“I love this stuff.” She pointed to the strips of red meat.

He chuckled. “You are a good eater.”

She paused, looking at him. “I love food. You probably noticed that I’m a bit bigger than your Tina. She’s way thin and I’m considered a little overweight on my planet.”

“Overweight?”

“Not in good shape. I love to eat too much.”

“You look very attractive. No male would complain. If I wasn’t bound I would want you badly. Your body makes me want to touch you and explore how soft your skin is.”

The thought of him doing that made her jerk her gaze up to his face. He refused to look back at her though, suddenly very intent on his food. He finished eating first and stood up.

“Let’s get you home.” He reached down, grabbing the backpack, and just held it in his hand.

Brenda pushed away from the table, giving him a nod. A sudden sound made her turn around to see what the cause of it was. In horror she watched as hundreds of bowling ball-sized creatures with thick, dark brown hair and big, sharp teeth came rushing down the street. It looked as though a stampede of the frightening looking creatures were headed right for Brenda and Rever.

Those things bumped into Zorn people down the street, some of the rounded, hairy balls of fur jumped a good three feet to hit Zorn bodies, snapping sharp teeth at their prey. Pure terror flashed through Brenda as it sank in that they were being attacked by vicious animals. A scream caught in her throat. On instinct she turned, throwing her body at Rever’s, clutching at him.

Strong arms grabbed her. “It’s all right,” Rever rumbled. “They are just Killis.”

“Kill us?” She squeaked, feeling panic seize her.

The damn things were flowing forward, spreading wider down the street as more of them came running from behind a building at the end of the street. They were rushing right at her and Rever still, attacking anyone in their path, their bodies jumping up and slamming into people. She spun, looking for a place to flee but there was nowhere to go except the chair she’d vacated. Without thinking she jumped up on it and turned to scramble onto the tabletop to get higher away from the ground where those horrible furry little bodies swarmed.

Rever growled, grabbing Brenda around her hips with one of his arms. He jerked her against his body tightly in a heartbeat. “Calm. It is safe.” She turned her head, watching the scary creatures all around them. They flooded the area around the table and chairs in the next second and one of them jumped, hit the side of the table she stood on and Brenda screamed. She was sure the terrifying creature was going to jump on the table and take a bite out of her with those sharp teeth.

Another scream tore from her when one landed on the table with her and hit her leg, swearing she felt it tear into her flesh as the rough textured fur scraped her knee.

A snarl tore from Rever when he totally jerked her off the table, moving quickly, and held her against his chest. She felt her body pressed tight against his larger frame, blinded by his long hair when her face ended up buried in his neck and shoulder area.

He moved quickly, running with her, to save her. Her arms ended up around his neck, clinging to him, and then he suddenly stopped. Her back hit a solid wall but it didn’t hurt.

“Calm,” Rever snarled. “You are safe and we are away from them.” Brenda lifted and turned her head but didn’t release the tight hold she had on him around his neck. She peeked to see the street they’d been was now about half a block away. Furry round bodies were still flooding the street but they weren’t rushing down the alleyway following them, the stampede staying far from them. She knew that Rever had saved her and gotten her out of the path of those things.

His arms were around her waist, holding her hip to hip with his body and she also realized her legs were wrapped around him. In her terror she literally had latched onto the man with her legs and her arms. He had her against a wall of a building with his arms around her, his big body pinning her there and he was breathing a little hard. She was almost nose to nose with him as she turned her head, their gazes locking together.

She stared into his gorgeous, amazing eyes. The color of them was so bright blue that she couldn’t even think of anything to compare them to but almost glowing neon.

They were striking.

Rever took a calming breath and when he spoke, his voice was a soft rumble. “They were just killis. They are harmless and not dangerous to you. They enjoy brushing against warm bodies but they don’t bite or eat meat. They tend the vegetation in the cities. They are run through the streets to exercise them.” Brenda’s heart was pounding. “What?”

“I should have warned you about them but I did not realize the time. You were in no danger. Killis are harmless. They run them in the streets twice a day to fuel their hunger for vegetation. They enjoy rubbing against our bodies and their teeth are sharp but they would never bite into flesh. Killis would lick you and massage their round bodies against your legs, being a very friendly species on our planet. Do you understand?”

She did. Killis were like little breathing Zorn lawn mowers that just looked terrifying to her alien self. A blush of embarrassment stained her cheeks as she realized that she’d flipped out over a harmless animal. She was locked around Rever’s body, her heart pounding in her chest, and she was staring into his eyes.

“Oh. I saw them coming and saw their sharp teeth, thinking they were attacking.” A grin curved his lips. “I realized.”

“It’s not really funny. They are scary looking. It’s those big sharp teeth. Their bodies look scary too, all round, hairy and ugly.”

His chest rubbed against hers as he chuckled. “They are tiny.”

“They have big damn teeth.”

He chuckled again. “Are you well, Brenda? You still scent of terror.” She nodded. “I guess I should let you go.”

He nodded. She eased her tight hold with her thighs around his waist where her legs were totally wrapped around his hips tightly. Her body slid a few inches down his and she suddenly gasped when her pussy came in contact with the front of Rever’s pants, unable to miss the noticeable bulge there. The hands around her waist tensed as she stared into his eyes while he stared back at her. His grin faded.

“It is just a reaction due to you being in my arms. Even your terror scent arouses me. It makes me want to protect you and that makes me want to cover you.” He cleared his throat. “That makes me think about mounting you.”