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“I think we can get you a caftan, but we have to wait until I get a pay chip. I don’t have one, so I can’t buy squat.”
“No cash?” She plucked at her shirt.
“Not in the royal village. No.”
Amelia smiled at the omega. “Are you the one who needs analysis?”
He nodded. “I am. I just feel wrong.”
“Well, I might be able to analyze you and go. Then I can deal with sweaty clothing.” She looked around. “Come on and have a seat.”
Eliana watched them sit down, and Amelia flipped her palms up and told Henry what to do. Penina watched as Amelia began to glow, and Henry caught on.
Eliana watched for the five minutes, and then something strange happened. Henry turned dark, and the energy flowed to Amelia, and then it happened again until a swirl of energy was getting lighter as it cycled from Henry to Amelia.
Ten minutes later, Henry was looking around as if everything was bright and new. Amelia smiled, but Eliana ran to her as she dropped in exhaustion. Juggling big human and little human was awkward.
“What happened to her?”
“She ate the darkness. It is going to make her weak for a while.” She looked around and frowned. “She needs to lie down. I didn’t think you were that bad off.”
Amelia sighed. “Sorry. I will just scoot myself into a corner and recover. Just mop up the sweat around me and leave me be.”
“What was it?”
“You called it. He had a shade. Major shade. It is going to take a few hours to digest it, and I will be out of your considerable hair.” Amelia struggled and got herself sitting.
“How long has he had it?”
“Twenty years. Maybe more. Omegas are common targets for curses.”
“How did you learn all this?”
“Old books and midnight chats with Wren.” Amelia got herself sitting, but her skin was grey and eyes glazed.
“Come on. You can take my bed in the nursery. You just have to be quiet when Penina goes down for a nap.”
“Will do.”
Eliana looked at the dazed Henry, who had tears tracking down his cheeks. “Can you help me lift her? I can’t hold her and the baby at the same time.”
He nodded and got Amelia up with an arm around his neck. He smiled. “You smell nice. Sweaty but nice.”
She chuckled. “Flatterer.”
Eliana wrapped an arm around her waist and heaved her friend down the hall and toward the nursery.
Keoki blocked their path. “Where are you going? Who is that?”
“She’s a friend of mine, invited by Syar and Ven, and she has done an analysis of Henry.”
Henry was crying, but he was smiling. “It’s a good thing, Keo. A real good thing.”
Keoki blinked and then snorted. “Where are you trying to bring her?”
“The nursery. Penina needs a nap, and Amelia just needs to rest a bit.”
He stepped forward and picked her up. Amelia chuckled. “I can see my house from here.”
