Chapter 63: Meeting Tayn

The other man I saw in the park is sat at a bench near the back of the main room. He’s cleaning a small object that I presume he intends to add to the items Mohi is selling outside.

“Tayn, come and meet some unusual people,” says Kora.

Tayn turns to look at us, and he instantly recognises me from the park. Although he pretends indifference, the rapidly growing bulge at the top of his trousers suggests that he’s detected that I’m in heat. Although common sense tells me that I should be cautious with these strangers, my body is betraying me. I quickly ask my questions before my sexual urges take complete control of my brain.

“Are you of the Tomyris race, or you descended from a similar race?” I ask.

“I suppose we are Tomyris,” says Tayn. “It’s not the sort of question we’re normally asked. The residents of Bardos have a wide range of ancestry, so nobody here bothers about racial labels.”

“How many Tomyris are there here?” asks Akamu.

“In Bardos town? Just us three,” says Tayn. “Our main settlement has about sixty of us of varying ages. There’s probably another twenty or so like us, who live and work in ‘old human’ towns on different islands around the Ribbean Sea.”

“And where is your main settlement?” probes Akamu.

“Why do you want to know?” queries Tayn, starting to get defensive in his answers. “You are clearly Tomyris, but you don’t seem to know where our main settlement is located. How is that possible?”

“We may all be of the same race, but Arikiwi and I come from a land far to the east,” I say, wary about revealing too much at the moment. “Akamu’s and Hinano’s people have been in hiding for many years.”

“Hibernating, you mean,” says Kora, revealing that she knows more than she has so far revealed.

“Yes,” says Hinano. “If you know where we come from, then tell us how your people come to be here. For two years we searched for all Tomyris who survived the pirate raid. How is it that you remained hidden from us?”

“We don’t know for certain,” replies Kora defensively. “You might remember the events of a century ago as though they occurred yesterday, but many years have passed since our forebears of your generation were alive. We only have stories of our origins handed down from one generation to the next.”

“I think we need to carefully consider what this all means,” I say before the two sets of Tomyris start a fight.

“I agree with Katarine,” says Tayn, moving nearer to me.

Until now I’ve kept my sexual urges firmly under control. However, Tayn’s proximity is weakening my resolve, and my strong pheromones are having the predictable effect on Tayn. Kora notices the effect Tayn and I are having on each other.

“I suggest you let my brother take you into his room and the pair of you satisfy your needs. I’ll show your friends some of the antiquities we have recovered. They might like to buy something.”

Tayn takes my hand and leads me into a back room before I can respond. His room is roughly the same size as my cabin on the Esme’. It has all the signs of being lived in for some time. Of course, admiring his collection of ornaments and pictures isn’t why we’re here, and Tayn soon commands my full attention. I quickly realise that his attitude towards sex is similar to Akamu’s domineering style. I know how to play my part in this game, so I promptly sink to my knees and start worshipping the straining bulge in his trousers.