She didn’t move so much as a muscle, and her stink of fear grew stronger by the second. It made me regret coming to this educational class more and more. I only agreed to attend this class as a healer because it was a condition of Kol’s.
“I’m so sorry,” a fair-skinned female with bright orange hair said, looking me in the eye as she placed her body in front of the kneeling human. I dropped my eyes to small dark hands as they reached up and gripped the flaming haired female’s waist. “She is very shy, baja.”
I flicked my gaze back to the standing female’s face, and while she looked a little worried, she didn’t scent of it. There was a dark determination in her forest green eyes, and a quick glance at her hands showed them balled into tiny fists. If I didn’t know any better, I would guess this tiny female to be challenging me as she protected her friend.
My eyes widened when I realised that was exactly what she was doing.
She was taller than her friend but only by a unit or two, and this female stood up to me surely knowing that I could harm her, her friend, and every other female in the group without batting an eyelid if I wanted to. Her courage showed how much she cared for her friend, and I admired that. She was a strong female with an even stronger backbone.
She reminded me of my sister-in-mate, Nova.
“I did not mean to alarm her,” I said to the female, my eyes moving back to the dark hands on her waist. “I do not know what I said to cause her so much fear. Whatever it was, I apologise.”
“It is not you, baja,” the brave female assured me. “Believe me, this has nothing to do with you.”
I was surprised when I found myself curious to know what the female was so frightened of if it was not me.
“Her name,” I pried. “What is it?”
“Levi, sir.” The female swallowed. “I am Nuni. We’re homemates.”
I found myself nodding slowly. “Is she ... okay?”
“Yes, sir,” Nuni answered. “As I said, she is just shy. Your status amongst your people has likely freaked her out. That’s all.”
I didn’t believe her.
Levi’s scent of fear was too strong for her to just be alarmed by my presence. She was terrified of something. Her reaction told me that I was that something but that couldn’t have been true because this was the first time I had ever met her. Human females did not know of my shame of stealing Nova four moon cycles ago, only my family and Mikoh, the intended male of my only sister, Surkah, knew what I had done. I wondered what it was about me that could have possibly scared her so much, and I was surprised to find that I wanted to fix whatever it was so she would rid herself of that sickly-sweet scent.
It had been a long time since I felt the urge to protect a female in such a way, but it rose within me for this tiny, helpless human.
I took a step back. “Assure her that today I am just the group’s healer. She does not need to do the freak.”
I purposely used the unknown human term to relate to the females, and when Nuni and a few others giggled into their hands, I knew I had used it correctly. Levi rose to her feet with her eyes still lowered.
Relieved she was no longer on her knees with fear, I said, “Please continue with the lesson, Nero.”
My kin instantly continued with his teachings of the plant life in the area. I fell to the back of the group once more so my eyes could see everyone, but I found that my gaze kept returning to Levi. Her hand was clasped in Nuni’s, and they spoke in hushed tones with their heads together as they walked. Minutes later, when Levi peeked over her shoulder in my direction, I suddenly found the sky very interesting.
I didn’t know why, but I didn’t want her to catch me staring at her. Something about me scared her, and until I knew what it was, I had to make sure she knew I was no threat to her by not giving her my attention.
When I sensed her eyes were no longer on me, my gaze found her once more. My eyes rolled over her petite body, and I felt my eyebrows raise. She was a little one. Her hair was dark brown and fell in big curls to the middle of her back. Her skin was a wonderful soft brown and seemed to glow when the daystar light kissed it. I had gotten a good look at her eyes before she dropped to her knees before me and found them mesmerising.
One soft brown eye and one blue eye with a circle of that same soft brown around the pupil. Many Maji had duo-coloured eyes like this female, but she was the only human I saw to have two obvious different colours. I felt my cock stiffen ever so slightly as I watched Levi’s movements. She was slim, but the dip at her waist and the slight curve to her hips made my throat run dry, and that fact made me jolt with surprise.
No female had roused me sexually since my intended walked Ealra.
Suddenly filled with a sense of betrayal, I looked down at the ground, ashamed of myself. I should not be aroused by this small, terrified, helpless human female with beautiful eyes. I should not be aroused by any female. My intended female was dead, and my urges should have died with her too. It was my fault that Kovu was in the Beyond, so having such urges for another was like throwing dirt on her memory.
Forcing my intended and her death from my mind was difficult, but I focused on the group of human females and remembered my task. I had to befriend them, learn about them, and for this particular group, be a healer on standby should they need me. The group lesson from then on continued with no interruptions or setbacks. Nero got many of the females interested in his lesson, especially Nuni. She soaked up Nero’s words with a smile on her face, and I noticed how my kin’s gaze found her every so often. He enjoyed looking at the others, too.
So many single females in front of a male was every Maji’s dream.
You’re lucky there are no Maji females among the group, or they’d strike you for your ogling.
Nero’s laughter filled my mind. Kin, Maji and human females are all the same in my company. They want to share sex. The human with the orange hair, Nuni is her name. She wants me. Her arousal is thick in my presence. Thanas, she smells good too. Do you think she would strike me if I told her I want to taste her cunt?
I think she would strike you twice. I rolled my eyes. Leave the female alone and continue teaching.
You’re no fun.
I looked back at Levi, who was gazing at her surroundings. Her eyes lit up and it pleased me that she liked my home so much. As happy as she seemed to be with Nuni’s hand in hers, I couldn’t get her scent of fear out of my nose or her terrified expression out of my mind. It disturbed me that something about me could terrify her so much. I didn’t like it.
She was an enigma ... one I wanted to figure out.
I didn’t know why, but I was curious about her, and I wanted to help her get over whatever fear she had so she could live a long and happy life. With the decision made to learn more about Levi, I first had to understand her or human women at the very least. That meant I had to speak to Kol. His mate was a human female, they had been mated a few moon cycles now, not counting the two moon cycles they spent separated, but still.
He surely knew everything there was to know about human females by now.
When the lesson drew to a close, we all returned to the starting point and everyone began to go their own way. When Levi left with Nuni, she was careful to keep her head down when she passed me, and for some reason, it bothered me. I wanted her to look at me, I wanted to see what she looked like when she smiled.