Alien Bonds (Wakanreo Book 1) by Carmen Webster Buxton
Author:Carmen Webster Buxton [Buxton, Carmen Webster]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cracked Mirror Press
Published: 2018-01-23T06:00:00+00:00
AFTER a few days of recuperation, Dina went back to work, but she made it a practice to visit the hospital every day. During her work week, she took the transit system to ThreeCon headquarters every afternoon, and then rode home with Kuaron after they both spent some time observing the developing fetuses. On rest days, she and Kuaron went to the hospital in the mornings, and then spent the remainder of the day doing errands or visiting Kuaronâs many relations.
Every time she visited the hospital, Dina put one hand on the side of each twinâs tank and held it there until she could feel the warmth of the synthetic amniotic fluid through the flexible membrane. She spoke to the children often, too. Kuaron did so rarelyâat least when Dina was thereâbut she was quite comfortable talking to them. She and Kuaron had already picked out names.
âAre you certain you want both of them to have Wakanrean names?â Kuaron had said on his last visit.
âYes, Iâm sure. Theyâll both have my last name, so they should have a Wakanrean first name to even out the Terran surname.â
âWe could give them extra names. We donât do that much in my family, but itâs common in other regions.â
âNo,â Dina said firmly. âJust one personal name apiece, like you have, Kuaron. Our daughter will be Yulayan for your mother, and our son will be Kifarao for your fatherâs father.â
âYulayan Bellaire,â Kuaron said. âKifarao Bellaire. I like both names. They balance, and balance will be important for our children.â
âYes,â Dina had agreed, sliding her hand over the elastic membrane of the tank in as intimate a caress as the technology would allow. âBalance is important.â
One night Kuaron suggested stopping somewhere for dinner on the way home from the hospital. They were both tired, and the idea of preparing food had no appeal. Kuaron proposed eating at a restaurant he had frequented in the past.
âDid you come here alone or with someone?â Dina asked him as they left the flyter and started for the door. The restaurant was in the outer suburbs, a small, cozy-looking building surrounded by a large flyter park. The only restaurants she had been to on Wakanreo had catered to Terrans, so she was curious to see what this one was like.
âSometimes one, sometimes the other.â
âI never liked going to restaurants alone,â Dina said as they walked through the front door into a vestibule. She noted that the front door was in plain view, and realized Wisutans only hid the entrances to their homes, not their businesses.
âWhy not?â Kuaron asked, pausing by a credit console set into the wall.
âWhat are you doing?â Dina asked, ignoring his question in favor of her own pursuit of information.
âPaying for our dinner.â
âReally?â Dina asked, intrigued. âAre all the meals the same price or did you order something already?â
âOrder?â
Dina didnât answer this question either. She was studying the interior of the restaurant.
There were no privacy booths like those in the restaurants on Croyzan, or even private tables like she was used to from Fantar.
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