This is getting serious.
Ziggy nodded once, almost imperceptibly.“The karnilian is inside the Trol. I’ve…”He cleared his throat and blew out a slow breath.“I’ve seen it… felt what it can do…”
Oh, isthatwhat freaked him out so badly?
So much had happened since that fateful bath time, Dr. Micah hadn’t been able to drag Ziggy out of his shell for a session. Ihadnoticed my man being extra protective of Pedro, but I had hoped it was more about them forming a bond.
Please don’t tell me it’s just about the gemstone…
Theo watched Ziggy closely as the nanny bot left the room with a sleepy Pedro in its arms.“And the Hydrassians can feel it as well, can’t they? They could be tracking you down this very minute.”
Gabe gasped dramatically, and even Dre looked marginally concerned, so I wildly gestured at the air around us, confident Ziggy could translate my interpretive dance.
He didn’t disappoint.“Micah has surrounded the entire ship with a karnilian-blocking shield, and when we took Pedro to the Hydrassian elders on Dionaea, he created one for the creature?—”
“You visited those creepy psychics?”Theo scoffed before smirking and gesturing at his stellar collisions.“I wonder if that’s where these two creepy psychics got their powers…”
“You know damn well who we got our powers from,” Dre sighed in English before addressing Ziggy. “Can Hydrassians read minds, though?”
Ziggy smirked.“They certainly tried.”His grin faded.“The elder did manage to somehow trap my tendrils inside me…”
Theo growled and glared at his psychic Dom. “Well,thatsounds familiar, hmm?”
Dre chuckled and winked at me. “Brats were bratting.”
“It was a horrible feeling,” Ziggy snapped. “It would be like you two being unable to get into anyone’s head—including each other’s.”
Oh, snap.
Thatlanded, as both twins looked horrified at the thought. Satisfied his point was made, Ziggy switched back to Stellarian.
“They also possessed technology to stop me from star hopping, similar to Micah’s shields, but not as advanced.”He paused to smile proudly at me.“We are on our way to meet the matter manipulators who created the Hydrassian’s shields—to see what we can learn from them.”
“Cool,” Gabe whispered, wide-eyed, before sobering. “Will you be safe, though?”
Oh, angel.
Theo had a soft spot for his subby baby, as he immediately stepped in to soothe.“I assume they are headed for Ekistron, so they will be fine. No one wants to go to that frigid place. It’s like that Not-Hoth planet you read about in your slutty books about strapping blue aliens fucking Earthlings.”
“Read me to filth, why don’t you!” Gabe groaned, dropping his pretty face into his hands as Dre cackled. Then he peeked at me through his fingers. “They resonate for each other. It’s hot.”
I smiled reassuringly at the other piece of my heart. “Drop the link, bestie. We can start a slutty book club.”
“Sluts gotta slut,” Dre piped in.
“Perhaps you should join the club too, Andre,” Ziggy purred. “See what all the fuss is about.”
Space Daddy leaves no crumbs!
As usually happened when Ziggy reminded Dre abouthisrepressed fantasies, the scarier twin had nothing to say.
Theo, however, did.
“Oh, how I would pay to see that!” he chortled before weallgaped at him. “What? This family is already twisted enough. What’s one more taboo log on the damnation fire?”
I mean…
“All joking aside, Ziggy,”Theo slipped back into Stellarian and searched his offspring’s face.“If you need somewhere to hide out, I will protect you.”
