Family

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Kemek Atheianes and Jera Narazu. A rather unlikely couple. A good paladin and a borderline evil psion. To put it mildly their relationship is anything but normal and consists of a lot of manipulation and mind games. As well as the occasional torture methods. Jera can be downright insane during her bad days.

Despite all of that, the one thing they do have in common is that they love their daughter, Sveva Reilly Atheianes. Born January 1st.

Even if the only reason that the baby exists is because Jera got it in her head that she owed Kemek a child since she had stolen his son years before. And then made a deal with him that he would allow her to manipulate his mind to make him forget her past (thus allowing this "dream" self of his to love her and want to marry her) and she would kill herself once the baby is born.


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"Good morning, love. I think someone here would like to meet you." She brushed her fingers over his cheek and pushed his hair back from his face. "Isn't she beautiful? You see, we were right that she would be. Our little darling." Jera shifted slightly so he could get a better view of the bundled up sleeping baby. This was only her first day so she didn't really wake up unless she was hungry. "You look awful, but I doubt she'd remember the first impression anyway." Jera smiled.

Kem propped himself up on his elbow to see the baby in Jera's arms. He raised a hand to move back a fold of the blankets and lightly rubbed his thumb against the girl's soft cheek "She's beautiful." He shifted his position in the bed to sit up fully, "Can I hold her?"

"Of course you can, she's your daughter." Once Kemek sat up, Jera shiftted the baby in her arms and handed her over to the paladin. "She has green eyes. Like you, but lighter. Can't much tell with the hair yet. Everyone's been saying how pretty she is. Really does look like the both of us." She pulled her feet up under her, sitting beside the man. Once Kemek had the baby in his arms she pulled back the blanket from Sveva's head so he could see her better.

Kem carefully cradled the girl in his arms as though she were made of glass. He smiled down at her, running a hand over her head. "Hey you." He whispered softly, tipping his head down to kiss her forehead. "I can't believe she's finally here."

"Me neither. I've gotten so used to her being a part of me. And now she's her own little person. And she's here. And we're here. We made it." Mismatched eyes briefly darted to the window where she could see the bright sunlight and the sand from the beach. She turned back to Kemek and Sveva and lightly brushed her fingers over the little girl's head. "I'm glad that we have her. I don't regret this at all."

Kem shook his head, "It was worth it." He exhaled a slow breath, studying the baby's features. "Thank you."

"What for?" Jera looked over at Kemek. Sveva remained asleep, since she had just fed prior to her bath. The little girl was indeed pretty. She had a mix of their features, Jera's nose, Kemek's eyes. Her skin was a few shades darker then Jera's though she was still lighter then Kemek and the other's in the tribe since Jera had been so pale. It was still too early to tell what her hair color was.

"Her."