Descend- Seeing Stars by Sean Oswald (the ebook reader .TXT) 📕

He caught her wrist in his hand. She tried to pull back and when she couldn’t jerk her hand back, she shifted directions and jumped-up thrusting both of her feet into his stomach. She bounced off of him though like he was made of stone and he released her wrist so that she flew backwards.

      Eesa kipped up from the ground. She was right back into a fighting stance as she snarled with bared fangs and extended claws. She exhaled deeply and shuddered.

Then her shoulders drooped, and it was as though the fight went out of her. She said, “But, that has been taken from me. I’ve been traded for an alliance like I was a bag of meat treats for cubs. My honor as a warrior has been taken from me and I’ve been reduced to being a wife, a breeder.”

      Jay started to say it wasn’t like that at all, but Eesa turned around and dropped to the ground on all fours. She mumbled, “Might as well get it over with,” as she started to unfasten the tight pants she had on.

      Frustrated and yet sad for her Jay shouted, “Stop. Not like this. Never like this.”

      Eesa collapsed to the ground, her body shuddering as she wept. Then almost as if it had never happened, she pushed off with all four limbs up into the air spinning around to land on her feet. She smoothly wiped the tears from her cheek. “I’m sorry my lord husband. I neglected to find out your preferences. I will strive to do better.”

      She smoothed the fur on her arm as she spoke to him. Her tone and expression had become stoic.

      Jay said, “You need to speak to us. You need to listen to us.”

      Eesa said, “All you need do is tell me your wishes and I will do my best to be pleasing, lord husband.”

      “Oh no, don’t talk to him like that,” Jessie said, “You will give him a fat head.”

      Eesa’s eyes got wide. “Is that something that humans do?” Then speaking to herself she mumbled, “I have so much to learn.”

      All of the other girls burst into laughter and she finally said, “How could you speak to our lord husband in such a manner.”

      Amelia looked over at Jay and said, “Let us talk to her. We will get her straightened out.”

      Behind them Ava said, “I kinda like how she thinks.”

      Jay held out his hand to Eesa, “Are you willing to stay here with my other wives and let them teach you about how our people work.”

      “Yes, but you have to relate to me not just as a human wife but also as a Tamoori wife,” she replied.

      “We will have to work out the details, but now I think you should speak with your sister wives,” Jay said.

      “No, am I not worthy of hearing these things from your own mouth?” Eesa demanded angrily. Then just as quickly she changed tones and lowered her head. “Forgive me please, my lord husband. I am still learning my new role.”

      Jay shook his head. He couldn’t decide if she was schizo or just very confused. “I promise we will have time. Now I must attend to some other matters, but please stay here and learn.”

      Not wanting to get stuck in any further discussion, Jay started to walk out of the room. Mia said, “Give us some extra time, please.”

      “How much?” Jay asked.

      “Hopefully a couple of days will be enough for us to talk some sense into her, it can’t take up too much of today. We need to be ready for when we get access to the leviathan tomorrow,” Mia answered.

      “That is all that matters or have you forgotten that, too?” Meikiyo spat out and then streaked away at high speed.

      Jay knew it was a problem. He would have to deal with it in a bit. Meikiyo knew how he felt but had forgotten in her frustration. Eesa on the other hand would either be a great boon or another obstacle. He tried to remember that she was a young woman ripped from the life that she wanted, but then again, the same had happened to all of them. So, she would have to adjust or not.

      With a pulse of PSI, Jay threw up a Tempus Fugit field around the room. The next ten seconds would turn into two days for them. He then teleported to his room and raised another field to give himself the same amount of time.

Chapter 21- Three Million Years Ago

Jay turned his thoughts inward. Realizing that PSI was something which the Tamoori used changed his thinking about it. Scanning their thoughts, he had caught snippets that suggested the Tamoori had been aware of PSI for a very long time, thousands of years at least.

      That somewhat destroyed his original theory that the evolved humans were the source of PSI. He now needed to figure this out. It was bugging him in the way that sometimes you know something is important but can’t figure out why.

      As he sat there, Jay created a more long-term partition in his mind to allow a portion of his mind to work on the problem. It occurred to him that he needed more information. It was no longer a question of how PSI worked inside his body. This couldn’t be solved by more refining. He already knew now that his body produced PSI rather than purifying it.

      In fact all of the evolved humans produced PSI just in varying amounts. His production level was just so high that it was easier to observe. He still didn’t know if they were processing something else and