Oh. Wait.
She did have some of that chocolate batter that resulted in the magical head. All she could figure was every time she made something, someone was getting their freak on. Kalinda groaned. Her world was turning upside down. Red faced and not knowing what else to do, she picked up her phone. The jerk picked up in two rings flat.
“Kalinda? Where are you?”
“Well—”
“Are you watching a porno? Because I could have helped with that. All you needed was to ask, baby.”
Kalinda breathed and counted to ten. Of course, that only gave time for Silva to do another crazy moan that made Kalinda’s ears turn red.
“I can be home in five minutes. I’ll run all the way there if I have to.”
Ugh! Men. “It’s not a porno, you fiend. And I’m not at your house. It’s … well, Silva and Giuliana.”
“Come again?” He sounded far too intrigued.
Okay, she had to admit that had sounded bad. “Well, I’m in the room with them at my shop, and—”
“I mean, I’m all for experimentation, but I’m more interested in pleasing you. Wait. Did you say your shop?”
“Shut up for one second! I made food and they ate it, yes, at my shop, and now they are having sex with the air.”
“Please tell me you got it on camera because I’m never going to let Giuliana live this down.”
“Shut up and just get here.”
“I’m already on the way. I’m bringing Dominic in case she needs Alpha power to calm Giuliana. Don’t know about Silva, but we’ll figure it out. Until then, if you need any help, I’m your man. I’ll kick the air’s ass, too, for touching you.”
“Do you know how you sound right now?”
“Still true. I’m on my way.”
Kalinda wasn’t going to admit knowing he was on his way made her feel better. For now, she tried to keep the undulating women in a contained area and away from the treats they tried to keep coming back to. While she loved anyone coming back for seconds or thirds, she didn’t think this was a good time for that at all. She tossed the cakes out of her kitchen, figuring she’d be able to clean the mess up later, and was on guard duty.
That was until the people appeared, like, out of nowhere, in front of her kitchen window.
“So you’re the one.”
The first, a tall man with pure white hair tied into a messy bun atop his head, dove-gray eyes, and at least six feet tall and middle-aged, stepped over Giuliana. Maybe the better way to say was he floated over her, landing softly in the kitchen. A woman, about as tall as Kalinda, with coal-black skin, dark eyes, straight hair down to her waist, and a dark fitted dress simply stepped over the wall of the bay window and stood at the first man’s side. The last male, shorter than the others, was hard to pinpoint. It was like his features morphed and swam from non-descript to beautiful and back again, even his hair color changed. He was outside one minute, and the next, inside standing next to the three with a clap of thunder.
What the fuck?
Chills raced down her spine looking at the walking Rorschach test, and her skin crawled. No, no, no, no. That was creepy as hell, and she was not into scary things or movies. Her chest tightened, and it was all she could to keep from running and screaming.
Kalinda stumbled back, too afraid to say a thing. Silva, who’d been jerking and twisting, reached for something on the table. Still moaning, she gazed steadily at the people in front of her. She croaked something, but Kalinda didn’t understand.
She reached again, and Kalinda saw it was a knife. “R … un.”
Run? Run where? But Kalinda didn’t think twice. If Silva was worried enough and had fought through the fog of whatever spell Kalinda had put on her to tell her that, she wasn’t going to argue. Kalinda spun on her heel, ready to get out of her kitchen and out the front door, when a clap of thunder sounded again. Wavy Man, because that was totally his name right now, was in front of her and reached for her.
“We’d like you to be our guest.”
Kalinda had never heard a voice like that. Every word was a different tone and octave, punching at her eardrums and soothing at the same time. She couldn’t have ignored it if she tried.
“You’re scaring me,” she forced out. She knew Romano and Dominic were coming. She’d be okay once they arrived and Dominic could get Giuliana back in action.
“They won’t make it.”
