Quinn Inspired: A Sci-fi Alien Romance (Brides of the Aashi Book 3)

by Belle Harper

  Chapter Thirteen

  Quinn

  I woke up today with a small, wooden carved bird on the windowsill beside my rock. I took it in my hand and looked at all the fine details. It was beautiful but I didn’t know who had left it for me. I worried it between my fingers because something had happened.

  The guys had been acting super weird when they returned without my fruit. They said that Zezii would come sit with me to keep me company while they spoke to Vallyn. I was concerned, they had never acted like that before. But Tyee kissed me and said, “all is fine, my heart.” I relaxed. Maybe it was just other outsiders trying to join the clan and they have to tell Vallyn. Nothing interesting to me anyway.

  When Zezii appeared with his big smile, I couldn’t help but return it.

  “Can you show me how to do this right?” I held out the wood that had been chopped off for me to start my cup and my stone to him. He looked down and smiled as he sat beside me, close enough that other males might think he was my mate. He wasn’t. He didn’t even want to sleep in the hut with us, so I was starting to think he wasn’t interested in me like that. But then, the smile and the way his hands brushed over mine as he took the wood and stone from my hand made me think otherwise.

  Zezii wasn’t a man of many words. Oh, he spoke, not like Nvaa, he was just shy and I chalked that up to him being young and not knowing what to say to me. Most males here didn’t seem to know what to say to me.

  “You make cup?” he asked… in English. My eyes widened. I nodded and he smiled. Dang… That smile was dazzling, his purple cheeks grew darker. Oh, wait up… Was that a blush? Did Aashi blush?

  “Yes, I want to make a cup. Will you help me?” He held out his lower hands, cupping the piece of wood that was about three inches thick and maybe five inches long. Eren had given it to me this morning. He must have cut it off from the branch. Zezii’s hands were bigger than the piece of wood. I watched as his hand moved over the outside, it was smooth, and then he brought the stone down with an upper hand and in a scooping motion he carved some wood off the top.

  “Holy shit, you made that look easy.” He did it again, and this time I really noticed the way he looked at me from the corner of his eye, like I didn’t notice him staring at me everyday. Pretty sure that was how we both ended up in this mess. He was most likely staring at me, and not birds like I was, and now here we were, staring at each other through the corner of our eyes like we were twelve and sitting next to our first crush. And I was totally wondering what it would be like to lean over and just kiss him.

  Ugh, no, I need to stop these thoughts. He is still a baby, and to be fair I was waiting until he was at least eighteen Aashi years before I considered him a mate. I didn’t think it was right for me to do anything until then.

  I saw his tail flick up between us, playfully dancing like he wanted me to grab it. Fuck… this was bad, I did want to grab it. I needed a buffer, because if I didn’t have one, I was totally going to kiss Zezii.

  I saw something move from the spot Tyee and Eren had left. I looked over and Nvaa was staring back at me. He stopped when he saw me watching him. He would make a great buffer here.

  “Nvaa,” I waved over to him. Zezii shifted slightly, his tail now unmoving beside me.

  “Come here and see we are making cups.” Nvaa looked around him. I rolled my eyes. I said his name right. It was a bit of a hard one. Eren and Tyee were easy, Nvaa was harder. It was pronounced like “en-vaa.” But when the Aashi male turned around again I started to doubt it was Nvaa. I swear it was him. He was far away. Maybe not?

  As he started to approach me, I could see him better. It was him, he had kind of a strut the way he walked. Ugh, maybe him being over here wasn’t the best idea. I still didn’t like the guy, but he did give me the tool so I really should say thank you. But when I saw Zezii’s tails getting really close to me I sat up taller and smiled at Nvaa.

  “Nvaa, can you see? Zezii is teaching me how to make cups. Thank you again for the tool. I don’t think I’m strong enough to make cups. Maybe it is a skill for the Aashi?”

  Trying to get him to speak back to me was like pulling teeth. Nvaa nodded and looked to what Zezii had done. I looked too and, fuck, how deep was that hole he dug? So not fair.

