Well, this one was much easier to edit but I'm sure there's a mistake in there somewhere lol! I want to get material out for you guys so I'm with haste tonight. Please forgive something I might have missed.
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Erie opened her eyes and she was back in her apartment on Earth. Part of her knew she wasn't supposed to be here but her dream body continued to go about her daily rituals like nothing had changed. Starting up the Keurig, checking her phone and email, popping a plain bagel into the toaster and even retrieving the low fat cream cheese from the fridge was everything she did before work. She had forgotten how simple things were. How easy life was.
She sipped her coffee and leaned against her granite counter top savoring the sweet mocha slowly to warm her body from her sudden awakening. Her chest itched something furious and when her hand went to scratch, it collided with the cool metal.
She lifted the charm and looked at it in confusion. She couldn't recall having a necklace. All of a sudden her arm itched and she looked at her bicep to see a band of black and red symbols wrapped around her skin. She checked her other arm then she lifted her shirt and saw more tattoos on her stomach. It all itched and burned at the same time and her subconscious dream mind suddenly decided to remind her of what the unfamiliarity was.
Her cozy little kitchen melted into a jungle. She felt panic and fear as the sound of a kainde amedha growling resonated through her ears. She turned around in a circle, frantically searching for the source. She looked down at her silky night gown and a flush of crimson spread across the soft pink. Two metal blades appeared, the silver covered in her blood.
They retracted and she turned slowly to see Dae'er staring down at her. Her fear and panic turned into sorrow and confusion. She didn't understand. Dae'er would never hurt her, why was her mind playing such cruel tricks on her? Her heart suddenly felt empty and she felt betrayed. He raised his wrist blades and as soon as they were going to come down on her for the kill, her eyes shot open.
She frantically looked around, checking to make sure she wasn't in a jungle or at her apartment as she patted at her midsection for wounds. She was in Dae'er's bed, buried beneath a mountain of furs, Dae'er's doing she guessed. Her new tattoos were incredibly itchy though and they burned from the sweat she was pouring out. She quickly kicked off the furs then relaxed into the bed.
Her feelings for Dae'er in her dream were still affecting her demeanor, so much so that she found herself crying. She knew that she was growing incredibly attached to him, missed him when he was away and even lavished in his attention to her. She even considered carrying his offspring, if she could, so she didn't understand her nightmare at all.
Her fingers fooled with the black half dollar sized pendant that laid against her chest. It was so beautiful and she couldn't believe the insane looking pearls on it. They looked like tiny galaxies strung together on one string. Dae'er had told her that she was now considered a member of his kind, someone valuable and important, especially to him. Speaking of, where was he?
She looked around the room but didn't see Dae'er anywhere. Maybe he was at a meal or something. She slid over to the edge of the bed and winced as her spine tattoo peeled off some of the fur from the pelt beneath her. Her mi flower had healed her other tattoos wonderfully but the one on her spine had somehow received less attention. She waddled into the bathing room and grabbed a towel from a rack.
She slid her legs into the hot water of the pool, letting the brim wash over the bottom part of her thigh marking. When it didn't burn or seem to wash off, she entered the water fully. The warm liquid was like an instant relief and once her body was accustomed to the heat, she submerged herself beneath the surface. She swam over to where the waterfall was and paddled around to the back underneath the rock.
She didn't get hungry often but right now she was feeling like she needed some sustenance. Maybe it was because she burned up so much energy during her chiva. When she raised back up for a breath, she saw Dae'er standing at the edge of the pool in full armor. She smiled at him and waded over closer to him.
"How long was I asleep?" She asked.
"Several hours. Do you feel rejuvenated?" He asked.
"I do actually." She wanted to tell him about her nightmare but she wasn't sure how he would react. He might be upset if he found out her subconscious was having such horrid thoughts about him. She decided to set it on the back burner, for now.
"Come. Let me see your markings." He said as he squatted down beside the pool.
She climbed out slowly and a soft lulling growl emitted from his chest. It was a sound she was all too familiar with, a blatant signal that he liked seeing her naked body. She smirked and tilted her hip, giving him a little show. He looked at both of her thighs then her stomach. She turned for him to observe her spinal marking and he clicked his tusks together in displeasure.
