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her tiptoes to crane for a look, bellowed at her. "Let's grab a drink at the bar first. I think we'll have to stand up. I didn't see any place to sit."
Despite her rising enthusiasm, Kate wasn't convinced that she wanted to get in the middle of the mob of women screaming their heads off, but she didn't object when Sissy tugged her toward the bar to grab a drink. As a distraction, she didn't think they could've stumbled upon anything more guaranteed to divert them from their worries, with or without an alcoholic chaser.
* * * *
Noo settled into the deep shadows at the rear edge of the parking lot, folding his wings. Dae and Rak settled just behind and to either side of him, but he was only peripherally aware of them as he focused on the building Kate had disappeared inside, trying to decide what sort of place it was.
We are liable to be seen here and I have not seen that they have birds as large as we are, Dae pointed out after a moment.
Their eyes are not made for seeing in the dark, Noo said dismissively. Why do you suppose they are screaming? They do not seem to be frightened or in any sort of distress. All I can detect is excitement.
Rak dragged in a deep breath, struggling for a moment to decipher the scents. "They are aroused … this must be a mating place."
Noo and Dae both sent him a sharp look.
Noo's first impulse was to refute the comment, but he had detected the faint scent, as well. Fury welled inside him. For days they had hidden themselves in the Earth forest, taking on the forms of the first beasts they had seen that were large enough to accommodate their mass-some sort of grazing beast-searching for a way back inside so that they might free Kate and take her. And now that she apparently was free, she had immediately headed toward a mating place!
Well if she is ready to mate, all the better, Dae pointed out as if he had been following Noo's thoughts.
All we need do now is separate her from the others.
We will have to take a form that appeals to her before that, Rak said.
Dae sent him an irritated look. I did not think she would want us as we look now, he said testily. We could not mate with her in this form if she was interested!
I do not hear anything inside but females, Noo growled. Maybe this is not a mating place?
If that is not a mating frenzy I hear I cannot imagine what it would be! Dae snapped irritably, angry that Noo had dismissed his assessment of the situation, particularly when he was becoming aroused from the faint scents he could detect.
I think we will have to go inside and see what is happening there.
They immediately hit a roadblock when they tried to enter through the same portal that Kate and Sissy had used.
"Women only until the show is over. You guys will have to come back in an hour," the woman at the front yelled at them.
Noo, Dae, and Rak retreated to their observation point once more, more puzzled than they had been.
Clearly you were both wrong and this is not a mating place, Noo said, disgusted.
There are males inside, gods damn it! Dae growled. I caught the scent of many males and beyond that I heard the voice of a male!
Do you think the female realized we were not really human males, Rak asked worriedly?
Noo stared at him blankly for a moment before it sank in what Rak was asking, too wrapped up in his thoughts to assimilate the question at first. He considered it briefly. She did not seem alarmed in any way. I do not think she suspects anything. They do not have a very keen sense of smell either. I think we will have to take the form of females to get inside.
Dae immediately balked at the suggestion. We cannot mate with Kate as females! And I do not want to be a female, if it comes to that!
Noo glared at him. I want to know what is happening inside! I believe they have males inside already and that we have only been excluded … for some reason. I am not going to wait here and discover that Kate has already been bred when she leaves this place!
They have
Despite her rising enthusiasm, Kate wasn't convinced that she wanted to get in the middle of the mob of women screaming their heads off, but she didn't object when Sissy tugged her toward the bar to grab a drink. As a distraction, she didn't think they could've stumbled upon anything more guaranteed to divert them from their worries, with or without an alcoholic chaser.
* * * *
Noo settled into the deep shadows at the rear edge of the parking lot, folding his wings. Dae and Rak settled just behind and to either side of him, but he was only peripherally aware of them as he focused on the building Kate had disappeared inside, trying to decide what sort of place it was.
We are liable to be seen here and I have not seen that they have birds as large as we are, Dae pointed out after a moment.
Their eyes are not made for seeing in the dark, Noo said dismissively. Why do you suppose they are screaming? They do not seem to be frightened or in any sort of distress. All I can detect is excitement.
Rak dragged in a deep breath, struggling for a moment to decipher the scents. "They are aroused … this must be a mating place."
Noo and Dae both sent him a sharp look.
Noo's first impulse was to refute the comment, but he had detected the faint scent, as well. Fury welled inside him. For days they had hidden themselves in the Earth forest, taking on the forms of the first beasts they had seen that were large enough to accommodate their mass-some sort of grazing beast-searching for a way back inside so that they might free Kate and take her. And now that she apparently was free, she had immediately headed toward a mating place!
Well if she is ready to mate, all the better, Dae pointed out as if he had been following Noo's thoughts.
All we need do now is separate her from the others.
We will have to take a form that appeals to her before that, Rak said.
Dae sent him an irritated look. I did not think she would want us as we look now, he said testily. We could not mate with her in this form if she was interested!
I do not hear anything inside but females, Noo growled. Maybe this is not a mating place?
If that is not a mating frenzy I hear I cannot imagine what it would be! Dae snapped irritably, angry that Noo had dismissed his assessment of the situation, particularly when he was becoming aroused from the faint scents he could detect.
I think we will have to go inside and see what is happening there.
They immediately hit a roadblock when they tried to enter through the same portal that Kate and Sissy had used.
"Women only until the show is over. You guys will have to come back in an hour," the woman at the front yelled at them.
Noo, Dae, and Rak retreated to their observation point once more, more puzzled than they had been.
Clearly you were both wrong and this is not a mating place, Noo said, disgusted.
There are males inside, gods damn it! Dae growled. I caught the scent of many males and beyond that I heard the voice of a male!
Do you think the female realized we were not really human males, Rak asked worriedly?
Noo stared at him blankly for a moment before it sank in what Rak was asking, too wrapped up in his thoughts to assimilate the question at first. He considered it briefly. She did not seem alarmed in any way. I do not think she suspects anything. They do not have a very keen sense of smell either. I think we will have to take the form of females to get inside.
Dae immediately balked at the suggestion. We cannot mate with Kate as females! And I do not want to be a female, if it comes to that!
Noo glared at him. I want to know what is happening inside! I believe they have males inside already and that we have only been excluded … for some reason. I am not going to wait here and discover that Kate has already been bred when she leaves this place!
They have
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