Captive: Blue Barbarian Series by Rena Marks

Author:Rena Marks [MARKS, RENA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rena Marks
Published: 2016-10-06T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Good morning.” I raise my lips for Tijar’s kiss, then turn to kiss Jeroc.

“Is everything okay?” Tijar asks. “We woke and you were gone.”

“Everything is fine. I just couldn’t sleep.”

“We worried,” he says, looking at Jeroc. “We heard your story. I’m glad you decided to share it with your friends. It was weighing on you.”

I nod slowly.

“How did they take it?” Tijar asks.

“Let’s say I worried for nothing. I have no idea why I was so afraid to share it.”

Jeroc steps in, hugging me, and then Tijar does, too. Until I laugh and push them away. I’m much smaller than they are, and I’m dwarfed. Suddenly, I smell the aromas of morning cooking.

“Let’s get breakfast. A real breakfast, not the nibbles I’ve been snacking on.”

We head to the main cave. It’s early still, the hunters for the day are the only ones seated. Then the women filter in behind us, and it’s one big noisy place again. I sit with Jeroc and Tijar goes to fix our plates.

He brings me back poached eggs, and whatever bird they get them from tastes much richer than the chicken eggs we’re used to back home. They’re fixed on a bed of greens with a white vegetable diced and fried up like potatoes. They don’t exactly taste like them, but the longer I’m away from Earth, the less I remember what potatoes taste like anyway.

“You’re sure you’re okay with this?” Jeroc asks, as he cuts into his food. He’s the more sensitive one. “You’re not going to fret that you shared it?”

“I am very sure.”

“I’d like that. Tijar? You’re quiet today.”

“I wish to spend time with the two of you, but it is my day to hunt with the team.”

The look he gives me is frustrated. Suddenly I know what he really means. Much as he loves Jeroc, will I be more attracted to him in Tijar’s absence? For some reason, it has bothered him since the three of us moved in together.

I rub his thigh gently. “Do you want me to stay with the girls in their cave today?”

He looks shocked. “No! I mean, I want you safe. I trust Jeroc to keep you safe. I am just…I feel like I am losing time.”

“You are not losing favor by not being here,” Jeroc says. “When you return from hunting, you will have your own time with Tessa. I will have to work on my designs for the next day’s face paintings, and reverent mother wishes to see me about work in her hut. I also need time to visit with mother.” I know he can easily put these chores off, but kudos to him for giving Tijar quality time. These last six months have been about adjusting to our way of life, and figuring out each other’s feelings.

“There’s an Earth saying. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. It doesn’t mean I’ll love you less because I’m here with Jeroc and not you, baby. It means I’ll miss you and will be so eager to see you when you return.

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