Freedom Day.
Twas the night before freedom day and all through the Clan, not a soul was stirring, not even a Raptorian.
Well, that's a lie but only a little white one, there were infact some souls stirring and one of them was indeed a Raptorian.
"Alright people, everybody ready?" Jack asked turning to the assembled group of Seekers to which he got a whole series of nods.
"Alright, operation Secret Santa is go!" Jack said pumping his fist in the air and all of his Seekers cheered and turned to pick up their assigned sacks before speeding off into the night like a series of red blurs.
Jack smiled as he watched them go, there was just something about watching a nine-foot-tall Yautja female and a four-foot-tall Raptorian both dressed as Santa Claus from Earth carrying sacks of presents for the Clan.
He sighed happily as he watched them go, the figure of a small Raptorian male carrying a sack full of presents twice the size of himself still moving faster than any normal set of eyes could see leaping onto a rooftop and vanishing down a chimney just made him incredibly happy.
Suddenly a set of huge powerful arms appeared around his chest from behind and Jack smiled as he was drawn backwards into Tik's very ample chest which was made even more pleasant by the fact that she wasn't wearing her armour today and there was just something very satisfying about a very ample feminine Yautja chest barely contained by a very soft red suit.
Jack shivered pleasantly as Tik's hand slid up his chest right until it was resting on his throat, slowly she lifted his chin so he was looking up at her beautiful face which was upside down from his perspective but no less beautiful.
He very nearly laughed at the little red hat with its light-up white bobble glued to her head with Xeno resin, "You know when you first had the idea for this holiday I wasn't sure about it, but seeing all those happy cubs on freedom day morning makes me so happy, it takes me right back to those mornings when it was just us and our beloved cubs alone here on this world, seeing their little faces light up when they came down to find their presents under the tree ahhh I still remember little Ryan's face when he unwrapped his first Smart Disc and it still makes me smile" she said.
Jack chuckled softly and then turned to his right and grinned at his son who was just hefting his own sack of presents onto his shoulder and even under the fake beard glued under his mandibles he could see the blush.
"She's never going to let me forget that is she?" he muttered and Jack roared with laughter as Tik turned to smile sweetly at her cub.
"Not a chance my beloved one, it doesn't matter at all if you are ten or over a hundred you will always be my little cub, I will never will be able to look at you without seeing the tiny little beautiful cub that was nestled in my arms sucking his thumb fast asleep," she said with a beaming smile at him which made him blush nearly as red as his suit.
"Oh come on Matriarch stop embarrassing him or you know he's going to get into Patriarch's mulled wine again and start telling everyone some embarrassing stories about you during the freedom day dinner, like the time we caught you and Patriarch on the workbench in his workshop..." Sela eleth said appearing out of nowhere making Tik join Ryan in his blushing now and making Jack roar with laughter.
"Yeah and as I remember I had to get you to put the swords down because you thought she was trying to kill me," he said flashing a grin at his daughter who joined in on the blushing now.
"Well umm yeah what did you expect we hadn't exactly had that particular talk yet and we find you flat on your back with Matriarch pinning you to the bench tearing your clothing off, what was I supposed to think?" she said making Jack laugh out loud again.
"Yeah, you think you're embarrassed now not half-embarrassed as I had to have that kinda of talk with you right of the blue" Jack said making his daughter and his son laugh.
"Not as embarrassed as we were Patriarch trust me on that one I still can't look at a workbench the same knowing what you and Matriarch got up to on it," Ryan said and that when Tik got an evil grin on her mandibles and Jack knew what was coming next.
"Oh? So by that logic you can't look at every surface of our house the same now can you?" she said and both Ryan and Sela eleth groaned in unison.
"Thanks for that image Matriarch," Sela eleth said.
"Oh don't act all sweet and innocent my little cub being the Grand Matriarch has some privilege you know my little young one like for instance I get to hear from my Hunters that they saw a certain leader of the Saviours sneaking up on her beloved husband while he was sat on the lake's shore doing some painting from a tree and wouldn't you know it only moments later they see him dangling from a net being slowly drawn up into a large tree only to hear some rather odd noises coming from the tree moments later, you are lucky they were Yautja and not ooman or they might have got a lot more worried about those noises and got it into their heads to go and investigate," she said and their beloved daughter blushed as red as her hat and suit.
"Well wasn't it you that told me that healthy passions of a healthy Yautja female should never be underestimated or ignored?" she shot back making Tik grin broadly before turning back to Jack and leaning down to grip his face in a very deep and passionate upside-down kiss.
"Yeah, and it's also the reason we had to ban that Mistletoe stuff that Patriarch brought back from Earth after his visit there years ago when he picked up the second wave of those who oomans who joined the Clan from the Hunter barracks, simply because the Yautja girls got into the habit of putting it on the ooman's lockers and when they picked it up decloaking right behind them and snatching a kiss before re-cloaking and running off leaving them dazed and confused," Sela said making Ryan laugh and nod obviously remembering the joy of his Patriarch having to sit all the Yautja girls down and explain how it actually worked and that yes while it was just a get to kiss an unclaimed ooman for free card, that it could only be used once a year, there was nearly a riot.
