Hades and Rayne

Chapter 38: Dreams and Tempers

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Previously:

Rayne hissed softly as all the hunters crowded around her and leapt onto Hades' shoulders and he snarled at several of the hunters and they immediately backed away.

Ra'van paused seeing the ooman female climb up onto Hades' shoulders and he snarled at the other males, driving them back as she chuckled, maybe the two did have feelings for each other but they didn't have it all worked out yet.

During her stay Ra'van planned on visiting Rayne as often as possible but for now she would leave the female in peace simply being to exhausted from the long trip out to the hunting ship.

Hades pushed several unblooded and blooded aside as he waded through the fray, feeling pride swell in his chest at the fact that Rayne was chosen to be Cetanu's favorite and the fact that she had went to him for protection from the other hunters pressing around her.

Hades set Rayne down in the kehrite noting her sigh of relief before she touched the black stone collar around her neck.

Hades blinked when he saw the writing pulse red under the metal talons and apparently Rayne noticed it to for she angled her talons to look at the collar better. Rayne sighed, "Man why is weird shit always happening to me?" Hades chuckled softly as Rayne began to carefully tug on the collar, "Is there any way to get this off?" Hades shook his head, "No. It belongs solely to you and even if you were decapitated it cannot be taken off."

Rayne nodded before Hades kneeled down, brushing Rayne's hair back before he grabbed all of her braids back, holding it as if in a ponytail, feeling her stiffen almost immediately but he kneeled to closer inspect the collar, blinking in surprise when Rayne leaned her head back, exposing her throat and unknowingly putting herself in the second most submissive pose.

Hades gently ran a thumb over the collar, feeling it pulse under his thumb like a heartbeat. Azure Eyes climbed up onto his mother's shoulders and leaned forwards, looking at the collar as well, "It's pretty."

Rayne smirked as she looked over at Azure Eyes out of the corner of her eyes and nudged him gently before she stepped back and set Azure Eyes on a bench and untied the cloth before she looked over at Hades, "Care to spar?"

Hades nodded with an eager grin and slid back into his hiju as Rayne relaxed, waiting for him to make the first move.

Hades immediately lunged forwards and began to attack Rayne in a series of attacks but all were blocked, however none were returned.

Hades growled softly in frustration as he was unable to land a single hit but blinked when Rayne suddenly grasped his wrist and just as quickly released it but he saw his neon blood well up where her talons had so slightly sliced into his flesh.

Rayne held up her gloved hands, "Did you forget about what these did to your back? I can slice you to shreds without putting much effort into them."

Hades nodded before they went back to sparring and it went on for hours but not once did Hades ever manage to get a hit in.

Rayne finally called it quits when she heard Azure Eyes's breathing even out as he slept and she looked over at him as Hades stood panting and dripping with sweat whereas Rayne wasn't even breathing hard.

Rayne walked over to Azure Eyes and draped the cloth over him before she lifted him into her arms and his head settled on her bare shoulder.

Hades walked Rayne back to her room before heading back to his own quarters to shower and relax for the rest of the evening seeing as he was still confined to his room he knew that the Elder would allow him to walk his daughter to her room.

Hades sighed as he relaxed under the hot spray of the water, glancing at his still bleeding wrist before he chuckled, wrapping his free hand around his wrist as he leaned back against the wall of the shower, "Damn you Rayne. Why do you plague me so?"

Hades turned off the water, shaking his hair before he stepped out of the shower only to have hot air blast up from the floors and dry him.

Hades walked out bare as the day he was born but didn't really care for few came to his room and Rayne always knocked.

Hades lay back on his bed, curling up onto his side as he held his slashed arm close to his chest and slid into sleep with a soft sigh. Hades grunted as he seemingly awoke and looked around before his jaw dropped seeing Rayne sitting on the top of his bed yet she was completely naked and smiling down at him. Hades felt his body immediately harden and he shifted slightly to hide his arousal only to see Rayne smile and crawl down on all fours, sinuously showing her body off as she crawled over his body and sat on his chest. Hades shifted feeling Rayne's heat pressing against his chest and he struggled to keep from twisting her underneath him and taking her right then and there. Hades unconsciously began to purr which caused Rayne to shiver before she pressed her chest firmly against his own before she whispered in his ear, "Take me male." In an instant Hades had rolled Rayne underneath him and began to purr softly as his hand found her wet heat and carefully began to try and prepare her knowing that his large size would probably hurt her in an instant her body was arching beneath his own as she moaned in pleasure, digging her fingernails into his tough hide causing shivers of pleasure to rack his spine.

Just as Hades entered Rayne a loud knock snapped him out of his dreamland and he groaned softly as he sat up.

Hades moved stiffly as his aroused body protested, "Who is it?" Rayne cocked her head to the side, "It's Rayne. Are you ever going to get up?"

