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Villagers were coming out and watching. Eliana was mortified. When Nalu set his mark, she looked at him and slapped the lizardy face before whirling and doing the same to Keahi. She turned and stalked back to the beach. Mano caught up with her and walked with her in silence. She didn’t get undressed. She walked into the ocean and dove in to stop the burn on her back. She was furious, she was hurt, she was embarrassed, and she just wanted to be alone, but there was a giant shark with her.
Eliana continued swimming in a straight line and started pulling water in through her skin and using it for propulsion.
When she finally got out to deep water, she silently screamed and kicked her legs while flailing her arms. She let herself sink slowly, and Mano followed her down.
She sat on an outcropping and let her hair flow around her. Other sea creatures came up and examined her. She felt tears emerge and leave her face. How could they? She knew why they waited. They didn’t want to jump her and knock her out of the tree.
Mano swam back and forth, keeping other creatures away from her. She sat there for two hours, according to her sports watch. When she got to her feet to head back to the residence, Mano came up to her, and she nodded as she floated over his back and grabbed his fin. He swam leisurely back to the shoreline, and she floated loose when his belly touched sand. Eliana walked out of the ocean toward the two silent figures who were waiting for them. Mano walked behind her.
She paused and looked at them, then walked past them, heading back to the residence. The three of them filed after her. When they got to the house, she turned and spoke to them. “I am going to get some sleep. We will discuss this in the morning or when you guys come back here.”
She turned, and the wind caught her hair, showing them what she already knew. She had one spiral in fire and the other in water moving in the opposite direction. She was a fucking pinwheel.
Chapter Five
Amelia must have gotten a guestroom because the nursery was empty, and her cot was waiting. Eliana took a shower, hung her clothing up to dry, and then climbed into bed, covering herself. She was going to have to call Luna and look for a replacement. She couldn’t stay here. She had just been marked like livestock in the middle of the village. It was humiliating.
The crying of Penina set off the newborns, and Eliana sat up when the door opened. Reynaldo looked at her. “Help?”
“There in a minute.”
She put her clothes on, grabbed a bottle, and warmed it in her hand before walking through the door to see Ven in bed with the twins feeding and Penina wailing with her little fists in the air.
Syar looked at her and the bottle with relief. “I’ve got her. Thanks for getting it ready.”
“No problem. Should I arrange breakfast in bed?”
Syar sighed. “I wish. We have to do a photo op with the babies. We will be out for breakfast in a minute.”
“Well, call on me if you need me.” She nodded. She turned and headed out through the nursery. Breakfast called.
She was working her way through rice porridge, smoked ham, and a fruit salad when she was no longer alone at the table, and it was hard to swallow. Nalu sat on her left, and Keahi was on her right. Mano sat next to him, and she was silently still eating when Henry, Keoki, and Amelia came and sat down.
Amelia whistled slowly. “Wow. That is quite the energy signature. It’s not attached though. I haven’t seen free-floating energy like that before.”
“Yay. Happy you have seen something new.” Eliana looked at her.
Amelia winced. “Yikes. Sorry.”
Keahi explained to his curious brother, “The beasts took over and marked her... again.”
Henry blinked. “Plural? Oh, what fun.”
Eliana cleared her throat. “We didn’t...” She rolled her wrist and asked Amelia, “What is the hand gesture I am looking for?”
Amelia made a circle between her index finger and thumb and jerked her hand violently.
“No, that’s a hand job.” She watched. “That’s a nipple twist.” She propped her chin on her fist. “Digital stimulation.” She blinked. “I don’t know that one.”
Mano piped up. “Oral sex.”
“Oh. Thanks.”
Finally, there was a contortion of fingers with two holes and two fingers. Eliana snapped her fingers. “That one. That’s the one that didn’t happen.”
Henry was laughing and wheezing.
The royal family arrived, and Ven and Reynaldo each had one baby while Syar held Penina.