"Well as much as I'd love to sit around here enjoying the very healthy passions of my wife I have presents to deliver and joy to spread, so if you'll excuse me, Ryan you need to get moving as well," Jack said freeing himself from Tik's grasp with swift use of Dream Warrior speed.
His son nodded and hoisted his own sack of presents onto his shoulder before vanishing out of the door of the Seeker temple, Tik just growled wantingly as she stared at her husband as he hoisted his own huge sack over his shoulder.
Eventually, she let out a heavy sigh and nodded, "Go and spread the joy of the Clan my beloved one, I'm going to find some of that mistletoe" she said shooting him a devious grin and he just shook his head.
"Like we've ever needed it," he said making her purr as he turned and shot out into the night moving so fast that to any non-Dream Warrior eyes he would be nothing but a little red blur.
This had become as much tradition as the celebration of Freedom Day itself, now Jack had always believed in the complete unity of Clan Mason, no creed, colour, gender, race, or sexual orientation were discriminated against here, so when he had been searching for a holiday to unite such a varied and growing populace this had struck him, he wanted to take all the elements that made human Christmas great and to pry out the religious elements so that he could integrate elements from all the beautiful and wonderful cultures that the Clan had and would meet to unite them under a single banner and what better banner than their own freedom?
So Freedom Day was born, the day that he and Tik had stood tall and formed Clan Mason, the day that had all of its tenants, rules and beliefs ratified, a day where all could come together as one and celebrate not only being free but also being united, a day where they could celebrate being Clan Mason as Clan Mason celebrated having them.
His first stop on his trip was as always the home of one of his own children, he varied which one it was every year, this year it was Sela eleth and Robert's home.
Now once this idea had been created Jack had implemented a subtle plan to have every chimney of every home in that Clan widened to accommodate the size of a fully grown Yautja female, so that they could easily climb up and down it with ease, some of the very clever Xenos at Citrus and Yoshi's hive had been loaned to him to figure it out and they had come up with just the way of doing it.
At the same time, odd stories had started to be circulated about a strange figure dressed all in red who wore many different faces, who visited the homes of all those who embraced the values of Clan and upheld them all year long, if they had been good this figure would leave them gifts for their cubs but in order for the cubs to get these gifts they would have to be good for their Matriach and Patriarch all year long and not just that they had to be good to one another as well, they had to uphold the values of the Clan for the spirit of the Clan to come to them.
Jack leat onto the roof of Sela and Robert's home from the ground which was easier said than done while carrying a giant sack on his back, but as he landed silently on the reinforced roof he placed it down, he turned to the covered chimney and he instantly saw the little covert Clan symbol embedded into the top brick.
Pressing his uncovered thumb to it the symbol instantly recognised him and reconfigured into its Freedom Day configuration, this little trick would only work at this time of year and only for a registered Seeker, for both his son and daughter only Jack or Tik's thumbprint would work.
The top of the chimney retracted and the covering mesh folded in on itself, one side of the chimney opened up to reveal a small platform for him to step onto, he gathered a bundle of brightly wrapped gifts and a series of little red stockings each containing a series of sweet delicious treats that his beloved wife had spent days preparing.
No sooner had he stepped onto the platform than it shot down the chimney with a near-silent whoosh where it stopped in the fireplace itself which had now retracted into the ground extinguishing the fire as it did.
As Jack stepped out into the living room he couldn't help but smile, the whole place was fully decorated, in the corner of the room was a huge pine style tree that was wrapped in bright tinsel and covered in little lights, right at the very top of it was a little effigy of Paya dressed like an Angel.
But it wasn't the decorations that made him smile, it was the pretty little half Yautja half-human girl that was asleep on the large sofa next to it wrapped in a large blanket and cuddling a small little stuffed Xeno was Jackie eleth, Robert and Sela's youngest daughter named after her grandfather which had swollen Jack's heart when Robert had told him.
She was nine years old and an absolutely perfect Yautja/human hybrid and despite the fact that she was only a quarter Yautja the Yautja genes were so strong that she looked like a perfect little replica of her mother, except for her eyes, her eyes were her fathers.
Jack very softy laid out the presents under the tree, there was one for each of the six cubs and also one each for Robert and Sela, as old as she was now to Jack she was still his little girl and always would be.
It was obvious that she had tried to stay awake to catch a glimpse of the Freedom Day spirit and had failed, her father had obviously come down and found her having failed and had wrapped her in a blanket and given her her favourite dolly to cuddle with.
Jack smiled and silently approached the sleeping girl, very gently he stroked her soft hair which just like every other human/Yautja hybrid had been woven into dreadlocks to pay homage to their Yautja heritage by emulating the predlocks that every Yautja had.
With the gentlest of touches, he stroked her hair and at the same time slipped her little treat laden stocking into her arms so that her little fluffy Xeno could protect it, with the softest of kisses on her forehead Jack turned to leave when a little voice froze him in place.
