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“Or threatened to dip you into the sea?”
“I wouldn’t have minded that. She’s warm right now. Comforting. We should come here at night and go swimming, though we’ll have to watch out for sharks.”
“Sharks won’t come near a monster.”
“It’s funny. I don’t see you as a monster. The term has changed since orcs and centaurs started moving close to us. Monster was a term used to scare children. Today’s kids will grow up thinking monsters are nice people.”
“You don’t know how much it means to all of us that we’re accepted.” Mostly, that is. There were always a few who sneered when they saw us, and there had even been a few protests in front of our embassy, but in general, we were welcomed into human society.
“I know many were frightened at first. All those stories about the boogeyman haunting our dreams.”
I carried her down the street. We passed a couple, and the male yeti nodded. The male human grinned and wiggled his eyebrows. While many married within their own species like they had before, other monsters had found mates among the humans. It was becoming more and more common to see couples of all sorts of species together.
“Boogeymen are under your bed too,” I point out.
Her eyes widened and her lips quivered, though with humor. “You’re kidding me, right?”
I grin. “Am I?”
“Fuck.”
“Not often.”
“Fuck!”
A centaur trotting by on the street huffed. “Please. Kids might be around.”
“Hey, sorry.” She cringed. “Potty mouth here.”
“I can’t believe you didn’t know the boogeyman is real,” I said.
Her face scrunched in a cute way. “Really real?”
“Really.”
“Hmm.”
At the end of her driveway, I placed her on her feet and stroked her cheek. “Do you want to wait inside?”
“The night’s gorgeous. Warm and sultry. I’ll stay here.”
Talk about incentive to make me hurry. I started up my truck and backed out onto the road, driving to the lot and parking.
In no time, I stood in front of Melly again.
I lifted her into my arms and aimed for the exterior staircase leading to her apartment above the garage.
“About the boogeyman,” she said.
“Hmm?”
“I mean, some people might find the thought of a monster beneath their bed sexy. Does he have tentacles?”
I came to a complete stop at the bottom of the stairs. “What?”
“Tentacles. You know, those long limbs with suction cups all over them.”
“I know what you mean,” I growled.