  “Ugh, it took me most the morning to take a tiny chunk out. That took you less than five minutes.” Woodworking really wasn’t a skill I would have here, maybe blankets? I could weave blankets. And baskets?

  “You did good, Quinn. You made it easy for me to get this far. Without your chunk missing it would have taken longer,” Zezii said from beside me. I chuckled. He was good at making me feel better, that was for sure. A little white lie, but it made me smile. I bumped my shoulder with his and watched as Nvaa’s eyes flared. Oh fuck, I did it again. I can’t stop touching Zezii. Or flirting with the poor guy. I was giving him so mixed up signals.

  “Quinn,” Nvaa said, he looked between Zezii and me. Oh, when he said my name like that it gave me tingles.

  “Yes, Nvaa?” I looked up at him, batting my eyelids like a total flirt. Because I was one and I kinda liked the look on Nvaa’s face right now. He dropped to his knees and looked up at me from the ground below. What the hell? I peered over to see what he was doing down there when he placed both his right hands across his chest.

  “I wish to be considered as chosen mate. You call to my heart and it sings for you.” My eyes widened and I gasped.

  What. The. Actual. Fuck.

  Now I was lost for words. Most of what he said was in English too. I understood all of what he just said. But… but I didn’t like Nvaa, he was an asshole who thought because I was a small female I couldn’t carry branches.

  Okay, to be fair, when he left the branches I kind of got pissed off so I tried to get rid of them, but when I lifted one it was so heavy I couldn’t get it off the ground. Then I felt bad because maybe he was trying to tell me they were heavy and shit in his way, not knowing it was kinda offensive. Oh shit, he was still looking up at me. I think I was supposed to say something.

  “Okay?” I answered like it was a question. Did me considering him mean I picked him? Oh shit, I should have asked him that before I said okay because now his grin was huge.

  He rose up until he was standing at his full height and just smiled at me. I think even he didn’t know what to say. We both looked at Zezii when he made a sound of pain. I looked down to his hand, he had cut himself on the stone. His eyes looked sad, it must have hurt him.

  “Oh, baby, let me see.” I took the stone from him and placed it beside me. Looking at his fingers, the cut wasn’t too deep but he was bleeding.

  “Come with me and we will wash it, okay?” I stood and made my way down the stairs, leaving my translator behind. I didn’t need it too much with so many of the guys speaking English. Nvaa made a strange sound then spoke to Zezii in Aashi. Zezii nodded and came down with me, and Nvaa just left. That was odd after his consideration speech, but I was also relieved. I didn’t know what to say to him.

  “What did he say to you?” I was curious if it was about Zezii being injured and Nvaa was maybe going to get Tyee or…

  “He spoke of how I must ask you. To consider me as a chosen male. That I must tell you that my heart sings for you too. Everyday.” His English was amazing.

  I held his injured hand in mine gently and looked up at him. He couldn’t even meet my eyes, he was shy and too sweet. I wasn’t sure sometimes on how he felt about me, and I felt bad that his hormones were probably going crazy after I touched him. I had maybe seen him—by accident—masturbating a couple of times.

  “I will consider you. I always have.” I crouched low and cupped the water in my hands before standing up and pouring the water over his cut. His tails vibrated at my words and I giggled at how they changed so quickly at my words.

  “I am not saying you are my mate yet, so calm the tails down,” I teased. He nodded and they slowed down to just a hypnotic wave, but the grin was impossible to wipe from his face.r />
  Ah… fuck it. I grabbed the end of his braid and pulled his face down to me. His eyes widened but he came willingly until we were face to face and he froze.

  “Don’t tell anyone… it’s our secret,” I whispered to him. Eren wasn’t team Zezii and I didn’t want to cause issues before I told him. So Eren didn’t need to know that I was considering Zezii.

  Zezii nodded and with him this close, I couldn’t stop myself. I quickly kissed his lips. When I pulled away, he looked dazed and like he was on cloud nine. I felt giddy and light.

  “Our secret,” he replied as he touched his lips.

  Oh boy… I probably shouldn’t have kissed him.

