Total pages in book: 78
Estimated words: 75457 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 377(@200wpm)___ 302(@250wpm)___ 252(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 75457 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 377(@200wpm)___ 302(@250wpm)___ 252(@300wpm)
Raxius sat there quietly for entirely too long, even for them, but after a few moments he turned to Shiloh.
And made us wait even longer.
What happened to him to make him so hesitant?
Mates were always compatible.
I heard that on repeat every time one new mate got frustrated with the other, so I’d learned that lesson quickly.
Fuck it all.
“Raxius.” Waiting for him to turn to me, I did my best to make sure he saw nothing confusing on my face and kept my expression as neutral as I could. “I want to remind you of several things. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Dom or a sub, you safeword if you need to. Period.”
Nothing.
Nothing.
Nod.
“Second, I know this is new to your entire society. Part of me is sorry we’ve changed your lives in such difficult ways but being a Dom is a wonderful part of my life.” We’d turned a lot of their lives completely upside down. “It genuinely makes me happy and has given me ways of dealing with my emotions and needs in a healthy way.”
Did he see that?
“It’s not always easy to talk about but everyone has to start somewhere. A submissive has to take the first brave step to let someone else take care of them. A Dom has to trust their sub enough to share what they want and what makes them happy. To get to that point requires trust and the people of Earth start with verbal and physical communication. Shiloh might be shy but he’s going to hold up one finger to show that it’s okay for you to touch his head and shoulders while you verbally communicate with him.”
How many times had Raxius felt out of place?
Was it more than that?
What happened when someone who needed domination or submission lived in a world where no one knew it existed?
Chapter 9
Klynn
He felt many emotions but I was not sure which was the loudest in Raxius.
For me, it had been confusion and fear at being different but I was not sure if a Dominant would feel the same.
He was a Dominant.
That was the only thing I was confident about. Everything else felt like moving pieces of the human game called Chess that had not settled to reveal the board. Did they not know what they wanted or was it because their bond had not fully formed yet?
Shiloh seemed the most settled but he was also confused and radiating emotion that even his mates could not miss. He had the confidence to hold up one finger to help manage his Dominant’s worries. He knew he must take care of his mates even if he did not fully know how to do that yet.
Raxius seemed to be feeling relieved as he crossed the space between them and ran his hand over Shiloh’s head. Shiloh shivered but Raxius was working hard to keep his reaction under control, which said how much he was feeling inside.
Was his hand shaking?
The careful pet to Shiloh’s head pleased them both but made the professor look like he wanted to wiggle like a person from Earth. He was feeling much as well, but he was more confusing to me. I had less than polite thoughts about him, but he surprised me.
“Good boy for sharing your thoughts with us.” The professor slowly inched forward one hand until he was hovering just outside of what books would call Shiloh’s personal bubble. The boy was smart and raised one finger, looking like he wanted to smile as the professor puffed up and started petting his head too. “We are very proud of you for adapting well to a new situation.”
Well, at least he knew how to praise his mate.
“I am proud of you both for adapting well.” Raxius’s low voice nearly rumbled out the quiet words, but he was doing his best to take care of both males. “New forms of communication are difficult to adjust to.”
And new feelings as well.
Did he understand that his mates would appreciate his desires?
The more traditional people of our planet took for granted the concept that mates would be compatible but I had not always felt confident in that fact.
Was Raxius?
Had he been confident he would even get a mate?
“The people around the gate on the Earth side have a saying that they use when they are stressed or worried about finding their mates. They verbally remind themselves that mates are always compatible.” Some had repeated that phrase many times. “For many years they were not finding their mates in great numbers but they still passed on the knowledge that mates were always meant for each other.”
Having information did not always mean we gained wisdom and true knowledge from it.
“Our people here may need the reminder that even if their mates are from the other side of the gate, that truth still holds true. Our mates are the other half of us.” So no matter what direction his desires had taken, his mates were meant for him.