Secrets of the Enslaved

"Ahhhh!"

With a start, Ash bolted upright as his sensitive hearing caught the muffled sound of a terrfied scream. Without waiting for his first companion to wake up, he threw the covers off his legs and bolted up, running downstairs and straight to the basement door. Even if it hadn’t been too muffled to’ve come from on the first or second stories, something instinctive told him that the scream had come from the basement.

Upon getting down there, he heard a soft whimpering coming from the room they’d given to Jake and Jinxx, but didn’t sense either of the other Doms around. He gently knocked on the door, his ears picking up a soft gasp before he heard the other fertile beckon him to enter. When he opened the door, he saw him curled up in the corner their bed was shoved up against, his tail puffed up in fear and wrapped tightly around his legs like his arms, his ears flattened against his head. Using soft, soothing words, he was cautious about approaching him, knowing that a frightening Neko could be dangerous, but fertiles were actually the worst.

Jinxx launched himself into his arms the second he sat down on the edge of their bed, crying into his chest so hard he could barely breathe. Shockingly, he was able to open up a telepathic link with him, something he hadn’t even been able to do with Andy as of yet, to find out what was wrong. The other fertile told him that he’d dreamt his old Master had been slinking around the house while they slept, causing Jake and CC to leave him alone to go patrol it real quick.

Since he hadn’t come down with him, Ash assumed that the last Dom of their group had joined them, knowing that he’d check on their friend in the meantime. Shockingly enough, though, he’d avoided waking Nikki’s kids, although the older man came down the stairs a few short minutes later to find out what was wrong. His oldest pet explained the problem, and he couldn’t resist sitting down beside them and offer his comfort as if Jinxx were one of his own children. The other fertile allowed him to turn the older Neko’s hug into a group-hug, knowing that he wouldn’t hurt him. Even if he were a mere human, their new Master would do everything in his power to protect his pets, rather than abuse them or see them get hurt.

“Shhh, shhh, shhh,” Nikki whispered, rocking both fertiles back and forth since he had his arms wrapped around them both. “It’s okay, Jinxx. They’ll make sure everything’s okay and be back inside soon.”

“I-I don’t w-want J-Jake to g-get h-hurt,” the younger fertile sobbed. “H-he c-can’t die o-on m-me.”

Ash had a sudden realization as to why he was so emotional and scared for his mate’s life. “Jinxx…is there something you haven’t told us?” he asked softly.

He looked up at him, his eyes fully gray, swollen, and bloodshot from crying, and nodded gently.

“Shhh, it’s okay,” he whispered, tucking his head under his chin again. “I won’t say anything.”

Their Master used his fingers under his chin to lift his face so he was looking at him, an unasked question in his eyes.

“Mmm hmm,” the older fertile hummed, nodding.

“Ah, I see,” Nikki said softly.

“You said you wouldn’t tell,” Jinxx whimpered.

“He guessed,” Ash admitted. “He didn’t have to ask me aloud; the question was in his eyes.”

The younger fertile glanced up at him, looking to see if it was true.

“He’s right, Jinxx. I’m good at guessing the truth, even when someone wants to hide it,” he chuckled. “I guess it’s from being a father for so many years.”

“You said you’ve had Ashley since he was a kitten. I’m guessing you raised him as your own?”

“Mmm hmm. His parents were my first Nekos in about five years when I got them in 1981.” His eyes darkened as he remembered the sweet couple who’d longed to have a kitten for so long, only to die before they got the chance to meet him.

“So you’ve had plenty of practice, even before your kids were born?” Jinxx asked.

“About three or four years’ worth,” Nikki answered. “By the time Gunner came along, Ash was already out of diapers and whatnot, and I’d raised him single-handedly until I married my first wife.”