"A-A-Are you the Spirit of Freedom?" it asked in a whisper and Jack turned to see another little figure had slipped into the room as silent as the night itself, it was Sela and Robert's youngest son Maval who was only a year older than his little sister.
He was dressed in blue pyjamas that were embossed with little pictures of the Clan symbol as well as little dancing male Raptorians that all bore a striking resemblance to Remal, these had apparently become very popular after they joined the Clan.
"That's right little one now what are you doing out of bed?" Jack said putting on a very fake deep voice as he'd forgotten to prime his voice modulator which disguised his voice should he be discovered by little curious cubs hoping to see the Spirit of Freedom as he delivered their presents.
"I-I-I was thirsty," Maval said holding up the little glass of water he was holding.
"Well come on little one let's get you up to bed then shall we? Wouldn't want your Patriarch or Matriarch to go into full battle mode thinking you are missing now would we?" Jack said softly and with that, he scooped Maval up into his arms and proceeded to move so fast that to the little boy it would seem like they just teleported from his living room to his bedroom where he found himself placed in bed now holding a little red stocking to go with his glass of water.
He looked around in surprise and then Maval went and surprised Jack right back, "Are you a Seeker? Because only Seekers can move as you do!" he stated confidently making Jack both curse and rejoice in the observant gene he had passed onto his daughter and was now passed into her cubs.
"Why do you say that little one?" he said softly.
"Well only Seekers can move that fast, my Patriarch says that our Seekers are special guardians sent from the Eternal Huntress to seek out bad people and to protect the Clan from them, they seek them out and our Hunters hunt them down and destroy them but if they somehow make it past them they will have to deal with our Saviours and no-one gets past them, my Matriach is the most powerful of all the Saviours and my Patriarch says she is what beauty and power looks like if you give it a face but I don't know about that, my Matriach sure is powerful but I think the Serpentinus girls in my class are prettier," he said confidently nearly making Jack burst out laughing, oh how the truth just tumbled out of the mouth of babes.
"Well I am not a Seeker little one I am the Spirit of Freedom and it is my job to visit all those in the Clan who have done their very best to live up to what it is to be Clan Mason and to reward them for it, so keep being a good little one, so you keep protecting your brothers and sisters and you stand for them as they stand for you ok?" he said and Maval nodded eagerly.
"I will nobody will get to them while I'm around I won't let them!" he said defiantly showing off that Yautja fire in all its glory making Jack smile as he saw his mother's love shining bright in this little one.
"Well I have to go now oh but before I do you know those Serpentinus girls?" Jack said.
Maval nodded, "Yeah there's a pack of four of them, my Matriach said that they only do that when they are going to be friends forever, they become sisters!" Maval said innocently.
"Tell them they're pretty, a proud member of Clan Mason doesn't hide from love we stand up and challenge it to come to us," he said and Maval clenched his little fist after putting his stocking down.
"I will spirit you can count on me! I'll tell them exactly how pretty they really are!" he said and Jack nodded before with a snap of his finger he would have seemingly vanished into thin air when in reality he was actually heading back up the chimney lift.
As Jack stood atop the roof he looked out over his sleeping city and he smiled proudly, through the haze of his Dream Warrior's eyes he could see his brother and sister Seekers doing exactly the same as him, from roof to roof they jumped bringing the joy of freedom and the love of the Clan to every little soul it guarded with the fire a million suns, not a single innocent soul would go without tomorrow, tomorrow every one of them would know how much they were loved and cherished and to those who were newcomers to their shores, well wouldn't they have a surprise, because they too would see that the Clan gives to all those who believe in it, for here all are safe, al is guarded, all are loved and most importantly, here all are free.
One by one all of Jack's Seekers reported in from their successful run, though half of them were probably feeling a little sick from all the freedom day cookies left out by innocent little cubs to thank them for bringing them joy.
Touching his PTT Jack began to speak, "This is Spirit one operation Secret Santa phase one is complete go to phase two" he said.
A voice snapped back through the comms, "Roger that Spirit one, chariot of freedom is go launching now, clear the air space!" it said and with that all of them that were out turned to look towards Citrus and Yoshi hive which was decked out like a giant oversized Freedom Tree decorated as it was with brightly coloured lights which went from the ground to the top in a coil-like pattern where he children had spent three days decorating it, it was even brighter inside.
This part of the show was a kind of recent addition and it was for the cubs that would have inevitably been woken to find a Seeker sneaking gifts into their homes, trying to get said cubs back to sleep would have been a nightmare for their parents, so this was for them to add a real sense of beauty, mystery, joy and wonder to them.
As Jack watched a large oversized sleigh pulled by twelve Xeno's soared into the air from behind the cover of the hive, it was covered in little lights which made it stand out from the night sky.
It was being driven by one of the Pretorian's from the hive decked out in exactly the same get-up as Jack was himself even down to beard, to those on the ground he would have been little more than a red shadow and infact the sleigh was little more than a very cleverly camouflaged Surface Skimmer that the hive had modified and beefed up for this purpose and the twelve 'Reindeer' were twelve Xeno volunteers all wearing some of the Clan's orbital group flight gear that was cleverly camouflaged to make it look like they were simply running in the air pulling the sleigh thanks to the harnesses they all wore.
