Bound (The Spider's Mate, #3)

by Tiffany Roberts

But those eyes were the vibrant blue of a clear sky instead of green, and that blood-matted hair was golden instead of brown; it was Ivy looking at him. It was Ivy in Zurvashi’s clutches. And Ketahn could only watch as the queen squeezed and tore, as bone shattered, and veins burst. As everything he cared about, everything he loved, was crushed.

Kill Zubitch and take over DUH

Ahnset had brought Ella to Takarahl despite Ketahn forbidding it. Now Ella was dead, and Ketahn was Zurvashi’s prisoner, cast into the deep, dark place where the queen sent her enemies to wither and die. My mate. My Ivy. My everything.

Yeah im pissed with Ahnset i dont give a rats FUCK if she was trying to help they wouldve been better off running into the forest for menders root than going into the city with Spider Donald Trump at the helm!

“No.” Ketahn seized his fury and forced his legs onto the floor, relieving some of the strain on his arms. He flexed and stretched his fingers, seeking even the slightest brush with the silk strands no matter how awkward the angle.

Free my guy!!!

“Release me!” He pushed his arms in opposite directions, battling the restrictive rope. His limbs trembled with the exertion. He succeeded only in causing himself more pain.

Go beyond plus ultra

“Blood for blood, Zurvashi,” he snarled, his words rough and feral.

Were gonna get you free so u can kill the queen bro

“Such fury,” Zurvashi said. Her voice crept through the small chamber like a jungle vine seeking another plant to strangle. “Would that you had chosen to turn it against my enemies.”

Die die die die die die

Zurvashi’s death would be the closest thing to justice Takarahl had seen since Ketahn was a broodling.

HEAR HEAR

“You behave like a wild beast,” Zurvashi continued. Her mandibles twitched, making the shadows on her face tremble. “The best male Takarahl can offer. Disloyal, disrespectful, and incapable of achieving his true potential. Such a waste.” She shoved Ketahn’s head back hard, releasing his throat. “I had hoped for so much more from you.”

I had hoped you would be DEAD!!!!

“Oh?” Zurvashi chittered again and threw her arms out to the sides. “Do you mean to claim Takarahl as your own? Does my little hunter think he can succeed where so many females have failed?”

Either he kills you or Ivy does BITCH

“Your cruelty is not strength,” Ketahn continued, holding her gaze. “The fear you instill in those under your rule is not strength. For all the might in your body, Zurvashi, you are the weakest vrix in Takarahl.”

DRAG HER AGAIN BESTIE!!!

“What chance you might have had to know me, little Ketahn, has long since passed.” She sank her claws in deeper and moved her head close enough for him to feel her breath on his face. “I am Takarahl. Takarahl is mighty because of me.”

Self centered bitch bro

Cole thrust a finger toward the door. “We should be going after him! We can’t just abandon one of our own to…” He waved his hands vaguely in frustration. “To all that!”

KYS COLE

Cole pushed away from his pod to face the others. “We need to do something! Are we just supposed to sit around and wait forever? It’s already been a whole fucking twenty-eight hours or however the fuck long a day is on this planet!”

Stupid human male with testosterone goggles on

The sickness in her belly hadn’t fully subsided, but now it was accompanied by a cramp in her pelvis. Wonderful.

Bro about to give birth to spider babies

Ketahn tore the broken shaft free. Blood spurted from the hole in Leteki’s throat and poured down her chest. Even as her muscles relaxed and her body went limp, Ketahn jabbed the splintered shaft into her throat again, and again, and again, barely hearing the guttural sounds escaping him as he did so.

Damn

A thousand more emotions roiled in Ketahn’s chest, each at war with the others. All of this…all of this because she hadn’t listened. He could not fault her for trying to do right, but he’d told her. He’d told her. And she had not believed him. She had not trusted him.

Siblings never listen bro

At least the ache in her pelvis had dulled enough for her to ignore it. Ketahn had told her to remain inside, in the safety of the sealed room, but she couldn’t. She couldn’t stay in there any longer, locked in a cage while he was out dealing with who knew what. While he was in danger.

Im telling you its a spider human hybrid child

Despite her concerns for Ketahn, she had to admit that this position helped ease some of the discomfort in her pelvis.

Girl its a baby in there

“You’re sure?” Diego asked. Ivy nodded and straightened. “Yeah. Likely just…woman stuff, you know?” “Ah. Gotcha.” Diego stood with a crooked smile. “Too bad we don’t have anything to help that.” “I wish.” “What is woman stuff?” Ketahn asked as Diego stepped away. Her cheeks warmed as she faced Ketahn. “It’s…human stuff. Normal stuff.” He grunted and caught her chin. “That explains nothing, Ivy.”

