A Home Like Ours by Fiona Lowe (feel good books .txt) 📕

“Do you mean his power?” Leeha asks her.

“No, his energy. It’s hard to describe. He seems to be the only one who has it. When I look at Alex, I see these points on his body that contain balls of energy. With my aid, he would use them to heal. But he needs to replenish them.”

“Wait, are you talking about Chakra points?” I ask her in disbelief.

“What’s that?” Bridget asks me curiously.

“How many of those balls of energy do you see? Seven?” I ask her.

“Yes!” she says in surprise.

“And do they run from here to here,” I ask her, pointing to my head and going down my body to my groin.

“So you can see them too?” she says excitedly.

“No,” I tell her with a sigh. “On my world, we have this thing we believe in, or some people believe in, about energy points in our body,” I tell her, frowning. Shit. How did my world know about that?

“Well, when you heal, the energy comes from there. And you need to refill it. Otherwise, it can be very painful, and you can even die.”

“Die?” says Leeha worriedly.

“Only if you don’t refill it,” Bridget says, nodding at her.

“Alex, if you are going to heal my brother, you need to make sure to recharge,” Leeha tells me, looking at me hard.

“What?” I tell her.

“I said,” she starts, but I hold up my hand. Did she just say I can have sex with someone else?

“Did you just tell me to have sex with someone other than you?” I ask her slowly.

“Of course,” she says, nodding. “If you are going to heal, you need to recharge, as I don’t want you to die.”

“Sex. With another person?” I ask her, just to make sure I am hearing what I think I am.

“Yes,” she tells me, confusion now evident on her face. “What’s confusing about it?”

“Leeha, you are asking, no wait, telling me to have sex with someone else,” I tell her pointedly.

“Ah,” she says with a laugh. “I forgot about how it was on your world. Alex, we talked about this. It’s not the same here. My father at one point had a second wife, and my mother had a wife as well. I am all right with you having other partners, remember?

“Yeah, and that is where I am the one who is the jerk. The idea of you being with someone else makes me upset,” I tell Leeha, blushing at my insecurities. “I mean, I know I should share you, as it’s the normal thing in this world, but the idea makes me want to punch that person in the face.”

Leeha comes up to me, presses her breasts against mine, and puts her hand on my cheek, gazing up at me. “Alex. Until I met you, I always wanted two husbands and maybe a wife. But now, as I told you the other night, I only want to be with you. If you do not wish to share me with another man, you do not need to,” she says softly.

I look down at her, and I am still amazed at how beautiful she is. How other humans find her revolting is beyond me. Even Maxil is gorgeous. All the Elves last night who were aiming their bows at me were all the same. I didn’t see one ugly Elf. Yet when I was in the city of Lomar, I saw many ugly people. Some from hardship, some not.

“You truly don’t mind?” I ask her softly, tucking a stray hair back over her ear.

“No, I do not. I already know from talking to you whenever I mention the other races that your pupils widen in excitement,” she says with a laugh. “But,” and she starts to poke my chest with her finger, “I decide who comes into our bed.”

“Our bed?” I ask her, puzzled.

“Of course, you don’t think I will let you have all the fun, do you? I mean, I know you will want some alone time with them, but if they stay on longer, as wives, I will want them too,” she says with a grin.

“Wait, you’re bisexual?” I ask her, with both my eyebrows raised.

“What’s that?” she says, and that is when I notice that it came out as English.

“It’s a word on my world that means someone enjoys sex with both males and females,” I explain.

“Ah, we don’t have a word for that here, at least not amongst us Elves, as it’s normal. I don’t know what the human word for it is on this world, but I do know their idea of marriage is with one person, and it’s always one male and one female,” Leeha says, nodding. “But, shall we go see how my brother is doing now?”

“Yes,” I tell her. I was getting distracted by her body and the topic. I look over at Bridget, and she has a smile on her face. “What should I know about this healing?”

“Hmm, I’m not sure. Give me a second,” Bridget says, and she closes her eyes.

I take the opportunity to look at her more closely now, and I see that she has some freckles on her face, even on her cute nose. The top she is wearing is stretched tight, as Bridget is much bigger in the bust than Lahana is, and her nipples are poking through. Not that Lahana lacks in that department. I definitely know where Leeha gets it from.

“Right,” she says, opening her eyes. “It seems that you just need to place your hand over the injury, and I do the rest by controlling which Element will be used, but I use your energy points to heal.”

“Is the amount of energy used dependent on the injury?” Leeha asks.

Actually that’s a good question. I never thought of that. I wonder if healing a scab is the same as healing, say, a broken arm or large open wound. Hell, can I cure diseases?

“Yes. Minor injuries will only use a small amount,” Bridget says, nodding at Leeha, respectfully. Nice