"You should learn something to do during your down time. There's no such thing as a full time house keeper in my world." Elunara shrugged. "It just feels like wasted time to me. Besides, everyone in the family has to pull their equal share and their equal time; there really won't be much for you to do."
"Finding my place..."
"Exactly." She nodded. "Even Grogek has been known to help out with chores on his off day. Mind you, that's rare. None of us begrudges him though, he works the hardest physically, and he takes the least amount of off days, so he does the least amount at home. I wonder how that will change with you around." She winked.
Susan giggled. "Yeah."
"It'll be nice to have someone else to trust with Lulu. It can be a royal pain to set up someone to watch her while I work."
"I imagine so."
"Let's head up to the platform." Elunara yawned. "I want to rest in the sun and get some energy back."
"That sounds lovely."
Before anyone could react, Tina took off running across the training yard. "DADDY!"
Everyone seemed to yell at once. "TINA, NO!"
Elunara bolted after the girl, but Bradly was closer and quicker. He threw himself at Tina and took the blade of a sword to the back. He cried out, even as he clung to the girl.
Elunara made it to him and put her hand on his back. "It's alright. You're okay, it's not that deep."
"It hurts." He whimpered.
"You were SO brave." Elunara hugged Bradly, pouring her healing energy into him.
"I am so sorry." The soldier gasped. "I didn't have enough time to stop."
"TINA!" Susan ran over and grabbed up the child.
"No! Let me go, I want my Daddy!" Tina struggled against Susan.
"WHO WAS WATCHING HER?!" Grogek roared.
"I..." Susan clung to Tina as she scrambled back.
"CAN'T YOU KEEP YOUR HANDS ON HER FOR ONE MINUTE?"
Susan shrank back and clung to Tina. Tina curled up against her mother in terror.
"ANSWER ME!"
Elunara jolted up, and grabbed Grogek by a fang, yanking his face to her. "You will calm the FUCK down NOW!" She looked over her shoulder. "Susan, take the children and go." She looked back at Grogek. "You will STAND THERE, while I tend to Bradly's wound. It's not healed yet. You MOVE, and I will FLATTEN you, do you understand me?"
"Be gone from my sight." He growled at Susan.
Susan scrambled back, and took off towards the stroller.
Elunara punched Grogek hard enough to cause him to unbalance. "I said STAND THERE. I didn't say you could TALK!"
He rubbed his jaw, but made no other movement.
"Darguni, help your brother home."
"Man, you're going to have a cool scar." Darguni snorted.
Once they were out of the way, Elunara stared Grogek down. "I know you were scared, and now you're just mad, DADDY, but you will NOT take Tina's stupid actions against Susan. You know damned good and well that Tina is a total pain in the ass, and just short of keeping her unconscious, impossible to control. I will not have you screaming at Susan over it. You just scared the absolute SHIT out of that woman, and I can damned well tell you right now she thought you were going to HIT her!"
"I..." He blinked and dropped his arms. "But, I wouldn't..."
"SHE didn't know that!" Elunara gestured towards the house. "Now you're going to go fucking apologize, and then we'll figure out how to deal with Tina."
Ignoring all else, he took off towards home.
Once he was out of the way, she looked around. "What are you morons staring at? GET BACK TO WORK!" Everyone scrambled to comply, as she marched off of the training yard.
Jordan stood on the platform, and just stared.
"I'm suddenly terrified of her all over again." Someone mumbled.
"What happened here?" Varian frowned.
"I think she'd want you to know." Jordan sighed.
Elunara found Grogek standing outside, his hand on the porch railing. He looked back and sighed at her. "I didn't want to go in without you." He ran his hand over his head.
"This is what happens when you act in anger and haste." She shook her head. "Come on."
When they walked in, Susan scrambled back, putting Tina behind her. Grogek reached out, but sighed and dropped his hand.
"Susan, there's no need for that." Elunara shook her head.
"My sweet angel, I'd never hurt you." Grogek frowned. "I was terrified for Tina, and it made me angry to feel that. Please, please don't be scared of me."