Harmonizer's Evolution (Balancer's Soul cycle) (16 page)

Out in the rocky clearing
the two males
began
working together
and the images, smells and sounds were as vivid and descriptive as if
she
was there to watch it all happen
.
Connor’s accounts were better than any movie.
Sorono ripped
tall and
mature trees from the ground like they were nothing
but twigs
. While he collected the
timber
,
he used his claws and extreme speed to cut the trees like an axe. While he did that
,
Connor made a mortar out of sand, melted snow and dried grass. He used his ability over Liquid to pull the moisture from the grass. He mixed the ingredients together to make a natural sealant. They worked together on stacking the lumber into a large cabin and they used the mortar to seal the holes together. They cleared the
ground
and
forcibly
crushed the rocky soil into a solid floor
of stone
. They
also added
a central fireplace to warm up the home.

“Wow, that was
…
amazing.” She
admitted.

“Thanks. How was your time together
with the girls
?”
She
gave him a mental rundown which made him smile. Then his eyes narrowed
strangely
on
her
.
It
seemed
almost like an expectant look.
“You’re worn out
from today’s activities
. Let
’s
get you in bed.” She
couldn’t disagree and he followed
her
inside the house.

Before he finally came back to bed he took a shower and called everyone over
here
in the morning
to see
some
old friends.

She
cuddled up as closely to him as
possible
after putting on a nightshirt
. She
hated not leaning on
her
side
anymore
, but
she
had
to sleep on
her
back.

Then she
soon
found
asleep.

Connor
was brought into
an alert state
when
his
instinct told
him
someone
was approaching. Sarah felt his
disturbance and groaned into
conciseness. She laid to
his
left while keeping her bundle of covers packed
tightly
around her. Her long and luscious brown hair
lay
strewn all over her pillow
s
. Her eyes fluttered open and they sought for
him
. It wasn’t long until her emerald gaze found
the target s
itting up by her side. Her rosy red lips quirked as she
asked
“What is it, my knight?”

His
left hand moved and cupped the side of her face and she nuzzled into it affectionately.
His
voice
became
calm and loving. “It seems like our guests are on their way. They will be here shortly.”

She groaned. “
Great
. What time is it?” Her arms came out of
her covers as she stretched. They
looked at the window above
them
and saw that it
i
s early morning and the sun has been up for no more than an hour at most. “
How long do we have before they arrive? Oh and which guests are you talking about?”

His
senses told
him
that whoever was coming in this immediate direction was moving very slow
ly
. They were approaching from the south so it couldn’t be Sorono or his family. At this speed it would have to be human, but there were three. Sarah wanted a more specific answer so
he gav
e her one. In
his
mind
he
brought
his reserved
power forth and sent out pulsating waves of sonar in every direction. When the power released
he
could see e
verything and anything around him in black and white. He
focused towards
the
south and passed
the barriers of
his home. The new sight allowed him
to see beyond what
his
eyes could ever do.
He
passed the trees like a phantom until
he
saw the three figures coming in
their
direction. A sly smile
found its way on his
lips as
his
power ceased. Then
he
looked down at Sarah as she remained laying in bed
looking like a goddess in the flesh
.

“It is my mom and grandparents. I’d guess they will be here within fifteen minutes
or less
.”

“That means that I need to get out of bed and take a quick shower.”

Sarah tossed her sheet off her and moved to her side of the bed. She then slowly stood up
and began walking to the door. He
watched as she moved.
Despite the
new addition
,
her body remained
remarkably
the same. Usually a pregnant woman
gains
a little more padding
by
the time the child arrives, but Sarah still has toned legs and her shapely hips haven’t change
d
. Despite her
round
belly
,
she
’s
most fond of her
enlarged
breasts.
She swatted
him once when he
mentally caught her judging her size
compared
to her mother’s. They
had a short laugh at that.

Before she left the room she grabbed new clothes from her dresser.

They
ended up lucky that everyone would meet here because
Jenny
and Jillian would
pitch
a fit if Sarah attempted to traverse
out
to the
training field. Even
he
would worry too much if Sarah had to leave
the house
for such a long period of time
and remain out in the cold
.

