Chapter- 3
Heya there guys, wish y'all a very happy #HappyFriendshipDay :DDD! I don't know if I'm gonna be able to update next week or not so here's your #FD treat, two chapters in the same week, yayyy lol :D!
So now something about the chapter, well I'm doing a little experiment here. The metallic lines down there is actually the conversation between Vandevi and her 'animal' friends in their 'animal' language as we've all seen in some movies so please don't get confused about it.
"Back from your so called night-walk?" a pair of glowing eyes halted Vandevi on the entrance who was silently trying to tiptoe into the cave.
"It's called night watch, brother." the girl flashed a canined grin and pulled an apple out of the pocket of her loincloth.
"Kahli..." The old snow leopard walked out and shook his head with a sigh. "Why don't you understand, my little sister? Those humans are dangerous, you should stay away from them."
"No, they should stay away from US." she muttered into her first bite.
"She's right, Vidal!" her little gang exclaimed in unison from behind.
"Gawd Zehri, you've become fat, girl, I ain't gonna pull your butt up here next time." the owl growled at the snake.
"What? I've become fat? Just look at ya, you're the one that waddles around like a fat duck everyday!" the snake hissed.
"I'm not fat, my feathers make me look poofy!" the owl pointed an angry talon at snake.
"Hey Ola, Zehri, please guys, please stop fighting." Kahli turned her head and glared at her friends, signaling them to keep their mouths shut before her brother.
"What else can i expect from these two?" Vidal sighed again and walked over to the flat cliff. "Don't you remember what mother said when she was dying?"
Kahli let out a sharp breath and walked over to his brother and sat cross legged next to him. "She said 'No matter what happens, always stay together and protect each other.'" she turned her face to him and smiled. "And trust me brother, you've done a great job about protecting me for past Fifteen years."
"But I'm become old now, dear." Vidal sighed again.
"Therefore now it's my turn to protect you and you'll be happy to know, today I killed an entire bunch of those pathetic 'hunters' who snuck into our jungle to catch YOU."
"What the hell?!" the leopard growled. "You fought them all alone?! Are you crazy? Why don't you understand it, Kahli, those humans are the worst enemy we animals can have. They have sharp brains, guns and-"
"Claws." Ola's sudden mutter caused Kahli to spit out her last bite. He regretted his mistake as he earned a solid stink-eye from Kahli and a slap on the back of his head from Zehri's tail.
"What? Claws?" Vidal's eyebrowless eyes narrowed. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Oh it was nothing, bro, they're just talking about a guy who had some..claws...like me." she grumbled with a roll of eyes.
"Oh not just claws dude, he even had fangs like her." it was Zehri this time who also received a hard stink eye+ curse under breath from Kahli.
"What? Claws and fangs like her?" there was a strange glint in Vidal's eyes. He spun to his sister. "Please tell me you haven't killed him yet."
"Well...she tried a lot, but the man just didn't die." Ola said honestly.
"Okay let me get this straight, that man had claws, fangs and couldn't die." Vidal unexpectedly laughed out loud. "Holy Jungle, looks like my little baby sister's found herself a Mat-"
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoaaa there, brother!" Kahli swiftly lifted a hand to interrupt the old leopard. "He is NOT my Mate!"
"Oh c'mon Kahli, we both know how unique you are." Vidal tried to make her understand. "For the past Fifteen years I've been trying to find a male of your kind so he can be with you when you go into Heat." His statement caused Ola to cough and Zehri to let out a hissed whistle with a twirl of eyes.
"BRO?!" Kalhi exclaimed blushing hard. "At least not in front of my friends!"
"What? Isn't it true?" the aged leopard flaunted a canined grin of his own but soon became serious again. "We both know how weak and helpless you become in those three damned days. I've seen you writhing in that great pain twice, but not this time. That time is coming soon and we have to stay prepared for it. You're going to find that male, mate with him and then-"
"Then what? Grab his hand and leave this jungle, my home for good so I can live with him in his goddamn 'human' world? once and for all brother, I'm not gonna do...ANYTHING with that guy, EVER! Besides, he's gone and I'm sure he would never come back here."
"Why? What did you do with him, Kahli?"