"This one isn't healing well." He stood and examined her mi flower, tilting her head from side to side to get a good look at the roots. "Your flower seems fine. Rest on your abdomen the next time you lie down." He said as he gestured for her to follow him.
He went to the rack that held her armor and she noticed a few new accessories. He began attaching her arm and leg armor then he helped her into her skirt and top.
"I can do this myself." She chuckled.
"No, as your mate, I will dress you." He said as he locked a new item around her left arm. "Your own wrist gauntlet. This will access doors, the temperature in the bathing pool, it can also contact my servant whom will now serve you as he does me. It controls the lights, all of my ships and even connects to my personal funds. I've changed the settings so that you can read them." He said as he opened it up to reveal English words and numbers . "This will be as important as your wrist blades. Without it, you may as well be lost."
He closed the panel and Erie ran her fingers over the sleek black metal. He trusted her enough to give her access to his ships and his funds? Did that mean that she was free to go where she pleased? Do whatever she wanted to without him as an escort?
"What does this mean?" She asked as she laid her land over the wrist computer.
"It means you are Yautja." He said as he strapped on one of her sheaths and dagger.
"Will I return to the daycare?" She asked.
"H-ko, you no longer need to be watched. You are free to roam this citadel and the territory outside of it. I do ask that you inform me of your absence if I am not with you." He said as he slid a leather strap through a buckle and pulled it tightly against her thigh.
"Of course." She nodded. "Could I still visit Seleana?"
He began attaching the other sheath as he thought about her question. His long pause made her slightly nervous. "You may go where you please." He replied but she sensed a bit of reluctance in his tone.
She was glad she didn't have to give up her friend. Especially since Seleana was having a hard time adjusting to Talia and Dae'er's brother. She couldn't wait to show her all of her new items and her new markings, she'll be so happy for her.
He placed a new piece of armor on top of her shoulders and she stiffened to hold up the weight. "What's this for?" She strained out as he adjusted it.
"Just seeing if it suits you." He replied as he continued to position it.
It looked almost like Dae'er's except hers covered both shoulders. It had the same mounting on the left side though and she was curious as to what went there. He snarled in dissatisfaction and removed it from her shoulders.
"Perhaps a handheld would suit you." He placed the pauldrons back on the rack and picked up her bio mask.
"I've made some adjustments to your mask." He said as he fastened it to her face. "You can now cloak and go invisible like I do but it will take practice to perfect it without a delay. I will show you when we begin training again."
"Can I actually make a request?" She said meekly. He tilted his head at her in curiosity. "Can I get something with more coverage? Like long sleeves and perhaps something to protect my thighs? It was a pretty close encounter with the kainde amedhas, you know, guts and stuff." She said motioning over her midsection. "I just don't want my skin to melt off."
He trilled at her. "I will have the armory begin designing something for you urgently." He said as he moved towards the door to leave.
"I'm kind of hungry." She stated and he turned to face her.
"We are on our way to First Meal now." He answered as he headed for the door.
"I'm going with you?" She questioned.
"Sei-i, you will join me at every meal now. It is what is expected of you as my mate." He led the way down the hall then stopped and waited for her to catch up.
He stroked her hair and slowed his stride so she could keep up. Her new bio mask was identifying every face that looked her way, showing her their name and their rank. Most were unranked and a lot were aristocratic. Every now and then, a distinguished male or female would come up as Blooded or Elite. She wondered what she came up as.
"Dae'er." She said and he clicked to acknowledge her. "What does the mask say about my ranking?" She questioned.
"It first tells me that you are ooman, then tells me you are Blooded and alerts that you are my mate." He answered.
"Does it show that to everyone?" She asked.
"Sei-i." He replied and she tried to imagine her face being targeted with the blinking red circle and a flood of words beside it.
It was interesting how fast the information had been updated. There must be someone plugging in everything that occurs into a system every five minutes or so.
They passed the hallway that led to the daycare and she looked down at the familiar zone. Part of her was glad she never had to go there again. The other part felt sorry for every single girl that still had to be forced to wait there, never knowing what will happen next or how long they'd be waiting. It was almost like torture, torture she never had to endure ever again.
