snorted. “You sure didn’t have our tutor, old Samuel. He had a way with electrical zaps. He’d rub his fingers together, and man, you’d get it.”
“Actually, I do have Samuel. He’s just really old now,” the boy said politely.
“Right.” Rahmiel had studied under him. He’d probably be decrepit by now. “Well, I’ve missed a lot, no doubt.” He slumped onto the couch, aware that delicious smells were now wafting from the kitchen. He could hear Tehmuel’s delighted voice.
“What are you watching?” he asked the boy.
“I can’t remember. I don’t read this language. Lady Tressa said I would look just like this one character if I grew my hair and braided it and dyed it yellow.”
“Lady Tressa, who do I look like again?” he called.
“Just call me Tressa. And the character is called Legolas.”
“Ahh, the elf,” Rahmiel said. “I heard about this movie when I was in prison.”
“Breakfast is ready. Come help yourselves.”
Amber came into the kitchen and started putting food on plates. “I can’t sleep with all this going on. Let me help.”
The women served the Angels coffee, pancakes with butter and syrup, and bacon.
The Angels crowded around Tressa’s large table and Amber showed them how to use the flatware.
“Well, this is delicious,” Tehmuel said. “I forgot how much I missed human food.
Why don’t we have food like this in the Overland?”
“Because it’s full of fat and refined carbs,” Kari said from the doorway in a waspish voice. Her pretty face had a frown.
“Couldn’t you sleep little one?” Rahmiel asked Kari, who remained in the doorway.
She gave him a dirty look. “Don’t call me that. And no, I couldn’t sleep. I’m hungry.”
“I’ll get you a plate,” Tressa said, hopping up from the table.
Kari stared at her with a horrified expression on her face. “Pancakes with butter and syrup? And eggs with cheese? Bacon? No thanks. I’m trying not to turn into lard.”
Rahmiel looked closer at Kari. Her hair was wild and uncombed, and she was wearing a baggy sleep garment that concealed her lovely body. She looked tired and unhappy, and suddenly he was flooded with remorse. He had worn the poor girl out.
He should be doing a better job of taking care of her.
“Kari, you need to eat. You need some protein. I know you don’t want to gain weight, but you are going to have to eat. Last night you had two bites of your cheeseburger and a couple diet cokes,” Amber spoke softly but there was a hint of a scold in her voice.
Kari pouted. “Well, I can’t eat that.” She waved a hand over the table.
“Sure you can. Just a little.” Amber started fixing a plate, with a dab of eggs, one strip of bacon and a small pancake. “Look, no butter. And you can drink water. Or black coffee. Later, you can have some fruit for a snack.”
Kari snatched the plate and sat down on the chair next to Rahmiel. She didn’t look at him at all as she lifted her bacon to her mouth and chewed, still frowning.
“So, Rahmiel, this is your sweet girl?” Tehmuel asked with a smirk.
Kari gave him a scowl.
Auriel snorted, and stuffed half a pancake into his mouth. “So, she would be a human who hasn’t taken that oath, right?”
Kari put her bacon down and looked at Rahmiel. “What oath? I didn’t take any oaths, did I?” she narrowed her eyes at Rahmiel.
Rahmiel gave Amber a desperate look. “This is a lack of food, right?”
Amber nodded.
“Uh, no oaths, Kari. Nobody took oaths. Well, we did the binding, that is a little like an oath, but it’s not the oath Auriel is talking about. I would never expect you to take that oath.”
Auriel snickered. “Maybe you took the
“Actually, I do have Samuel. He’s just really old now,” the boy said politely.
“Right.” Rahmiel had studied under him. He’d probably be decrepit by now. “Well, I’ve missed a lot, no doubt.” He slumped onto the couch, aware that delicious smells were now wafting from the kitchen. He could hear Tehmuel’s delighted voice.
“What are you watching?” he asked the boy.
“I can’t remember. I don’t read this language. Lady Tressa said I would look just like this one character if I grew my hair and braided it and dyed it yellow.”
“Lady Tressa, who do I look like again?” he called.
“Just call me Tressa. And the character is called Legolas.”
“Ahh, the elf,” Rahmiel said. “I heard about this movie when I was in prison.”
“Breakfast is ready. Come help yourselves.”
Amber came into the kitchen and started putting food on plates. “I can’t sleep with all this going on. Let me help.”
The women served the Angels coffee, pancakes with butter and syrup, and bacon.
The Angels crowded around Tressa’s large table and Amber showed them how to use the flatware.
“Well, this is delicious,” Tehmuel said. “I forgot how much I missed human food.
Why don’t we have food like this in the Overland?”
“Because it’s full of fat and refined carbs,” Kari said from the doorway in a waspish voice. Her pretty face had a frown.
“Couldn’t you sleep little one?” Rahmiel asked Kari, who remained in the doorway.
She gave him a dirty look. “Don’t call me that. And no, I couldn’t sleep. I’m hungry.”
“I’ll get you a plate,” Tressa said, hopping up from the table.
Kari stared at her with a horrified expression on her face. “Pancakes with butter and syrup? And eggs with cheese? Bacon? No thanks. I’m trying not to turn into lard.”
Rahmiel looked closer at Kari. Her hair was wild and uncombed, and she was wearing a baggy sleep garment that concealed her lovely body. She looked tired and unhappy, and suddenly he was flooded with remorse. He had worn the poor girl out.
He should be doing a better job of taking care of her.
“Kari, you need to eat. You need some protein. I know you don’t want to gain weight, but you are going to have to eat. Last night you had two bites of your cheeseburger and a couple diet cokes,” Amber spoke softly but there was a hint of a scold in her voice.
Kari pouted. “Well, I can’t eat that.” She waved a hand over the table.
“Sure you can. Just a little.” Amber started fixing a plate, with a dab of eggs, one strip of bacon and a small pancake. “Look, no butter. And you can drink water. Or black coffee. Later, you can have some fruit for a snack.”
Kari snatched the plate and sat down on the chair next to Rahmiel. She didn’t look at him at all as she lifted her bacon to her mouth and chewed, still frowning.
“So, Rahmiel, this is your sweet girl?” Tehmuel asked with a smirk.
Kari gave him a scowl.
Auriel snorted, and stuffed half a pancake into his mouth. “So, she would be a human who hasn’t taken that oath, right?”
Kari put her bacon down and looked at Rahmiel. “What oath? I didn’t take any oaths, did I?” she narrowed her eyes at Rahmiel.
Rahmiel gave Amber a desperate look. “This is a lack of food, right?”
Amber nodded.
“Uh, no oaths, Kari. Nobody took oaths. Well, we did the binding, that is a little like an oath, but it’s not the oath Auriel is talking about. I would never expect you to take that oath.”
Auriel snickered. “Maybe you took the
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