“Excuse me but are you all right? Are you, are you?”
This time the squeaky voice interrupting them belonged to Yipper, who was looking up at the three of them with great concern.
“Your parents sent me to check and see if you were well. Yes they did, yes they did,” he told Kara and Kaleb.
“They are perfectly fine now that Kara knows that Raak died for her and has forgiven him for not telling her. Also, Kaleb has forgiven Kara for leaving the Mother Ship to get bonded and not asking him to come with her,” Silki answered for them before Kara could open her mouth.
“Is that so, is that so?” Yipper looked sharply at the other Tolleg with wide eyes. Then his focus seemed to change as he examined her more closely. “If you do not mind me saying so, you have lovely fur. Yes you do, yes you do.”
“Oh, well. Thank you, thank you.”
If Tollegs could blush, Kara was certain the little Tolleg doctor would have been blushing. She swiveled her ears towards Yipper and looked at him with her big dark eyes.
“I have heard much about your surgical knowledge from Kara,” she told him. “And your skill in replacing parts and doing enhancements.”
It was Yipper’s turn to look like he wanted to blush.
“Why thank you, thank you,” he said in turn, nodding his head so that his floppy ears flapped. “Would you like to see my surgical suite? Would you, would you?”
“Yes I would, yes I would!” Silki exclaimed eagerly. “Can we go there now?”
“I don’t see why not. No I don’t, no I don’t,” Yipper remarked. “Come with me—Silki, was it?”
“Yes indeed, yes indeed.” Silki smiled at him and held out one paw-hand shyly. “And you are Yipper.”
“Yes I am, yes I am.” Instead of shaking the offered hand, however, Yipper leaned forward and sniffed it deeply. When he straightened up, his eyes were droopy with pleasure.
“You smell good, Silki. Yes you do, yes you do!” he announced.
“Oh, thank you, thank you!” Silki sniffed him in turn. “And so do you,” she said, her ears swiveling faster.
“Come on—let’s visit my suite,” Yipper told her.
“Let’s go, let’s go!” Silki exclaimed.
And without another word to Kara and Kaleb and Raak, the two Tollegs scampered off together.
“Well,” Raak remarked dryly. “Do you think they’re going to his surgical suite…or his sleeping chamber?”
“Raak!” Kara elbowed her new mate but she saw Kaleb snickering behind his hand.
“Sorry, Sis but he’s right—if that’s not love at first sight, I don’t know what is,” he remarked. “Come to think of it, it kind of reminds me of that first time you saw Raak—in the transport. Remember?”
“At least I didn’t go over and sniff him!” Kara objected but then she had to laugh too. “You’re right,” she admitted. “I think maybe Yipper’s in love.”
“Looks like you two won’t be the only ones getting Joined in the Sacred Grove.” Kaleb gave her a grin. “Come on—let’s go tell Mom and Dad.”
“All right.” Kara linked her arm through Raak’s and then offered her other arm to Kaleb. After a moment’s hesitation, he took it and the three of them went out to talk to her parents.
As she walked with the two men she loved best in the world, Kara couldn’t help sending a prayer of thanks to the Goddess. She was happily bonded and safely home on the Mother Ship. And if Kaleb had accepted Raak into their family, she was sure that her Mom and Dad would too. Also, it looked like love was in the air for Yipper and Silki which was just the cutest thing.
Kara gave a sigh of contentment as her parents came to meet them. Everything was going to be all right. Because even when things were at their darkest, the Goddess was still watching over all of her children…the children of the Kindred.
Author's Note
Hi guys, I want to apologize for the brevity of this novel. Like many of you, when the pandemic hit, I took on another job—that of teaching my son when we started homeschooling. I'm sure everyone is having the same experience I am, so I won't go into details about how he's off his ADHD meds or how there is a LOT more work than seems necessary to me. I will just say that I had a lot less time for writing this particular book than I usually do and hope that you enjoyed it even though it's short by Kindred standards.
Hugs to you all,
Evangeline
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Bran O’Connor was hard to look at.
I don’t just mean he was ugly, although if I was being honest, he really was. He had lank brownish hair, small no-color eyes, and really just terrible skin. Like pizza-face bad is what I mean. He was also shorter than me, thin verging on scrawny, and one of the nicest people you could ever hope to meet.
Ha—surprised you there, didn’t I? You thought I was just going to go on and on about how awful he looked but I really don’t need to—the popular kids at Nocturne Academy did that plenty. He didn't need me piling it on too.
He really was a nice guy, though and there was something about him, something I couldn't quite put my finger on…
But I didn't know that on the first day of our new unit in AP Biology. I just stood there at the front of the
