” A feminine voice cut in on all the crazy. “I pop in to Rosa’s for two shakes so she can get some squeezes in on the babies and you all start a party without me? What gives, my floofy poofies?”
