“Nine.They all got the hell out of dodge when Grandma adopted me.”
Hannah frowned.“Wait.What?”
“She was already two hundred and couldn’t adopt me as a child, so she adopted me as a grandchild and made me her sole heir.”She chuckled.“Boy, were the siblings pissed.”
Hannah was staring and didn’t seem to notice her own glamour had slipped.Her skin was halfway between Izzy and Neekil, but her hair and eyes remained her own.
Izzy finished her meal and held out her hand.“Pleased to meet you, neighbour.”
She touched Hannah’s hand and downloaded her entire lineage history into her mind.She grinned.
Hannah stared at her hand.“I felt...I don’t know what?”
“A cool, sweet, minty breeze?”
“Yeah.”
Neekil walked up and stuck out his hand.“My turn.”
She exhaled and took his hand, bracing herself for the onslaught of lust and recent history with Hannah, other lovers, battles, family, and she went all the way back to his origin.“Dude, your mother was not quite fast enough.”
He paused and burst out laughing.“True.She’s still irritated that she tripped.”
Hannah blinked.“What am I missing?”
“He was conceived after a footrace.His mother tripped over some suddenly appearing vines.His father had horticultural skills.”
Hannah laughed.“You went back that far?”
“I went back to when his last brother was born.Dark elves recount all of the details of the mother’s accomplishments when a child is born.Every battle, competition, child, and their accomplishments are all declared as hers.”
Neekil grinned.“It’s a huge event.With a large enough colony, there is a party every night.”
“Ah.Even with the one child per father rule?”
Neekil nodded.“Even with that.”
“Interesting.I will be on the lookout for celebrations.”
Hannah smiled.“Speaking of, we are having a housewarming on the weekend.”
“Great.I will put in earplugs.”She picked up her phone and grimaced.“That is the full moon.That might be a problem for me.”
Hannah blinked.“Why?”
“Oh, people can see me, and I won’t be able to keep a glamour up all night.”
Hannah nodded.“I will tell the guys to keep it to themselves.”
Neekil added, “I have to know, why aren’t you reacting to me?”
Hannah laughed, and Izzy grinned.She told him the answer, and he was surprised.The expression on his dark face was amusing.
