Stolen: Blue Barbarian Series by Rena Marks

Author:Rena Marks [Marks, Rena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Terran Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2017-01-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

We begin the trek back to the village early the next morning. There are already a few travois made, so we add our stuff to the mix to be carried. I wish I could explain to Eretar where we’re headed, but it’s impossible. Poor thing probably thinks we live in the cave, and these are all the people in our tribe.

Boy, she’s in for a surprise.

The gates of the village are finally in site, and I love watching Eretar’s expressions. She’s never seen anything so huge, but then again, it was odd for us to see the trap door in the tree they’d created.

”Valencia!” The tiny voice calls out, and two skinny figures come running. Na’Leia and Au’Lani are sisters, and have taken a liking to me for some odd reason. I can’t seem to get away from them.

They hug me tightly, all scrawny arms and bony elbows.

“You’re back,” Au’Lani announces unnecessarily.

“Were you looking for me?”

“It was boring without you here.” She slips her little hand in mine, and brushes some dust from my skirt, as familiar as a little momma. I notice both little girls are dressed in my same manner, and when she moves, Au’Lani’s halter shifts. She’s wearing a tiny leather band underneath the fabric. There’s nothing for it to hold up, of course, and I bite back a grin.

“Who is she?” Na’Leia asks, staring at Eretar.

Funny how kids just accept. They never question what she is, like the adults did.

“Her name is Eretar. She doesn’t speak our language, so we need to find Niki.”

“She’s inside. The baby’s kind of sick.”

I glance quickly at Atareek.

“It’ll be fine, Vee,” he says. “She’ll give Eretar the language and you two can collaborate with reverent mother over Nikolee.”

I take a deep breath. He’s right, so right. “Yes.”

“I’ll go get Niki,” he says.

It was a wise move, since there are crowds of people milling around us, checking out Eretar. Slowly we make our way to the picnic table, and Eretar runs her hand wonderingly over the smooth wood. Then the crowd parts as Niki, Drakar, and reverent mother come outside.

“My God,” Niki says, the baby wrapped tightly in her arms. “It’s true. There are more people on the planet.”

“Crazy, isn’t it? I guess we shouldn’t be surprised. I’m hoping we can implant Blaedonian into her.”

“I haven’t tried it in a while. I guess I can try.”

“The two Blaedonian languages are pretty different. She’s pretty lost at everything we say.”

“Where did you find her?”

“The dark zone.” I quickly explain the story, feeling like I’ve told it a hundred times. I notice that Atareek has Drakar pulled to the side and is explaining to him also. “How is Nikolee?”

“He’s not nursing well.”

“May I see him?”

She nods, and hands me the baby. Since we’re on the picnic table and it’s shady here, I unwrap him. Eretar is staring stunned at the half-breed.

“He’s definitely jaundiced,” I murmur, looking into his tiny eyes. The greenish hue to his skin is much more apparent now.

“Did you bring dried herbs from the dead zone?” Reverent mother asks.

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