slightly different colouring. The shades of blue in their hair was the biggest difference between the siblings; Drovin’s darker blue gave him a sinister look while Loesh’s paler blue caused an air of innocence to hang around him and his wicked pewter gaze.
Rand’s metallic gold hair, copper eyes and pearl grey skin made him look like a semi-precious statue. His good nature was evident in his gaze and his smile, but he had a smouldering intensity that could quite easily charm anyone within his radius. She didn’t know if it was his bioelectric field, but he was very attractive.
When she thought it was safe, she looked to Toyo, but he was staring at her with his bronze gaze still hot. She scowled and he blinked, cooling it a little. To her surprise, the more she made a point of being calm, the more he cycled down until Drovin and Loesh let him go.
She ran through the information she had on the W’lyn. They were not reactive breeders. They chose when and where to have sex and could proceed to the next partner without thinking too much about it. There was no reason for her mood to affect Toyo, especially since they were not having sex.
“Rand, I think Toyo needs a trip to medical. He is acting weird.” She went on the defensive.
Toyo jolted at that. “You are not interested in me?”
She kept her expression calm. “Women all over W’lyn are panting over you. I wanted to see what the fuss was about. Now I know.”
Drovin and Loesh winced. Rand’s mouth literally opened in surprise.
Toyo stiffened and stalked from the room.
Bebe sighed and breathed a little easier without him sizing her up.
Drovin stalked over to her. “Why did you do that?”
She blinked. “Do what?”
“Lie about your attraction to him. Toyo is very selective in the women he considers as lovers. He is not simply a piece of meat to toy with.”
She winced at the anger directed at her from Rand and Drovin. Loesh was the only one with an introspective look. Bebe got to her feet and said, “I will stay outside so I am out of the way.”
Night was falling and dawn would appear in a few hours. She may have botched her chance to get a waiver for her attack on a citizen, but at least she wasn’t Toyo’s latest plaything.
Close to midnight, she was curled up on a bench overlooking the ocean when Loesh came to her with a blanket and pillow. “Why did you say that?”
She blinked sleepily. “What?”
“Why did you reject him when every signal your body has was flashing in invitation?”
Bebe sighed and accepted the blanket. He sat next to her on the bench. She stuffed the pillow behind her.
“Do you remember that psycho stalker three months ago? She wanted Toyo and she was willing to hurt three other women to get close to him. I had to analyze her, and I not only provided the peacekeepers with her identity and address, but also the name of her next four targets, including a woman who claims her child is Toyo’s.”
Loesh’s eyes lit with understanding. “That claim is unlikely. We have been sterilized for our time as Guardians just to avoid that particular issue, though it is not out of the realm of possibility if the woman has a healing talent. The testing is still underway.”
“Right. Well, until that is ratified, I don’t want to go anywhere near him. Yes, I want him and, apparently, he wants me, but if there is a child in the mix, what we want doesn’t matter. I have seen too many human families completely screwed because a woman tried to pretend that the children of the previous relationship didn’t exist.”
He laughed softly. “That is almost sensible. So, after he is found not to be the father, would you consider him then?”
“I really don’t think that he is going to bark up this particular tree again. Not after what I said.”
Toyo’s voice came from the bushes to her left. “That is up to me, not you, Beryl.”
He came out and Loesh left them alone.
“I should have suspected something. Most guys
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