Page 24 of His Human to Adore
“And I threatened to kill my blood?”
Another nod as he shakes his head in disbelief.
“Am I so far lost?”
My heart beats a little harder in my chest at the defeat in Dath’s voice.
“Oh, no.” I grab his face between my hands and pull him close to me until his forehead is resting on mine.
Everyone is quiet around us because they almost witnessed the murder of two of their friends and can probably still feel the power rolling off of Dath’s body. He’s still tense, still needing something to do with the energy and power inside of himself.
“You’re mine,” I tell him, staring into his giant red eyes that haven’t scared me in a long time. Others might fear them because of what they mean, but to me, they are the devoted eyes of a man who’s willing and able to give me everything. “And I am yours.”
“Yes.” He closes his eyes and lets his face lean against my palms. “All mine.”
“Only yours,” I whisper. “No more teasing.”
He opens his eyes and gives me a soft smile. “Just for a little while until I am better able to listen to the smarter half of our coupling.”
“No, if it means I may die, no more teasing ever.” Yril is still hiding behind his chair, but he’s being more dramatic about it now that he knows Dath isn’t angry anymore. Or, he is, but he’s not about to kill the other two.
“We do not want your mate, Dath,” Toron laughs as he pushes a chair out from the table for Dath to take. “She is not the female chosen to keep us sane. Although, we are worrying about what is happening to us since there are no other females here.”
Dath scoops me into his arms, a hand pinning me to his lap as he settles me on top of him. I giggle softly, which has Dath relaxing even more underneath me. He just needs to know I’m happy and safe and his. “The book your father gave me said the chosen warriors would only begin the transformation when their mate was in their life.”
“Yes, well,” Yril takes the seat next to his brother, his anger apparently more prevalent this early than Toron’s. “Show us these illusive females that are apparently here to calm our rage.”
Dath frowns, his eyes scanning the dining hall. Most brothers are still watching the three demons with giant anger issues. Ralleth keeps his mate in his lap while he watches the chosen warriors with a tense body. I’m sure being the tribe leader is hard when he doesn’t know if a fight or murder is about to happen at any moment. Especially when there’s nothing that can be done about Toron and Yril’s mood swings since they don’t have mates on this planet yet.
“The goddess would not hurt you,” Dath says.
His eyes stop their movements when he gets to Erkoz, Xoth, and Kendra. He offers them a slight nod but barely acknowledges them otherwise. Kendra’s eyes narrow on him as she opens her mouth to say something, but Erkoz covers it, a smile on his lips when he sees the irritation in her eyes. I thought I’d still be jealous to know that Dath has a friend who’s another woman. A woman he’s seen naked and shared a bed with. But my heart is calm, and I don’t feel any anger toward her anymore.
“You can come sit with us if you want,” I call out to Kendra and her mates, much to the surprise of the three of them and Dath. Erkoz starts to get up, but Xoth is a little more cautious and watches for Dath’s reaction. When Dath shrugs at them, Xoth picks Kendra up and carries her over to where we’re sitting. “I’m not as possessive as I was for a bit.”
“Oh, so no more ‘do not talk to me without my mate,’” Kendra laughs as she deepens her voice to mimic Dath when he basically told her she didn’t even exist to him if I wasn’t there.
“I’m better now that we’ve mated,” I tell her with an awkward smile that’s meant as an apology.
“We are happy,” Xoth says, nodding in my direction but making sure to keep his distance from me. His attention on me isn’t appreciated in any way by Dath, though. “How are you feeling, Dath?”
“Still just as possessive as before,” Dath snaps, and the other males all turn their eyes on him instead of looking at me like they just were. “Do not look at what is mine.”
There’s an awkward silence in the dining hall at Dath’s outburst. My face heats in irritation and embarrassment.
“Shut the fuck up,” Kendra throws her head back and cackles loudly. Her mates are too slow to quiet her, but I can see the worry on their faces, thinking she’s only making Dath angrier. No, if anything, she’s helping me from losing my shit because there’s no way I’m living the rest of my life being ignored by the majority of this planet’s inhabitants because my mate is a weird possessive asshole about people looking at me.
“Yeah, I agree with Kendra.” I turn to look up at Dath, who has his eyes fixed on me. Blood rushes into my cheeks and warms my face. I didn’t realize he’d been staring at me this whole time while everything else was happening. Not even looking at me like he enjoys what I look like, but looking at me like he wants to devour me completely.
“Hm?” Dath places a finger beneath my chin and tilts my head even more toward him. “What does my mate want? Anything, I’ve told you this.”
“People are allowed to look at me,” I say, ignoring the stares of the others around us as they watch me try to navigate talking Dath off the ledge of fury. Not that I’m really trying. I’m just talking to him like I would if he was a normal partner.
“Of course.” He nods like what I’m saying is reasonable, and then his eyes flick up to his brothers, who are sitting near us. “Maybe we think of a way to let them all know you are mine.” His free hand grabs my backside and presses me against his cock that still hasn’t settled. “Yes, need them all to know this little human is taken completely.”
“We’re not having sex in front of everyone,” I frown at him. I don’t even know why he’s thinking that’s even remotely a possibility when he has issues with the others looking at me when I’m clothed.
“No, no,” He shakes his head. “Of course not. I can’t have anyone looking at what is mine.”