It was an incredible sight as it soared low over the city making it look like it was dropping rainbow coloured dust over the homes of everyone, all around the city jack could see little cubs pulling their parents out of their homes dressed in dressing gowns looking confused to look up at the incredible spectacle of the flying sleigh as the 'Spirit of Freedom' circled their city before simply vanishing as it activated a cloaking device and made its way back to the hive.
"You really do love freedom day don't you?" Tik said as Jack walked back into the Seeker Temple to join the rest of his celebrating Seekers who were all celebrating another successful Freedom Day operation.
"What's not to like? It's a perfect excuse to remind every single person in this place just what we stand for, it stokes the young minds of our innocent loved ones filling them with wonder and showing them how much they mean to us while at the same time reminding the parents just what lengths we are willing to go to show every single member of this beautiful place how important they are to us" jack said walking right up to his beautiful wife and embracing her tightly.
'Don't lie father you just love making Matriach dress up in a little fluffy red dress and a silly hat" Sela eleth said playfully from their left and Jack shot her a grin.
"What do you think you're father is a fool? Of course, I'm going to take that opportunity when it presents itself, it's even more fun watching her take it off again though" he said earning him a deep growly purr from Tik.
"Sea just laughed and shook her head, "Oh and by the way I ran into Maval while was at your place," he said and he saw Sela freeze in place.
"He was awake?" she exclaimed.
"Getting a glass of water, he was telling me all about his patriarch believes that his matriarch is the definition of power and beauty gave flesh but that he likes the pretty Serpentinus girl pack in his class," he said making Sela laugh and nod.
"Yeah he's been on about them ever since they joined, he really likes the cobra girl's hood because apparently, it has pretty red stripes," she said with a nod then she stopped dead and glanced at him.
"He said my Robert said I was the definition of power and beauty?" she asked and Jack grinned.
"His exact words were, 'My patriarch believes my matriarch is what would happen if you gave supreme power and beauty a face'" Jack said quoting his little grandson.
Sela looked thoughtful for a moment and then looked back at the pair, "Umm do you think my cubs could stay with you two tonight?" she asked pleadingly.
"Your cubs are always welcome in our home my beautiful cub you know this" Tik said leaning on her husband's shoulders and Sela dashed forwards and embraced them both.
"Thank you both you are the best, now where the pauk did Ryan hide that pauking mistletoe, I have a husband to hunt!" she said and with that, she was gone.
Jack looked back at Tik, "Like Matriarch like daughter" he said earning him a playful cuff over the head followed by a deep face grabbing kiss.
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Freedom day went off without a hitch, Sela's Saviours were the only ones who worked on this day really, but none of them minded because all Saviours knew that protecting the Clan was a twenty-four hour a day job, but they rotated the shifts on a four-hour basis so everyone would be with their families.
As always her patriarch put on a huge firework display which would go off after the Freedom day dinner which was always a big event as the entire Clan would get together as one to celebrate not only being free but being together as one.
Sela eleth still remembered when the entire Clan could fit in her parents garden, but now it was so big they'd have had absolutely no hope for it, so her parents had a special place built just for this purpose, it was a huge modular building that sort of looked like a modular Xeno hive and by late afternoon people were starting to roll in.
Sela and Robert arrived in the early evening, Sela had spent the morning playing with her very excited cubs who were going on non-stop about seeing the Spirit of Freedom while playing with their new toys and presents, though her daughter was having a bit of a sulk that she didn't get to see the Spirit like her brother but she soon cheered up as they walked into the area that was reserved for them and they saw their grandparents.
"Grandpa! Grandma!" they all yelled in perfect unison and began running towards them with their arms outstretched for a hug.
'There they are! There are my beloved beautiful cubs" her matriarch said and immediately began picking them up one at a time and hugging them to death.
Her matriarch was dressed in a full-blown red dress hemmed with white fluffy hems but what really set off the image was the red fluffy hat that was planted on her head, her patriarch was dressed very similarly wearing a red suit and a matching hat.
"There are our beloved ones, come here give your old man a hug," her patriarch said holding out his arms to Sela and she immediately walked right into them nearly picking him up off his feet, being taller than he had its advantages sometimes.
She pulled him tightly to her before releasing him and then turning towards her Matriach was now covered in her cubs and was promptly picked off her feet herself by her matriarch who just could help herself in showing off her strength.
"You are so strong grandma," Sela's youngest daughter said from her shoulder as Tik lifted her mother off her feet.
"A proud Yautja woman must always be strong especially when her loved ones are involved because she must be strong be for them remember that little one because when you have ones you love you must always be strong for them," Tik said and Sela could see her little daughter nodding in agreement.
"I will be grandma I promise, I'm going to be as strong as I can be, that way I can protect one of those pretty Scalathor boys that you and grandpa Jack brought back, I'm going to be a Saviour just like my matriarch so I can stand tall and proud and protect the Clan just like her, I will make sure no boys ever get hurt ever again, not while I'm on duty and just like my matriarch says a true Saviour of Clan Mason is always on duty because the Clan must always be safe and it must always be strong!" she said proudly.
