Kaji's Challenge by Alyssa Hope & J. P. Webb

Author:Alyssa Hope & J. P. Webb [Hope, Alyssa & Webb, J. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2017-09-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6.

As though there weren’t enough people in the room already, Tad, another of the humans who had joined their crew, joined them, along with his beloved Jevan and their baby Eko. Their third beloved, Karo, was the Medical Officer, and already there.

Kaji started wondering how soon he could take his two beloveds and move them into his quarters, where they would have a bit more privacy. He saw Dasu and Suna stroking each other and their new one, and knew they were thinking the same thing. To be alone with his beloveds, to be able to begin the ritual bonding …

Tad coughed softly, to get his attention, and Kaji looked at up him and the musical instrument he was holding. ‘You made a flute? That’s nice, music is always good …’

‘Not music, exactly. There was something in those damned collars, some frequency, a level of vibration, that did the damage, so I’ve been working with the Science Officers to try and find something that may be an opposite frequency, if you know what I mean …’

Kaji held his third protectively. ‘It can’t make it worse?’

‘No.’ Tad shuddered. ‘I put one of those collars on myself, just on my hand for a moment, and then we tried this. It made it better.’

‘Karo let you?’

‘Karo did not know’, said an angry voice behind him.

Tad touched Karo gently. ‘I had to, beloved. We did check that the collars weren’t energized any longer, it was just a residual charge. But I could, so I had to.’

He brought the instrument to his lips and blew softly, as though it was indeed a flute. It made a pretty sound, and he took it up and down several notes, watching the ones from the palace. Their eyes seemed to focus a bit, and they shook their heads as if to clear them. The one on Kaji’s lap raised his head and blinked up at Kaji. ‘Beloved?’

The he pressed his face into Kaji’s chest and began to cry, softly, like a very tired child. The reactions from the others were similar, and Tad quit playing, obviously not sure how much would be too much.

‘I have a very clever beloved’, Karo said, ‘and if he ever tries anything like that again …’

‘But it works. And maybe our very clever doctor can work out how much of this treatment everyone needs …?’

Kaji interrupted their argument. ‘I’m feeling much better, so maybe I can take my beloveds back to my quarters? I think we can all continue to heal, and faster, if we’re all on the same bed holding onto each other …’

‘Deka. I. Am. Deka. Beloved.’ The one on Kaji’s lap spoke as though it had been a long time since he’d said anything, and then looked startled at the sound of his own voice. Kaji held him tighter, and his human friend came slowly over to touch them both.

‘There is something, a bond, isn’t there? This isn’t just some game?’

‘It’s not a game, it’s very real, beloved. Body and mind both heal with the bond, and the nursing, so your memory will come back too, we hope.

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