EXCEPT im so sure its a baby

Dropping the leaves into the hole, Ivy looked between her legs. More blood was smeared upon her inner thighs and stained the crotch of her jumpsuit. “Damn it.” Of course her period had started. It made sense given the cramping, and it had only been a matter of time, right? But this was the last thing she needed to deal with, especially now. Rising, she covered the hole with dirt using her boot and eased closer to the rocks. She splashed herself clean, cursing as the cool water slid down her legs, then washed her thighs. Next, she sat on the stone ledge next to one of the pools and scrubbed the blood from her jumpsuit.

I still think its a baby I DONT CARE

But shields cannot stop every blow. That does not make a shield useless. The other humans need you. I need you, sister, and I am sorry I made you think otherwise.”

This is so sweet i love it

Ahmya cocked her head. “How so?” “We could have landed on some ice planet. Least the weather is nice enough here for skinny dipping.”

IPB

Rain poured down on her, trickling into the open collar of her jumpsuit to run over her skin, as she crawled out of the shelter and forced herself upright. She had only taken a few steps before she doubled over, hugging her belly, and vomited. Acid burned her throat, a harsh contrast to the freezing raindrops pelting her.

Gregnancy

“The nausea, the spotting, the pelvic pain, the swelling in your belly, and tender breasts are…are signs of pregnancy, Ivy.”

I KNEW IT BITCH!!!!

“I weave my word into a bond, my nyleea. Nothing in this world shall harm you or our broodling. You are the heart that beats outside my chest.”

Biting a pillow and crying

“They call their stems decks?” asked Ahnset. “I think that is something different. Their word is dick,” said Rekosh. “Deck,” Ahnset repeated. “Dick,” Rekosh corrected. “Ah, fuck,” Cole said, throwing his hands up. “This is that whole zirkita thing again, isn’t it?”

I am having FUN!!!

Ketahn grunted. “You fought well. But now you must walk instead of talk.” “Always a partee pooper, huh?” “I do not know partee, but I have not made poop on it.” A laugh burst from Ivy. She slapped a hand over her mouth to muffle the sound, but it escaped again when Diego said, “If you don’t know what it is, how do you know you haven’t pooped on it?”

DONT BULLY HIM

“Conquer me. Make me yours, again and again.” Ketahn opened his mouth to graze her shoulder with his teeth, making her shudder again. “I have conquered you, female.” “Prove it. As you did before.” The mating frenzy stirred deep within him. He slid his fingers into her hair and grasped it, muscles trembling with that rising instinct, with that consuming need. But he would not give in yet. He would be the one to claim Ivy. He would be the one to mate her, by his will, by his choice. He was the conqueror.

Yall match eachothers freak. Having a freak off

“You are mine.” She dipped a hand into the paint and pressed it over his hearts, which thumped harder beneath her touch. “Hearts.” She moved her hand down, placing it just over his slit and making his claspers stir. “Body.” Now she coated both hands in paint and lifted them, cupping each side of his face. “Spirit. You and I are as one, Ketahn.”

Screaming, crying, and throwing up

Ivy swallowed, her throat dry and raw, and passed her spear to her left hand. She dropped her right hand into the hip pocket of her jumpsuit and closed her fingers around the grip of the flare gun inside. She walked forward.

YES. THIS IS WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR EHEHEHEHEHEHE

Zurvashi ran straight onto the spear. The impact of its head piercing her lower abdomen jolted through the shaft. Ivy fell backward, landing hard on her ass. The queen’s legs skidded on the damp ground, her injured foreleg buckling and making her drop onto the lowest joint, driving the spear deeper.

BY THE EIGHT MAY SHE DIE BRO

“My foolish, brave, spirited mate. My queen. You did it.” My queen? He’d never used such an endearment before. Why would he… Ivy sucked in a sharp breath. “Oh… I challenged…” I challenged the queen for Takarahl. And I won. Shit.

Spider humans incoming!!!

“We didn’t know you for long, but the impact you made on us, on the vrix…on me… That will last forever. This place is our home now. Yours too. And I’ll always have a place for you in my heart.”

Not me tearing up

Ketahn’s chin dipped, and his mandibles twitched as he looked at the ground. His nose holes flared with a deep inhalation. Voice thick with concern, he said, “Ivy… What is this? What is happening?” Placing both hands on her belly, she looked up at Ketahn with wide, uncertain eyes. “The baby is coming.”

YIPPEEEEE

Delicately, Ketahn smoothed his hand over that gold-streaked hair. “Akalahn. Akalahn tes Ivy’ani Ul’okari. Son of the female who freed Takarahl, the once-queen. He who is our hope, our joy, our future.”

WAAAAAAAAHHHHHH