"Exactly right little one the Clan protects and the Clan loves no matter what, just look down there little one, this is what Clan Mason stands for, freedom pure and simple, it's very simple if you serve the Clan the Clan will serve you that's what unity is little one altogether as one, no one more important than anyone else, all together as one," Tik said pointing down through one of the glass windows of the family room to another of the huge rooms easily visible from there.
In the centre of the large room was a large table filled with Scalathor both male and female together, now it was obvious even from here that the male Scalathor was nervous around the females who were all freed Nightmare Assassins and had been some of the people who had tormented them but the Clan had been counselling both parties in the hive of the Battle Angels and had slowly come to realise that neither of them was at fault for what had happened and as they all watched the females were happily serving food and drinks to the male Scalathor and to make the males feel safe stood right at the head of the table was queen Zara dressed in a red dress just like Tik's even down to the hat planted on her crested head.
The room was also filled with undercover Saviours just to help make the males feel safe, but Sela knew that if queen Zara had felt that she even believed for a single second that the boys were under any kind of threat she would have never allowed them to be in the same room for a single second and from what she could see the males seemed happy.
"So which one is your favourite?" Tik asked making her daughter flush and look shy.
"H-H-He's called Dema and he's got really pretty blue and green scales and his tail is really long and pretty, he's also got these really pretty horns he's got three of them and that's really rare for Scalathor boys" Jakie stammered softly and Tik turned to look at her.
"Now now little one you are proud ooman Yautja are you not?" Tik said and Jackie nodded still blushing.
"Well then a Yautja girl is never embarrassed by what her heart tells her, you declare your love loud and proud and you show your beautiful boy that you will always be proud to love him and protect him, that you will always stand at his side and hold his heart as your most sacred treasure, do you think I would be embarrassed to open this window and bellow at the top of my lungs that I love your grandpa before all of these people?" Tik said and Sela chuckled softly to herself already knowing the answer to that question.
Jackie shook her head, "No grandma" she said and Tik nodded proudly.
"Exactly, love is something to be proud of always, you see that male right there, he is my heart's brightest star, he showed me who I truly am and who I was truly meant to be, there is nothing I would not do for him, Yautja strength and ooman grace together in perfect harmony and you have both of those things inside you meshed together so that little Dema will be getting the best of both worlds now won't he?" Tik said and Jackie brightened right up.
"Yeah! Yeah he will he'll get all the Yautja strength to keep him safe and all the human love to show him how important he is every day!" she exclaimed and Tik nodded proudly.
"That's the spirit little one, when you are back in school you march your little bum right up to Dema and you tell him that he is the most beautiful boy you have ever seen and one day you will make him yours and you will love him every day for the rest of his life and you do it in a proud voice that all can hear," Tik said and Jackie nodded happily.
"Good girl now go grab your seat its time to eat," Tik said and with that, the table filled up as Ryan and Shena came in with their brood and the whole family embraced and hugged one another.
Now on Freedom Day, it is tradition for the Clan leaders to serve all others to show everyone that no one in the Clan is more important and above responsibility to the Clan than anyone else, so once her matriarch and patriarch had served their family they were off out into the larger building to serve people food, once Ryan and Sela had seated their family they both joined them.
"So a little mandible covered bird tells me that you and Robert are having a night together tonight so I made you a little something," Ryan said suddenly handing her a little box wrapped in paper with a large red ribbon on it.
Sela looked at him questioningly, then when she opened the box and glanced in she blushed bright red and then quickly closed the box looking around to see if anyone other than her saw what was inside but everyone was too busy laughing and having a good time.
She looked at Ryan questioningly and he just gave her that evil grin of his, "Same little mandible bird told me you were looking for some so I decided to take the lead and oh just an FYI right at this moment your husband is being spirited away by some of my Tamers and yes before you ask matriarch and Patriarch are in on it, so if you want your fun with your husband you are going to have to hunt him down like a true Yautja, good hunting sister" he said before turning to leave.
Sela eleth just stood there dumbfounded for a moment before rushing forwards and hugging her beloved brother from behind, "Thank you, Ryan, thank you for just being you, you've always known me so well" she said into his shoulder.
"You are very welcome sis, just do me a favour and maybe do the same for me next year alright?" he said glancing at her over her shoulder.
"Count on it," she said.
"Alright get out of here and go hunt your love before my Tamers get him too far away, we got things here," he said.
Sela nodded and rushed off just stopping to say thank you to her matriarch and patriarch and to say goodbye to her beloved cubs and to behave for their grandparents before she rushed off to begin her hunt for love.
Now Sela eleth was no Seeker so once she got home and got changed into her new hunting gear so rather than run through streets faster than the eye could see she simply used her cloaking tech to slip through unnoticed.
Now if Ryan's Tamers had been trying to hide properly there was no way in a million years she'd have had an easy time tracking them, but the pair of them had been leaving sign all over the place, a broken branch here, a thermal footprint there and all sorts of things.
