"So what exactly do we do?" Ria asked, surveying the room. It was
nice, big enough for the four of them.
"They haven't gotten the bed yet." Kae laughed. "They looked but they'll have to get one custom made, or two and we can trade around." they all grinned. Ria shook her head.
"Remember after the welcoming party when we returned when we just made a nest?" Stella offered. "Sure it was only three of us, but we could do with four."
Lillin looked thoughtful. "You know, that would make them happy, all they'd have to do is supply us with bedding and we could arrange it ourselves and be just fine."
"That's actually a good idea." Kae agreed. "Why don't we run down and talk with one of the Herald in charge of sleeping arrangements." So they all trooped down to the laundry. None of them really cared who knew what now. They didn't paste signs on their foreheads saying 'lifebonded' but they didn't care who guessed what. Kae and Ria were far from their homes. No one would tattle to their parents. Stella too was far from her home, but her parents were fine with her being what she was.
They walked back to their room and began arranging the bedding by the hearth.
"That's good." Stella commented. Ria agreed, falling back against their bed. Kae fell down beside her, and without warning started tickling Ria. Ria was very ticklish.
"No fare! You have the upper hand." Ria gasped between giggling spasms. She grabbed a pillow and tried to throw it at Kae, she missed and Lillin picked it up, lobbing it back at them. Soon the air was filled with flying pillows. Ria grinned and called for a truce. Lillin and Kae accepted; Stella threw a pillow softly at her head.
"I told you that their bores, no sense of fun." She said to Lillin. Kae stuck out her tongue at Stella from where she lay across Ria's knees. Lillin laughed and Ria shook her head again. Sure it was strange, the three of them. But she couldn't have been happier. She was like child in the first throws of love, she was really. Her heart was so inexorably entwined with Kae's, Lillin's and Stella's that you couldn't tell where hers ended and theirs began. She wouldn't ever try to extract herself from that web of love. She grinned around at all of them and knew that they felt the same. They couldn't be together all the time, yes, but they would always be in her thoughts. She knew that they were probably creating a hell for the Heralds who worked on who went where when, and room arrangements had been fixed at least.She knew that the rest of her life was looking better then she could have ever surmised that day when she ran away from home. she had left a place that suppressed who she was. She had met her best friend ever in the form of the white horse which came and looked in her eyes filling her with love and comfort that she didn't think could surpass anything. then she had met Kae and Stella and found her first true human friends other then Cian. And those two friends had introduced her to more friends and then loved her. She had found her first true loves, her lifebondeds. Now her life was complete, Lillin, Stella and Kae were all here beside her, loving her. Cian was at home, as much in the thralls of love as she and enjoying it just as much. He wasn't going to come and see her just yet, but he promised that he would. Kera was nearby in the stable sleeping. She could ask for nothing more.
"They haven't gotten the bed yet." Kae laughed. "They looked but they'll have to get one custom made, or two and we can trade around." they all grinned. Ria shook her head.
"Remember after the welcoming party when we returned when we just made a nest?" Stella offered. "Sure it was only three of us, but we could do with four."
Lillin looked thoughtful. "You know, that would make them happy, all they'd have to do is supply us with bedding and we could arrange it ourselves and be just fine."
"That's actually a good idea." Kae agreed. "Why don't we run down and talk with one of the Herald in charge of sleeping arrangements." So they all trooped down to the laundry. None of them really cared who knew what now. They didn't paste signs on their foreheads saying 'lifebonded' but they didn't care who guessed what. Kae and Ria were far from their homes. No one would tattle to their parents. Stella too was far from her home, but her parents were fine with her being what she was.
They walked back to their room and began arranging the bedding by the hearth.
"That's good." Stella commented. Ria agreed, falling back against their bed. Kae fell down beside her, and without warning started tickling Ria. Ria was very ticklish.
"No fare! You have the upper hand." Ria gasped between giggling spasms. She grabbed a pillow and tried to throw it at Kae, she missed and Lillin picked it up, lobbing it back at them. Soon the air was filled with flying pillows. Ria grinned and called for a truce. Lillin and Kae accepted; Stella threw a pillow softly at her head.
"I told you that their bores, no sense of fun." She said to Lillin. Kae stuck out her tongue at Stella from where she lay across Ria's knees. Lillin laughed and Ria shook her head again. Sure it was strange, the three of them. But she couldn't have been happier. She was like child in the first throws of love, she was really. Her heart was so inexorably entwined with Kae's, Lillin's and Stella's that you couldn't tell where hers ended and theirs began. She wouldn't ever try to extract herself from that web of love. She grinned around at all of them and knew that they felt the same. They couldn't be together all the time, yes, but they would always be in her thoughts. She knew that they were probably creating a hell for the Heralds who worked on who went where when, and room arrangements had been fixed at least.She knew that the rest of her life was looking better then she could have ever surmised that day when she ran away from home. she had left a place that suppressed who she was. She had met her best friend ever in the form of the white horse which came and looked in her eyes filling her with love and comfort that she didn't think could surpass anything. then she had met Kae and Stella and found her first true human friends other then Cian. And those two friends had introduced her to more friends and then loved her. She had found her first true loves, her lifebondeds. Now her life was complete, Lillin, Stella and Kae were all here beside her, loving her. Cian was at home, as much in the thralls of love as she and enjoying it just as much. He wasn't going to come and see her just yet, but he promised that he would. Kera was nearby in the stable sleeping. She could ask for nothing more.