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Kira is saying now has upset her. “Excuse me?”
“Few females,” Kira repeats, then bites her lip. “Okay, yeah, this does sound bad.”
“You think? I just found out we’re on Popsicle Planet with Captain Horny and the Hairy Palm Crew, and you didn’t bother to tell me that I get an assigned playmate?”
Haeden frowns and looks over at me as I drop back into my seat and pick up my carving knife again. “What is she saying? Her words are nonsense.”
“She is mad,” I tell him. “She wants to make her own choices.”
“I can hear you two,” Mah-dee snaps, looking over at us. “I’m not fucking deaf.” And then she bursts into tears.
Kira shoots us an exasperated look and then puts her arms around Mah-dee, rubbing her back. “I’m sorry,” Kira says. “You should have known before we gave you the khui, but it doesn’t change anything. You have to have it to survive. I promise. It’s not an option. It’s just a fact of life. And the guys here are nice. They will treat you very well if you resonate, and they won’t touch you if you don’t. I swear. Your sister is completely and utterly safe with Hassen, no matter how crazy this all seems.”
Mah-dee wipes at her cheeks and straightens, nodding. “So, he stole her because he mated to her? Resonated to her? Do I have a brother in law now?”
My heart clenches with jealousy at the thought. “Or he is trying to force it,” I add, unable to help myself. Haeden shoots me a quieting glare and I fall silent.
“Force it? What do you mean, force it?”
I remain silent. I am just making things worse.
“What do you mean, force it?” Mah-dee asks again, looking at me. “Rokan?”
“The human females resonated to our males quickly,” Haeden says, glaring at me for bringing this up. “Hassen took her because if he is the only male she is around, he is hoping her khui will resonate to him if they are together enough.”
“Like a consolation prize?” she shrieks and jumps to her feet. “He wants a consolation prize mating? Are you shitting me?”
“Are all the yellow-maned ones so angry? She reminds me of Leezh.” Haeden shoots an accusing glance at Raahosh.
“My mate is much sweeter,” Raahosh grumbles, looking just as annoyed with Mah-dee.
“Even when you stole her?” I jab back. “That is not what Leezh says.”
Now Raahosh scowls at me. Perhaps if I make everyone in the cave angry, they will send me out to go look for Li-lah. I scoop up my arrows and drop them into my hip-quiver. I am ready. More than ready. “If the hunters have no luck by the morning, we should take Mah-dee back to the tribal cave,” I say to the others. “Hassen will bring her back in his own time. I will go find her.”
“You will not,” Haeden says. “The sky-claws are a great danger and we have two humans to protect. Without Hassen, I need all the hunters.”
I stiffen with anger. Li-lah must come first. She is in danger. She…
Across from me, Kira rubs her eyes. They are hollow with lack of sleep. Across the cave, Mah-dee is staring out into the cold. They both look exhausted and frail.
I hate that Haeden is right.
Mah-dee and Kira must be protected, and I cannot leave the group until they are safe. My brother’s mate has a young kit she must get back to. And Mah-dee cannot stay here in dangerous lands.
I mull this for a few moments, and then nod slowly. I will go back to the tribal cave with them, and then I will seek Li-lah on my own. It gnaws at my gut to think of leaving her here in Hassen’s arms, but he will keep her safe until I can come for her.
I have no other choice. I cannot risk the safety of my brother’s mate for Li-lah. Not when Li-lah is safe. I will come back for her.
I will not tell them this, though, or they will seek to stop me.
So I tap my forehead. “We should return. My knowing tells me this is what we should do.”
Raahosh nods slowly, brows furrowing. “You’re sure?”
“I am.”
“Then why not wait
“Few females,” Kira repeats, then bites her lip. “Okay, yeah, this does sound bad.”
“You think? I just found out we’re on Popsicle Planet with Captain Horny and the Hairy Palm Crew, and you didn’t bother to tell me that I get an assigned playmate?”
Haeden frowns and looks over at me as I drop back into my seat and pick up my carving knife again. “What is she saying? Her words are nonsense.”
“She is mad,” I tell him. “She wants to make her own choices.”
“I can hear you two,” Mah-dee snaps, looking over at us. “I’m not fucking deaf.” And then she bursts into tears.
Kira shoots us an exasperated look and then puts her arms around Mah-dee, rubbing her back. “I’m sorry,” Kira says. “You should have known before we gave you the khui, but it doesn’t change anything. You have to have it to survive. I promise. It’s not an option. It’s just a fact of life. And the guys here are nice. They will treat you very well if you resonate, and they won’t touch you if you don’t. I swear. Your sister is completely and utterly safe with Hassen, no matter how crazy this all seems.”
Mah-dee wipes at her cheeks and straightens, nodding. “So, he stole her because he mated to her? Resonated to her? Do I have a brother in law now?”
My heart clenches with jealousy at the thought. “Or he is trying to force it,” I add, unable to help myself. Haeden shoots me a quieting glare and I fall silent.
“Force it? What do you mean, force it?”
I remain silent. I am just making things worse.
“What do you mean, force it?” Mah-dee asks again, looking at me. “Rokan?”
“The human females resonated to our males quickly,” Haeden says, glaring at me for bringing this up. “Hassen took her because if he is the only male she is around, he is hoping her khui will resonate to him if they are together enough.”
“Like a consolation prize?” she shrieks and jumps to her feet. “He wants a consolation prize mating? Are you shitting me?”
“Are all the yellow-maned ones so angry? She reminds me of Leezh.” Haeden shoots an accusing glance at Raahosh.
“My mate is much sweeter,” Raahosh grumbles, looking just as annoyed with Mah-dee.
“Even when you stole her?” I jab back. “That is not what Leezh says.”
Now Raahosh scowls at me. Perhaps if I make everyone in the cave angry, they will send me out to go look for Li-lah. I scoop up my arrows and drop them into my hip-quiver. I am ready. More than ready. “If the hunters have no luck by the morning, we should take Mah-dee back to the tribal cave,” I say to the others. “Hassen will bring her back in his own time. I will go find her.”
“You will not,” Haeden says. “The sky-claws are a great danger and we have two humans to protect. Without Hassen, I need all the hunters.”
I stiffen with anger. Li-lah must come first. She is in danger. She…
Across from me, Kira rubs her eyes. They are hollow with lack of sleep. Across the cave, Mah-dee is staring out into the cold. They both look exhausted and frail.
I hate that Haeden is right.
Mah-dee and Kira must be protected, and I cannot leave the group until they are safe. My brother’s mate has a young kit she must get back to. And Mah-dee cannot stay here in dangerous lands.
I mull this for a few moments, and then nod slowly. I will go back to the tribal cave with them, and then I will seek Li-lah on my own. It gnaws at my gut to think of leaving her here in Hassen’s arms, but he will keep her safe until I can come for her.
I have no other choice. I cannot risk the safety of my brother’s mate for Li-lah. Not when Li-lah is safe. I will come back for her.
I will not tell them this, though, or they will seek to stop me.
So I tap my forehead. “We should return. My knowing tells me this is what we should do.”
Raahosh nods slowly, brows furrowing. “You’re sure?”
“I am.”
“Then why not wait
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