"I'm sorry. I forgot you never saw me eating." Solus said while switching her stance from that of a famished troll to that of a lady. "The tower still needs a lot of repairs and I a lot of nutrients."
"Right, the tower." Lith sneered, his voice full of sarcasm. "Then why do you eat food instead of bricks and mortar? Is this a storage dimensional space then?"
He poked at her belly, making her turn beet red and Kamila laugh.
"Stop making me look like a ravenous glutton!" Solus said in embarrassment.
"You don't need any help for that. Or are you planning to skip dessert?" Lith made a tray with big bowls of ice cream covered in hot chocolate pass under her nose.
Steaming chocolate chip cookies spread their fragrance, ready to be used to scoop the dessert instead of spoons. There were lots of them and were Solus' favorites.
She looked around like a trapped animal, caught between her sweet tooth and her pride. She knew that if she got her hands on a bowl, she would be unable to keep up appearances.
"I'm glad to see you two in such a good mood." Kamila chuckled while they brought the empty plates away and made room for the dessert. "There are a couple of things that I want to discuss."
Suddenly, the siren made of ice cream stopped singing in Solus' ears and she clenched her teeth, preparing for the blow.
'First something good, then something bad. It's the rule of life.' She dryly thought.
"Solus, I know of your bond with Lith, but this is still our honeymoon." Kamila's words made Solus' stomach churn and her eyes look at the door, expecting to be thrown out at any moment.
"I was thinking that you could come here every other day. This way, we would get some alone time and you would receive regular nourishment." Solus' and Lith's eyes went wide at her offer.
"Really?" Solus said in amazement. "Can I stay here half the time?"
"Really." Kamila took her small hands in her own, smiling. "When I proposed to Lith, I knew that in a way, I was marrying you as well. I never planned or even thought of driving you away.
"I know how important you are to my husband and that makes you important to me as well. We need to spend time together and know each other better. What do you say?"
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Solus jumped with joy, holding Kamila's hand with both of her own, as if she was accepting a marriage proposal.
She had actually feared that Kamila would have been jealous of her and that she would have tried to keep away the other women that had been hanging around Lith until that moment.
"Hold your Dragons, there are rules in this house." Kamila said and Solus replaced the jumping with a frenzied nodding.
"You can stay from breakfast to dinner. Spending the night here is a no-go. I want to keep our privacy and make full use of the most romantic time of the day." Solus nodded for her to continue.
"Also, no magic, no mind links, no work, no Invigoration. This is a vacation and you two are both work-addicts. I don't want you to make a breakthrough in some branch of magic and make me feel left out the whole time.
"I'm no mage. Try to remember it and to involve me in your conversations." Kamila said.
"Yes, Mom." Solus pouted.
Then, after noticing Kamila's glare, she quickly added.
"I mean, yes, Kami. Kamila."
"Kami is fine." She replied with a sigh.
Solus' reaction had matched Lith's, making Kamila feel as if she was about to have her hands full with two kids on a sugar rush.
"The last thing I wanted to discuss with you is the matter of Trion and Raaz." Kamila said.
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