Page 4 of Monstrous Baby
The human male stared at Kroktl’s back as he carried our mate toward their bedroom. For a moment, I thought he’d attempt to follow them, giving me a chance to eliminate him. I didn’t trust any human except Natalie. Now that she was on our grid, I had access to all her memories of how the man had treated her over the years.
He’d be extremely lucky if Kroktl didn’t peel his hide off in strips.
One snap of my long jaws and the man’s head would roll. Tempting, for sure. Though that would be too quick of a death for the man who’d betrayed our mate.
Axxol started to command me.:Don’t let him communicate?—:
:Already done,:I replied, clicking my jaws together, both with irritation and to rattle the human.:Any attempts at communication with external parties will be intercepted.:
Our former alpha’s lips curled back from his teeth, but he didn’t snap back. A feat indeed. He might have come to a bare minimum understanding with Natalie, but that didn’t mean hecould go back to running the squad. Everything had changed here on Earth. We’d evolved.
I didn’t need the Big Rig alpha to start throwing his weight around.
“Um.” The other human female stared up at Axxol, her face pale and eyes large. She swayed slightly, her knees wobbling. “What was that?”
He blew out a snort of disgust.:What the fuck are we supposed to do with them?:
:The fuck if I know.:I watched as her knees folded up and she sank to the floor, her eyes rolling back in her head. I sighed.:The humans may need a medic.:
:Busy,:Snryx snapped.:I’m not leaving our mate’s side until she’s out of danger.:
:They’re fine,:Axxol said at the same time that Kroktl growled out,:She’s still in danger?:
:Not immediately,:Snryx amended more calmly.:But she’s been through a great deal in two short months and endured a cesarean birth in an unsterile, uncontrolled environment. Her body needs to adjust to the trauma. Her uterus needs to shrink, her blood volume needs to reduce, and I’m constantly monitoring for any hint of infection.:
The human male squatted down beside the female and took her hand in his, patting his fingers against hers. She moaned and mumbled incoherently. “I think she just fainted. Some water might help.”
Ignoring them completely, Axxol disappeared back outside, presumably to scout the area for intruders while we’d been gone. Of course he considered fetching for our unwanted guests to be beneath him, but Kroktl certainly wasn’t leaving Natalie and their youngling alone to go scout.
I couldn’t risk flying without being seen in broad daylight. Snryx was obviously needed at their side, and Lohr was using themedic’s data to run analytics on the youngling. How she might develop. Her abilities compared to what we knew of human infants. Trying to forecast where she might have challenges in this foreign environment.
All very important things I couldn’t help with. Which left me to babysit the humans.
I shifted back into my more human-like shape and retrieved bottles of water from the kitchen. The man stared up at me, his mouth hanging open for long seconds before he finally took the offered bottle. Feathers rippled down my spine in an upright ruff of irritation.
He splashed a little water on the female’s face, and she finally opened her eyes. Supporting her head, he helped her drink several swallows. Then she saw me standing nearby and spluttered water everywhere. “What the…”
Crossing my arms, I stared back at her, letting my eyes flash and burn. Though I didn’t snap my jaws at her.
I got it. I looked way different than her species. Even more different than the other dyni. Natalie hadn’t stared at me with such horrified fascination—which was only one of the many reasons she was our mate.
To her credit, this female didn’t bolt, and after a few moments of awkward staring, she managed to say, “I’m sorry, I missed your name.”
“Rizan.”
“I’m Holly, and this is Dr. Snyder.” When I made no further attempt at communication, she shifted up into a seated position and looked around the room. “Where are we?”
I considered in silence a moment, weighing how much to tell them. “A safe location on the coast of Guatemala.”
“At least half a day’s drive from Creel,” Snyder whispered hoarsely. “Yet it only took seconds.”
“That was a… jump?” Holly asked.
I didn’t see a reason not to answer their questions. For one thing, it gave me something to do, and for another, if they betrayed us in any way, it’d be feeding time. Win, win, in my opinion. I nodded. “Our pilot uses jump rings to take the squad to a new location.”
The male stared off into space a moment, still gaping but at least not directly at me. “So that’s what the blue lights are.”
My eyes narrowed. “What blue lights?”
