The Primitive King ~ ON HOLD ~

FOUR

IDEN

    After finding the female, I decided that since Draekuhn was approaching I'd have to keep her away from camp until the other males have settled. The moon has a strange pull this time of year, and I didn't want to risk her harm.

My beast was threatening to emerge, every second I was around her felt like torture. I knew that my elderly mother couldn't stay out here in the harsh wilderness though, so it was up to me to care for the young girl.

Once she was settled inside the cave, I blew the shell to call a clan meeting. Unbeknownst to them, she was resting a mere tree's fall away.

I made them aware that I'd found a female, but nobody would be pursuing her until after Draekuhn. There were a few young rowdy males that hadn't settled down with a partner and would be more than eager to take what wasn't theirs. I made it very clear that those circumstances would only happen over my dead body, and that I'd be absent much of this season due to the dangers involved with harboring a female.

After the clan was updated, I had them swear a blood oath under the goddess's watch to ensure their utmost secrecy. Having a female made their clan a target, and that meant they'd have to watch out for neighboring clans spying and attacking them for the right to own her.

I brought my mother with me to care for the female, but also to get her opinion. I was very concerned with her deformities and wondered if my mother had ever seen anything like it.

When we entered the cave, she let out a small surprised grunt and moved closer to inspect.

"She is quite hairy isn't she... she bears no clan markings, is missing toes and fingers... and she is quite... Soft. I wonder where this one wandered from. Perhaps she escaped the royal palace? I've heard the King has odd tastes, perhaps he gave her herbs for hair growth and removed her limbs as punishment. It would certainly explain her being so overfed." my mother mused.

"Maybe... if that's the case we'll have to be extra diligent. The king's warriors are not merciful, they would slaughter the whole clan if they knew we were harboring a mistress of the king." I said grimly. Our bastard of a king would be the end of our species.

I suddenly heard a few quiet coo's and some shuffling, and immediately picked up the herbal salve and rushed to her side. Applying some of it to her forehead should help with the plant's after-effects; I'd often ventured into that area as a young boy to enjoy the airy feeling. I knew to quickly leave the way I'd entered though, as the plants had a way of lulling you in.

My thoughts came to a standstill once her eyes opened. In complete contrast to her plain light brown skin, were her magnificent rainbow eyes. Around the pupil was a rusty orange, then beyond it was the lightest blues and greens intertwined. All connecting to a thick navy blue ring that surrounded the orbs. Dark hairs surrounded the lids of her eyes, creating a shadowed seductive look.

As my eyes met hers, the beast tried to surface and stake his claim on this beautiful, odd, hairy female.

"Mate." it chanted in my head, and to distract myself I walked over and grabbed a fruit to give to the girl. She would need food to get over the aftereffects of the poisoning. I handed it to her and attempted to subdue my beast yet again.