by Belle Harper
Nvaa smiled at me and whispered close to my ear. It sent chills down my spine the way his breath tickled my neck.
“Do you wish to do more secret kisses?” I raised a brow at him and nodded because… well, yes, Zezii was the best kisser. Not that I would tell my other mates that.
“Among other things, but I really wish to talk to him. I think that'll make me feel better to know he's okay here at Clan Wolf. I never asked him and he is so young.”
Nvaa took my hands with his large ones. I loved the color contrast between our two tones. I wondered what color my baby would be. I wondered if it would have my hair and some cute tails. I never even thought about it but it was quite exciting.
“You are a very caring female, my Quinn. I am sure that Zezii is very happy here with you. I know that he is also affected by your scent. It is why you accidentally touched him.”
I looked up into Nvaa’s eyes. What? I smell to Zezii? I have heard this a few times from Tyee and Eren, but I thought it was because we were mates already.
“Do I smell to you?” There was no perfume here and I tried to wash myself a few times a day, especially after all the sex sessions.
He nodded, and my nose went straight to my arm pits. They weren’t the worst but they weren’t the best either.
“No, Quinn. Your scent calls to my heart. It does not call to the other females. Not a scent like that. It is a scent from here.” He leaned down and grabbed me between the legs and I squeaked. He chuckled, then with a quick kiss, Nvaa ran off to go and find my youngest and secret mate. I stood there, trying to work out how my pussy gave off smell that calls to Nvaa’s heart.
Zezii appeared at the tree line and headed straight towards me. The way he walked towards me brought a smile to my face. He was so tall, yet he had this swagger about him, he was so confident and sure of himself. His tails danced behind him, and when he saw me they danced with a wild passion and my heart beat faster. Oh boy, this was why talking wasn’t something I did with him. Kissing… a lot of kissing and touching… His chest and arms, I wasn’t touching anywhere else. His smile grew larger as he saw me standing near our hut.
He stood in front of me and lowered himself to his knees. This was the perfect height for kissing but that was not what I wanted to do, I wanted to speak to him. Well, it was part of what I hoped to do later. But now I was even more curious as to what Nvaa meant by Zezii being affected by my scent and how it caused me to touch him.
“Kisses?” His big eyes peered up at me. I giggled, his dark eyes twinkled as I ran my hand through his hair. It was long and he didn’t always have it braided. I liked it long and free.
“Maybe later, but first I want to speak with you. I feel like I steal all these kisses and I don't even know you.” He tilted his head to the side as he listened to my translator for the words he didn’t know. He shook his head.
“It is not stealing if I am giving them to you, my Quinn.” I couldn't help the grin on my face and the butterflies that danced in my belly when he said my name. He was seriously the cutest and so innocent. I decided to give him a quick kiss to wipe the puzzled look off his face.
“Let's go for a walk.” I took his hand in mine, no one was around so they wouldn't have seen me holding his hand and even if they did, I would have told them to fuck off. I hated this sneaking around with him thing, lying to Luna… to everyone. I thought it was okay to wait until he was older, but I was tired of this.
The day was getting cooler and I knew that there was going to be a big feast tonight to celebrate Brooklyn’s arrival. I didn’t know if her guilt for touching these guys was why I was feeling like this about Zezii. But I just knew in my heart I needed to spend time with my big softie.
We walked past some of the trees and I suggested we take a seat on the ground. He fussed about it before letting me sit down on the dirt. He was really concerned about me.
“Would you like me to go and get a blanket, Quinn?” I rolled my eyes.
“I'm not some Princess, I can sit on the dirt, it doesn't affect me.” He looked at me as if he was worried that I might be lying. But when I patted the dirt beside me and told him to sit, he didn’t hesitate. His tails vibrated so close to me but never touched me.
“I wanted to speak to you mostly about the fact you didn't choose this life. You had a whole family, a whole clan, and I took that away when I walked into you that day. And I wanted to say sorry. I'm sorry that I haven't really spoken to you about it until now.”