He continued on until they entered a large area full of Yautja of every shape and size. Some where wearing bio masks while others were without one. Some where highly decorated with symbols and brightly colored rings in their dreads while others were plain and ordinary. Almost every female was coming up as aristocratic on her mask and only one she could see was a Blooded like her. One thing they all seemed to have in common was that they had suddenly went quiet and was watching her and Dae'er making their way through the crowd to the two doors at the front of the room.
They parted and made room for his approach. Some looked curious while others looked upon her with sneers and disgust. She couldn't blame them, she was the alien here, the stranger, the wolf amongst their sheep. They had no choice but to hold their tongues and show her the same respect as they did Dae'er.
They reached two metal double doors and two servants opened them. An enormous and vast dining room filled with multiple large dining tables lay before her. Each wooden table had to hold forty something people at least. Dae'er placed his hand gently against her back and guided her to the head of a table in the center of the room. A massive black wood chair graced the end and was cushioned with black fur. She guessed that seat was for Dae'er as a servant pulled it out for him. Another servant pulled out a chair to Dae'er's right and she promptly took the seat.
Dae'er let out a loud harumph and more Yautja came in and filled the empty table one by one. They continued with the pattern until the table was full, then servants wheeled out large trays and placed them all along the table. Huge massive hunks of meat made up the majority of the food and several bowls were being passed around with their contents being scooped out onto plates.
A servant poured a familiar blood red drink into her medieval looking cups and she picked it up then sipped from it. The light burning sensation on her tongue confirmed her suspicion. It was the same stuff she drank at her and Dae'er's mating ceremony. That stuff had instantly given her a good buzz and numbed up her body pretty well. It also had made her sleepy and she didn't want to feel groggy so early in the day. She placed the chalice back down and drank her water instead.
Dae'er lifted her plate from her setting and she watched as he placed several pieces of meat onto it then something that resembled braided bread and finally scooped out a wad of orange goop from one of the passing bowls. He set the plate back in front of her and she looked at him in confusion.
She had pictured First Meal being more like breakfast and not dinner. Her plate looked exactly like it would during Thanksgiving. She looked around for a utensil but found none. She glanced around the table and saw everyone using their claws to shovel the food into her mouths. She had never seen Dae'er eat before or any Yautja for that matter and it was quite an interesting occurrence.
They had no lips so they'd use the inside of their mandibles to hold the food close to their mouths then their sharp fangs ripped through the meat, breaking it down into smaller chunks then swallowing it. The bites would easily choke a human but she guessed they were the right size for a Yautja.
"Is your food not adequate?" Dae'er asked drawing the attention of their nearby company.
Her eyes shifted nervously between each face, watching her mask identify them. "Um, it's just a new experience for me." She said as she scooped up a piece of the orange goop with her fingertip and sucked it off with her mouth.
It was tangy and citrusy, not her favorite thing but it was alright. Could've been worse, she guessed. She picked up a slice of the meat and took a bite out of it. It surprisingly didn't taste how it looked. It looked like a piece of pot roast but tasted just like a charred piece of steak. She took another bite and savored it a little longer. This was actually delicious. It was the first time in six months that she had something savory to eat. Dae'er had been bringing her desserts as a treat and he'd taken her to the spa place for supplements but to feel actual meat in her mouth was exhilarating.
She finished off the meat then picked up the braided bread. She glanced at Dae'er and he was in the middle of pulling his apart, separating the multi colored strands and then only eating the lighter ones, occasionally dipping it in the goop. She smiled at his picky eating and found it quite cute.
She did as Dae'er had done and pulled the braid apart. She first sampled the darkest strand and it was dry and not what she enjoyed about bread. She tried the middle shade and thought that it was just okay. She finally ate the pieces that Dae'er seemed to favor and it was like biting into a soft warm pretzel. No wonder he only ate this part, it was amazing. If only she had a little cheese to dip it in, it'd be phenomenal.
Another bowl came by and Dae'er scooped a blue glob onto her plate and his own before passing it to the next person. Based on the orange goop, she guessed this one would taste like blueberries or something. She swiped her finger through it then popped it into her mouth.
