Page 4 of Hadley's Heroes
“Vetok,” I growled at him. His eyes flashed to mine and he froze before I leveled him with a look. He slowly set me down on my feet… well, one foot. I held the other up because it was still screaming out in pain when I put pressure on it.
“Can you get Elle for me?” I needed some female company rather than my… well, Vetok. Jaka was fine, he didn’t snap so quickly. He was more a quiet watcher. Vetok needed less time around these new males before he got into a fight he couldn’t win. And it was obvious here he was outnumbered.
“I will go get your Elle.” Vetok hesitated a moment, watching the two other Aashi in the room, before pushing Jaka to stand beside me, to hold me upright.
I let out a small squeak when Jaka lifted me into his arms. I was about to protest when he turned to Adee.
“Would you make a nest for my mate? Apillowis what she lays her head on. You roll the blanket up, you make it tight, and you place it in the nest. She will know what to do with it.”
My mouth dropped open slightly. Jaka. My quiet mate was speaking up and telling Adee how to make a pillow. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders as best I could. He used his upper hand to brush some of the hair that had fallen from my ponytail and hook it behind my ear.
“I love you, Jaka.” I nestled into his hard warm chest. I felt his chest swell as he kissed my head and whispered, “My heart,” into my hair. My heart was full and happy. He was my shy, sweet love.
“Female Hadley.” Jaim gestured to the nest they had made, his head slightly bowed to the floor… It was then I realized he had something on his ankle. A bracelet?
“What the fuck?” He had a tracker on his ankle.
Chapter Four
Jaim
Ihad never thought I could feel such a way towards a female as I did with female Hadley. She made my cock hard and leak with seed. Her beautiful hair, such a different shade to her skin, dark and beautiful. It was smooth and all I could think of was touching it. Reaching out and stroking her cheek with my fingertips to see if her skin was as smooth and sweet as her smell.
It was wrong to have these thoughts, I had always known I would never feel the touch of a female. There was no love for a takxe, even in an outcast clan full of warriors. Adee was presenting himself as a possible mate. I could see the way he made herpillow.He was so pleased to make her nest, something mates would do. So to be offered this by her own mate was in itself a blessing from the Goddess that this female was still accepting mates.
“What the fuck?” Hadley looked down at my foot. The translation was confusing and I didn’t understand what she was referring to. My feet were clean, the river here was easy to bathe in. Running water was always fresh.
“Your ankle, you have a tracker.” I looked to where she pointed, and her mate Jaka’s eyes followed too. Adee stood beside me and raised his foot so she could see his too, with a large grin on his face. I knew it was for her and not because we had this tracker on our ankles.
“This was given to us by the M’Mori when they made us work in their mines. It was how they could find us. But here, they don’t work. It is where we can live freely. Clan Freedom.”
It was the truth. We had come this way after we heard rumors of it being true among some of the miners. About a place they cannot find you with the tracker. When we found it was true, Aalee went back to tell the others and brought some back with him to live here only weeks ago. We have many different males here. Not all Aashi.
“So, they haven’t come for you? This is the place K’Tem’s brother spoke of, it’s here.” I watched as she sighed in relief. I nodded, letting her know she was correct they hadn’t come for us. I didn’t know who K’Tem was. But this was the place for freedom from the M’Mori. I didn’t see any tracker on her ankle… her ankle.
“Come, Hadley. Lay and I will heal your ankle.” I spoke the words calmly, but I wasn’t calm. I was feeling warm all over and my heart was racing. She was striking and I wanted her to see me as a good male, a mate, before the other males knew she was taking more. Because once she sees them, I wouldn’t stand a chance.
Brooklyn had once touched me and she started my mating hormones. But I didn’t want anyone to touch me now unless it was Hadley. My mind raced at thoughts of her touching me. My cock ached and I tried to hide the way it was affected by her. She wouldn’t want to see how she affected me… or do I present myself to her? Show her how my cock leaks seed only for her. I wasn’t sure on the way she did this.
“Hadley?” a female voice called out before I could think further of showing her my cock. I caught the sight of black hair in my hut. Big, dark eyes looked up at me and a blue Zaali male followed her. I was surprised, I didn’t know this male or this female. Who was she? Was she here to hurt my Hadley? She wasn’t mine… yet. But I wouldn’t let anything happen to her.
“Hey, Elle. I’m here, looking worse for wear, but I’ll be fine. I hurt my ankle on the way down.” Hadley now lay in the nest of blankets and waved her hand to the female… Elle.
I was stunned. Hadley spoke to this female as if she was her friend. She was friends with another female? She didn’t wish to attack her? I was very confused and let out a deep breath.
“It is okay, Jaim. The females enjoy being with each other. They are friends,” Jaka, her mate, explained to me. He understood my confusion.
I nodded, but I still didn’t understand this. But then, these were not Aashi females. These females were so much different, they were amazing. I tried to hear the females talking in their language. I wanted to know more about Hadley, but the translator was not able to catch up with what they were saying.
Adee had gone to get some water and pixxe for Hadley and her female, Elle. Elle had her mate Sanza leave to talk to other Zalli males that lived here. That was something I did know, how to speak in Zalli. It was hard for us to communicate with them, so I learned their language as best I could. I would do that also with the female’s words now they were here so I could speak without the translator to Hadley. Show her that I was a capable mate even though I was only a takxe.
“Jaim?” I heard the voice of a female I thought long lost… Brooklyn.
“Brooklyn.” I stood up and smiled at her. She looked the same, yet different. Her arms wide open as she rushed towards me, I flinched at the fear she would hurt me, but I was taken by surprise when her arms wrapped around me and hugged me tight.
“Oh, wow. You look the same as before. Total hottie, Jaim.” She winked at me as she let me go and stood back to look at me further. Her translator helped me with the words and I felt my cheeks heat. I didn’t know what they meant, but I knew she was praising me for being a good male.
“Hadley, how are you?” Brooklyn asked as she turned to the dark-haired beauty now wrapped up in my blankets. Her amazing scent now clung to them. I would never want to wash them. I could inhale them as I stroked my cock to release.