  Chapter Fourteen

  Tyee

  We had told Vallyn, Daku, and many of the males about what we saw. The M’Mori were moving in on our lands and it wasn’t safe for us even in our free lands. We were told not to venture too close to where they mined their rocks, but we were in a location that made it hard to find food now that so many males had moved into the area. We would have to venture further towards Clan Zaali, and I did not like that.

  They were the ones who attacked Luna and her mates before we came here, and I didn’t want for them to return and attack again. Quinn had yet to take more mates. Eren was a little more relaxed on the issue, he had not been forcing her to choose as often.

  But Quinn had not been herself, she napped more and we mated less. I didn’t complain at all, I was still blessed to have this wonderful female who let me comb her hair, but I didn’t understand her mood changes at times.

  “Ugh, I feel like I’m getting my period but it’s like hanging around. Can you tell me how many days I have been here, sweetheart?”

  I looked at my mate now wrapped up in the nest. I sat beside her and stroked her cheek. I liked when she called me her human word for mate. But she was the one with the sweet heart.

  “Yes, my heart.” I counted on my hands, I held nineteen fingers up to her.

  Her eyes widened. And she laughed and shook her head.

  “Yeah, I totally suspected it, but that just proved it.” Proved what? She was worrying me. She pulled me down to her and kissed me. When she reached for the base of my tails, I shivered as the feeling washed over me of pure pleasure. She knew where to touch me to make my cock spill seed. As I knew where to touch her on her body to make her scream my name.

  “Can I ate your pussy?” I asked her. That was what she called it, her pussey. She laughed and replied.

  “Eat, it’s eat your pussy, and fuck yes.” I loved her enthusiasm of wanting me to do such a thing for her. It made me feel like the best mate to her and even more so when she pushed my head down toward her center.

  “Eat my pussy, Tyee.” I stripped her of her coverings and her legs opened wide, showing me her sweet tasting center. I leaned in and used my tongue on her slit. She opened her legs wider in response so I moved in closer and used my hands to spread her even wider. She liked when Eren was rough with her, it made her scream loud. I didn’t like to hurt her this way, but she still liked for me to do other things. I loved to do the anal with her. That made her the most happy. All the clan brothers could hear her and had told me how blessed I was. Luna was loud at mating, but she was not as loud as my Quinn.

  Her hands pulled at my hair as I went to work on her clit, it gave her the most pleasure and if I timed it right with my hands, she would call out my name and all the males around would know how good I was at pleasing my female, my mate. I used my tails on her, holding her ankle with one and she purred my name on her lips.

  “Tyee… babe. Yes… god.” Her head flew back as I licked her center, her clit, then using my other tail I probed her pussy. I used my tail like a cock, and my other hand took her sweet juices and rubbed them on her back hole. The one she lets me put my cock into when we did anal.

  “Tail fuck me,” she called out, her back bowing as I slipped a finger into her back hole as my tail slipped into her pussy. It vibrated and she screamed out my name, her body flush with sweat and the fresh scent of her release. I smiled as her body twisted and twitched beneath me. She pulled my hair and strands came loose. Any other male would think something was wrong, but I knew my Quinn. And this was her when she was most happy, when mating.

  “Fuck, oh god. We need to do that every day. I missed that the last few days.” I nodded, so had I. Did this mean she was well again?

  I pulled my finger and tail out from her, and she made a sad sound.

  “Come here, let me return the pleasure.” She always liked to please me in return, I had told her many times that I was happy to please her only. But I couldn’t say no to Quinn, and when she gave me pleasure with her mouth I always melted into a blissful sleep beside her.

  Chapter Fifteen

  Quinn

  I was on day thirty-seven here in Aarzyn. I hadn’t gotten my period and I hadn’t told the guys yet, but I knew I was pregnant. One of my mates and our many fucking sessions had been all it took to knock me up. Was I happy? Yes. Was I scared? Fuck yes. I was terrified about giving birth here. Dumbass me totally forgot that we weren’t going to some hospital or have drugs, I was going to squeeze a life out of me and it was kind of scary.

  The one good thing was that Nvaa had been so different since his consideration speech. Every day he had brought me fruit and he would speak to me. Actual words, and it was nice. Plus, okay, he was hot. He had this crooked grin just before he laughed and told me stories of his brothers when they grew up. And the way he walked… That strut I had come to know was pretty sexy too.

