Page 30 of The Mentor
Both Magni and I gave loud groans and exasperated sighs. “Here we go again,” he muttered while I pointed straight at Kya and almost sneered. “There will benoshared showers; we already took a vote on this.”
“Yes, I know.” Kya pursed her lips downward. “But I'm just saying it would help your boys to be less curious.”
I raked my hands through my hair in frustration. “No. Just a big fuckingno! And just for the record, Kya, I don't think your girls would like to shower with our boys either.”
“Why not? They've been showering with boys their whole lives.”
“That might be, but were they ever in love with any of those boys?” I challenged her.
She wrinkled her nose. “No, of course not, they’re just children.”
“True, but in case you haven't noticed, Willow has a crush on Solo.”
“No, she doesn't,” Kya protested.
“Then why is she flirting with him?” I asked with irritation.
“Willow is just being friendly. You men simply misinterpret female friendliness, that's all.”
“I don't think so,” I argued. “The two of them have been exchanging long glances since they met, and I hear her giggle whenever she’s near him.”
“You're out of your mind,” Kya objected.
Christina spoke up. “Kya, it's pretty evident that several of the boys like Willow. You and I talked about that, remember?”
“Yes, but she doesn’t like any of them like that.”
“Maybe you’re right, but I have to agree with the men on this one; from what I can see, Willowisgiving Solo an awful lot of attention and she lights up around him.”
“Thank you,” I said to Christina, pleased that at least one of the women was honest enough to admit the obvious. “Kya, you may not like it, but it’s true. I even heard Solo and Hunter argue about Willow yesterday. Solo is definitely interested in her and Hunter doesn't like it.”
Khan had a satisfied smile on his face but didn't take part in our discussion.
“I’ll observe more closely,” Kya said and squirmed in her seat. “Are we almost done here? I would like to join the children outside.”
“No, we're not done yet,” I said firmly. “There’s still the question of your history lessons that we need to discuss. I refuse to let you fill our boys with lies about their forefathers.”
“It's not lies,” Kya shot back. “Men suppressed women for thousands of years; that's a fact.”
“It’s bullshit and so is your stupid rule about sharing.”
“What do you mean? We always teach children to share.”
“And I’m telling you to stop it!” I gave Kya a hard look. “We’re supposed to teach our children how to cope with real life and in this country, we don’t fucking share everything.” Pointing an accusing finger at her, I said: “Because of you, Storm had the audacity to ask if he could use my cabin, yesterday.”
“Your cabin?”
“Yeah, he said you insisted everyone should share and he offered me his bunk bed for the night if he could take my cabin.”
Kya frowned. “That’s not what I meant when I said the kids should share.”
“No? Then how about your idiotic rule about inclusiveness. Did or didn’t you tell the boys to include Nieall?”
“I did. No one should be left out.” Kya raised her chin.
“Really?” I looked at the others. “Hey, Boulder, you and Christina seem to be having a lot of fun together. You mind if I join you?”
Boulder snorted and flipped me a finger.
