"Three days are enough to assess Zoreth’s recovery speed, child. If by then her life force is stable and strong, she can do anything she wants. Otherwise, she’s going to take as much time off as needed. Also, please, stop using honorifics. Yaga is enough."
"As you wish, Yaga." Bytra gave her a dazzling smile.
"I have no problem resting." Zoreth said. "To be honest, I want to sleep for a month and then go on a vacation for another month. Can I receive visitors, Yaga?"
"I don’t see why not." The Red Mother shrugged. "Now, with your permission, I’m going to take a very long bubble bath."
"Great idea." Zoreth sniffed herself and wrinkled her nose at the stench.
"Now that you mention it..." Quylla was covered in sweat and hungry enough to eat a whole cow. "I have to take a shower, but you girls should visit the hot springs. It’s one of the few wonders even Menadion’s tower doesn’t possess."
***
The team of Healers split up, and most of them followed Quylla’s suggestion. Lith would have been among them if Kamila’s condition didn’t keep her from accompanying him.
Raldarak’s Divine Beast side was highly resistant to everything and to high temperatures in particular, but Kamila refused to take any unnecessary risk. Lith had to shower too, but the good company more than made up for it.
"Well, what’s next on the agenda now that Raum is gone and Zoreth is safe?" Lith had dried her up and dabbed Kamila’s hair, and now she was returning the favor, adding a shoulder massage on the side. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
"Rest and recover." He sighed. "My body is fine, but my head is messed up. Communing with all those souls was... intense."
"What does the Healer order?" Kamila wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, pressing the softness of her chest against his back.
"It’s been too long since we’ve been to Lutia. Going back home should help." Lith’s voice became deeper and hoarser. "I don’t think I’ll practice magic much for a while. At most, I’ll give my Indech form a few test rides.
"I want to get as accustomed to my human side as I am with the other aspects of my life forces."
"Pervert." Kamila shapeshifted in her evolved human form as she kissed Lith down his neck, strengthening her hold on his chest and increasing the pressure on his back.
"That’s not what I meant by test rides, but this works too." Lith called upon his human side, surpassing his wife in size again.
Then, he pulled her into an embrace and removed her bathrobe with deliberately slow, sensual movements.
***
"Children, we need to talk." Leegaain appeared in Elina’s room, where she was teaching Aryk and Lilak basic math. "My daughter is healed, and my presence is no longer required here."
"So, this is it?" Lilax’s eyes met Elina’s and then lowered to take a last look at her desert robes. "Are you going to bring us back to Dekari?"
The pain in her voice made Elina’s stomach churn. Her maternal instinct demanded she take the two youths in, but her brain stopped her.
’This is not something I can decide on my own. I need to consult Raaz first.’ She thought. ’Also, I don’t know if this is the best choice for them. If Lilax and Aryk enter the Verhen Household, their lives will be constantly in danger.’

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