Nodding, the younger fertile settled into their warm, comforting, loving embrace as they awaited the arrival of the Doms. They managed to calm the poor thing down so that he wasn’t crying, only sniffling occasionally, and could breathe easier than he had when the oldest Neko had first found him. He kept his legs pulled up to his chest, his arms and tail wound tightly around them, as if trying to shield his abdomen from any kind of harm. Considering the secret he had yet to tell his mate, it wasn’t that big of a surprise.

A short while later, the door opened slowly and the forms of Jake, CC, and Andy were made out as they came into the room. Worried about his mate, the first of the group immediately came over to the edge of the bed and knelt down, gently forcing him to look him in the eye. Grayish-blue eyes met hazel ones, a silent conversation taking place as they utilized their telepathic link.

Jinxx heaved a sigh of relief when he was told that they’d found no evidence of anyone slinking around the house, Neko or otherwise. Ash and Nikki unwrapped their arms from him and allowed him to throw himself into the arms of his mate, both wondering when he would tell him the news. Jake kept a tight grip on him until he poked him with his claw, fighting to get out of his arms so he could make a mad dash for the bathroom. As his mate, he chased him into the en suite, the older fertile hot on their heels to offer whatever support and advice he possibly could, even though he’d never been in either of their positions.

“What’s wrong, sweetheart?” The middle Dom was concerned about his mate as he leaned over the toilet, heaving violently.

Jinxx was unable to speak for a moment, soon flopping back on his chest weakly.

“You want me to tell him?” Ash asked. He’d vowed to keep his mouth shut, and he was determined to keep that vow unless given permission to do otherwise.

The younger fertile looked up at him for a moment, then nodded as he told him through their new telepathic connection that he could.

“To keep it simple…you’re going to have a kitten,” the older fertile said.

Jake’s eyes widened in surprise, then he looked down at his mate. “Are you sure, Jinxxy?”

He nodded weakly, his eyes fluttering shut.

“This explains why you haven’t felt quite right lately.” He paused, a thoughtful expression on his face. “And why you’ve wanted to…mate…more often.”

“At first the increased mating was because I was in heat,” Jinxx said softly. “Once I conceived…well, the hormones make me hornier than normal.”

“I wasn’t trying to sound condescending,” the Dom chuckled. “I was just saying that it all makes sense now.”

Happy for his new friends, Ash helped him get the younger fertile back to his feet. He leaned on Jake as they helped him back into their new bedroom, where he asked if he could share their news. The shy, quiet Neko nodded, knowing it was only a matter of time before they found out, anyway, whether it was because he couldn’t keep anything down, or because he started showing.

Everybody was happy for them when he told them that they were expecting a kitten together, Andy and CC quickly wrapping their arms around them. Having known them longer, the other two Doms had known it was only a matter of time before they finally conceived, although they’d both known they wanted to wait until they were a bit older. Still, even though their kitten was a bit unplanned and they wished they were older than what they were, which was seventeen for Jake, sixteen for Jinxx, they were still happy. Some Nekos never got the chance to have kittens, had to wait years to do so, or wound up like Dillon and Amara Purdy had.

Now that they were all relatively calm again, Nikki headed back up to his bedroom so he could go back to bed, and CC headed off to his own room again, as well. Andy and Ash offered to stay downstairs with them for a while longer to help them out any way they needed. Jake told them that he could handle his mate for the night, although he might need their help the next morning, especially once they were done with their schoolwork. Agreeing, they nodded and headed back upstairs to the second story themselves.

It wasn’t long after crawling back into the bed they now shared that the youngest and oldest Neko of the entire group fell back to sleep, wrapped up happily in one another’s arms. Since they suspected they were mates, their dreams were filled with a relationship as loving as that of the other mated Nekos, as well as kittens of their own. Andy dreamt of a son who looked like him with the fertile’s coloring, while Ash dreamt of a daughter who looked like him with the Dom’s coloring. Either way, they wished they had more than they did at the moment, but that didn’t mean the future couldn’t be changed. It would all depend on what the morning brought, and they’d go from there.

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