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.’

he zipped up the front of his hoodie when the cold wind hit his bare skin, looking over at the flying contraption he had called it. ‘I am no

us

clapped his palm with his friend and pulled

my hand to put me centre stage. “Evie,

the same with my

and she tugged me forward for a bear hug. “When things have settled down, I’ll

holding onto me tight. “You got me in your

say

us,” he settled for instead

get the hint, cabrón,” Catalina rolled her eyes,

sting forming and soaking my cheeks before

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

the bag if you need it,” Astennu stroked my cheek, lifting up my hand that still clutched onto the

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

because you’re safe, there’ll be a few bad memories and overwhelming emotions coming to the surface now your mind isn’t in survival mode. Just take your time and remember progress

this?” My nose crinkled as I lifted my sleeve

of this too. You

either shock that she was thinking that far along or dread,

you’re up to

stepped up to the challenge, plunging the rest of us into an

tension, clapping Thiago on the

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