Page 174 of Bride of Choice

Vurhg scowled at my general disinterest in him.

“Vurhg goot warrior. Smart. Strong. Bick cock-”

“-er spaniel!” I finished for him. Lower, I hissed, “There are babies right behind you! What is the matter with you?!”

Vurhg seemed to enjoy my fit of pique. I most certainly did not.

Jerking his chin at the wrapped bundle, he folded his arms over his chest belligerently.

Glancing from him to Doogie, who shrugged and leaned closer, I carefully lifted the flaps of the bundle.

One peek in and a sputter of a laugh left me. My gaze traveled up and down the length of the table questioningly. “Is this some kind of stupid joke? Razz the lady with no males draped over her? That thing is not dinner table appropriate.”

Doogie leaned forward, taking the material from my hand, and made a sound, dropping it quick to sit back in his seat. “That not for- for when eating! At the table!” Doogie muttered in obvious disgust and agreement.

“Take. See. Vurhg goot male,” the cocky douche insisted.

“You’re saying, you want me to take this?” My finger jerked at the supersized stone dick under that cloth, “To what? Go fudge myself? And I’ll what? Decide your mangy hide is worth it?! Are you sure you aren’t half human guy because you sound about as douchey as some of my less than favorable run-ins on Earth, Gaston?!”

“Not Gat-son. Vurhg.” With a grunt, he muttered, “Not puny human. Strong. Lo denaii warrior.”

Vurhg was a brick shithouse but he struck me as dumb and young, a fumbling youth acting too big for his britches. As if to add proof to my running theory, several males down at the hunters end of the table snorted out a laugh.

More curious stares joined in, glancing from the covered mystery object to him. My face flushed as I found Odix’s eyeballs on me.

“Not interested,” I muttered, scooting Vurhg’s stone dildo back towards him.

“Vurhg heared Rek try say unmated female him’s.” A scoff left him. “Chase angry female… Vurhg no see him catch.”

Grabbing up his rock dick, I threw it at him. “Catch this, you waste of baby batter!”

Vurhg jerked back from where he’d been leaning over the table towards me. He yelped, then growled as his stone dick smacked him in the cheek.

Daisy gasped and shot up, rushing over to her babies big enough to sit at the kiddie table, hurrying them inside with the excuse they needed to go wash their hands again.

Pointing that disgustingly detailed looking, glittering blue stone cock with gold streaking through it at me, Vurhg bared his teeth at me, pissed at being insulted so, and was just starting to lay into me about how bad of a female I was, to Doogie’s growling disapproval, when a large shadow fell over him. Thick fingers curled around the back of his neck and Vurhg found his face slammed, WHAM, hard into his food. Slam. Slam. Bam. I thought I heard something crack as Odix walked right up to him without ceremony and gave him the Lo denaii version of making him eat his words.

“No,” slam, “talk,” bam, “Joadnee,” slam-slam, “like,” slam, crack, “that.”

Vurhg let out a gurgle as Odix drew the green youth’s head back. Satisfied he’d made his point, he let Vurhg’s head flop forward with a disgusted huff.

Our eyes met across the table and he gave a clipped nod. Clapping Doogie on the back, he picked up the wrapped bundle, glanced from it to Vurhg, snorted as if to say, yeah, okay, and then pulled his arm back and chucked it.

A small, muffled laugh left me as it whizzed through the air, landing who the hell knew where off into the forest. Walking back to the far end of the table, he bid them good-bye, then Daisy’s mates that hadn’t followed her inside, and took off.

Deciding it was time for me to skedaddle as well, I stood, said my good-byes, and left.

Doogie was quick to join me.

“That went to shit fast,” I muttered.

“Mama say, Vurhg hatched under the tree.” Doogie chuckled at that.

“I’m sorry it didn’t go like you’d hoped for.” Adjusting my purse over my shoulder, I winced in sympathy. “I know you really liked her.”

“Think she pretty.” Doogie’s shoulders lifted in a careless shrug.

“And now?” I asked, picking up on an unmistakably but in there.

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