The Triad Trilogy by Kate Pearce

Author:Kate Pearce [Pearce, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sci-fi romance, menage a trois, telepathy, Vikings
Published: 2015-08-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Heeze,” Neeve muttered as she looked around the gilded entrance hall. “I don’t think she’s here after all.”

“Er, Neeve.”

She turned to look at Mac who was staring up the stairs, his mouth open. “Who are all these women?”

She checked out the six or seven women who were running down the stairs toward them. “Them? Mainly my sisters and some of them are cousins.”

“You have good genes in your family.”

“Or you could say my mother picks great partners.” She braced herself for the impact of a tidal wave of loving concern. “Hi siblings and cousins. This is Captain McNeill. He’s mine, so don’t touch him. Is our mother here?”

Sylvia stepped forward and threw her arms around Neeve. “It’s so good to see you! I’ve missed you. We’ve all missed you.”

“So Aleya told me.” She forced herself to relax her shields a little. “It’s good to see you all, but where is she?”

“Mother’s at the sacred place. It’s the festival of life week.” Sylvia tugged on Neeve’s arm. “But aren’t you going to come in and visit with us? I’m sure we’d all love to hear what you’ve been up to and how you met Captain McNeill.”

“I’m sorry, Sylvia, but I’m three days away from a mating meltdown, and I really need to speak to mother.”

“Oh, I understand.” Sylvia smiled again. “Perhaps you’ll come by when you’ve seen her.

Neeve held onto her youngest sister’s hand. “I’m sorry, I really mean it.”

“It’s all right. Duty must come before pleasure.”

“Exactly.” That wasn’t what Neeve meant at all, but if it worked for her female relatives then she’d go for it. She grabbed Mac’s hand.

“Put your tongue back in your mouth, and let’s go.”

He obediently followed her out and back into the limo Ash had lent her.

“Why didn’t you mention that you grew up in a palace?”

“Why do you think?”

“You weren’t happy there?”

“Did you see those women?”

“Yes.”

“Then you’ll know why I ran away with Malke.”

“I don’t understand.”

“They are all happy living there, waiting to meet their mates and live out the rest of their lives on Pavlovan. None of them want to go to college or explore space, or do anything other than maintain a series of religious traditions that go back for centuries.”

“So they do perform a function within your society.”

“Yes, I didn’t say they were useless, did I? I just said I didn’t want to be one of them.”

He sat back and crossed one leg over the other. “What kind of religious traditions?”

“They serve the Oracle.”

“And you didn’t want to do that.”

“Not really.”

“And were you prevented from doing what you wanted?”

She sighed. “Obviously not, but it still wasn’t easy. All that love and concern made me feel worse for wanting to be different than if they’d all hated me and prevented me from leaving.”

“I know what you mean. My wife didn’t want me to get involved in the super soldier program because she loved me. I chose to ignore her. While I was away being enhanced she got sick. I didn’t know

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