All my stories are under a Mature rating and everything that goes with it. Please be 18+ to continue reading. There is nothing overly gratuitous, but this story is about an inter-species love affair. So violence and sexual interactions are throughout.

Glossary: (words may be added along the way)

* Mar'cte: Killer/assassin

* Vor'mekta : Stalker

* Pauked: fucked

* C'jit: shit/damn

* Honored (Kch-pa'ya-te)

* Unblooded: Have yet to make a kill (Unblood (Thwei-mo))

* Young Blood (Thwei-kalei) Gone on simple guided training hunts, but has not gone through a chiva

* Blooded: Honorably passed his Chiva (Trial)

* Arbitrator: Yautja Judge, Jury, executioner (Arbitrator (Thei-de'aka))

* Bad Bloods: Fugitives (dishonorable killers) (Bad Blood (Thwei-kya-te))

* Ooman: Human

* Med-kit: Field first aid kit

* Shuriken: A weapon like the hunter's disk that opens up into an array of blades.

* Combi-staff: A telescopic staff, extended to its full length when used in combat. It is made of incredible material, light but sharp, thin but strong.

* Pair Bond: Monogamous relationship (Rare for Yautjas, but does happen) Also referred to as a Life Mate

* Jumper: Small space ship, streamlined for fast travel, usually accommodates no more than a crew of six yautja.

* Marauder: Larger space ship, designed for long distance, fast travel with a crew of 30 yautja.

* Mei'hswei: Brother

* kiande amedha: (hard meat) Xenomorph

* than'syra: Black boned beast that resembles a mix between a large cat and a scaled reptile

* Chiva: Hunters test usually against a xenomorph. Proves strength and power in the ranks.

* n'dui'se: yautja mating scent

* d'lex: Strong, metallic, crystalline material

* c'nlip: Intoxicating yautja alcohol drink

* r'ka-chi: yautja mating fever

***A quick artistic note. Most of the fandom suggests that Yautja see in full inferred... though I find that somewhat hard to believe. (In my opinion) it would be extremely difficult for them to distinguish each other without masks all the time or even produce the technology of their masks if they could not see what it is they are building. I feel they are more evolved than just primitive eye sight. So I took an artistic liberty and made their natural eyesight more of muted "earth" tones with strong heat auras and only extreme colors can be seen, like their blood. All other colors fade into grey tones with an infrared overlay. I chose to do this because of their earth toned skin colors and patterns I figured this would give them a way of defining beauty among themselves. And it would be a shame if they truly cannot see those patterns on each other's skin. So to enhance my story I made this small change.

I have also put into bold when the yautja language is being spoken. Figured this would make it easier to read.