Zezii nodded, but he didn't say anything. I let out a deep breath and pulled some of the grass beneath my fingers. Fuck, why was this hard?
“I have a secret to tell you, my Quinn.” A secret? I looked up at him from under my lashes and I could see this secret was worrying him. I reached out and took his lower hand in mine.
“You can tell me, I won’t be upset or judge you in anyway. This is what we need to do. We need to talk to each other. Open up.” I hoped this would encourage him to tell me, but more so I hoped it would motivate me to do the same.
“You did not accidentally walk into me.” Huh? I was there, I’m pretty sure I remembered walking into him. I opened my mouth to tell him and he spoke again.
“I had seen you when you first came to Clan Taanin, you walked every evening alone. Your mates hid in the shadows behind so you wouldn’t see them. That night, the suns were almost down and I had waited for you. I knew you would be there like you always were.
“I watched you, the way your face smiled when you saw the birds, or the way you even smiled at me once. I don’t think you were meaning to, you had seen a bird fly into a tree close by, you smiled then glanced at me. I felt that in my chest.
“That night, the night you walked into me, I was watching you again. But I was out in the open camp, I wanted to be closer this time. Your scent called to me, my heart felt alive. But I watched you for too long. You came towards me and I froze. I didn’t want you to know I was staring. It was a punishable thing in our clan, to stare openly at a female.
“I knew you were walking, I should have known you didn’t see me. It was my mistake that you fell down. I caught you even though I knew the consequence. I couldn’t let you hurt yourself for my mistake.”
When Zezii finished talking, my cheeks were covered in tears. I choked out a sob. He watched me, he froze because he was worried I would see him staring? Didn’t he see all the others watching me? I did. But it didn’t change the fact he said my scent called to him. I didn’t want to wait, I wanted to take him as a mate. But I couldn’t rush into things, as Eren had said. Males were leaving their own clans just to come here in hopes of being a chosen male. We couldn’t have every single Aashi male come here so we had to wait, just a little longer. I kissed him, and his arms wrapped around me.
Then I heard the tapping sound nearby, I froze. Zezii stood up in front of me, looking to where the sound came from. He emitted a low growling sound, so unlike him.
Way to ruin the perfect moment, one-eyed asshole.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Tyee
My mate came back from her talking to Zezii and she was not happy. Her eyes were rimmed red, like she had been crying, and she was angry. Zezii wasn’t with her, but as soon as she saw me, she hugged me and cried more. This did not go over well with Eren and he called out to Zezii. This made Quinn cry harder, but Zezii did not come to his name.
“It’s not Zezii, it’s that other one. The asshole.”
Eren looked to me then over to Nvaa who had been gathering foods for the feast.
“What is asshole?” I asked my Quinn. Because translated it means the place she calls her anal, when she lets me mate her there.
“There is this guy, an outcast. He has one eye. I was just in a very special moment with Zezii and he ruined it. He tapped his stupid rock and Zezii chased after him. I came back here because I didn’t want to be alone, but now I’m worried.”
The tapping? I looked over to Eren. He remembered too, like me, the tapping sound when we
saw the M’Mori in the free lands. Eren came to her and held her with me. I could feel his worry.
“Where were you, Quinn? In the free lands? How far did you go?”
Did this male tap his stone and distract the M’Mori from us? We had told Vallyn about what we had seen that day. He had told us to keep it from the females so not to stress them, but now, even more I believe we should not alarm them. They both are carrying our kits. We must make sure no harm comes to them, and them worrying of their mates in the free lands would not be good for the kits.
“It wasn’t far, like where I caught Nvaa that time jerking off… oh um, stroking his cock.”
Eren turned to Nvaa and he nodded. He took off running and Eren followed.
“Come, my heart. Let’s get you ready for the feast. Another feast. We will have many happy males to know we are feasting again this night.” Then she wept harder. Oh, my heart, what did I need to help her?
