Olmed nodded, but he couldn’t help the feeling that someone was watching him.
He glanced over his shoulder.
He didn’t see anything. However, it sure felt like someone was looking his way.
He turned back to the group and saw the female with the pack looking at him again.
“You’re big,” she said.
“You’re small.”
She shrugged. “At least I can sneak away.”
“You planning on it?”
“You want me to stay?”
“If you like,” he replied.
She said something and increased her pace so she joined the other two Terran females.
6
"So, wait. These are our mates.” Tori gestured toward the aliens that stood across the room from them. A purple male with bones sticking out of his shoulder, a green guy with scales and a tail, and a red male with horns. All were, by her estimate, seven feet tall, and sturdy built. They all looked like they could crush her in a hug.
Not exactly what she expected.
She had a hard time taking her eyes off the red one.
Olmed.
His general displeasure of the whole situation resonated with her.
Or maybe that was her own feelings, and she was just projecting.
Regardless. He had a strong vibe that drew her attention. She might have been intrigued if they were on her planet.
Maybe.
The whole thing was too wild to believe. Yet here she was, with her new alleged mate. “These non-humans are our mates."
Re-lee raised her eyebrow. "Humanoid. All two-legged bipedals are humanoid. Males are males, females are females, and gender-fluid are whom they present as. But all are humanoid."
"Sorry. This is my first alien abduction."
Re-lee sighed. "This is not an abduction."
"If you don't want to be here, go home," the red one said.
“Maybe I will,” she said.
Polly put her hand on Tori’s shoulder. “Listen, we need to figure this out. Don’t get all carried away yet, okay?”
Tori jerked out of her touch. “I’ll do what I want.”
The red one snorted and shook his head. He muttered something about this being stupid, and frankly, that was one thing that Tori agreed with him about.
This was stupid.
