Page 56 of It Varies
Mik squeezed her hand.“Just be yourself.”
She nodded at her therapist.“I will try.Just being here is as much as I can manage.”
“And you are doing very well.”Mik squeezed her hand.
Mia nodded.“You are.And I don’t mind if you find someone.I can always move to be with you, and if you are on the water, you can just appear in more commercials for us.”
Meeda smiled.“You are just happy to get a model for free that won’t sue if the photographer is demanding.”
“I wasn’t that demanding?”
“You had me flip out of the sea in a circle fourteen times!That was exhausting.”
“But it was so gorgeous.Your images in our stores still get folks posing inside with them.”
Mia looked over and chuckled.“He’s just gotten to the part where he was describing the rib tentacles.That must make for some weird abs.”
Meeda chuckled.
The other two finished their meals, and some dark elves were on clean-up duty.They walked by, and Meeda started to chew on her thumbnail.
Mia held her hand.“I know you are hungry.”
Mik sighed.“You are always hungry.”
“You are not wrong.”Meeda groaned.“Oh, this is stupid.I am going to the car.I can wait until you finish socializing.I have hit my limit.”
Mia was protesting, but Meeda got up, turned around, and slammed into one of the few male non-elves in the mix.She rubbed her nose.“Ow.”
She looked up and cocked her head.“Japanese demon?”
He nodded.“Very good.”
She chuckled.“I have watched more anime than is good for a person.Excuse me.I am going to sit in the car and wait.”
He cocked his head.“Why?This is a fun party.”
“I don’t do well at parties.I am still hungry, so it is rough.”
“There is plenty of food left.”He frowned in concern.
She sighed.“Never mind.It’s complicated.”She eased around him, and a dark body moved to block her.
Xletl said, “Mao has volunteered blood.He’s strong enough to push you away if necessary.He’s sturdy, has a high blood volume, and doesn’t mind being bitten.”
Mao smiled gently.“I am also not shy and not a dark elf, so no bonding will happen.”
She bit her lip.“I don’t know where to bite without killing.”
“I can help you with that.”
She fidgeted.“This isn’t my house.”
Understanding flared in his eyes.He stepped toward her, and the world turned red as he held her, and then they were on the porch of a small house next to a much larger one.
She blinked.“I know where we are.”
“I will take you back to the party afterward.Now, we are going to go over places that I can be bitten that will cause little to no damage.”