She froze as her tastebuds begged for something different. It wasn't sweet at all nor was it tangy. It tasted like she had just put a bar of soap in her mouth. She wanted to spit it out and flush her mouth with some water but she didn't want to be rude, especially at her first First Meal. She hesitantly swallowed the pungent, now melted, goop and reached for her water. She swished it around in her mouth but it wasn't strong enough. She grabbed the c'nlip and repeated her washing process.
The strong cider like alcohol did the trick and Erie looked down at the blue goop with disgust. "I don't like this one." She said to Dae'er, swallowing the contents of her mouth.
He let out a laugh as he scooped the goop off her plate and plopped it onto his. He was crazy for eating something so gross. She felt like it should be used to scrub the floor and not to be digested. Dae'er placed more meat on her plate and when another bowl of yellow goop came around, she promptly declined his offer to put it on her plate. She had enough blobs of the rainbow to last her a lifetime.
Finally, her favorite part of any meal came, dessert. She recognized the Twinkie looking cakes and her mouth watered at the mere sight of them. Her and Dae'er were served first, of course, and this was one thing that immediately became her favorite part about being his mate. The servant placed one then two on her plate, Dae'er grunted and the servant gave her two more. She smiled a wide cheesy grin at him and went to work on the cakes.
They were warm! She hadn't had them warm yet and she liked them much better this way. The scorching mixed berry flavored filling flooded onto her tongue, burning it in the process, but she didn't care. She moaned in delight as she took another bite of the hot dessert. She noticed the guy across from her was staring at her and she quickly lowered her shoulders and ate her Twinkie more quietly.
When they were finished with the meal, everyone had to wait until they left to leave themselves. Even though it was kind of ridiculous, it did make her feel special.
"What are we doing today?" She asked as she held onto Dae'er's hand.
"Whatever pleases you." He answered and Erie mulled over her ideas.
She wanted to explore this enormous building but she also wanted to go outside. She was curious as to what Dae'er did with his time when she wasn't with him. She also wanted to meet his brother that Seleana had told her so much about. Apparently he wasn't anything like Dae'er and he was no where near where Dae'er was with ranking but Seleana had spoke of him so often that she was curious to put a face to the description.
"What's your brother's name?" She asked.
He growled a little. "With luck you will never have to meet him." He replied.
"Is he worse than your father?" Her question had his dreadlocks rising up in agitation.
"No, but he is similar. He is arrogant and stubborn. Paya's hand must've been tired after saving him as often as she has." Dae'er replied as he took her through an unfamiliar wing.
Paya. It was their equivalent to the human's God. She had picked this up only from listening to conversations. Cetanu was the final warrior, like Death, and Paya was the creator of all. She found it fascinating how their beliefs were so similar to some of the humans on Earth.
They passed a room made of thick glass and along the back wall there were small openings that connected to what looked like escape pods. She stopped and looked inside the room. The pod looked big enough to fit two of her inside but someone of Dae'er's size would never fit comfortably so they couldn't be escape pods.
"What are these for?" She asked gesturing into the room.
"Transporting items and equipment to game preserves or chiva grounds. Not important." Dae'er said as he continued on past them.
The halls looked like something out of Star Trek. Black metal on the floors and ceilings with red lights that glowed just enough to make out silhouettes. She figured bright lights weren't needed since the Yautja have thermal vision. Too much bright light would probably hurt their eyes. He came to a set of double sliding doors and he held his wrist computer up to a panel. It beeped a few times then chimed and the doors opened.
She was momentarily blinded by sunlight as it flooded out of the doors. It was a huge atrium with floor to ceiling trees and plants. Flowers blanketed the ground and cut grass made up the pathway. If it weren't for the obvious glass ceiling, she would've thought they were outside. She walked out slowly examining the flora nearby. Giant green leaves that could be used like a throw blanket drooped down over the walkway and Erie ran her hands over their shiny looking surfaces.
