in which you conduct yourself is unbecoming for the head of the King’s Guard. And release the female before you crack her ribs and I have to give her more gallberry juice.”
Galan’s tail relaxed a fraction as Sigan turned and stalked to his lab at the back of the infirmary. He slammed the door shut behind him and I glared at Galan. “You were super rude to Sigan.”
“Come, little female,” Galan said. His tail still around my waist, he walked toward the infirmary door and I had no choice but to follow him or be dragged behind him like a disobedient child.
“Hey, I thought we were going for a walk in the garden,” I said, when he walked down the hallway toward my living quarters instead.
“Not now,” Galan said.
“Why not?”
He didn’t reply and I stopped and tried to dig my heels in, snorting with frustration when my bare feet just slid along the stone floor. “You’re being an asshole.”
He completely ignored me and after a few seconds, I started walking again, jogging to catch up with him. “At least tell me why we’re suddenly not going to the garden.”
“I am busy today,” he said. “I do not have time to escort you for a walk.”
“Okay, I get that, but can’t we ask someone else to escort me? Adrix seemed nice when he brought me lunch the other day. Maybe we could ask him to -”
“You would prefer Adrix’s company over mine?” Galan glanced back at me with hurt on his face.
“What? I didn’t say that. I’m just saying that I know you’re busy so maybe someone else could walk with me in the garden.”
He huffed out another angry snort before stopping in front of my door and yanking it open. “Inside, little female.”
“Oh my God,” I said when his tail practically tossed me into my apartment before releasing me. I turned to face him, my hands on my hips. “What is your damn problem, Galan?”
“I do not have a problem,” he said.
“Then why can’t I go for a walk in the garden? I’m cancer free for God’s sake and I wouldn’t mind celebrating. If Adrix is busy, let me ask Sigan. I know he takes a walk in the garden every day and -”
Galan stomped forward and I backed up until my ass hit the wall, staring wide-eyed at him as he braced his hands on the wall on either side of my head and penned me in. “And you prefer Sigan’s company to mine. Is that right, human?”
“What?”
“First you hug him and then you ask that he take you to the garden instead of me.”
“You just said you don’t have time to go to the garden with me, that’s why I suggested Sigan,” I said. “Why are you acting so crazy?”
“Why did you hug Sigan instead of me?” he said.
I stared at him with my mouth open. “I don’t – I mean, he was right there, and I was excited, so I hugged him.”
What almost looked like a pout crossed Galan’s face. “Did you enjoy hugging him?”
“I didn’t… not enjoy it?” I said.
Galan’s face turned a dark green and his tail lashed out against the wall with two harsh thuds. “You are not allowed to fuck Sigan.”
“Holy shit,” I said. “I hug him and now you think I’m going to fuck him? What is up with you today? Did you get hit in the head during sword training this morning?”
“My head is fine,” Galan snapped. “You are not to go around hugging other Draax males. It will give them the wrong impression and they will pursue you for mating purposes.”
“Okay, now I know you have a concussion or something. No Draax wants to mate with me,” I said. “And the reason I didn’t hug you is because any time I’ve gotten even remotely close to you this week, you flinch and get all stiff and weird and act like you’re gonna poke me with your sword.”
His face went even darker and I glanced first at his crotch and then at the actual sword hanging around his waist. “I mean poking me with your actual sword. Not your dick sword. I mean… I’m not asking you to poke me with your dick sword. Or your real sword.”
Ellis. Please stop talking now.
I closed my mouth and folded my arms across my chest. Truth be told, this was the closest I’d been to Galan since he’d carried me around my first day here. The heat of his big body was making my