Free Really Unusual Bad Boys by MaryJanice Davidson

back. His gaze was direct, but very friendly. He was staring at Gladys. “Are we to understand that this good lady is your dam? That Lois gets her good blood from this lady?”
    â€œUh—yeah, I guess. Mom, this is King Sekal. And this is my—well, my husband, I guess, Prince Damon. Damon, Sekal, this is my mom, Gladys Commoner.”
    â€œWe are pleased,” the king said, stepping down to greet her. “We are most pleased.”
    Her mother was staring at the king in a very unmomlike way. “I’m—it’s nice to meet you, King Sekal.”
    â€œI am pleased, also, to meet my dam-by-mating.” Damon bowed to her. “Your daughter is enchanting.”
    â€œFlatterer,” Lois mumbled. Her head was still spinning. Day three, and the hits just keep on coming.
    â€œAnd will you be staying long in our land?” the king was asking. He had taken Gladys’s hand a few seconds ago, but hadn’t let go yet. He was staring at her raptly. It was weird, yet adorable.
    â€œI’d sure like to stay with my daughter, if that’s all right, King Se—”
    â€œJust Sekal, good lady.” They stared at each other with identical goofy smiles on their faces.
    Lois turned to Damon. “Okay, so, I’ll stay the week. But no promises after that.”
    â€œNo, no promises.”
    â€œJust the week is guaranteed, nothing else.”
    â€œNo, nothing else.”
    â€œAll right, then.”
    â€œI do love you, my Lois.”
    â€œI do love you, too, Damon. For the week, anyway.”
    They grinned at each other.

MATING SEASON

Prologue
    S he took her oath, and trembled with excitement and pride as she recited the sacred words. Her back was straight, heels together, chest out, the tip of her middle finger barely touching the outer edge of her right eyebrow.
    It was too good to be true; it was a sweet dream from which she would rudely awaken. But for now, oh for now, she would enjoy it, and look to the future.
    God help any man who woke her up.

Chapter 1
    â€œA h, but sweet and most helpful daughter of my heart—”
    â€œDon’t start that stuff again,” the daughter of his heart warned him.
    â€œLois, surely you can tell me something.”
    The newest princess of the realm looked up from cleaning her Beretta and glared at the king. “Sekal, get it through your gigantic, thick head. I’m not helping you lay my mom, okay? I’m not giving you any sort of hint that’s gonna help you hustle her into bed. I mean, you’re a great guy and all but…yech. This is my mom, okay? Just…work it out on your own, okay?”
    â€œBut Lois…”
    â€œLa la la bah bah bah hmmm hmmm I’m not listening…la la…”
    â€œVery well.” The king stood up and started to stomp out in a huff. At the last moment he turned and said, “She will be mine,” and then he was gone.
    Lois rested her head on the tabletop. “Oh my God, I am so creeped out right now…”
    â€œWhat is it, dear one?”
    She perked up as Damon entered the room. “Your dad, Damon. He’s driving me most sincerely crazy. He’s got the hots for my mom, how weird is that?”
    â€œNot especially…weird. Your dam is very attractive for a woman of her advanced years.”
    â€œNot as advanced as you think; my dad knocked her up when she was fifteen.”
    â€œHe struck his mate?” Damon looked horrified.
    â€œNo, no, it’s slang for pregnant. She got pregnant with me when she was still a kid herself. But jeez, they’ve only been here…what? A month?”
    â€œYour mother and her companions? One moonround, yes.”
    â€œAnd he’s, like, all over her. It’s weird.”
    â€œMy mother was one much like yours, I think.”
    Lois had put her handgun back together and was now getting organized, but she looked up at that. “What? Your mom was from