Post 3: Mated

“Not so fast this time, little woman.” The growling voice of the man who’d held the knife to her throat was behind her again. This time his eyes averted hers and his stance was assertive. “If I were you, I’d take a deep breath.”

Tristan charged forward just as Vectio disappeared with the green eyed woman, Adrian. Who is she? How was she dropping his soldiers like flies? He knelt beside Hunter and touched his forehead. It was hot, like a fever, and covered in sweat.

“Hunter, rise.” He spoke but the warrior didn’t hear him. Leaning forward, Tristan waved a hand over Hunters open eyes and received no response. “Julius?” He looked back at the Healer that seemed to be staring at the air just above Hunter’s body.

“She covered him with her aura. Actually, I think it’s more like…their auras combined. I’ve only seen this once before.” Julius knelt on the other side of Hunter using his fingertips to lower his eyelids and placed a calming hand above his heart.

“Where?”

“The only other time I’ve seen an aura like this was on Senatus, with a mated pair. Can sometimes happen with a first touch, either physical or mental. This time it seems that the both were aligned.” Julius took a deep breath just before he drew a small amount of Hunter’s life source from his body to examine it. The wisp of air was dark, murky just as Adrian’s had been. If he’d remembered correctly, Hunter’s aura was usually an icy, water blue with the occasional sliver of silver just like his eyes. It’d been a long time since he’d had to heal the warrior but he was positive this wasn’t the normal shade the warrior usually carried on his shoulders.

“Mated? I thought Hunter was mated to an Ana Guile.” Mendax spoke from where he stood at Hunter’s feet watching Julius return the life source.

“Yes, somewhat, you’re a little young to remember her, I’m sure, but we all know she wasn’t actually mated to him. Why he agreed to that has been beyond us for centuries.” Tristan helped the men gather Hunter to his feet just as Vectio returned.

“What did I miss?” Vectio watched as they toggled Hunter between them. His eyes were still closed and his head rolled forward.

“Julius says Hunter is mated to Adrian.” Mendax laughed and passed Hunter into Vectio’s hands to transport. “You know! Once one of us goes down the rest of us follow. We’re all going down!” Vectio snorted; the only words they usually heard from him.

“I don’t plan to get mated any time soon.” Tristan shook his head and looked back at him. He was unbelieving of the whole mating process. He believed it was the Light Warriors’ way of controlling the universe. He was going to say when and with whom he was going to mate and get married and that was the end of it, especially if he had to spend the rest of eternity bouncing between planets with her.

“Well, I’m sure Hunter didn’t plan to find his real mate anytime soon either, or ever. That’s probably why he agreed to be mated with the Witch.” Mendax laughed even harder. He was the most light hearted of the group and for some reason found the predicament hilarious.

“Well, he at least didn’t plan that she’d be human either…if she is.” Tristan stated before disappearing with the rest of the men.

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