The Fire and The Storm - The Nexus of Kellaran #2 novel Chapter 5

PART 2

Ninety minutes later, after they had swum in the lagoon and repaired their appearances, they were still grinning like fools with joy at what they had done.

“Well, we need to contact everyone we’re inviting and explain what we’re doing, and see if they want to come along.” Mark said as he drew a shirt over his shoulders. “And we need to decide where we’re going to live for the next twenty-four years. Once we’ve got those done, we should start getting it ready for us right away. Everyone else is going to want to prepare their homes there too, and be done with it by the time the time-bubble goes up.”

Talia was drawing a dress on over her head, and at that moment she stopped and held absolutely still for a second, then hurriedly finished pulling it on and laid her hands on her belly. Her face lit up with vibrant joy as she blurted; “I’m pregnant!”

“I know, my love, we’ve been celebrating it for over an hour!” Mark laughed as he swept her up and hugged her.

“No, you great silly oaf, I mean I’m pregnant again! On the other side this time! We’re going to have twins!” she informed him, her hands still pressed to her tummy.

Mark stopped and stared at her in surprise for a moment, then couldn’t help but hold her away from him and stare at her tummy, like he could see the life growing there.

“Great gods! That’s amazing!” he finally exclaimed.

“It is!” she giggled. “The very first time we’ve made love without the contraceptive spell, and we’ll have two babies! It’s so very unusual in every way! As Yzell said, we should barely be fertile with each other at all, let alone be able to produce twins on our first attempt! And it’s rare for a pregnancy to begin so long after our lovemaking! It was over thirty-six minutes after you last fertilized me when it happened! One twin will be almost an hour older than the other!”

“Can you tell if they’re boys or girls?” he asked, his grin so wide it was hurting his face a bit.

“No, not for weeks yet. Though Yzell might well be able to.”

“Okay, we’ll invite her and Theramin first then!” he laughed. “We’ll have them all meet us at the cottage so we can do the planning.”

And with that, he Translocated them to their patio. They quickly reviewed their tentative list of invitees, added a few more to it, them Mark cast Battalion Command to call them all at once.

“Hi, it’s Mark and Talia! We’ve called you all to invite you to spend some time with us…”

He quickly explained what they were going to do and why, and invited them all to join him and Talia at Hilia to talk about it that evening. He asked those who needed help with the Translocation to give the time they wished to come, so they could be transported when they were ready. They asked Yazadril, Nemia, Theramin, Yzell, and Quewanak to arrive at their earliest possible convenience, to help with the planning and research.