There were different kinds of flowers with petals and stems she had never seen before. A red and white tulip looking flower had a twisted vine that weaved through a lattice decoration, creating a webbing that looked like it was made with candy canes. A huge emerald green bush, way bigger than she was, had basketball sized, hot pink star bursting flowers sprinkled all over it. Her favorite ones, though, had to be the white little heart shaped flowers that seemed to be everywhere. Used as some sort of filler for empty space.
She had been so consumed by the alien flowers and plants that she forgot Dae'er was waiting for her up ahead. She jogged over and smiled at him.
"This place is amazing! Why didn't you bring me here before?" She exclaimed as he followed the path while she kept looking at the new surroundings.
"This place is only for members of my clan." He placed his burly hand around her shoulder and pulled her into his side.
The sound of a slight waterfall could be heard from up ahead and Erie pulled away to go up and look. A huge crystal clear pond with a waterfall that cascaded down large rocks was right in the center of the atrium. Multiple grassy paths lead out into the maze of jungle from every direction.
Erie leaned over the bank and saw koi swimming around near where she was, hoping she'd drop food in. "You have fish from Earth in here." She stated as she dipped her finger in and pulled it out fast when they went to nibble at it.
"Earth has fish from Yautja Prime. Your kind seemed to value flora and fauna over currency when they were young. We often traded plants and animals for building our chiva grounds in their territories." He said as he squatted down and watched the fish with her.
"You could just take people but instead you traded with them?" She asked as she took off her bio mask and slid it into a pocket on her skirt.
"Didn't want to take them. We needed oomans to be willing to become sacrifices for the chivas." Erie watched as Dae'er placed his hand into the pond and when a koi swam through his fingers and he grasped it.
"Did they know what you were doing?" She asked.
"To an extent. They believed we were Gods, sent to flourish their lands with new animals and plants." He let the fish go and tried to catch another.
She watched him for a while and when he grew tired of catching them he turned his attention to her. His eyes trailed up her legs and over her stomach. She chuckled at his obvious gawking and he looked up at her.
"Why are you staring at me?" She asked flirtatiously.
He purred at her. "You are beautiful." He replied with that sultry and deep seductive voice of his.
She blushed and looked away from him. "You don't think female Yautja are beautiful?" She questioned.
"Female Yautja are self centered. Yautja Prime revolves around them instead of the sun. They are here," He said as he held his hand low to the ground. "And you are here." He said as he held his hand up over his head, opening his palm towards the sunlight and moving it across the sky.
She smiled as she walked over and placed her hands on his shoulders then applied her weight so he had to lay back in the grass with her on top of him. She loved the feel of his firm muscles under her palms, the well defined ridges were incredibly sexy and the markings from his successful hunts were as equally as enticing. His skin was so different than hers but she no longer cared, it was his giant Yautja heart that mattered to her.
She leaned down and kissed along his unarmored pectoral, occasionally gently raking her teeth over his thick skin. She could feel his purring through her mouth and she turned her head and placed her ear against his chest. His warmth was like laying next to a roaring bonfire, so hot on her surface that it gave her goosebumps. One of his hands went to her hair and that wonderful sensation of his claws on her scalp had her eyes closing.
She opened them again and saw his other hand tucked under his head in a relaxed manner. She reached up and felt his massive bicep. He laid his arm out for her and she ran her fingers down his arm as far as she could reach then he flexed it as he curled it back up. She chuckled as she tried to squeeze it but it was solid as a rock, literally. A bowling ball sized rock.
She moved her hand over to his shoulder and the base of his neck. This was her favorite part of any male that was well defined. The lifted little hill that sloped down to the curvy shoulder and collarbone. Dae'er's was so incredibly characterized that it was stirring her up just touching the muscled area. She tucked her bottom lip under her front teeth as she trailed her fingertips down his neck to his collarbone.
He could always tell when she was turned on or even just slightly aroused. He somehow knew when to pursue her further and kindle the growing fire between her legs and when to build it up. It was one of the reasons she got so turned on so easily by him, just knowing he knew where to touch her and how had her craving for him.
He removed his bio mask then his hands moved to her waist and he pressed her girly parts again his stomach. She rocked against him and a jolt of pleasure shot through her entire body causing a soft moan to escape her lips. He pulled her hips forward and as she got closer to his face she got confused.