  We had eaten as a clan together every evening. And every night I would wake to a tapping sound. When I would look outside the hut I didn’t see anything, so I would open the door and find Zezii staring into the dark. He didn’t know what the sound was either, but it was a good excuse to steal some kisses. So I would sit with him and hold his hand. We would look into the dark to see what the sound was, and then I would kiss him. The first few times it was me kissing him, then the tables turned and it was Zezii kissing me.

  Hell, I was being bad, I knew I shouldn’t be kissing him but I couldn’t stop. He was a really good kisser and it was like our little thing. I really liked Zezii. I had thought it was Zezii making the tapping sound. He told me it wasn’t but he was good at white lies and I honestly didn’t mind if it was him getting me to sneak out for early morning kisses. Only, he told Eren this every morning about the tapping sounds, so I believed him when he said it wasn’t him making the sounds.

  I felt bad we were lying to everyone about our little relationship, because that was what it was. I was waiting for him to turn eighteen, he said it wouldn’t be long. But I felt terrible that Eren and Tyee didn’t know about our secret make out sessions. I felt really guilty every morning when I would wake up to find them both ready to mate me. It was the best way to wake up every day. But the guilt was eating me up. Was this cheating? I had never cheated on someone in my life. I had been cheated on, and here I was doing this behind their backs. Even though they encouraged me to take more mates, I needed to come clean.

  “Shall I go see what it is, my Quinn?” Zezii looked up at me. I loved it when he called me his Quinn. But tonight was different. Well, this morning because it was the early hours and the fog was thick and a little chilly against my skin. I was going to tell them about Zezii. I didn’t care what Eren said, Zezii had been good to me and I didn’t want to give up my relationship with him.

  “Stay with me, Zezii, close… It worries me.” It didn’t, it was more a curious thing, the tapping, but I liked when he got protective of me and he hugged me tight. He opened his arms and I fell into his lap, he wrapped them around me and it felt so nice to be held like this in his warm embrace.

  “I will keep you safe, my Quinn. I will let no harm come to you.” I think he knew deep down that I wasn’t really scared, but he wasn’t going to call me out on it. The males who did the protection of the clan didn’t hug me. Only Zezii did. So I think he loved to protect me
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  When I heard the tapping again nearby, I jumped in Zezii’s embrace. He tensed and looked up into the trees. That was closer, like really close. Was that an Aashi in the tree near my hut? My eyes strained to see.

  “What the fuck?” I called out trying to sit up in his arms but he held me tight. I saw the movement of a tail in the fog, Zezii did too.

  “I could sense a male nearby. I thought him to be Clan Wolf.” I held on to Zezii tighter and shrunk down lower.

  “Thought?” As in this male wasn’t from our clan. How the hell did he get this close? And if that was the case, I really needed to step up my game and take more mates. Because that was too close… He has been doing this tapping shit for weeks and now, now he was right there. He could have taken me. Separated me from my mates.

  “He is of Clan Wolf, I did not mean to scare you my Quinn. I recognize his scent as one of the new males. I believe I know which one. In the morning I shall confront him and challenge him. He came too close to my Quinn. He should know better and will be punished.”

  I didn’t like the thought of Zezii fighting but I would tell Eren and Tyee in the morning, maybe they could go speak with this male before it came down to a fight with my Zezii. I didn’t want any harm to come to him. I wanted to protect him.

  “Can you take me to the nest?” I felt Zezii lift me and carry me back into the hut. He was so careful as he placed me with my sleeping mates. I was always surprised they could sleep even without me there in the nest with them. Or did they secretly know I was with Zezii? So they knew I was safe.

  Either way, I will tell them in the morning.

  Morning came and I didn’t know how to word it without Eren being upset with me. So I went down to bathe, I could hear Luna there laughing. I hoped it was Axoh because Eren had told me he wanted to come with me. I couldn’t say no, I was already struggling to tell him about the tapping guy and the fact I had been sneaking kisses with Zezii. Actually, that might ease the blow a little.