Connor
jumped out of bed and put on a long
sleeved black shirt and jeans. He
walked down the hall just as Sarah turned on the shower.
He
tossed in a few more logs into the fireplace and
knew
it would
knock the chill out of
the room.
In the kitchen was where the next task laid. Neither of them
had dinner last night and she would be hungry. The new size of her pregnancy meant that
they
were
consuming more of her energy. He
went in the pantry and started prepar
ing breakfast for the both of them
.

He
used
his
control
over fire to
keep the heat
that
the stove made from drifting into the room because the retained heat helped cook the food that much
more efficiently
. Soon he
heard the shower cut off and then felt
his
mate using her energy. A minute later Sarah entered the room with dry hair; she used Liquid to pull the moist
ure
from herself. Her nose lifted as she smelled the aroma of cooking food. Then her hands drifted to her belly and she started rubbing
them with
a
motherly
affection.

Then there came
a knock at the door. Sarah shrugged her shoulders and
announced
“Coming!”
S
he walked to the door and opened it. She livened her voice to say “Good morning everyone! How are you today?”

David
’s
booming
voice was the first to be heard. “We are well, Sarah. How are my great-grandchildren doing today?”

From the corner of
his
eye, Sarah’s hand rested on the top of her belly. She smiled expectantly. “The
y are
kicking up a storm.”

David
laughed and he said “Good. That means they are going to be trouble. Th
ey are going to be great May’s.” Then he changed the subject but his tone
remained
playful and knowing. “So who are these
old
friends that Connor said have stopped in for a little while?”

Sarah stepped back and said “Come inside first. It’s still chilly outside.”

Rhoda’
s voice came next. “Thank you. David, go inside.”

The first to enter was
Connor’s
burly looking grandfather. He wore a plaid jacket and blue jeans. He then bent over and unlaced his boots. The next to enter was
his
grandma. She looked as eccentric as ever with a deep red checkered shirt and highlighter yellow pants. If one thing
i
s certain in this world,
those clothes were unmistakable,
for you’d never l
ose her in a
crowd. And last to enter was his
mom. She wore
thick
sweatpants along with a classy sleeved shirt.

After Sarah shut the door behind everyone,
his
g
randmother walked right up to his
wife and placed her hands on the belly.
They smiled at each other in an almost comradely way.

Then
David
turned his pale blue eyes on
his grandson
and grinned. His rugged handsomeness ha
d
n’t waned from his age nor has his strength. “There you are, my boy! I see you are still in one piece.”

Connor
grinned back. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“Well when your grandma carried Jenny
,
she was
the most
ruthless
woman one would ever
dare to
meet
.” By now everyone listened
in to this conversation
. “I cannot even count the number of times she struck me over the littlest of things
,
during her pregnancy.
Most men blame
their mood swings
on the hormones, but she used it as an excuse just to do it whenever she wanted.
I had a never healing welt
until your mother finally graced us with her presence.
You ended up
remarkably
well compared to me at that time…”

M
alice
began
growing in the room and
Connor’s
gaze shifted to
his
grandmother as she wore a one sided feral grin.
It was unmistakable to see where Kara gets it from.
As
David
kept ranting
playfully
he didn’t no
tice the danger he
entered
in
to
. Rhoda
glanced at Sarah for a moment and
she
nodded.

Sarah called her energy and used Pressure to bring a metal ladle from the kitchen and to her waiting hand.
David
stopped talking and watched as she offered the ladle. “You asked for this.”

Then David
realized the situation
he put himself in
, but too late.
Rhoda
grabbed the cooking weapon from
Sarah,
and in one motion, she struck. The ladle m
ade solid impact with David
’s thick skull.
Rhoda
now grinned from ear to ear. “David, at the time it
was
my hormones, but that
one
was because you gave me a reason. Did you learn your lesson?”

He stopped rubbing the top of his head
and stood defiantly. “Never!”
and the hands on his hips made him look like a victorious warrior
or some comic book superhero
.