"She didn't do anything." Zehri said. "Actually he was the one who pulled her in his arms and said something to her in his language before letting her go and then we came back up here."
Vidal gave himself a solid facepalm and shook his head. "Listen Kahli, if you ever see that man back here, you're gonna bring him right up here, to me."
"But brother-"
"No buts. Just do as I say next time."
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"What the hell...?"
Creed's eyes narrowed as he looked at his naked chest in the mirror after shower. His kitten's claws'd left her scars on his skin. He couldn't see it earlier because of all that blood but now that he could, the frown soon melted into a short, crooked smile. He got the first ever scar in his whole fucking life and it was from his Mate. His Mate'd unconsciously marked him.
Sabertooth growled.
Why the fuck didn't you mark her back?
Victor knew his animal was mad at him for letting their Mate go without their mark. She should've been here right now, on his bed, marked, impaled by his cock and writhing under him but no, she was still out there.
Why?!
Well Creed had just one answer to that question. It was a deliberate decision. The moment he saw her sitting on that stone before fire, he knew, that the girl was a maverick. She was a free spirit that couldn't be suppressed by his 'You-Will-Do-As-I-Say-Frail' attitude. She would fight back or run away or try to hurt herself (Which was possible in her 'heat' days) even if he tried to. He still wanted her to be his but for the very first time of his century long life, he wanted it to be willing.
"You're mine, kitten." He traced an index claw over a dark, long scar. "And I'm gonna make you say it very soon."
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"Hey Kahli, 'sup gir-" Zehri's cheerful hiss caught in her throat as she saw her friend preparing a pointed stone headed spear. "What're you doing?"
"Preparing some weapons of my own to face that gigantor next time."
Zehri gave a hissing laugh. "But last night you were so sure he wouldn't come here again."
"I still am, but I just wanna stay ready for any unexpected odds." the feral girl said, sharpening the edge of the stone on a flint. "By the way where is Ola?"
"I'm here!" the owl declared his landing from up there but the girls' eyes widened as they saw their friend go straight against-
"Hey, watch out for the tr-" the warning came out late. The owl's face met the tree before he could put a fucking brake on his speed.
"Damn you, daylight." Owl's now flattened beak mumbled against the rough bark of the tree."
"Awww my poor tree!" the girls exclaimed in unison and burst out laughing.
Their laughter was abruptly interrupted by a footstep on the dry leaves. The frown was back on Kahli's face as she recognized the smell. She signaled Ola and Zehri to hide and wait for her next signal. She picked up her newly made spear and stalked toward the source of that stench like a real predator. When she was sure her target was behind those shrubs, she threw her spear at it with full force.
"AHHHHH!" a loud roar.
A side-smirk stretched the corner of Kahli's mouth. She smugly stepped ahead to look down at the dying face of her 'kill' but before it could happen, her kill suddenly jumped out of the shrubs, pounced at her and pinned her down under him on the ground. Her little gang's mouths dropped open.
"Are they gonna do what that foreign couple was doing behind that tree that day?" they both looked at each other. "Ewwwww!"
"Do ya really think gettin' rid of me is that easy, kitten?" Creed grinned down at her, grinding his hips against hers.
Kahli snarled in response, furiously struggling underneath the giant man to push him off but he just laughed at her 'cute' attempts until she pulled her knees up to kick him off her. She tried to pick up her spear lying near her but Victor 'out sped' her this time too.
"Is this your great 'weapon' against me today?" he laughed again and broke the damned twig in half on his thigh. "Next time, choose a better stick."
"Urghhh!" the feral girl snarled again and surged forward to claw that fucking smug grin off his face but abruptly and unwantingly halted her feet after a quick thought. She let out a sharp breath and prepared herself to be a little 'civil'.
"Who are you?" she asked with a questioning sign of her index finger and wiggle of eyebrows.
"Glad to know ya can talk in signs, I'm Victor." Victor smirked and extended his massive hand. "Victor Creed."
She narrowed her eyes at the gesture. She'd never seen any human use it before. She hesitantly advanced and grabbed his hand. First of all, She sniffed it. No poisonous or intoxicating smell coming off it. Then she ran her curious but careful gaze all over it. She looked at the colossal man questioningly.
