Ka'Cit's Haven (Riv’s Sanctuary #3)

Ka’Cit pushed the thoughts away.

This wasn’t the time.

As he held the human, her hair brushed against his mask and he found himself leaning farther into it as her body heaved against him.

“Calm down, ta’ii. I am here.”

The words felt strange coming from his mouth.

When had he ever…comforted anyone?

It wasn’t something he’d thought he’d even be capable of doing.

As he held the human, she seemed to calm a little, and it took a few moments before a low sound reached his ears.

It wasn’t the clanking of the ship’s engine, or any other sound coming from the ship for that matter.

…it was coming from him.

There was a hum in his throat, and as soon as he realized he was the source of the sound, his vocal chords stopped vibrating as he stared down at the human in his arms.

Just…what…what was he doing?

He didn’t hum lullabies. Not to mention this was a song he’d thought he’d long forgotten.

Her hands fisted in his clothes some more, tightening their hold, and it dawned on him that she wanted him to…continue?

How could he deny this strange female being?

Ka’Cit swallowed hard.

The song was a soothing sound—one his momor had hummed to him when he was a chid many, many eons ago.

That was probably why she was drawn to it.

The thought made him shift uncomfortably.

Okay…he could hum…if she needed it.

If it helped.

He released a slow breath through his nose.

He could hum the…lullaby.

Phek…

He was really going to do this.

The sound started off hesitant in his throat but the more the seconds passed, the more he was able to do it and if he closed his eyes, he could probably pretend he wasn’t doing so many things so uncharacteristic of him.

But, as the song flowed from his memory into his vocal chords, he watched her. He couldn’t pull his gaze away.

Not now, especially in this strange situation they’d found themselves in.

Her body was tense and her eyebrows remained knitted, but her breathing was stabilizing.

He was sure.