Page 19 of Game on Askole

She had a point. There was nothing wrong with looking. “Do they dance?”

“With a little help from my insect friends,” Aunt Tess said gleefully.

“That I would pay to see.” I noticed the two warriors hadn’t moved a muscle. They simply gawked at us. “Cat got their tongue, or are they overwhelmed by our beauty?”

“Couldn’t say. They’re not real chatty,” Aunt Tess answered.

“Do they always stare like that? It’s kinda creepy.”

“Yep. I feel like a prized heifer being auctioned off. Watch this.” Aunt Tess gave them the one finger salute.

The warriors immediately started flexing their biceps and the muscled expanses of their chests.

“Holy cow.”

“Happens every time. Go figure.”

A giggle escaped me. They were preening like those competitive body builders. Shaking my head in disbelief, I asked psychically,“Can I help you boys?”

“I am called Azeus,”the older one stated.

“I am Wapi. We wish to mate with a Jones female,”the other warrior announced.

I nodded politely.“Oh. How nice.”

Wapi leered.“They say Jones females are quite skilled at bed sport.”

“We are.”I strolled over to them.“But, the question is: can you handle us?”

The warriors’ faces paled dramatically.

“Ahhh. No one told you human females have a unique smell.”

Azeus gagged, then coughed like he was trying to bring up a hairball.

“You smell worse than a Valgum dung beetle,”Wapi said, backing away from me.

“I do, don’t I?”I followed him.“Is that a deal breaker?”

Poof! Wapi vanished.

I guess it was. I turned my attention to Azeus.“How about you? You up for a little bed sport with a Jones female?”

The warrior vomited.

“I’d say that’s a no,” Aunt Tess said.

My stomach roiled. “Oh ick. He’s worse than Oydle.”

“The Battle Commander never mentioned your stench,”Azeus gasped in revulsion.

“That’s ’cause it’s a secret,”I whispered.

Aunt Tess nodded.“Zarek knows none of you want a stinky mate. Isn’t it a bit suspicious that the Battle Commander didn’t claim one of us for himself?”

“He said he was tracking his one true mate.”

I threw up my hands in disgust.“And you believed him?”

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