"It's called a handshake." Victor smirked and showed how it was done with his other hand. He had to bit back a loud laugh when she finally caught his clawed fingers and shook them vigorously. His kitten was so fun.
She released his hand with a short and signaled him to follow her. There was someone on the hill who was eager to meet this gigantic stranger. Simpering, Creed got behind her but as she spun, her dreadlocks poked into his nostrils. Damn she had deadlocks for hair? It was the only thing he couldn't notice last night because he was busy checking out her face and her boobs and her...
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"Hey brother, look who's come here to meet you." Kahli called her brother in her animal language that got Creed's eyes widened.
She can talk to animals?
Now this was something Creed hadn't expected at all. His eyebrows touched the sky when a big fucking snow leopard walked out of that small cave and advanced toward him.
Vidal didn't need to ask his sister who this big guy was. His old but still functioning senses did that for him. He walked toward him with a warning growl. He needed to make sure this man was a right Mate for his little sister.
The old leopard looked at the feral man from head to toe. Those two idiotic buddies of his sister were right. He really had pointed canines and razor-sharp claws like his sister. He took a deep inhale. Strange, the man even smelled like her, the jungle after rains.
Creed could see what the leopard was doing. It was trying to confirm if he was dangerous to the girl standing besides him or not. he wasn't sure what his relation with HIS kitten was, but it shouldn't be anywhere near... He cringed at that damned thought.
The inspection was finally over. Vidal turned to his sister. "Your stupid friends were right, sister. He's really one of your kind."
"So what?" Kahli snorted with crossed arms. "What do you want me to do now? Be friends with him?"
The elder brother smirked. "Well that's exactly what I want you to do right now."
"What?!" the feral female almost roared. "How can you-"
"That's necessary, sister." the leopard gave a growling command. "You'll have to do it for your own good. I've already lost a lot, and I'm not losing you to that damned cycle of yours."
"But brother-"
His voice softened a bit "Please, Kahli. You'll have to do it." Vandevi gave a helpless nod. She glared at the feral man before stepping toward him. She drank down her anger and hesitantly extended her hand, as Creed did a little while ago.
Creed smirked her grumpily cute attempt. It was the first step of his kitten towards their future relationship. he heartily shook the little, delicate hand with his huge one. "Let's begin again kitten, I'm Creed, Victor Creed."
Vandevi let out a short, nervous smile. She knew he'd told her his name and now it was her turn to do the same but how would she do that? She'd never tried to speak 'human' before.
She placed her right hand over her heart as her lips began trembling, trying hard to form the syllables of her name. "K-Ka-h-li."
"What?" Creed had a teasing tone. "Khali?"
She vigorously shook her head and tried to spell it again. "Ka-h-li."
"Ohhh Kahli, right?" she gave a grinning nod. Her bright smile melted Victor's heart. It was the most beautiful smile he'd even seen on any frail's face but his kitten, she was no frail, she was a woman. A woman with a brave heart and fighting spirit who didn't deny her animal like many others. She was a perfect match for him and his animal and she'd be his soon. Very soon.
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Uh-oh, looks like this beautiful start of Victor Sabertooth Creed and Kahli's relationship is being leered at by some evil eyes through their binoculars.
"Zara dekho to, Vandevi ki bhi love story shuru ho rahi hai."- Now just look at that, the start of an epic love story of Vandevi.; the familiar voice smirked before removing the binoculars and revealing a black eyepatch.
"To Ab aage kya karna hai, boss?"- So what are going to do next, boss?; one of new butt boys asked.
He picked up his binoculars again. "Abhi to unn dono ko thoda laparwaah hone do, phir fasaayenge saalo ko apne jaal mein!"- For now, we're going to let them get a bit careless about everything before we catch the fucking love birds in our trap!
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If anyone's still confused about the characters :-
Kahli- The Vandevi
Vidal- The old snow leopard and Kahli's step brother from her adoptive mother.
Ola- The owl and Kahli's friend
Zehri- the female snake and Kahli's friend
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Last but not the least, please don't forget the grand premiere of the fifth and the last season of Ray Donovan on August 6th at 9PM ET/PT. I'm already missing Liev :'(