She also knew that where ever they had left him they would be lurking nearby until they knew she was in the area, her Robert as an artist and the gentlest soul she had ever known, while he like all members of Clan Mason was trained in combat, but while he was trained to defend himself and his family her Robert was the gentlest kindest soul that she had ever had the pleasure to know.
As she leapt from branch to branch her heart began to race faster and faster, her matriarch was absolutely right, nothing ever got a Yautja girl's blood pumping better than a good hunt and she knew that every so often her patriarch would sneak off and make her matriarch hunt him down and the whole Clan kinda knew when this was happening as her matriarch wasn't exactly quiet or reserved in her passions.
Sela stopped on a branch and scanned the area around her, in the distance she noticed a thermal glow coming from what appeared to be a cave not too far away from her, she also noticed two figures lurking in the trees not too far away from the cave entrance she also noticed that both of them were looking right at her despite her being cloaked.
She gave them a wave which they returned before vanishing back in the way of the capital leaving her to have her privacy, Sela leapt from branch to branch being as quiet as she could, as she got close she could see that the glow coming from the cave was from a fire from somewhere deeper inside the cave, Sela knew there would be no danger from wild animals coming anywhere near this cave as if there was one thing that scared the ever-living crap out of the wildlife here it was angry Tamers, well either that or her matriarch.
Sela silently slipped into the cave and remained cloaked as she did, in the centre of the cave she saw a bundle of items that appeared to be a picnic basket and a bottle of her patriarch's mulled wine, there also appeared to be a padded groundsheet and she smiled as she recognised her brother's handiwork, he really had gone all out to make sure she had a wonderful Freedom Day with her beloved husband, oh next year she was going to make sure that Shena had the hunt of her life though how she was supposed to steal away the leader of the Tamers was anybody's guess.
Sela looked around in the room but it appeared to be empty, she made a soft clicking noise with her mandibles and instantly she heard a soft giggling from somewhere deeper in the cave and she snapped her head towards the sound of giggling, it was obvious that one of the tamers had kitted Robert with a cloaking device and she grinned just a little bit extra fun to make the hunt all the more sweeter.
Sela heard a slight shuffle from her right and she turned and with a flick of her mask's visor she instantly saw him, he was tucked in behind a stalactite and was not wearing a mask, she grinned and silently snuck behind him and let out a tremendous roar making Robert jump a mile and scream in surprise.
No sooner was he clear of the gap than Sela lifted her arm and fired her net gun at him, now the nets the Yautja usually used would slam the caught victim into a wall and begin winding in until was so tight it killed or cut into the victim, but not this one, this was a specially made mate hunting net gun owned by every self-respecting Yautja female and it was very very obvious to make sure there was never ever any kind of mistake.
The net appeared out of nowhere and promptly wrapped itself around the surprised and scared Robert and sent him flying while tangling up, thanks to Sela's exact aim he landed smack in the middle of the already prepared padded ground blanket with a soft thump.
Sela disengaged her cloaking in mid-air as she leapt forwards so to Robert the first thing he would have seen was a flying huntress about a second before she landed onto him and pinned his tangled form to the ground.
"I've got you now my beautiful prey! And now I'm going to claim my beautiful trophy!" she yelled triumphantly and she pressed down onto her beautiful male as his shocked face slowly morphed into a look of realisation and finally into a soft shy smile, the very same smile that utterly melted and set her heart aflame every single time she saw it.
"You've won my beautiful huntress, I surrender, come claim your prize," he said softly in the most adorable shy voice that just made her loins burn with want.
She slowly began to unwrap her beautiful living breathing prize untangling from her net, her fingers were trembling with excitement the entire time, all these years they had been together and even now the mere thought of getting to touch him in any way she wanted still made her burn up inside, it was absolutely true what her parents had taught her about true love, it was the universe's most beautiful gift to all sentient life.
Sela could feel Robert's heart pounding in his chest and it made her smile brightly behind her mast to know that he felt the exact same way she did, as she finally freed him from the net she took off the mask and threw the pair next to the picnic basket which contained their freedom day dinner, but right now she had a much more important hunger to sate.
Sela followed up pulling the net off Robert by full-on tearing his clothing from him, she didn't feel bad about doing this as one other thing she had noticed in the pile with the picnic basket was spare clothing for Robert, Paya bless her beloved brother he obviously knew the passions of a healthy huntress very well.
The last thing she did was to grab Robert's wrists and pin them above his head before gazing down his beautiful naked body, he wasn't a warrior so he didn't have a chiselled six-pack or solid muscles, but Sela didn't care a single pauk about those things as she had more than enough muscles for both of them, she utterly adored her soft beautiful and gentle male, his every soft curve was her utter poison.
"Oh, no looks like you caught me my big strong huntress whatever am I going to do now?" Robert said in a fake pleading voice that made her growl wantingly.
"You are going to do whatever I want my delicious little prey and if you do a good job I might even let you live and if you do a very good job I may even give you the sweetest gift of your life" she growled softly but deeply and stroked his exposed throat with her mandibles.
