Caught Beast Mate(40)
“On what?”
“Doing whatever Father told me, thinking whatever he said was true. Keimia questions everything. I questioned nothing, trusting that my father and my then alpha were always right. Alpha Nie’s lineage is kept secret, and there is no evidence that our Great Mother even existed.”
“Some people question God too.”
“She’s one of those people. Before I left for Earth, we fought, and I told her off. Quite firmly. I was offended. I’m a believer. Usually, Keimia would give up, but the day I came home from Judgment, the day she’d prepared to leave for Earth, she didn’t let it go. She opened my eyes to the injustice on my home planet and offered me her cloak, said there was only one place on the cargo ship and that I was taking it. Naturally, I refused, told her she should leave. Keimia knew Alpha Nie would assassinate me for freeing the beast who’d challenged him. I couldn’t leave her behind.”
“Is she on Earth?”
“No.”
“So you left her?”
“Keimia conked me over the head with the butt of her sword and threw me over the balcony into the sea.”
“Oh my God.”
“Yes. Goner, Alpha Beast’s brother, waited in a small boat, then loaded me up on it like a sack of potatoes.”
“Damn.”
“Mm-hm. In her opinion, my life was worth more than hers because I would one day mate and continue our bloodline. Keimia would not mate. Our father made sure of it.”
“Do you hear from her?”
“Rarely. Last I heard, she’d formed a rebellion of her own. She won’t settle until Alpha Nie is defeated and Jamie takes his place.”
“Double damn.”
I smiled thinking of Keimia and her fierce spirit. “My sister is very opinionated. She was the first to rebel against our father and the first beast bitch to train for battle.”
“I’ve always liked swords,” Sienna said. “We have an old one in the bunker. Too heavy to lift, but it looks nice.”
“You can play with my sword anytime,” I said and squeezed her ass.
“What happened after?” I pressed her closer. Her hands flew to my chest, and she tried to shove me. “I’m all ears,” she said.
I would not eat pussy this morning. “After the boat, I woke up in some shithole room next to Goner, who liked his booze far more than he should. I protested, wanted to leave. He thought I was stuck up, knew nothing of the world, and offered to show me the real Tineya. So we spent time in some sort of a pleasure house outside the capital that I hadn’t even known existed. I lived my life as a highborn, up in our towers and surrounded by seas.”
“Luxury of ignorance,” Sienna said.
“Exactly.” I pecked her lips after she licked them. “Goner got us bitches and booze, and late in the night, after everyone cleared out, we started talking. I was drunk on booze and pu…only booze. And like most people on Tineya, I was curious about Jamie, the heir to Tineya’s throne sent out to conquer the universe in the name of his father. That night, Goner said it wasn’t so. Alpha Nie feared Jamie, so he sent him away while he still could. I didn’t believe Goner, but after what he’d said matched up with everything else, I became a skeptic, started questioning my entire purpose, mainly the priesthood. By then, I couldn’t imagine serving as High Priest of Tineya one day. I snuck off planet with him, knowing it was my last chance before I ended up like Hasel’s mate after my Judgment.”
“Oh my God, it was her mate. How do you know?”
“Yesterday, I thought I’d mention the day to her and confirm I’d judged him free.”
“Was she there?”
“Nah. Hunters of Mayhem stayed far from Alpha Nie. He hunted them for spreading lies. Those weren’t lies. He isn’t descended from a deity. He’s just a beast desperate to cling to power even when Tineya has a stronger male. Jamie could defeat him, take everything back.”
“Is he going to?”
“Don’t know. Maybe.”
“Oh! So he’s going back to Tineya?”
I showed her my teeth. My mate still didn’t like me or my people, maybe hoped we’d take to our ships and return. “Alpha Beast will never leave Earth to humans. Never. His mate is human. Before I left, I heard there is a female inside Rey’s belly. A female has never been born of a human and beast pairing. She will be the first. Our future is here, so don’t think about me leaving you or you leaving me. We’re stuck together, and we’re perfect, if only you’d believe in us.”
Chapter Eighteen
Sienna
Torrent lay on his back, forearm over forehead. I’d offended him. A knee-jerk reaction from years of growing up believing I should fear, hide, or run from the beasts. One night with him couldn’t change that. I huffed and sat up, my bare feet touching the floor.