aside, Rand, I can find my own food.”
He shook himself back to his obligation. “Nonsense. You just surprised me. Have a seat and I will have something ready in no time.”
Bebe perched on a tall chair near the counter and waited. By the time she had food in front of her, Toyo was back, sweaty with a few slices taken out of his hide.
He saw her taking a few bites, and he smacked himself in the forehead. “I am sorry that I forgot to get you something to eat.”
She smiled and kept chewing the flatbread, cheese and fruit sandwich. “It is fine. Rand has taken care of my appetite.”
Bebe winced as Drovin and Loesh hooted with laughter, but the laughing preceded Toyo tackling Rand by only a second.
She kept eating her sandwich until it was gone, drank her water and got to her feet. The two Guardians were pummelling at each other and rolling across the floor.
She analyzed the situation, caught the rhythm of the fight and moved in, yanking at the hair at the base of Toyo’s neck. “Enough!”
Toyo reluctantly backed away from Rand. The other Guardian looked a little scruffy, but not really the worse for wear.
As Toyo stood, she had to stretch up on her toes to keep her grip. As he grabbed her and pulled her around in front of him, she smiled innocently.
“Yes?”
He bent his head to hers, and his lips coaxed her into losing her train of thought.
Chapter Five
Whatever was in the W’lyn biochemistry, they needed to bottle it and inject it into human males.
Bebe forgot that there were three other half-dressed men in the room; she just wanted to continue to be in the arms of the one that was holding her. His teeth lengthened and so did his cock pressed against her waist, but she wanted to keep kissing him until they both exploded with the flames that were burning in her blood.
A slight nick on the inside of her lip and he began to shake. She tasted her blood and his grip on her became iron as his kiss took on a savage element that sent a curl of hesitation down her spine.
“Toyo. Toyo! Let her go.”
She didn’t know which one said it, but she was both grateful and filled with hate. Toyo was pulled away from her and the cold air between them snapped her out of her stupor.
Toyo was just as disoriented as she was, but the men were careful not to touch her when she staggered.
Loesh whispered, “Beryl, your suit is open.”
She looked down and slammed the fabric together. He had opened the closure to her suit, and she hadn’t felt a thing but the heat from their brief contact.
A look at Toyo and her heart plummeted. “Damn.”
Drovin was holding his friend back. “What?”
“He is looking at me like I am a snack.” She sniffled. “I must smell like food.”
Rand cackled. “No, you smell like sex. He wants to consume you, but you would both be alive when he was done, if a little sore.”
She couldn’t hold in her shriek. “What?”
Loesh winced, his enhanced senses heard her loud and clear. “He isn’t wrong. You are radiating every hot pheromone that our species is sensitive to. How do you not know this?”
She bit her lip and Toyo lunged again with them holding him back. She backed further away and shrugged. “I don’t think any of my kind have been exposed to any of your kind. They took the predatory nature of the Admaryn and the reaction to Terran blood from the Vimpyr and drew an average. They guessed.”
The Guardians stood silent for a moment and then dissolved into laughter. Even Toyo cracked a smile.
“Why is he like that?” Bebe wanted to know why he was watching her so intently.
Loesh chuckled. “We just have to wait until his blood can get to his brain again. Why don’t you go and watch a vid while we calm him down.”
She nodded and headed back to the vid room, finding her slug documentary and starting it.
Bebe glanced over her shoulder and looked at the three men who were calming Toyo. Drovin and Loesh were obviously brothers with the same features and