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Forbidden Forrest by Tenaya Jayne
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Excerpt from Forbidden Forrest
Forest pressed her back against the cool concrete
wall, wanting to remain aloof from the entity of the crowd. She chose her
position in the shadows, out of the paths of the roving, multi-colored
spotlights. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the feeling of the undulating human
pheromones flying around on the air. At the beginning of every shift, she
allowed herself a few minutes of this alien/human experience, though she didn't
fully comprehend the combination of dancing, drinking, and ear-breaking sound
waves. They loved it, however, and never seemed to deviate from the recipe.
These were
the people she was sworn to protect. She had developed a light affection for
the human race and considered them a benign, if not slightly silly, bunch of
creatures. Her religious passion for her job was rooted in hatred of that which
harmed the humans, not a superhero tendency to protect the weak.
Forest opened her eyes and focused all her senses
to sniff out the illegal suckers that tried to sneak through the portal. She was
in the zone tonight, and not for the first time did she feel that hers was the
best job in existence. It was a shame she couldn’t legally kill suckers in her
native world.
Over the
next two hours, Forest didn’t move from the wall. She monitored the light
traffic through the portal: two shifters and one elf, each of which nodded to
her respectfully as they passed. Yawn. The shifters left the club to enjoy the
delights of Austin’s nightlife elsewhere.
The elf would have been breaking Regia’s law had
he left the club, but he dutifully seated himself at the bar and ordered a
fuzzy navel. He wore a plaid, porkpie hat, pulled down over the tops of his
pointed ears. Forest didn’t know him personally, but she had seen him in here
before. The bartender surveyed him with narrowed eyes as the elf nervously
tugged his hat down further and ordered a few more girly cocktails.
Intent on making sure that not one sucker was
able to sneak past her, Forest was blindsided by the drunk bubba who had been
trying to catch her eye for the last twenty minutes. He had finally decided to
stagger over to hit on her.
“Hey babe, you’re too beautiful to look so
lonely. How’s ‘bout I buy you a drink?”
“How’s ‘bout I call you a cab instead?” Forest
mimicked his drawl.
“Only if you share it with me, Darlin.” He leaned
in closer, and Forest’s throat began to sting from the noxious fume of booze
mixed with his natural musk.
“While I appreciate the offer, Jethro, It seems
only right to inform you that I’m not actually attractive at all. If you leaned
in a little closer, you’d see that you’ve fallen victim to the effect of beer
goggles. A hag like me can’t take advantage of a stud like you.”
As he leaned in, Forest instantly enlarged her
nose, pockmarked her skin, evaporated her front teeth, and added a large black
mole with a long hair sprouting from it for good measure.
“You’re no
hag, baby! You’re the sexiest little thing in…I…uh… ” He stumbled backward.
“Good grief! Sorry, sorry…” he stammered, retreating. “I’ve gotta quit
drinking,” he mumbled as he turned away.
Forest chuckled to herself once he absorbed back
into the crowd. Being a shape shifter sometimes had unusual perks.
