Haeden

Shae (daughter)

Haeden ("Hi-den") is a main character in Barbarian's Mate, Barbarian's Valentine and Josie's Wish. He is a male Sa-khui hunter.

He is Josie's mate and is the father of Joden, Joha, and Shae.

## Description

He is a pale milky blue and has black hair that is worn with the sides shaved short and the middle is braided into a long braid. He has a strong nose and square jaw that make him look pissy.

He has large ram-like horns.

## Personality

Haeden is socially awkward and a private person. He is quiet and comes across as meaner than intended. Early in the series, he was often grumpy and irritable because of the bitterness around his lost chance at resonance.

Haeden is close friends with Aehako.

## History

Haeden resonated to Zalah when he was a young hunter. She mocked him uninterested in a much younger mate and tried to avoid fulfilling the resonance. Instead, she went to the bed of her pleasure-mate Derlen. Haeden waited thinking she would give in eventually. However, the khui sickness came and both she and her pleasure-mate died. Their resonance was never fulfilled.

Haeden was one of the first to fall ill, but the last one to have his khui die. The tribe was able to successfully get him a new khui. The rest of his family, both parents and brothers died in the illness.

He took no other mate after Zalah died, and had none before.

Haeden was initially drawn to Josie. Fearing that connection he tried to avoid her and they had a poor relationship

### Barbarian's Mate

Josie's IUD finally fell out finally allowing her body to resonate. To his surprise Haeden found himself resonating to her. Upset, she denied their resonance.

Weeks later, both sick with unfulfilled resonance, Haeden agreed to take her to the Elders Cave in hope that the med bay there could remove her khui so she could get a new one. Because Haeden had a new khui, one that hadn't resonated to anyone, he was able to resonate again.

When they arrived they discovered that the med bay was broken. At this point, Josie finally considered giving into resonance. But when an embarrassing incident led to a misunderstanding between the two, Josie elected to leave the tribe permanently.

She headed to the Great Salt Lake, trailed by a concerned Haeden. Haeden followed her as she discovered the remains of the crashed slave ship. He quickly realized the area was surrounded by Metlaks. He started to fight them off. Josie, exiting the ship, joined into the fray.

The two managed to escape and bonded on their way back to the tribal caves. While walking a Sky-Claw snatched Josie and ate her whole. A devastated Haeden puts his knife to his chest, only to realize the sky-claw was falling from the sky. Josie, armed with a knife, was cutting the creature from the inside. Haeden helped cut her out.

This finally helps them admit their feelings, and they fulfilled their resonance.

When they get back to the cave Josie told Vektal about the pods inside the crashed slave ships, and plans were made to go rescue the occupants. Haeden traveled with a group to lead them to the ship.

About a month later, Haeden returned with Maddie, newly rescued from a pod, and the others. He was overjoyed to learn about her pregnancy.

### Later History

Joden was born the third year after first humans were rescued. Joha was born sometime between the fifth and seventh year.

Sometime during the seventh year Haeden and Josie resonated for the third time.

During the eighth year, Haedan was featured in the short story Joden's Story.

Because of the discovery of the people in status in The Tranquil Lady, Haeden elected to travel there with some of the other tribe to help with the investigation of the status pods. Haeden returned to Croatoan with a portion of the group after it was decided to awaken those in status.

### Barbarian's Valentine

While out on a hunting trip with his son, Haedan discussed his relationship with Josie. Unknown to him his son repeated his words to Josie seeming to imply that he does not fin her attractive anymore, that he finds resonance a chore which he does because he has no choice and that he wished they had fewer children. Later that night they have a discussion with clears up the confusion.

A few days Hassen returned home. Summer and Warrek took Josie's and Maddie's kits. Haeden is surprised by Josie's Valentine's day plans, which she made during the period she was feeling insecure after hearing Maddie discussing her own plans. That evening Josie and Haedan realized they needed to take more time for each other as a couple and decide to ask for babysitters more often.

### Josie's Wish

In Josie's Wish, Josie started considering the idea of having more children, but she was worried Haeden doesn't. After they talked, and realized both are fine with the idea of more children, they resonated again.