Akervel said, “I thought she was asexual.”
“Nope.She just doesn’t have a uterus, and her ovaries don’t lead anywhere.They left her one, and the sucker should have burned out by now, but she has our father’s genes, so maybe not.”
“Was he the water-born or the pixie?”
“Water-born.The pixie, it seems, was my mother’s side of the family.”
He smiled.“That would explain why it went undetected.”
She nodded.
“So, Mia is really going to go out and—”
“Obtain entertainment?Yes.”She smiled.“The guys have fun, she has fun, and she’s picked up any number of them who like older women.”
“Do any of them want something permanent?”
“Of course, but she’s sterile, and she doesn’t pretend to be anything else.”
“Did she want children?”
“She did but not a mate.Back when she was young, omegas were handed to wealthy businessmen and expected to stand next to their wives as nothing but sex pets.That was her destiny, and her family found a way out.It was for her sanity that they didn’t have more kids.”
“That—her parents must have loved her very much.”
“With everything they were and everything they had.”She started slumping to the side, and he wrapped an arm around her.“Expect a doctor in the next hour.”
A strong voice said, “Or sooner.Hello, Meeda.”
“Hey, Iro.This is Akervel.”
Akervel continued to hold her but turned his head.“Dr.Iro.”
“Pleased to meet you.Now, Meeda, Mia said you were injured?”
She sighed.“Shark bite.Mostly healed, though.”
“May I see?”
She nodded, leaned away from Akervel, opened the gauzy robe, and exposed her side.
“How did it catch you?”
“I was distracted by—um.”She glanced at Akervel.
He smiled.
Iro was outraged.“And you didn’t help her?”
Meeda covered her eyes.“Show him the video.”
Akervel nodded and brought up the video, showing her grabbing for the tail.
Iro said, “What’s that?”
Akervel shrugged.“Me.”
Iro nodded and flinched at the impact point.“Right, got you with the overbite.Shit, it’s big.”
