Seeking refuge, Xilä and her father venture to the lands of the Omatikaya clan in the hopes that Toruk Makto would be generous in allowing them to stay. This is her story about not only finding her strength, but finding love. - Warning: This story contains smut (breeding kink included), violence, abuse & pregnancy (please don't read if these topics will affect you) - Some characters have been aged up. Neteyam in particular is 23. - Xilä is my own creation. - Cover image- credit to cinetrix This story has not been beta read (To be reviewed and edited for all errors)

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞... 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞." 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝? 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞.... 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞... 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐦 x 𝐎𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐨𝐜 *𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑* 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧,𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐂,𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐨.

• Book 1 out of 4 of "The Way To Save You" series. Hiraya te Salem Ka'art'ite, the last of the nomadic Terapatxi, has chosen the shadows. A survivor of the RDA's cruelest experiments, the fifteen-year-old Hiraya knows a bitter truth: in a world at war, her mutated blood is not a gift - it is a prize to be exploited by humans and Na'vi alike. ​Her carefully guarded solitude is shattered when a stranger stumbles into her sanctuary. He doesn't come with shackles or syringes; he comes with a gentle smile and a name that carries the weight of a legend. ​"I am Neteyam te Suli Tsyeyk'itan. Son of Toruk Makto. It's nice to meet you, Hiraya." ○●○●○●○ This Avatar - Neteyam AU fanfic: • is currently undergoing rewrites to "make it make sense." (AKA cliché scene removals lol) • has heavy world-building. Expect long chapters in the revised ones. (Avg. 6k words each) • is canon-compliant (save for the author's own interpretation of incomplete souls and Spirit World rules). • is written in switching 3rd person POVs. • counters Neteyam's canonical death in ATWOW. • is made by an author who loves pictures (so pls read online for the full experience ♡) ○●○●○●○ Sample passage from this book: ​"Listen to me," Neteyam said, his focus narrowing entirely on her, his brows furrowed with genuine concern. He shifted, his hand moving to cover hers where it rested, white-knuckled and trembling against her thigh. Her skin felt fever-hot against his palm, a sharp contrast to the cooling spray of the sea. ​"Focus on this," he told her, keeping his voice low and steady to cut through the sound of the surf. He needed her to stop staring at the horizon with those dead eyes. "Feel the weight of my hand. The salt on your skin. You are here, Hiraya. Right now. You're with me, and we're above the surface. Stay in the light."