“Come inside. I will feed you pixxe and rub your feet.” I felt her nodding against my chest and led her inside, hoping that the males would soon return. I worried for Zezii, he was not yet a true warrior and he was out there alone. He could run into the M’Mori, their weapons kill on sight.
I gave her some fruit and she lay down, her feet propped onto my thighs. As soon as I touched her tired feet, she moaned.
“Oh, Tyee. Every time you do that it feels like heaven.” I didn’t understand this heaven but it must be very, very good for her to moan. It was the same sound she made when mating.
“Would you like for me to lick your clit?” It always made her happy for me to do that for her. She chuckled a little.
“No, not right now but thank you for the offer.” Then she laughed, and I smiled knowing I had made her feel better with my words. Even though I really wished to lick her clit. It was one of the things I loved to do most with her.
“You know, most guys on Earth aren’t into that. They will expect a blow job but as soon as you ask them to do the same, they are all, no.” I stopped my massage of her feet and looked over to her.
“The males on your world must be crazy not to want to lick a mate’s clit.” Her laugher was louder now and I laughed with her. I enjoyed this side of Quinn. The happy one which I had come to know. The sad Quinn made me feel sad, as I didn’t know how to help her. This was why we must not tell them of the M’Mori. She would cry more.
We waited until we couldn’t anymore. We went to the feast, all the females laughed and told each other stories of things from Earth. Some I didn’t understand, like when they spoke of movies they watched. How my Quinn thinks she was like the karate kid and ready to kick ass. But the other females laughed and made jokes that I didn’t understand. It didn’t take long before Eren and Nvaa joined us. I looked over to them, Nvaa just shook his head slightly. Quinn didn’t see this and asked if Zezii was coming.
“He will be here soon, my heart.” Eren replied, but I could see he was unsure of his words. He was not being truthful to her, but she didn’t need to know this at this time. She was smiling and that was important.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Quinn
Zezii came to the hut late that night. He didn’t feast with us and he was quiet when I saw him. He laid outside and when I got angry and screamed at him, he moved his blanket inside the hut and lay down in the corner.
I was a little happier that he was there, inside with us. But he was not himself… I didn’t know what had happened after he chased after the one-eyed Aashi, only that Eren seemed a little more attentive to him when he did return.
I was a little distracted from the conversations I was having with the girls this morning, thinking of Zezii being back but so sad? But he was back and that was all that mattered for now.
Brooklyn got her translator back. The pinker looking male she was with gave it to her. I smiled and nodded but I drifted back to Zezii. I wondered what he was doing now, was he okay? Was he upset with himself for leaving me? I had told him I was okay with it and not to beat himself up over it. I told Eren not to let him out of his sight, I just wasn’t sure what was going through Zezii’s head.
When Luna started to talk about Apak, I realized that we hadn’t told Brooklyn everything, not that she could learn it all in a day, but I forgot about the whole age thing of the guys, I was just so used to it now. I was used to a lot of Aashi things.
“Oh, honey, we didn’t talk yesterday about this because we didn’t want to freak you out with so much information straight up.” And that was the truth. There was a limit to how much Brooklyn could handle in one go. Fuck, there was only so much I could as well. I didn’t want to overwhelm her. I took a sip of my water from the cup Zezii had made for me that day. Hell, he made like thirty cups that day. I watched as Tyee and Axoh sat outside the hut, quietly talking.
“Well, you have officially got me worried and freaked out now. What else has happened? What have I done?” Brooklyn looked between me and Luna.
What had she done? I didn’t know, but when I looked to Luna she glanced down at my belly. Oh… of course. I watched as Luna’s hand moved towards her belly and mine did too. It still was flat, like it didn’t want to show yet, but I could tell it was growing. I peed, like, all the time.
When Brooklyn’s face turned ashen, I worried we said too much. She looked down to her stomach and I could see her mentally calculating something.