"What are you.." She began to ask until he positioned her thighs around his head.
Oh, that's what he's doing. She held herself up with her knees and she pulled the covering aside that was shielding her center away from what Dae'er wanted. His metal tipped tusks tickled against the inside of her legs as he spread them then he brought her core closer to his mouth and she let out an airy gasp as that hot wet tongue of his slid into her opening.
His tongue wasn't human like at all. It was much more smoother and came to a point but, goddamn, it was scorching hot and incredibly..fantastic. She felt his tongue flick through her folds and tease at her clit. He definitely knew his way around the female anatomy, that was for sure.
His tongue was causing her body to go crazy. Sometimes he'd hit the right spot and she would twitch and her thighs would quiver but then he'd have her relaxing and melting over top of him only to rile her up again. She didn't last very long as her thighs flexed and tried to close around the sides of his head. She opened her mouth and airy gasps fluttered from her throat. As it faded into the last remnants she let out a wonderful moan of satisfaction.
Well one thing's for certain, she's never done that before, not in that position anyway. She moved back and sat on his chest and she felt his hand remove his codpiece. She went to turn around to look at it when he lifted her up by her hips and set her down below his thick hard erection. This was the first time she was seeing it. All the other times she was only feeling it.
It came up way above her bellybutton and was as thick as her arm. How did he even get that inside of her? It looked almost the same as an uncut human male except for the color and size. She reached down and pulled back the light green skin to reveal a ton of ridges down both sides of his shaft and a tight thick head. She took her other hand and carefully ran her fingers over the raised areas. He let out a guttural growl but it wasn't an angry one, it was more seductive.
So these were there to increase his pleasure, not hers. That was interesting. She wondered if they did both if he was with a female Yautja. He had a massive scrotum that was covered in the thinnest skin she had seen so far on his body. By the look of those gonads, it was no wonder he came so much the last time they were together.
She wanted to return the favor he just gave her but she wasn't sure she could even fit him into her mouth. She figured she could at least try. She slid her body between his legs and he raised up to see what she was doing to him. She went to place his head into her mouth and he jumped.
"No'elia." He said. His face looked unsure and she realized that Yautja females probably never pleasured males this way. How could they? They had no lips.
She smiled at him deviously and when she went to glide that smooth round head into her mouth his hand shot to the one that was gripping his shaft and still holding his skin back. He acted like she was going to eat him or something. She ignored his attempts to stop her and kissed the slit that was glistening with pre-cum. That indulging woodsy smell flooded the air and she recognized it as his claiming scent.
She wrapped her lips around him and sucked the moisture off then she pressed the tip of her tongue into his slit and found the slight saltiness favorable. She moved her hand down his shaft, stroking the thick and vast muscle while she kissed and sucked along the ridges causing a loud reverberating purr from his throat. She had never heard him make that sound before and she wanted to hear him do it again. She licked up every ridge and his hand tightened around her wrist.
It was painful but the pleasure she was giving him was well worth it. She sucked his head into her mouth as much as she could and she glided it up and down rhythmically. She barely got the ridge of his head in her mouth but he seemed to love it anyway. She allowed her saliva to cascade in trails down his length and she used her free hand to coat it over his skin.
His hand moved to her hair and he gathered it to one side, slightly pulling it with every jolt of pleasure he felt from her. She moaned around his head in her mouth as she looked up from her position across his sexy muscular body to see his mandibles clenched tightly together. His fiery red eyes were lit up like two burning embers and were focused directly up at the sky, clearly lost in what she was doing to him.
For the first time since she'd been here, she felt in control. She was the one who was in charge of him and how he was pleasured. She worked her hands and her mouth together, twisting her hands gently around and up and down his shaft while her tongue thrummed against the bottom of his head and along the couple of ridges.
She managed to fit about another inch of him into her mouth, shoving his head into her throat. His hand wrung her hair harder, pulling it tightly against their roots. She moaned from her throat at his attempt to regain the control she had such a hold on. She loved being the one with all the authority but she also loved being dominated even more and his enormous size and strength did just that.