She felt Robert shiver under her, she knew that he rather liked her aggressive and dominating side as she treated him with the softest aftercare she could ever give afterwards, hell the first time he'd let her unleash her Yautja side on him she'd wound up crying in his arms afterwards because she was terrified he would run for the hills after seeing that side of her, but instead, he had clung to her and soothed her fears telling her exactly how much he loved it because it was a part of her and he trusted her because she loved him and he her.
So she would never in a million years ever lay a hand upon him if she wasn't sure he wanted it, she knew exactly how much this beautiful male had suffered at the hands of the Yautja or rather at the hands of the bad bloods, so to her his happiness and care was her absolute concern, always.
"What would you have me do powerful huntress?" he asked softly.
"Well it comes to my attention that you oomans have a rather odd tradition involving kissing whatever you find under a plant you call mistletoe, is that correct?" she growled and she saw him swallow hard but it was obviously excitement and not nerves causing it.
"Y-Yes that's right" he stammered and she smiled darkly at him.
"Then I demand that you honour this tradition!" she growled and with that, he lifted a large bunch of it up and held it above her head.
Robert smiled softly and leaned in and as she opened her mandibles drawing in his entire head as she felt his incredibly warm and soft lips press to hers, she wasted no time pushing her tongue into his mouth and wrestling with his making him whimper softly as she ravished his mouth with hers.
When they parted and with taste of his saliva sparkling on her tongue she let out a deep throaty growl, "Good ooman that is a good start but I do not believe you haven't honoured your tradition fully and I demand that you honour it" she said in a deep throaty growl.
Robert looked confused until he noticed her eyes looking downwards and he followed them and his face melted into a look of pure blushing surprise when he realised her belt was made entirely of threaded and hanging mistletoe.
"I am going to release your hands now my beautiful prey and if you try to run I will catch you" she growled, Robert nodded so Sela released him and he moved backwards slightly as Sela loved herself into a more comfortable position of standing up on the sheet.
"On your knees before your huntress ooman," she said in a deep growl so her beautiful naked husband moved and got onto his knees before her making her heart swell with joy, it was very rare they role-played like this and she did so miss it, the last time they did any kind of role-play she played the part of sexy Saviour who rescued a beautiful trapped ooman and he rewarded her accordingly.
She stepped forwards with her heart hammering in her chest as there was always a little prickle of fear at the back of her mind that when she unleashed her dominant side like this that she was going to push a little too far and give him a flashback work something, she would never do anything that would ever leave him hurt or humiliated but the fear still remained, he told her it was just the part of her that was telling her how much she loved him.
"You may begin ooman and if any material gets between those ooman lips of your and my flesh you will remove it as your kisses are to be upon my flesh and only on my flesh, do not believe you can dodge your traditional responsibility by kissing my skirt" she growled deeply.
"Yes my huntress," he said and with that, he shuffled forwards on his knees and stretched himself upwards, he ran his exquisite hands up her right thigh first lovingly tickling all the sweet spots he knew she had with the expert precision that those incredibly nimble artists fingers had making her shiver with every touch.
Soon his hands were caressing the tops of her thighs and her hips he leaned in and slowly began to plant a series of deep and sucking kisses on the flesh directly below each of the hanging bunches of mistletoe, now Sela had no idea if it was her brother or Shena who had created this belt for her but by the very deliberate placement of some of those bunches was going to make her knees weak and mast likely blow her mind.
Robert slowly made his way around her circling her on his knees kissing under every bunch, when he reached behind her she felt his nimble hands lift her battle skirt and hook into her underwear slowly tugging it down so that slid down her thighs and bunched at her knees hanging there, she didn't bother shaking it off as she didn't want it to interrupt his kissing.
The first of his gently sucking kisses landed on her left buttock and she gasped feeling a tingling burst of pleasure lighting up her loins as he moved to plant a second, she could feel his little tongue flicking at her flesh and tickling it making her heart hammer faster and harder as he moved on to next bunch lifting her skirt even higher as he did.
"My huntress I cannot reach the place that this bunch sits upon as your buttocks are in the way and I do not wish to upset you by failing you," he said from behind her, Sela's heart leapt in her chest as she knew what he was talking about and she fought to suppress a deep purr that tried its hardest to escape her as she utterly adored when he did this for her, it was one of her most favourite acts in the universe made even better as she knew her Robert would take his time with it.
"Then I will assist you ooman, honestly it is no wonder you were caught, such a deliciously helpless prey, but that having been said I will acknowledge your dedication to your traditions," she said, then slowly she bent double at the waist and reached behind her to pry her buttocks apart giving Robert the most intimate view of her that she possibly could.
"There is that better ooman? Can your lips now reach their intended target?" she asked glancing between her legs at him, she could already see his manhood bouncing and throbbing before him proudly and it took all of her strength to remain standing as she was and not pull a backwards standing flip and pin him while ravishing him.
"Y-Yes my huntress, t-t-thank you" he stammers cutely.
"You will thank me by making this kiss a deep one ooman, I will feel your tongue understood?" she said.
"Y-Y-Yes my huntress" he replied breathlessly.
