4

After we ate, Ra and I returned to his chambers, and he had brought some gowns from his world that human women would wear. I had to admit they were mostly revealing and I liked it. I tried on one outfit. It was a rectangular brown strip almost like a dry towel. Ra wrapped the grown back first around me and then pinned the two ends together in front of my breasts and then pulled matching silk pants that were airy and wavy up my legs. He practically dressed me. I looked in the mirror and was shocked. It covered my breasts and my legs were covered but it was very see through.

"And women wear this on your planet?" I asked. He nodded.

"Yes. Human women do." he replied.

"Are you not worried about people seeing me like this?" I asked. He trilled in thought before shaking his head.

"They will know you are mine. I will return I want to make sure we are on course with no complications." he replied and left the room. I relooked at myself in the mirror and thought the styles wouldn't be so bad. I wonder how long he had the "clothes" here. I wonder if they belonged to any other females. Now I was starting to think of the females on his planet. What if they are more attractive than I? I inhaled some and wished that I had a cell phone so I could call Lex and tell her my thoughts. They were from my hormones, and I knew that. He loved me, and I would not let such biological feelings get in the way of that. I had heard him speaking when I had fallen asleep from the serum that was now in my body.

His feels were real. I looked down at my stomach and noticed how warm my belly was. My focus, my main focus, was making sure my son came into the world. Names that was what I needed to think about. The door of the room opened and Ra came back inside and said nothing about the control room, so I assumed everything was fine. He moved near the window that viewed space and nothing but. I moved over and looked out feeling his arm wrap around my shoulder.

"What are your thoughts on everything that has happened and what will happen?" I asked him lightly, and he looked at me for a split second before looking forward.

"I think I would have nothing but my trophies to show for my life had I not found you. I will die an even happier yautja one day knowing that I had a beautiful mate and son on the way. I am happy for the future for us. I am not afraid to what is needed to protect you." he explained honestly. I nodded at his words. He was so fearless, yet I was also a weakness to him. Whatever awaits us on his planet, I know I will have to be strong for both him and my son. Ra moved from the window and led me over to the bed and we embraced each other beneath the blankets. I was still in my yautja attire.

"Will we not need to think of names for the baby?" I asked gently, and he was breathing evenly now.

"It is the yautja way to let the offspring choose their own name that gives them pride in future hunts, but our suckling is also part human. If it pleases you then we can name him." he replied. I smiled liking that idea.

"I want our son to know both the yautja way and the human way. I don't want my life to die with me. I want him to know about both the worlds that he comes from." I told him, and his eyes were soft and tired and he nodded.

"I know… he will…learn both…cultures." he said curling up around me, a sign he was going to close his eyes and speak no more. I curled up under him. "But if somehow you are wrong and we have a girl…I am naming her."

I smiled and nodded closing my eyes.

"Deal." I whispered. I do not know how long I was asleep, but it was greatly needed. I was glad I did not have any nightmares about the game preserve. I was expecting to, but I didn't. I dreamed of Nikolai and Hanzo. I dreamed of Royce and Isabelle and the five of us were running through darkness. I was in the middle and slowly we all ran in five different directions. I was screaming for them all to come back. Nikolai's body faded into nothing, and my hand was stretched out to him. Where is Ra, my brain is wondering unconsciously. Everyone is gone leaving me to wander the darkness.

I suddenly wake up and notice Ra is not beside me. I sit up slowly and look around a bit for him, but he is not there. I move from the bed and exit the room slowly deciding to go and see how Anubis was doing in his new bigger cage. I moved over to a door and clicked the round silver button beside it and the door slides to the left, and I notice Anubis was sleeping soundly with his large paws wrapped around the skull of a bear. I smile and move inside, and he peaks his eye open and sees that it is me before closing it once more. I slowly get on my knees, and I lied between the spaces of the bones on his, and I can hear his body making all kinds of noises under his skin.

My eyes close and I fall asleep once more on his warm body. I was very glad he was safe and alive, for I would be devastated and heartbroken if he did not make it off the preserve with me. He is my baby as well, and I hope he and my son get along well. I did not really know his life span, but he was hardy old. I hoped that I out lived him enough to see him die peacefully. Ra had come in at an unknown time, but my mind was tired and I hardly stirred. He lifted my body from Anubis' body and carried me from the room.

"We are close." he whispered to me, and even though I could hardly register what he was saying I smiled.

Ra's POV

I had left my mate for only a few minutes to make sure everything was going well with the journey. Scar's ship was still following behind us, but we were stopped by a ship I was familiar with. After telling them who I was, we were able to pass freely into the galaxy. We were close to my planet, and I could not hide both my excitement and my worry. If my clan does not accept us, then I would at least ask to set up a home near food and water sources along with hunting grounds. I was free to come and go as I pleased, but that did not mean the laws were still the same. I returned to my chambers and noticed my mate was not in our bed, but I wasn't worried for I knew she was somewhere around here.

Who else would she want to be around when she was not with me? I found her in Anubis's new area, and it made me smile to see my mate so content and peaceful. But Anubis was still an animal and even though his area was always cleaned, I did not want my mate getting any illnesses from him. She was still human, and I did not the extent of her hybrid genes. I lifted her still light body from the ground and left out of the area with her. I did hope no one gave her any trouble on my planet. I even hoped Scar's mate got no attention for these women were very different from the humans on our planet. Yes they came from earth, but some were born into the alien world and can adapt differently. My mate could get an attitude, and I did not want anyone thinking they could challenge her just because they mistake her attitude.

Even if she was with child, I did not want anything to make her uncomfortable, and I definitely do not ever want her to be afraid to walk around in her new territory. I feared nothing on my planet, not even the dangerous creatures that lived there, and I want her to not see every yautja as a threat there.