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"No," I assured her. "My relationship with those three? It's not based on what we do with our bodies. It's based on what we do with our hearts. I love them. I like you. I often have sex with people I like. I hurt the ones I don't. So, if you get angry and want to throw me in a bed, I promise I will give Tath plenty to resent."
"But the baby," she said.
"Doesn't work that way," Nari told her. "First, Ela can never get you pregnant. Second, you're already pregnant. I promise that baby is safe. Maela, I'm going to fuck your husband. The entire house will probably know about it. If you want to get a little of your pride back, I highly recommend that you have Ela show you how sex is supposed to work. He's very good at it. He's also gentle with the ones he likes."
"He is," Talin said. "Besides, then all of us will have something else in common."
Wraythe chuckled. "Not me. Sorry, I'm Nari's. Never got naked with Ela."
"Liar," I teased.
"Not likethat," Wraythe insisted. "Besides, we have little ears here. Some of those words are easy for him to repeat."
Talin just shook his head. "Where did you learn about kids, Wraythe?"
"Someone had to look after my siblings when my parents were working. I got whipped good when my sister learned to say a few things. Besides, I have to convince Haryth to say, 'Uncle Wraythe,' huh, bud?"
"Rayfe," Haryth repeated.
"That's my boy!" Wraythe told him. "You are a smart little guy, huh?"
Maela giggled at him. "Well, I was also hoping you'd all listen for him at night. Tath is adamant that he stays on the third floor, but I don't like it."
"Promise," Talin told her. "We might spoil him a bit, because children aren't something we see around the temple, and we will definitely listen for him."
"Ok." She gripped my hand a little tighter. "I'm too embarrassed to say yes, Ela. I also won't say no. I just want to make sure Tath knows that he cannot get away with this. I'm not going to ignore him making a fool out of me in our home. I'm not going to look away when he treats women like dirt - priestess or not! I also don't care if he's mad. That man tried to beat me once. This is the same thing, just with his actions instead of his fists. If he wants to destroy our family..." She looked at all of us. "Then destroy him first."
"I promise," I said softly. "But Maela? If he ever tries to hurt you again, grab Haryth and come to the temple. Zeal will have every guardian waiting to protect you, and I'll be standing right there with him, ok?"
"I know," she assured me. "Nari already told me something similar. He hasn't tried since, and I'm convinced that Zeal made him scared of the idea. I'm safe. I'm just not sure the four of you are."
"We are," Wraythe said. "We're together, so there's not a single thing he can do to us that we can't do better."