"Good then you may begin," she said and it took all of Sela's strength to simply hold her knees locked and to stay on her feet as the pleasure of feeling her husbands lips upon her anus shot right through her like an electrical storm, though it was nothing compared to the feeling of his tongue first licking it then beginning its fight to worm its way inside of her.
This time Sela could not fight the grows and purrs that burst from her as she felt his tongue worm its way inside her and begin tasting all the nerve filled flesh of her insides, Sela couldn't believe the erotic image of her bent double holding her ass open for her beloved husband to jam his tongue up it and to lick her insides, she also knew this was something he utterly loved doing for her because he had asked her many time to do this for her.
The solid minute that he had his tongue inside her made Sela's head turn into utter mush, she had a little mini orgasm from the pure pleasure and she could feel the warm result of this trickling down her inner thighs not to mention she could see the thicker droplets just dripping from her loins right down onto the blanket.
That's when Robert pulled his tongue free of her and Sela had to fight the urge to reach back grab her husbands head and to jam his face back in again, she slowly raised herself up as his kisses began moving around her again fighting her shaking knees as everyone brought that incredible mouth of his nearer to its final destination until finally after what felt like a lifetime he was directly in front of her and with a knowing smile he leaned in to push his face right up between her thighs.
Sela never even tried to restrain the snarl or the roar that exploded from her as her husband's lips met her lower ones, nor the snarl that tore free of her when his tongue slipped between them and began to dig around between her folds searching out its own prey.
She simply stood there with her head thrown back and her fingers now cupping her bare breasts as she tore her hunting bra free of her chest and grabbed one of her breasts as the other found its way into her husband's hair and held him in place as he coiled his tongue around her clit and drew it into his mouth.
The pleasure was just too intense, after the initial kiss was planted Sela knew she was doomed, now her resolve was all but gone, her husband's efforts were mere moments from tearing from her an explosion of epic proportions so with the last of her will fading Sela surrendered to it and an orgasm like an atomic bomb tore itself from her making her entire womb spasm erratically and very nearly buckling her knees but at the last moment as she felt it happening Sela gained a single moment of clarity and using her supreme flexibility she very quickly pushed herself into a handstand using her very surprised husbands shoulders to support herself and with a powerful push she flipped both of them.
Robert landed on his back flat splayed out and Sela landed atop him in the perfect position for what was to happen next, it had taken a very precise angle and movement to achieve what Sela had done and she gave him a deep and dark smile as he looked down his body and revelled in the look on his face when he realised he was buried to the hilt inside her already was priceless.
"Prepare yourself MY beautiful prey! For know you will know what Yautja love looks and feels like!" she snarled and before Robert could even utter a word she clamped down on him and swirled her hips morphing his words in a surprised whimper that turned into a powerful moan.
Sela began to move her hips as she planted her hands on her husband's shoulders each and every stroke was perfectly designed to bring this beautiful male below as much pleasure as her body was able to wring out him, she would withdraw him till only his exposed tip was directly inside her vaginal ring and then with a push she would clamp down on his and squeeze his entire length as it sank to the hilt within her.
The cave was filled with a crescendo of ooman groans, Yautja snarls and growls as well a whole host of wet slaps, this lasted for a whole fifteen minutes before in perfect unison they grabbed hold of one another and roared together sending their thanks to the Eternal Huntress for them finding one another as they screamed the other's name into the night sending the birds all around the cave screaming into the air.
It took them another half an hour to recover and the whole time they didn't uncouple now did they ease up their grip on one another, until finally, they were able to pry themselves apart, Robert stretched himself out and moved to throw a few extra logs on their little campfire before returning and tenderly wrapping Sela in the large blanket as he pulled the picnic basket closer to them, chuckling as he saw the fresh clothes.
"Gotta say that was the best Freedom Day present ever," he said joining her in the blanket as she yanked him into her lap.
Sela rested her head atop his and held him tightly as he lifted a slice of smoked meat to feed it to her, "My thought exactly but aren't I supposed to be the one providing you aftercare now?' she said playfully and he chuckled softly.
"If I thought I needed it I'd let you but I know how you get when that dominant side of your rears its little head," he said stroking her face blindly.
"Goddess above I love you, Robert, I just don't even have to words to tell you how much," she said softly as she squeezed him tightly.
"You know what they say, my beautiful wife, actions speak louder words and your actions were pretty loud and clear," he said making her chuckle.
The pair ate their meal and stared into the dancing flames of the fire as it flickered lighting their little love cave in its warm golden glow.
"Robert?' she said and he looked up.
"Happy Freedom Day," she said and he beamed from ear to ear before handing her a glass of her patriarchs mulled wine.
"And here's too many more," he said before they saluted each other and the beautiful Clan that they loved so much.
To all my fans and readers all around the world, this is GhostNobody saying a big thank you to sticking with me for another crazy year and I would like to extend a big and very deep thank you from the bottom of my heart, your continued support and love mean the world to me and I hope you will stay with me as I continue to take the Clan from strength to strength.
So from me, GhostNobody and all of Clan Mason, seasons greetings and a happy new year as well as happy Freedom Day, may there be many more for you one and all, I hope all of your dreams come true as you continue to make mine come true.