Cultivating Chaos 4 (VeilVerse: Cultivating Chaos) by William D. Arand

Author:William D. Arand
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: William D. Arand
Published: 2023-04-29T06:00:00+00:00

Twenty

Sighing, Ash stood up and then held out a hand to the Bride.

Taking his hand, the Bride levered herself up and stumbled a step forward. Ash caught her at the elbow and shoulder. Holding onto her.

“Do you need a pill or something else?” he asked, peering at the veil. He knew that they preferred wearing the veils by and large, but he tended to dislike not being able to put faces to names and actions.

“I have my rations, Husband. I’ll take one shortly. Please, prepare for the next group. I’ll tend to myself,” pleaded the Bride.

Rations?

“Yes! It’s a normal doctrine I slipped into the updated manual. Everyone is expected to requisition their own medical needs from the Sheng mercantile arm. Then keep them on hand as needed for use. They don’t pay for these, these are expected and supplied to Brides as a benefit,” Locke explained, though she sounded sheepish. “Maybe I might have been setting up the Brides to be taken over by me? Or at the very least, be more in line with what I want. Which is in line with what you want.”

You’re hired for the housewife position. Hired, hired, hired.

“I’m aware! Already working on it! You’ll be happy when you get home, I think.”

Ash turned and looked to Moira in the air. He followed her with his eyes.

“Do we reach out to the other group… or pretend we never saw them. I feel like… maybe this isn’t the right time to make contact,” he murmured aloud, before glancing over to Hui and Siu.

“Your weapon doesn’t care,” Hui admitted with a wide smile. Dark black Qi was bubbling up from the corpses and the dying, and being sucked into her palm. Vanishing into her flesh. “Hui only wants you to use her effectively. Nothing else matters to Hui.”

The black death Qi finished draining into her and she closed her hand with a light pop. Then Hui looked back to him and gave him a radiant smile.

“Thank you for the meal, Ashley,” Hui said. “I grow ever stronger with you. I’m easily back to where I was previously, if not more so. Not to mention… I don’t feel as weak in a hand-to-hand fight. I’m quite confident.”

Ash smiled at her, nodded his head. He really wasn’t sure how to take someone thanking him for killing people.

“Maybe it isn’t time to meet this other group,” Siu allowed, gently wiping a cloth across her fan. Getting the blood and viscera off the metal blades. Pulling the cloth across the fan several more times, she snapped it shut with a flick of her wrist. The click was louder than he’d expected. She met his eyes and then smiled widely at him, slowly tilting her head to one side. He felt an indescribable pulling sensation at his groin, unbelievably. “Maybe we should make it last? Drag things out? Let it bubble for a time? There’s no reason to go straight to the release of the tension here.”

Her words felt like a warm breath caressing his ears.

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