Chapter 119 – Accepting My Twin Mates – I of III

Evgeniya

The plane juddered as the tires made contact with the runway, screeching to a slow roll on Opal Sun’s landing strip.

‘Land!’ Evva exclaimed. ‘I could kiss it.’

‘You kiss the ground, I’ll keep our breakfast down,’ I fisted my hand to my mouth.

My stomach was still in motion from the landing, as though it lingered somewhere up in the clouds and hadn’t rejoined Earth.

“Solnyshko?” My father’s fingertips brushed my elbow, handing me a thin fold of paper. “Is this what bag is for?”

The corner of my mouth lopsidedly quirked in amusement, accepting the paper bag as a precaution even though my stomach was beginning to float back down.

The plane pulled into a large hangar and I could see a tall man through the small window waiting by a set of cars, vaguely recognising him as Catalina’s brother. A curvaceous woman stood at his side, bundled up in a downy coat, and her long brunette hair hung in elegant waves from her pom-pom beanie, the tips of her tresses dyed red. I recognised her too from the twins’ party.

“Ok, guys,” Catalina jumped up when the plane came to a standstill and the engines slowly died down. “Let’s get the hell off this thing!”

Diego stood after her, his posture no longer slumped in exhaustion and his skin no longer pallid. She yanked him forward and down the steps, throwing her arms around her brother and the woman at his side, the three of them speaking too rapidly in Spanish for my limited vocabulary set to keep up with what was said. With how she jerked Diego forward yet again, it was a round of greetings.

Following Astennu and Badru, I turned at the base of the plane’s steps to make sure my father left the plane safely.

‘You made it through your first plane ride.’

hit his bare skin, looking

his arm and led us over to the

good to see you, man,” Astennu clapped his palm with his friend

had the chance for an introduction before,” Badru grasped my hand to put me centre stage. “Evie, this is our good friend

took my hand in a firm handshake, doing the same with

a fellow future Luna!” Her bright hazel eyes sparkled and she

a welcome intrusion, holding onto me tight. “You got me in your

nugget wants to say

car journey ahead of us,” he settled for instead and kissed

the hint, cabrón,” Catalina rolled her eyes, crushing my ribs in a tight

a little, a prickling sting forming and soaking my cheeks

I’m over these hormones!” I swiped under

I had repressed or experienced, conflicted and battled it out for supremacy; taken and found, safe and unsafe, fear and bravery, weakness and strength, relieved and anxious… all shouted wanting my attention to be heard. And, on cue to bang its

my cheek, lifting up my hand

I waved everyone away from crowding in on me. “Sorry about

emotions coming to the surface now your mind isn’t in survival mode. Just take your time and remember progress isn’t linear. And that goes for

My nose crinkled as I lifted my sleeve over the back of my

my sister kinda went through some of this too. You can make me feel better

blinked down at her, a mix of either shock that she was thinking that far along or dread, which I didn’t know. “You want them

up

to the challenge, plunging the rest of us into

the tension, clapping Thiago on the back

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