He had somewhat caught her by surprise with his pounce, and his childish mind was ecstatic at the accomplishment of making her jump. With a smile and a twinkle in an eye, everything would return to how things should be. He felt the warm body of the female against his belly, and he knew that if she moved her tail a bit and got up, he could help her remember how to have proper fun again. The taste of her fur together with the heavy scent of female made him high. He had missed it, but the gold and copper woman had kept her distance. When he had dragged the newly accepted member of Dahlia to his cottage, he had actually expected her to follow, but she had glittered with her absence. Surely she was not still angry? Haku was not.
Suddenly Firefly’s body jolted around and he received a kick in the middle floor. The male almost fell sideways off her, but managed to back off unsteadily on his feed. An automated snarl came to life and shook the air around them, and his tail beat furiously on his haunches. His chest glowed with pain, and he was sure he had a few red lines hidden behind the thick fur on his belly. The warmth and childish emotion that had been available were removed and up rose the darker parts of him. Her voice had been drowned by his guttural sound, but his short time memory still had it stored, and repeated the lines in order to make sense. Chocolate ears would have stuck to his skull if they had not done so already.
He trotted a few steps to the left, then to the right, like a dangerous predator in a cage, watching the meat watching him through thick glass and steel. There was nothing but air that kept them apart, but he was a caged killed nonetheless. This was not about the child and the silly fooling about, this was something else. Who did he want to play with? It was obvious, how could she say such a thing. They had had their fights, but the younger woman had never physically hurt him except to spice up the sex with steaming hot blood filling their senses. For a second he was the puppy getting beaten by its owner without understanding what had caused the love to disappear, but then it was gone. He slightly bared his teeth at the woman.
Deuce and his offspring? Haku forced his eyes to stay loyal to him and only him, and not a flicker of apparent realization of her knowledge was brought to her. Tayui or Cwmfen? The male made sure to control that his breath was steady. She could get nothing from him if he did not want it. He kept his mouth shut, waiting for her to pop with whatever caused her to endanger her life by provoking the demon.