“Human culture is confusing.”
“Yeah,” I agreed. “It certainly can be.”
I laid down on his bed of furs and found a comfortable sleeping position. He didn’t have a pillow, but that was alright. I knew my sleeping conditions must be far better than the rest of the women who were all huddled together in a den wondering if a blue alien was going to come to kidnap them next.
Tarak laid down on his back and then grunted and turned on to his side facing away from me. I couldn’t help but gaze at his muscled back. Tarak was not what I had expected. I didn’t know what Ihadexpected, but after meeting him in the woods, I thought he’d be fierce and gruff. Instead I had found him to be a kind and gentle person under the serious exterior of a seven foot tall blue alien leader.
My eyelids grew heavy as I gazed at his back and the exhaustion from the events of the day all came crashing down at once. It wasn’t long before I drifted off into a deep sleep.
Chapter 9
Tarak
I could have offered to let Gab-bae sleep in an unused private cave, but the thought of letting her out of my sight grated on my soul. I did not know why I had such strong feelings when it came to this female but I was quickly learning they were impossible to ignore. I’d only just met Gab-bae and I already felt the need to protect her and take care of her every need.
Her soft brown skin and bright smile had stirred a new urge within me. My cock had stirred to life and I couldn’t stop thinking about what it might be like to lay in the furs with Gab-bae. I longed to touch her, please her. I did not even know how to please a female. I, like many of the others in my dekes, were exiled as adolescents.
We were forbidden from touching or even going near a female of the main dekes. If we did, they would refuse to give our tribute to the goddess.
The only females I’d seen since then were Neelu, Drondia, and Saria. They were older and mated and had never caused my cock to stir or harden.
I turned over to face the wall and did my best to ignore my hard cock. Tomorrow will be an important day. We will find the females of Gab-bae’s dekes and bring them to safety.
The next morning I brought Gab-bae a bowl of fruit and soft grains. Once again my cock stirred and pressed firmly against my coverings. Gab-bae sleepily rubbed her eyes and Itook in the sight of her beauty as she rose from the bed with her curly hair still tucked in her hair covering. Her curves were hard to look away from and my hands itched to touch her.
“Mmm oatmeal and fruit,” Gab-bae gave me one of her soft smiles that I was quickly growing addicted to.
I grunted my agreement and sat down on my chair and ate my breakfast while Gab-bae ate hers.
She finished her meal and pulled off her hair covering then handed it back to me. “Thanks for letting me borrow this. I really appreciate it.”
“It is yours. I will keep it here in this basket for you.” I placed the covering in the basket next to mine.
“Thank you.” She restyled her hair in the same cute bun as yesterday. “Will I be sleeping in your cave again tonight? If we find the other women will we get to sleep together or will we all have to buddy up with one of the guys?”
She looked up at me with a soft expression but there was still apprehension in her eyes. I wanted to be selfish and tell Gab-bae that she would be staying with me, but as a Savrix myself, I knew that if my hunters were in a foreign land, I would want us all to sleep in one cave together.
I shook my head, “You and the rest of the females will sleep in the large storage cavern.”
The cavern was the largest space we had to offer that would accommodate all eleven females. I had already told my hunters to be prepared to part with some of their furs until we were able to make new ones. They were more than happy to give what they could offer to comfort the females they hadn’t even met yet. I took that as a sign that things would go well when we introduced the females to the dekes.
As I’d laid awake last night I’d thought of the impact these new members would have on my hunters. Many of us had let go of the idea of ever being mated or having young of our own. Inall our time here we’d never run into any other people outside of the main dekes. But now those dreams we’d never dared to even have might come true. If these females could see past the abomination of our shifter forms then we might even find our true mates, our luminance.
No, I couldn’t think that way. That was a dream that not even I would entertain. For my skin to glow under the bright light of the full moon was beyond my wildest dreams and yet…I couldn’t help but imagine what Gab-bae might look like if she were to glow for me.
I pushed those thoughts aside. That was foolishness. I was the Savrix of the outcast dekes, I could not fill my head with such nonsense.
There was a knock outside the entrance to my cave. “Enter.”
“Savrix.” Young Sozu placed a fist over his heart and bowed. “The hunters are ready to find the females.”
I gave a subtle nod of acknowledgement. “I will meet them in the main cavern.”
I gave Gab-bae a pack of food rations and a small sheathed bone knife that I’d packed the night before. It made me feel better knowing that if we got separated at least she’d have food and a weapon.
I shouldered my much bigger pack that had dried meat, berries, medicinal herbs, fire implements, and two furs. My belt held two bone knives that I rarely needed, but it was good to have them all the same.
I led Gab-bae to the main cavern where my hunters were gathered. There were ten of us including myself, but only nine of us were here. I had hoped Orsu would have returned with the female last night. He knew how to survive the forest, however, and he would keep the female safe.