She felt him shove himself further into her throat and she gagged a little but quickly controlled it when she felt his molten hot seed spilling down her throat. She looked up and saw his mandibles splayed open and he was growling loudly while his muscles tensed and flexed. His erection was pulsating in her mouth while he still emptied himself. She swallowed every bit of what he was giving her and when he finally finished, she sucked on his head, milking every drop from his slit.
His hand loosened in her hair and she slid him from her throat. His erection was still rock hard but the color had changed. It went from glowing bright green to a darker more duller one. He played with the ends of her hair, twirling them around his claws.
"No'elia." He purred out and she smiled up at him and wiped away the saliva from her chin and the corners of her mouth.
He motioned for her to come closer to him and she crawled up his body until she reached his chest. He ran his hand along the curvature of her spine then he gripped her butt in his huge palm.
"An ooman ritual?" He questioned her.
"Just returning the favor." She whispered as she kissed him on his mandible.
The sound of a door opening somewhere in the atrium had him grabbing his codpiece and securing it into place. He winced when he had to shove his erection into the confined space. Erie giggled when she saw it bulging out slightly.
"Sire?" Dae'er's servant appeared at one of the paths and after a moment he continued to walk closer to them.
He stopped abruptly and his forehead wrinkled. He could obviously smell Dae'er's musk still heavy in the air. The male bowed immediately and backed away.
"Forgive me." He said sincerely.
Dae'er grunted, signaling for the servant to continue.
"Your plans...for the revelry." He stated.
Erie looked up at Dae'er and he kept his eyes on his servant. "I've decided to wait until she has completed my sire's stipulation." He answered.
"Very well." The servant said as he bowed out and promptly exited the atrium.
Erie waited until the door was closed then questioned Dae'er. "What revelry? The one you wanted for me?"
"Sei-i. I've decided to wait and throw an even grander one when you finish your kv'var on the game preserve." He replied as he stood and headed for a different path out of the atrium.
"What if I can't do it? What if I, I don't know, die?" She asked as she stood and followed him.
He stopped and turned to her abruptly. "You won't, do you understand me? You will succeed and you will show to the rest of Yautja Prime that you are worthy of being my mate and their ju'ha." He turned and headed back in the direction he was going.
"Ju'ha? Why does that sound familiar?" She asked as she thought about the word. "Oh yeah, the Ancient during our mating ceremony referred to me as that. What does it mean?" She inquired.
"Princess." Dae'er replied as he kept up his stride.
"Whoa, whoa whoa wait." She said as she wrapped her hands around his forearm. He turned and looked down at her. "A princess? I can't be a princess, I'm not princess material." She argued.
"I may not be First Born but I am still a Prince and you are my mate. Legally and officially, making you my ju'ha and you are more than worthy. More worthy than any other female." He said as he turned and continued out of the atrium, leading her down more hallways.
Her? An alien princess? She gripped her new pendant in her palm, causing the sharp edges to embed into her skin. She couldn't be a princess, she had no idea how to act like one. At least Dae'er wasn't the First Born and she wouldn't end up being queen one day. Still.. royalty? Dae'er tucked her into his side and she laid against him.
"When do we start training?" She questioned.
"Tomorrow, if your new awu'asa is ready." He said as he let go of her to check his wrist computer.
She was nervous about going to the game preserve and she remembered the king's words clearly. If she failed, she'd no longer be able to be with Dae'er and she'd bring dishonor to his reputation. How that works she wasn't even sure but if the king announced it, then everyone would surely follow it. She couldn't allow him to be disgraced because of her and she definitely couldn't lose him.
She looked up at his massive form as he strode through the halls like he owned everything and everyone. She had to push herself to be stronger, stuff her brain with every piece of knowledge Dae'er had and then some. She had to succeed, she had to show everyone that she could do it and that she deserved Dae'er more than anyone else. Most of all, she had to show herself that she was worthy of everything Dae'er had taught her.
It was going to be a long six months, but she was ready. Ready to get it done and over with so she could finally enjoy her new life with Dae'er uninterrupted. She could do this, she could fulfill what everyone was probably doubting she could. She'll be a ju'ha to be reckoned with after it's all said and done, just wait and see.