Page 55 of Earth Girls are Easy… To Dominate
Slowly, he placed his free hand on hers and patted it. The reassurance allowed her to lessen her hold. She caught his eye and cocked her head to the side in question. Kaias shook his head.
“You will have a new initiate tomorrow,” he said, changing the subject. “She is a child named Maia.”
“Maia,” the High Sister smiled, “you chose well, Lord. She is an enthusiastic student. Ol-via is teaching her two human languages.”
“Two? How many are there?”
“Ol-via says there are thousands,” the High Sister said.
Kaias’ blood froze. Having thousands of languages meant there were just as many, if notmore,humans on Earth. This small group in his domain was maybe a drop of water’s worth of life. Life that could travel the distance and destroy his home. Auryn was proving himself to be right at every moment. There was an underlying danger in having them here.
“How many humans are there?” He asked, fearing the answer.
“Ol-via says there are billions,” she answered, “they don’t even know the accurate number because there are tribes who don’t allow outsiders in. But, in the nations she knows of, there are billions.”
Billions.The number was horrifying. Billions of humans could infiltrate and destroy his world, all because one of their humans had perished.
He glanced at Auryn and saw the bloodlust in his cousin’s eyes. Auryn wanted this war to happen. He wanted the glory, the bloodshed, and the souls for the Abyss. But all Kaias could think of was his Aema and all the Maia’s in the country. They would die too if something were to happen to the humans.
Kaias looked down at the High Sister and saw what she was saying to him. His people needed both peace and understanding. Humans may not know it, but a Heart Binding was scheduled to happen today.
“We are here,” the High Sister announced.
The servants opened the banquet hall’s doors. Kaias looked at the humans, so fragile and delicate, but many were hidden in their homeworld. His eyes locked onto a small blonde woman. She was pale and looked nervous. Her eyes scanned the small party, searching for someone. Slowly, her lips parted, and she exhaled in defeat. She seemed disappointed.
“Lord Kaias, Lord of Vrex, Sovereign of the Abyss,” Bri-ahn said in Kaias’ dialect. It was broken and wavering, but the words were understandable. Bri-ahn bowed. He was slightly shorter than Kaias with tanned pale skin. His light brown hair was cut short and shone in the sunlight. “We thank you for your presence.”
CHAPTER THREE
Olivia stepped forward and bowed low. Eun-Ji had told her that the bowing was similar in South Korea. It was a sign of respect. You lowered your sightline and bowed as close to a ninety-degree angle. In Vrex, the only difference was that you bowed only to the royalty. With the Sisterhood and civilians, it was a nod of respect. No one smiled in Vrex unless a joke was made, and those were hidden by a hand or a fan.
Lord Kaias spoke loudly and fast. Her mind worked fast, pinpointing main words and forming a context she wasn’t sure of. No one from Earth was fluent in the language, it was why Olivia relied so heavily on her translator device. It helped her learn the language in real-time and allowed the words spoken to her to slow down.
“I am Ol-via, my Lord,”Olivia said in Verexian. The words were slow and deliberate. “We are still new students. Please be patient.”
“Patience,”the male Vrex Olivia knew to be Lord Auryn sneered. He continued to speak quickly; his face didn’t hide his discontent.
“What is going on?” Brian asked.
Olivia sighed and turned to her boss. “Lord Auryn is displeased with us.”
“I can see that,” Brian snapped. He turned to Lord Auryn and bowed. “We mean. . . uh, what is the word for disrespect?”
Olivia sighed and bowed to Auryn, making sure her bow was slightly off. “There is only respect for Vrex, its people, and their beliefs. We welcome you, Lord Auryn, to our Heart Feast.”
“Just the Feast?”Auryn seethed. “No Heart Bindings?”
“Heart Bindings?”Olivia worked the words in her mind and then nodded. She smiled in recognition.
“What is aHeart Binding?”Brian asked, butchering the words.
Olivia sighed and repeated them slowly, taking the time to get the proper tone. “It is their version of a marriage.”
“Marriage?” Brian’s voice piped up in a mixture of confusion and fear. He whipped around to Eun-Ji and spedwalked to her.
“Please excuse Bri-ahn,”Olivia said, “he forgot about the Heart Bindings. But no, we will not have one as no one cares for one another in that way.”
“Cares for,”Lord Kaias let the words trail off.
