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The agony grew until I tasted the distinct copper flavor of blood—my own blood.My body seemed to clench in on itself, as if I was vomiting and being vacuumed into the center of my existence. I wanted to scream and cry but couldn't draw in even the smallest breath. I clutched Alexis with hands like claws and saw him through a haze of red.I was bleeding from my eyes.Alexis carried me swiftly down the beach screaming, "Oni! Oni, help!" He stumbled into their house and met Ran in the kitchen. "Where's Oni?""What the fuck did you do to her?" Ran screamed."I didn't…" Alexis said.Ran grabbed me from Alexis and placed me gently on the floor. He held my face. "Oni!" Ran screamed until I was surrounded by a blur of faces and touches.And then I heard the soothing voice of Oni in my head. Let it go, the thought, the words, even the idea of telling him what you learned from the Mother. Let it go.In the back of my mind, I was still thinking about all the things I needed to share with
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I turned to Oni. Tell him about the Mother building a world in the Underground for herself and her spirit friends.Oni turned to Alexis, who sat on the cocktail table facing us. She told the story like a village storyteller, giving it life as each series of events occurred.Alexis nodded. "I have seen these things. They are part of my memories of the Mother."I looked at Oni. But these aren't memories that other Neratomay have? Like Ran, like I didn't have?Oni repeated the question."Then you know why you are Golden?" Alexis smiled because he wasn't struck down by the painful Wraith of exposing Neratomay secrets.Because we are the Mother's Chosen, I said to Oni. Again, she repeated it, and Alexis nodded and smiled broadly."Very good, my love," Alexis said. "When you understand your abilities, then you have power to fight! The Elders want you among us, and you already know and have already experienced more than others, and yet they won't share even the smallest knowledge that
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As I grew bigger and it got closer to me delivering the baby, fear gripped me. Millions of women gave birth without a doctor or even anesthesia. Although neither man had ever delivered a baby, Alexis and Ran assured me that they knew how to birth a baby and to then cut and tie off the umbilical cord and then wait for the afterbirth. Oni knew how only because I had watched a live birth on television.They didn't seem afraid or nervous, just excited. I was excited, too, but I was still scared. I had been pregnant for what seemed like an eternity. Although I was ready to meet my baby boy, I wasn't ready for the unknown or the screaming I was sure to do."This scares you more than having to face the punishment by metal," Alexis said."I only had a night to worry about the punishment. I've had months to worry about this birth. And then what's going to stop me from getting pregnant after the baby is born? We make love every single day.""Sometimes more than that." He smiled."Right. I'm
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Oni gently took the baby and reminded Alexis to cut the cord. He grabbed the sanitized scissors and completed the task, tying string around both ends while Oni cleaned away his birth fluids.Alexis leaned down and kissed me. He looked into my eyes with eyes full of tears. I had never seen him with tears in his eyes. "You have given me a gift more precious than anything in this universe, a gift even more valuable than my immortal life."My heart melted, and I reached up and stroked his face. Oni had wrapped the baby in a blanket and presented him to me. He had stopped crying and was looking up at the world around him."You are here," Alexis said, staring down at his son. "Did I not tell you how big this world is, my son? And you have yet to see it in its entirety. I will show you the corners of the earth." Our son's eyes locked onto Alexis while I held him in my arms loving them both as completely as I had ever loved anything.They cleaned me up and placed me comfortably in bed with
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"But it's a nice cake, don't you think?" Alexis pleaded.I nodded and sucked my teeth. "I'll give this one to you, Alexis. But I get to choose the Christmas tree, and we are going to have snow on this part of the beach."He nodded and swooped in to kiss me happily.Alexis did not look the same as he had when we had first arrived. He wore jeans because they weren't as easily destroyed when he was working the farm. His hair was longer, falling over his shoulders. He would have chopped it all off had I not threatened to do the same. He kept it tied up and out of his way. A scarf protected his head instead of a hat, because he complained hats made his head itch. He was more brown than tan, and his curly hair was more gold than brown. His arms were harder and thicker as were his legs. He was a much thicker individual than the svelte Elder that had first attracted my attention. I loved the freckles that dotted his nose and his amber colored eyes that grew dark and light depending on his m
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When we finally slowed and collapsed in exhaustion, we stayed intertwined with him buried in my wet canal and my arms still holding him loosely against me."Will this make a baby?" he asked."No." He untangled himself and propped up on one elbow. "When? King is three years old. He should have a brother or sister.""He has a sister."Alexis looked embarrassed. "I know. But he has no sibling here. Shouldn't he have siblings to play with?"I rolled from beneath him and sat up, looking at him from over my shoulder. "You don't have babies just so that your kids have siblings."He sat up in bed. "Why? Kim, you know that I want more children."I gave him a long look. "Babe, I know. But…but we might die. We're at the mercy of the Neratomay! They already took one of my kids from me. I can't…" I turned away.I felt his hand and then his lips on my shoulder. "I'm sorry. I won't bring it up again."I turned and put my arms around him, resting my head against his shoulder. "I love you, A
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"Yeah, well, that's what I'm afraid of.""Oni is loyal to me, to all of us. What would life on this beach be without her?"He became thoughtful. "We could use some more help on the farm…"I smiled. "Let's talk to Oni about it."We dropped by Oni and Ran's house after dinner. While we watched King play with the baby chicks, we discussed the idea. Oni liked the idea and said she would help the spirits we called to understand and not be as confused as she had been.That night after putting King to bed, we tried it. I felt for the faint indicators that said there once had been something more…I can't put it into words. Inside of me felt like hollowed spots that should have been filled. I had been familiar with Oni when she had been nothing more than my Succubus, but I wasn't familiar with any of the other spirits that had animated me.I chose one of those empty spaces and called it awake, pulling it to me, cajoling it forward when it was reluctant and unsure. Finally, a black wispy su
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She didn't answer immediately but looked at me curiously. "No. That's all your own. I protect you. I protect our family.""I'm happy that you do. We're in agreement that we need to return to the world. But I don't know when that will happen."May heard us talking. "The Mother must know this answer. Maybe she has not told us all that she knows.""Do you think she wouldn't help us if she could?" I asked."I think she is cunning," May replied.I later asked Alexis if he had noticed that his spirits had specific traits or abilities. "I don't know," he replied earnestly. "Perhaps I should learn more about them.""Yeah," I said. "It's been months.""Well, the tall one can work longer than the rest. I have to remind him to stop for a rest and to take sustenance. He just wants it finished at once. I do appreciate him. There is one with the big head—do you know the one I speak of?""Babe, don't call him big head. It might hurt his feelings.""I don't call him that to his face, only b
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