Chapter 9
Ghardeh decided he'd talk with her personal healer Mahnde perhaps he could shed some light on the subject. Perhaps talking with the male would help him understand and come to a decision. He made his way to the medical bay. Once he arrived he walked past the ship door hearing the swish. He could clearly hear Mahnde say, "I will be with you in a moment. I've been expecting you."
Ghardeh moved into the medical bay stepping to the side for whoever the healer was expecting. He waited his turn to speak with Mahnde. Ghardeh decided he'd wait for those who needed aid to go first then he'd speak with Mahnde. He continued to wait while Mahnde dealt with whoever was in the room Mahnde's voice came from. Ghardeh watched as a male came out with healing gel on his chest. Mahnde glared at his patient saying, "That will teach you to annoy the Matriarch with your foolishness. Don't continue to make Cetanu tempt her to take your life. She grows tired of being tested and one day it will cost your life."
The male growled at Mahnde responding, "She was in worse shape than me. I won that battle so stop your worrying. I'd worry about her if I were you." Ghardeh glared at the male saying, "I just left her she was in Kehrite. I saw no damage on her when I was there."
The male growled louder as he left the medical bay grumbling as he went on his way. Mahnde shook his head the sooner the higher level Yautja learned Jame-e earned her rank the better. Mahnde looked at Ghardeh saying, "She said you'd be by concerned for her health and the level of Kehrite she was engaging in."
Ghar deh replied, "I am concerned she seems to anger easier these days. It is much more difficult to calm her down. She doesn't listen as readily and when she does listen, she storms off to Kehrite."
Mahnde chuckled saying, "She is a challenge but, once you know her it's not that hard to read her. I have known her since your sire brought her on board. I have seen her interact with many. She's easy to read if you pay attention to her like you would prey."
Ghardeh growled in annoyance replying, "She claims it's her need to rut combined with other things that make her so difficult. Is rutting the only way to really soothe her? I wish for the level headed Jame-e to return."
Mahnde sighed he himself was pondering the answer to that question. He finally replied, "Physically yes rutting would help calm her. However, emotionally it may create more issues. She feels she is dishonorably breaking her vows to Ci'tde by being with another male. She also feels as if she is breaking her vows to you by not having rutted with you yet. Her honor has her very conflicted."
Ghardeh finally, understood some of Jame-e's issues. He also knew what she needed but refused to ask for. She had told him her honor prevented her from placing her needs on him when it wasn't mating season. He growled in annoyance before asking, "Did Jame-e and Cit'de really rut all the time even when she wasn't in season?"
Mahnde simply nodded he was one of many that know. It was rather obvious with how drenched in his scent and mating musk she was. He often wondered how often Ci'tde would be the one to initiate Mahnde simply answered, "I have been her personal healer for a while now. She often will smell heavily of Ci'tde's musk and scent. This isn't just during the mating season either. Ci'tde himself admitted to releasing his seed when she wasn't fertile. Even with doing so she gave him a fine line of bearers and some sons too. She never failed in allowing his seed to take root when she was able to breed. She seemed to have a habit of having multiple pups I don't think she has ever carried just one."
Ghardeh was taken by surprise he had heard of the line of bearers she had given Ci'tde and his sons. He hadn't realized they were all multiple births. He just thought that she had been successful every breeding season. Now that he thought about it, it made sense most bearers didn't breed again until their pup went to Academy. This was to ensure proper raising of the pup they had.There were a select few that would breed every season but their pups usually didn't do as well as those that had been raised completely before having a new pup.
Mahnde seeing the male deep in though cleared his throat before saying, "When she first arrived on the ship when you were a pup. She latched on to your sire, Abyay and you. I believe with Ci'tde gone she has latched on to both you and me. We are familiar to her compared to the others. It is you she'd go to during mating seasons. I also believe when she finally does give in to rut. The choice will be accidental. She will already be at her breaking point so the right push will have her rutting with who ever succeeded."
Ghardeh absorbed all the healer had said to him. He was positive that the healer was suggesting he trigger her desire to rut. He wondered how he'd do that he currently wasn't even interested in rutting. So how was he to trigger her body into entering a need to rut? He growled out, "I have no idea how any male would do that."
Mahnde chuckled at Ghardeh's frustration he found it highly entertaining. Once he heard Ghardeh's deep menacing growl however he spoke up saying, "Jame-e can release in season scent even when she is not. She says on her planet they call it arousal. I would imagine she's been restraining it somehow. All you'd have to do is trigger it. The rest would happen naturally."