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I want to protest and shout to them both that Brin will always be my first priority. But I know reluctantly that Coone is right.
Roqs was also impressed. “You seem to have your wits around you, Coone. Sure you did not hit your head somewhere?”
Coone hissed. “She is also my mate now. I am always sensible when it comes to my mates. Even though they are hard headed.” He glared pointedly at me.
I snorted. “Speak for yourself.” I lost count how many times I have to rescue him on and off planet. He namd me his guardian so that when he’s in trouble, I can bail him out. He is the primary cause of mischief. I was the second voice of reason. Roqs is the first voice of reason in our crew.
“Later,” Roqs said. “We can wait for her to rest up then.” He paused. I felt before I saw his eyes glinted. I expect the punishment exciting for Coone but see it is also the same with Roqs.
“You’re actually looking forward to it?” I had to ask, at the same time I saw Coone brush Brin’s hair. He can’t seem to get enough of our mate. I’m beginning to think all those initial hate when they first met is probably coming from insta-lust at first sight for Coone.
Roqs just smiled at me.
It must be a good thing that Coone wasn’t looking at Roqs. I can clearly see that Roqs is planning punishment not just for Brin but also for Coone.
Coone first settled to my left side, placing his leg on top of Brin’s back thighs. His arm above us.
Roqs settled to my right side, he braced his head on his left shoulder.
“Go to sleep,” he whispered to me as he brushed to clear the crease on my forehead. “When you wake up, all our problems will still be here. But at least we have fulfilled some of our missions. Retrieved the Shura. Free some slaves. Just a typical day for Zirc.”
“You forgot sex. Lots and lots of sex,” Coone piped up from the other side.
I chuckled. I settled on the bed, wished if I there will come a day when I can just lounge on the bed with my mates like this? So peaceful.
Someone farted.
So peaceful.
Someone started to snore.
Still, so peaceful.
Chapter 19
ROQS LEAVING
Coone
“Take care of him for me.”
I looked at Roqs. The one being in the universe who makes me feel I am not enough. How many years has it been since Zirc and I mated? Nekos are not possessive in nature. We are very free to whom we are intimate with. We are loyal to our mates but our kind is forgiving to our mates if they want to have lovers outside of our mating. Zirc never felt the need to add to our lovers since we mated. He stopped looking for others, except when he saw Brynn. I felt like the worst crime of all, is him not telling me about her. Usually he will tell me before he had sex even if it’s casual. Not after the fact. I will insist he tells me about his sexcapades which is not often. I should trust my instincts more. My instincts knew that Zirc will lead me to my other mate.
Except the man in front of me.
Zirc longs to mate with Roqs. Zirc tried hard, I think Roqs as well, to mate with me but whatever is inside me did not let me. We don’t have inner beasts inside of us unlike the manasties. Roqs’ beast is fond of me, Zirc said. And that infuriated him and Roqs. Because Roqs’ beast said the same thing to Zirc. Just fond of him. Zirc’s Silver Beast is mum about this issue and it frustrates both Zirc and Roqs. They said a manasty is possessive about their mates. Has stalkerish tendencies. I never saw Zirc with this overwhelming tendencies. Until I saw him with Brynn. It felt like somebody hit me with a massive heavy weight freight class star ship.
This is the first time I saw Zirc lose it over someone. I have a theory because he wants to deny having a female mate. Maybe not just a female. He wants to find hismanastymate, not another one from another planet, like me. Me mating with Brynn hammers the message to Zirc that we are his mates. Roqs is not.
Besides, when I mated with Zirc, it was I who was obsessive and stalked him. I knew the twins before I met him. And I knew I was probably crazy being with the twins because they were the lovers of Zirc before I met Zirc in person. He was annoyed at me, we fought a lot. He thought I was taking the twins away from him. I faced him head on, even his silver beast who was agitated and I thought was furious at me. The beast poised as if to kill only because he wants to subdue me, which endedjust fine.
But those are thoughts for other times. I need to deal with Roqs first.
“You know you don’t need to worry about that with me,” I assured the male.
He snorted. “Who am I kidding? I know Zirc will be okay because now he has two to take care of. He’ll behave.” I can hear the bitterness in his voice even though he tried to hide it.
“Why can’t you join us in this mission?” I always wondered why they’ve been keeping each other apart. I have a suspicion but I don’t think Zirc will be crazy enough to think him and Roqs separating for a long time will make their beasts think they need to be mated? I have my doubts, but knowing these two, I am probably right. Too bad I don’t know how to help them. We tried. I tried to mate with Roqs as well, but it just wasn’t happening. It took me just a few weeks to mate with Brynn. But at the cost of her life.
