Chapter 20: Happy here.

Chapter 20: Happy here.

Before Murry could ask what they meant when they used the word incubate, JP started speaking.

"Did you?" JP asked.

"I promised I would not." Kel raised his chin as if slightly insulted by the question.

"You also promised that you would stop having the human drink from you." Rhylent waved to Murry and his cheeks heated. His eyes dropped. Murry wished he weren't in this conversation covered in food from just having sex on the coffee table. That was a little damning.

"I will not hurt Murry-cat," Kel snarled.

Rhylent laughed, but the sound was a dark scoff.

Murry believed Keltrix. He knew his alien would look after him, but now he wondered what incubation was and why it was such an issue. This wasn't the first time he'd heard the word. He pictured incubators at the hospital. Maybe the activity was some type of glass container that Kel sat and healed. Perhaps while the alien was gone, Murry would miss Keltrix so much he would hurt himself. That could be the problem