Arrow's Wind (The Healing Touch): The Elemental Realms by Gina Manis

Author:Gina Manis [Manis, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-17T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Jenna

I sink in the tub and sigh at how good the warm water feels on my tired, achy body. It has been three days since we arrived, and finally, everything is put away and repaired enough I can relax.

Arrow has gone out to set some traps, leaving me alone, and I can’t ignore the tub in the house's corner any longer. I cleaned it up yesterday, looking forward to getting a chance for a nice soaking, and today, I am taking advantage of it—no more baths in the washbowl for me.

I spent the last half hour heating water and lugging several buckets in just for this. Arrow got the water pump working the other day, so we don’t have to walk down to the stream anymore. The pump is just on the side of the house and not too far away. He promises to get me a handle so we can bring a line inside the window. That way, I can have running water in the house. It will have to wait until we can go back to the village.

I hurry to wash, scrubbing what feels like a month's worth of grime from my body. My hair is no better, as we haven’t taken care of such needs in the past few days. Once I am done, I will clean the tub and get another bath ready for Arrow. I’m sure he would enjoy being clean, too. But for now, it is my time, and I lie back to enjoy it.

Looking around my tiny little house, I think to myself it’s all mine. Everything is now clean and put away just as I like it. My sister Beth liked to make fun of how tidy I was, always telling me it is impossible to be so with little kids running around.

My sweet nieces and nephew come to mind. Tommie, Shea, and Marie, I miss them so much. They were my entire world at Star Kingdom, and I left them behind. There is a chance I will never see them again. The journey here had been long and hard. If I see them, they will have to come here. There is no way I can return to that life. Star Kingdom is not for someone like me, a person who hates the city and the crowds.

Relaxing more in the water, I think of all the things I look forward to building here. There will be plenty of chickens for eggs and cows for milk to make jars of butter and cheeses. The fruit trees out beside the barn that line the trail will make some wonderful jams and pies. I love apples, and there are two trees of them.

I wonder what Arrow’s favorite fruit is. I see him as more of a nut man, which is great because we have a pecan and walnut tree as well.

Whoever the last owner was had to have planted all of them. It makes me wonder why they left. You don’t plant trees that take cycles to bloom and then just leave.

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