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things,
however. He held her possessively, even in slumber like a rare prize he
would never
relinquish. He, too, looked contented and more relaxed than she had seen him
since the
Dargon attack. Zana would not be pleased.
In the fourteen months sin ce the departure of her brot her and Prolinc, Zana
and
Nadia had become fast friends. The first w eeks after their departure left
her feeling
utterly bereft without the anchor of her family to fill her days. She had
been deserted for
the greater good of Gattonia. Za na swept into her life like a burst of
swirling energy.
She made everything fun and exciting and for the first time Nadia had a
girlfriend to
share time with. She had gr own up almost exclusively in the company of her
aunts,
tutors and brothers. She had always consider ed Prolinc in the same light as
Zorroc, and
they both had coddled and spoiled her as only big brothers could. But Zana
treated her as
a grown up and a peer, filling her in on all the gossip of the High Council
and courts and,
of course, talking about the time when she and Zorroc would lifemate and they
would
become real sisters. Zana had confided that her father, in touch with a
group of brilliant
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off- world scientists, were on the very brink of a cure for the Dargon virus
and that she
and Zorroc would be able to have as many of fspring as they wished. Nadia had
been
sworn to secrecy on this though, because she wanted to surprise him. Even if
the
treatment failed, she assured Nadia, her father intended to fix it so Zorroc
could have two
lifemates and she would not have to be bothere d with procreation at all. A
female could
lose her figure having offspring, she had confided, and she wanted to remain
beautiful for
Zorroc well after she took her rightful place at his side.
All this brought her back to the couple holding onto one another, forming
what
appeared to be one complete entelechy. Was she an Earth-mate as they were
currently
being coined? If so, why would he not choos e Zana to be his first and this
other one
later? At her brother's determined footsteps, she could hear the answers
striding her way.
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Surely Nadia could not be hearing accurately. Her powers of observation
might
be keen but there obviously existed a massive blockage between her ears and
her brain.
Her brother had been lifemated to that woman for months and failed to mention
it
because her life might be at risk. Moreover, he had not trusted his own
sister with this
news.
"What of your betrothed, what about Zana," she asked with growing annoyance.
"Zana and I ended our betrot hal almost two years ago, th e total length of
which
lasted three moons. It seemed an appropriate match at the time but we never
formed a
bond or binding commitment past the initi al, formal one. Why do you ask
these
questions, you know even less of her than I do," he pointed out testily,
standing before
her trying to solve the unsolvable mystery of the female mind.
"She is my friend; my only friend! When you left with Prolinc I endured
alone
without even my aunts& "
"Your aunts are back," he mumbled while her tirade continued.
"Without my brothers& "
"Prolinc is not your brother," he countered haphazardly.
"And without any company at all; alone, until Zana befriended me.
Furthermore,
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she had everything worked out so she could be with you and become my sister.
You
should have waited, she loves you; she told me so. She waited for you as you
should
have waited for her. You have ruined ever ything!" she concluded
dramatically, like a
wronged, hormonally challenged, sixteen-year-old.
"I have ruined nothing because there was nothing to ruin. I have no knowledge
of
your friendship with Zana but either way it w ould not matter at this date.
My lifemating
to Catarina is done and witnessed and in truth, a blessing I probably do not
deserve. She
will be your sister and no other. I would ha ve you give her a chance. I
think you will be
well pleased with my choice of mates, if you do."
"Why can she not just be an Earth-mate, then you could still have Zana. She
told
me this would be acceptable. The earth ne wcomers are little more than
spreaders for
many but she is willing to sh are and does not care for the mating aspects of
it anyway.
She would not have her beauty marred by ch ild birthing," she explained
helpfully, not
willing to give up on her friend's cause.
Zazu, Zana had been talking to Nadia about birthing and sex acts, filling her
head
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