Starla covered her friend's mouth with her hand.She’d listened to the birds and the bees, or rather dragon and bears, plural, sex talk from Lula.She couldn’t erase the screenshots from her mind, no matter how much she tried.Of course, Lula replaced the images, so it wasn’t Lula and her bears.The ones she sent Starla looked more like fake fairies, but still, Starla told her she never wanted to get sex ed from Lula ever again.
“You’ve grown in age as well as maturity.When you return to Earth, things will be different for you.Of course, you’re welcome to stay here.You will stop aging so rapidly, and at a point, your body will no longer show the age outwardly.”
She blinked, thinking about never returning to Earth made her stomach flip.While staying on Fey sounded amazing, she missed her sister every day.Sure, she could call her and even see her thanks to magic.Starla hadn’t realized what it meant to leave Earth when she’d escaped, and yes, that’s what she’d done.She’d run away from her own pain, and in doing so, she’d left her one constant, her sister Aurora.The fact that Aurora and Savage were happily mated gave her a bit of peace.
“You’re doing it again.It must be a human thing,” Lula said.
She’d given up trying to figure out how Lula’s mind worked.Luckily, the dragon and Jenna had shown her how to build a wall in her mind.She didn’t want to worry about them reading her thoughts.
“Hmm, you never know unless you try.Besides, we females have several holes,” Lula laughed as she shifted to her massive pink dragon.
Starla flipped her hair out of her face, which the current of wind from the other woman’s wingspan caused.“See you later,” she called upward.
“I see Lula is still causing trouble.”Damien, one of Jenna’s mates, came to stand beside her.
She looked up at the large and somewhat scary male.“I can see why she needs two mates to keep her in line,” she mumbled.
Damien nodded.“I suppose.That must be why our mate does as well.Those two females are like two fairies in a pod.”
Starla raised her brows.“I think the saying is two peas in a pod.”
He lifted one brow back at her.“There is nothing at all similar about a pea and my female or Lula.In fact, I’d wager an entire kingdom that they’d squash anyone who’d claim it so.Anyhoo, how are you doing?Do you need any medical advice, or would you like me to check you over as a doctor of human medicine?My brother and I are actually board-certified through the human system twice over.”
“Can you dumb that down for little ol’ me, please?”Starla rubbed her temple after she asked Damien to repeat his question.Jenna’s two mates tended to speak in riddles or in an old-fashioned sort of way that bewildered her.She was sure they did it to keep her off kilter, although Jenna assured her they meant no harm.
“Well, we are older than we look, as you’ve probably come to realize.Like most other supernatural beings, we live for a very long time.Because human lifespans are shorter than ours, we learned long ago how to work around their systems.However, Lucas and I were both drawn to the medical fields.Throughout our lives, we’ve attended medical school twice and earned our doctorates.Of course, we had to change our names each time and start over each time, but you get the idea.”
“I do, but you’re not really starting over because you still have the knowledge in your brain.Right?”Starla couldn’t imagine retaining so much information.It would be akin to information overload.Her brain would surely implode.
Damien chuckled.“Ah, you’re correct.I do not sense any illness within you.How are you feeling, though?”
She stiffened.“You can sense illness, like a drug sniffing dog?”
He tossed his head back and laughed.“Now that is a great way to describe my abilities.I suppose that is one way to explain it.Come, I’ll walk with you to the main house.Dinner is almost ready.By the time we get there, I think we shall have all your questions ironed out.”
Starla barely controlled the eye roll, knowing he wouldn’t appreciate her expression.He glanced at her from the corner of his eye as if he knew what she was thinking.
“How did you know Jenna was the one created for you and your brother?How were you sure you didn’t have a female out there that you didn’t have to share?What if you weren’t meant to share but thought you were, and now you’ve left some poor woman mateless because you mated with your brother's female?Like, how do you truly know?”She spoke her questions so fast, knowing if she didn’t, she’d chicken out.For Jenna and Lula, having two men at their beck and call was a no-brainer.However, what did the two males get, except for having to share a female?That meant they didn’t get the complete package, right?
Damien stopped walking and turned to face her.“Ah, you think we are getting the short end of the stick?We are very blessed to have our Hearts’ Love in Jenna.It wouldn’t matter if Fate decided I was to have a mate by myself or if I were to share her as I do.Love is all-encompassing, Starla.It’s the same as when parents have children.Your heart can hold more love than for only one child.It is the same for me and Lucas with Jenna.When I am with her alone or sharing her with my twin, I feel complete.I have no doubt she and Lucas feel the same.Love isn’t linear, sweet Starla.What our love looks like doesn’t necessarily mean yours will be the same.You have to trust yourself and your heart to know best.Just because Scepter hurt you doesn’t mean you shouldn’t allow yourself to try again.There’s a song that Jenna sings all the time.Mind you, if you repeat this, I’ll deny ever saying it, but the song says something about if at first you don’t succeed, you dust yourself off and try again.”
“I totally heard you, my love.Good evening, Starla.I trust my gorgeous mate hasn’t freaked you out too much?”Jenna asked.She stood in the alcove of the main castle-like home with Lucas’s arms wrapped securely around her.
The love shining in Jenna’s purple eyes as she watched the male next to Starla striding toward her made Starla smile.The genuine happiness she felt surprised her.Not that she wasn’t one who couldn’t find joy in others' pleasure, but she’d gotten used to flinching lately.Gah, she’d been a hater.
“I’m sorry,” she blurted.
Jenna tilted her head to the side.“For what?”
She waved her hand between them.“Until recently, I guess I didn’t like seeing all the love.”
“Don’t do it, Jennaveve,” Damien said, kissing his mate as he walked around her.
“What?What are you talking about?”Jenna batted her lashes.
Lucas turned Jenna in his arms, following Damien into the large kitchen, leaving Starla to come inside.She knew what Damien referred to.Jenna tended to break into song whenever someone spoke, finding lyrics that somehow matched the words spoken.Seriously, it fascinated Starla, and somehow Jenna’s penchant for song lyrics had rubbed off on her.She had a feeling Aurora was going to kill her when she returned and started belting out songs at odd times.She couldn’t wait.
The next day, Starla got up and showered.She looked around the beautiful cottage house she’d called home for what felt like...well, years.