Hades growled softly hearing Rayne's voice as his body tightened even further and his musk filled the room, "I'll be out later. Give me another hour." Rayne sighed but headed to the kehrite not knowing the struggle that Hades was facing in his room.

Hades staggered to the shower and turned the water on, manually turning it to cold hoping to make his arousal fade and kill his musk scent on his body.

Rayne had the unblooded pups stretch for an entire hour, teaching them to stretch her way before she heard Hades enter and caught a slightly spicy scent to his usual scent but shrugged it off, not really knowing what it meant as Hades began to bark orders at the unblooded pups.

The unblooded pups were quick to obey, catching the very slight scent of musk on their instructor and knew he would be in a rather foul mood for the rest of the day.

Rayne hissed softly when Hades cuffed a pup particularly hard only to have him turn and growl at her. Rayne growled back causing Hades to turn towards her and she stood, "Hold your damn temper you hot head!"

Hades growled again and the unblooded in front of him parted swiftly before Rayne began to walk towards him, her own rage sparking hot as her eyes began to take on a soft glow.

Hades looked down at Rayne before she hissed, "Am I going to have another problem with you?" Hades knew his anger was unfounded and it wasn't fair to be taking it out on the pups who had no idea what he dilemmas he was going through at the moment and neither did Rayne.

Hades bit back his growl of frustration and beat his rage back as he lowered his head, submitting to Rayne's own irritation and just like that it was gone. Rayne pat Hades carefully on the arm, "If something's bothering you then you need to check it at the door. Don't let whatever is bother you interfere with your lessons."

Hades nodded, barely refraining from shivering when Rayne's cool metal talons slid down his arm as she released him and walked back to the bench that she had been sitting on and sat down.

Hades took a deep breath to gather his calm before he began to teach the unblooded again. Rayne continued to watch Hades before she noticed that if he caught her looking at him he would quickly avert his eyes and sometimes he seemed to shiver under her stare so to try and offer him some comfort she began to look at the pups.

The hours ticked by slowly but soon the five hour training session was over and the unblooded were allowed to head off to their mid-day meal.

Rayne looked back at Hades as she began to head out the door to find him training alone so she let him be, knowing that for some reason, today her presence seemed to unnerve him or rather bother him.

K'herivak blinked when he walked past the training room to see Hades training like a feral animal and walked inside, concern for the usually cool loner peaking high.

Hades paused when he saw K'herivak and nodded to the senior hunter as he panted harshly for breath and his entire body seemed to tremble at the nonstop pace he was forcing his body to go through.

K'herivak shook his head, "Sit down before you fall down hunter." Hades looked over at K'herivak and simply let his trembling legs buckle and he sat down hard but didn't seem to care as K'herivak sat down beside him, "What is the matter? I have never seen you so out of sorts." Hades flopped back on the mats panting, "Rayne." K'herivak blinked, having never heard Hades call Rayne anything but ooman or you, "What about her?" Hades sighed, "She is my problem." K'herivak looked at Hades in confusion before it dawned on him, "Oh. What happened?" Hades sighed, "Nothing. Just had a rather…interesting dream about her." K'herivak chuckled, "It is natural when you are attracted so deeply to a female." Hades growled softly, "But she is an ooman!" K'herivak sighed at Hades's stubborness, "She has been fully accepted as a Yautja on this ship. So right now your feelings are out of whack. You want to continue to dislike her because she is an ooman but you are already seeing her as Yautja female and you can't even try and deny it. She always goes to you for protection and that in turn causes you to care more about her. Whether out of obligation or willingness. Rayne is not going to go away and if you don't ask for the right to court her then someone else eventually will. I already know a few hunters who are interested in Rayne." A snarl forced its way up Hades's throat as he looked over at K'herivak, "Who?" K'herivak shook his head, "I will not tell you. All I can tell you now is get your act together. Ask her father if you can court her to see how things go. If it does not work then you can part ways without shame. If you ask me however I do believe Rayne harbors feelings for you but she feels your distress and dislike so she puts up a wall. All the times she kicks your ass is because she is trying to convince herself that she does not care about you so she forces herself to hurt you and then blocks the events from her mind. When she cracked two of your ribs she told her father to keep you from further injuring yourself trying to fix them yourself. She also trusts you explicitly with her pup and he even calls you father."

Hades sighed in defeat, knowing that he needed to stop hiding and face his feelings, "Very well. I will ask Elder Bloody Talon for permission to court Rayne to see where it goes." K'herivak nodded, "I wish you luck. You will never find a mate like Rayne and she will be a damn good one."

Hades nodded in thanks before K'herivak stood and walked out of the training room as Hades forced himself to his feet and headed to the Elder's quarters to request permission to court Rayne.