Greek Shadows by K.C. West & Victoria Welsh

Author:K.C. West & Victoria Welsh [K.C. West & Victoria Welsh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780979412080
Google: ax9cPgAACAAJ
Amazon: 0979412080
Publisher: Blue Feather Books LTD.
Published: 2008-11-15T03:00:00+00:00

"They're your people, too."

"Maybe so. That's what they say, but I'm not sure I'm ready to believe them. And they were yours long before I ever knew about them."

"If it's any consolation to you, I don't really know them at all. I'm finding their ways so primitive at times, so geared to survival. And then, it's like they can see into the future, as if there are oracles among them. They seem to have feasts and parties for any reason, no matter how insignificant."

"It's pretty clear that you consider this joining ceremony insignificant." Her eyes were moist.

When I put my arm around her, she shrugged it away. "It's not that I don't want a ceremony, it's just that I was thinking of something else, more personal. A private ceremony for just the two of us."

She stared down at her journal, twisting the cap on her pen. "You've always been so romantic, so caught up in your relationship with the Amazons. The Marna and Leeja we found in the Superstitions were locked in an eternal embrace. That was a ceremony that committed them forever." She wiped her eyes and sniffed. "It's only a few words we're talking about. Would it really be so bad?"

"I'm sorry, PJ. It was just so unexpected."

"It was for me, too, but whatever Brigadoon-type scenario we're experiencing right now shouldn't affect our love for each other, except to strengthen it."

"I'll do it."

"I guess you're not that romantic after all."

"PJ, I'll do it."

"But, if that's your final—Huh?" She raised her head; her eyes lit up. "You will?"

"Yes, darling, I will." I took her into my arms. "After all, we might never again have the opportunity to have a queen and a great poet officiate for us."

PJ kissed me soundly. "I love you, Kimberly Blair."

"I love you, too."

"Hey," she said, nibbling on my lower lip. "We can still have our own private commitment later, somewhere else, can't we?"

"Absolutely."

* * *

After last minute fittings on my gown for the joining ceremony, I was escorted to the river for ritual meditation and cleansing procedures with the tribe's most ancient member. Doubling as the healer and shaman, she allegedly had the ear of the Goddess Artemis, and a vast knowledge of medicinal plants and herbs. I had not spoken with her since she tended our wounds after our losing encounter with the overzealous Amazon scouting party, but Leeja had wanted a meeting of this sort for several days.

Kim and I had been injured and disoriented that first day. The shaman had helped to heal us then, but had spoken only with Kim about the purpose for transporting us to the Amazon village. Now, during this bathing ritual, I hoped she might give me some details of my future duties.

The meditation would take place in a shallow inlet of the river where the water would be calm and relatively warm. However, I was not informed that the shaman and I would be naked during the procedure, though I shouldn't have been surprised. The Amazons liked to get naked for all sorts of reasons, important or otherwise.

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