Cheryl dropped her basket on the table with a sigh. Before she could react, she was grabbed by the hair and slammed into a wall.
"I think you and I should have a little "talk"." Elunara growled into her ear.
"You... you'll never get by..."
Elunara slammed her again. "See, that's the beauty of the thing; because I don't think you understand what I have already gotten by with. One measly little bitch, who can't keep her mouth SHUT, is nothing."
"You..."
Elunara slammed Cheryl's face into the counter. "Told you what would happen," Slam. "If you spread your filthy," Slam. "Lies again." Slam. "So, when the daughter," She slammed the woman's head into the wall. "Of some other random socialite is spreading the same filth... Well, I knew just where to go, didn't I?"
Cheryl shrank back against the wall. "They'll see... what you've done." She gasped.
"You seem to be forgetting something important." Elunara summoned her dagger and slashed it across Cheryl's wrist. Casually sitting the dagger on the counter, she ran a hand over the bleeding gash until it was nothing more than a faint scar. "I can heal." She growled.
Cheryl's eyes went wide as she stared at the near invisible line.
"So, let's... talk."
Satisfied, Elunara sat above the training yard and worked on her projects.
"Hey, Elunara..." Jerry fidgeted. "I wanted to apologize for my mother. I had no idea..."
"As evidenced by the fact you were trying to climb under my counter to quietly die of embarrassment."
"I never knew she did that..." He sighed.
"Don't feel guilty for the origins of your birth. Your mother did what she felt she had to do. Maybe she wanted babies and had only one way to get them, or maybe it was a side effect of what she did. But, I can understand the desire to suppress some part of herself just to fit in and have friends. Hell, you two hid it forever in my room. Just shows how much like your mother you truly are. Be proud of that. You can now connect on a level you never had before, just by virtue of who you are." She waved her pencil. "As for the other thing? I'm over it. I'll do what I do best, and work with it from there."
"Oh! You're such a sweetheart!" Kaileen wrapped her arms around Elunara's neck.
"ACK! STOP!" Elunara choked. "I need air, you loony!" She whacked the woman repeatedly with her pencil.
A chuckle had them all freezing. Jerry jumped up and saluted.
"Once again, I find you in a curious position."
Elunara dislodged the stunned woman's arms. "Hello, Lover."
"And who is this?"
"This is Jerry's mom, Kaileen. Jerry's mom, this is Varian. Well, you'll call him King Wyrnn. I don't."
"Couldn't hold you to it at sword point." Varian chuckled again.
"Your majesty!" Kaileen bowed.
"Kaileen here is the exact opposite of Louis' dad. If you catch my drift." She winked. "The EXACT opposite. In fact, she's requested the "full treatment"."
Varian's eyes went wide.
Kaileen blushed. "Does he know what that is?"
"I've had it myself." He laughed.
"You really are the goddess of sex." Kaileen marveled.
"And we are all her loyal subjects." Varian winked. "Where is little Lulu?"
"Chrissy had one of her manic moments and wants to see if she can handle two children at once. Gerald prays she can't." Elunara giggled.
"That woman keeps him in trouble, doesn't she?"
"And he wouldn't have it any other way."
"Love is a fascinating thing." He murmured.
"That it is." She beamed up at him.
He stooped down beside her. "Tonight." He brushed a lock of hair from her face.
"Of course."
He stood and left.
"You and the King?" Kaileen breathed.
"Mm, and he is magnificent."
"It's actually rather difficult to find someone Elunara hasn't had her hands on." Jerry blushed.
She reached over and scratched Jerry's head. "All too true."
Kaileen furrowed her brow. "Even you?"
Jerry blushed. "I thought that... if I had her... service... the guys would accept me as normal. Only... she figured it out and got supremely pissed that I'd lied."
"I have heard it all, I have seen it all, I have done it all... if you can't be honest with me, get the hell out of my house." She shrugged.
"But, like I told you... it was because of her that I have my Louis."
"You two saps were giving me a headache, and then you wait until I get farkin KIDNAPPED to finally come out. Don't even have the decency to do it where I can watch." She snorted.
"I said I was sorry." Jerry crossed his arms.
"Don't care; I'm still going to ream you for the rest of your natural life." She popped her elbow on her board. "And if I can harness your soul, I'll keep it around just to dick with."
"What are you, a warlock now, too?"
"Fuck if I know, I've lost track." She snorted.
"Whaaaat does that mean?" Kaileen blinked.