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She puts down the spoon and scowls at me. “Can’t you see? I’m not done with this.”
I growl. There are only the two of us here, and I’m not going to let her loose again. She has disrespected me more times than I can count since she woke up.
She shivers and tenses. My heart almost stops. Did I... do something wrong?
I don’t think I did, but growling at her doesn’t feel right. My gut is screaming at me and urging me to treat her better. But I don’t understand what’s not right.
I clear my throat. “You said you want to talk to me. What’s that about?”
She picks up the spoon again and pushes the few grains of rice on the plate. How dare she avoid answering my question and pretending to not hear me?
I’m about to growl at her and demand my answer when there is a sniffing noise from her. It is faint as if she is trying to hold it in. I can only see the top of her head, so I reach for her cheek.
She ducks away from my finger as if there’s something wrong with me. How dare she? She thinks that she gets to do what she wants just because she is my mate?
Enough is enough, I—
“Iechon...”
I grit my teeth and push the fire in me down into my stomach, forcing a more gentle voice. “What?”
“I don’t like it when you shout at me.”
What the actual—!
The sniffing noise is there again, and pain surges inside me. Something ought to be wrong, even though I don’t know what that is. I ask, “What’s wrong?”
“Huh?” She finally looks me in the eye. There is a ring of red around her eyes and it hurts me seeing that. “Are you asking what’s wrong with you shouting at me?”
That’s not what I mean. My gut sinks when it feels like I’m the reason she wants to cry. I don’t understand humans, but maybe I’ve upset her.
I shake my head. “No, that’s not what I mean. Why are you upset?”
She sucks in a breath as if I’m asking something dumb. But...!
She says, “Maybe it is different for your specie, what’s that again?”
“Kuqnil.”
“Yeah... I suppose it is different for kuqnils. I know Earth isn’t as amazing as you are with your spaceship. But calling that backward and making it sound like the place is boring isn’t that nice. So is making me stay here with you.”
But it is easy to see that staying with me is better. I can protect her and—
She stands. “Can I have some time to myself? I just want to be back on Earth and enjoy my vacation.”
I shake my head, even though I would much rather make her happy. “No, you are here to stay. If you want a vacation, we can go to some planet for us to have the vacation together. I can’t let other humans see me on Earth.”
She stares at me with fiery intensity as if she is shooting a laser from her eyes. I don’t understand. What’s wrong with her?
She says, “You don’t get to tell me what to do and you don’t get to make it sound like you can determine what happens to me. I may agree to be here if you ask nicely. I don’t know whether all kuqnils are like you, but you don’t get to grab me and put me here, forcing me to be your mate.”
What the hell is wrong with her? She should understand she is my mate. The mate bond should go both ways, and I can’t be the only one feeling it.
I roll my eyes. “You know you are my mate. I don’t understand why you are trying to fight it. You can feel the bond like I do.”
She shakes her head. “That’s what you think and what you like to assume. I hate it when people or aliens try to pick my life for me. Maybe you are a strong male, you don’t get to do that to me. Maybe I’m what you called your mate, but you still don’t get to do that to me.”
What’s the big deal? This snobbish human female thinks that she is better than me?