“I… I made sure. I counted back to when I would have ovulated. I used that stupid, shitty, and totally only like, what fifty percent fail type of way. I only had sex with Rion once and Sako twice. Then they had zero interest. Do you think they got me pregnant and then didn’t want to touch me? I’m so freaking out. I’m…”
Oh fuck, she wasn’t taking it well. The rhythm method was not the best way for contraception… but with how much these guys came, they would have a lot of strong swimmers. You could probably just look at one of them and be knocked up.
Brooklyn started to hyperventilate, and I didn’t know what to do. Luna grabbed her to stop her from falling and I called out to her mate, Rion.
Her mate rushed in and cradled her in his arms.
“What happened?” He looked like we did this to her… Okay, we kind of did but it was a bit different. We didn’t knock her out on purpose. I thought she would be able to take this news in a more excited way like Luna and I both did.
“We were talking about our… kit cycles?” I turned to Luna and she clued on. I didn’t want to tell him we just told his mate that she was probably pregnant. That would be something she would want to tell them when she wakes up. When Rion gave us a strange look I realized he didn’t know.
“Oh, you don’t know about the Earth girls and their kit cycles, do you?” Luna asked. He looked down at Brooklyn and stroked her face gently. The other mate of hers, Sako, came rushing in like a bull.
“She will be okay, she will wake. Maybe take her to your hut and we can tell you about the birds and the bees. So you understand later, when she tells you why she fainted,” I explained to them. Sako told Rion he would take her, that he was to stay and listen to our birds and bees. The way Sako said it was funny and I giggled. Tyee watched us from outside, he was listening in as always. Him and Axoh will be the gossip queens of Clan Wolf in no time. But pretty sure they wouldn’t gossip about their mates… Or maybe they would?
After we told Rion about our twenty-eight day cycles—not mentioning we are pregnant because I didn’t want him to guess it—he started asking questions about mating with a takxe, which confused me at first.
“Do you mean, how can we mate? Like, that’s a pretty personal question there, Rion.” I half teased him. Tyee and Axoh heard this and entered the hut. They didn’t look too happy.
“I was meaning, I heard that you have mated them… after the mate bond.” That was when I looked to Luna and it clicked what he was asking and what Brooklyn had said about the guys not touching her after she fucked them.
This was all about how the first mate got to mate when
the kit cycle was on. But the other mates only when they bonded for the first time, and they didn’t mate at all after that. Which was a waste of good cocks if you ask me. These females must have some kind of hobby to not get bored sitting around all day.
“You know what… Maybe you should talk to our mates. They will be able to tell you everything about mating… Oh, well, not everything.” I looked at Tyee. I bet he has told Axoh how we like to mate. Before he left the hut, I grabbed his tail and pulled. His eyes widened at me and I winked. I turned back to Luna.
“So, I kinda gotta go. I need to meet with someone.” She just raised her brows and then wiggled them.
“Shall I get my mates to make ear plugs?” I slapped playfully at her arm and chuckled.
“No… but maybe I will scream extra loud next time so you can hear me from anywhere in camp.”
But I wasn’t going to mate. I really wanted to see Zezii and see how he was feeling, maybe ask how much longer until his birthday. It better be soon, like, tomorrow.
Chapter Twenty-Six
Ryven
The male, Eren, was not happy with me. I did not wish to upset the female, Quinn. I wanted to alert her to the danger that was lurking nearby. I didn’t know the young male, Zezii, was going to chase after me. He was loud through the trees and I feared for him and for Quinn. He had left her there unprotected, so I lead him away, and the strange, alien male that had been so close to the clan moved away from Quinn and the clan.
We didn’t have enough males to protect all the land around the camp, and so close to the mining of the M’Mori. But this male was not of the M’Mori. He was different. He was colored so different. It was a dark color. Blue? He was so much like us that I thought he was an Aashi male, but he only had two arms and no tails. He was tall. His hair was cropped short and I had watched him for a while.