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paddock the next day, just before he was going to return to the city. She had the beautiful amethyst crystal Davin had given her in her hand, watching the play of light through the facets, almost mesmerized by its beauty.
“That’s a special gift he gave you.” Harry propped up his boot on the split-rail fence next to her as he Page 31
watched a yearling colt gallop over the grass.
“Harry, you know about their technology. What can you tell me about this amethyst?”
Harry looked at the stone with a critical eye. “I can tell it’s one of the more powerful crystals I’ve ever seen. It hums with energy.”
“Davin said it was flawless, and that he’d tuned it.”
“Well, he’s the best crystallographer they have. If he did the tuning, no wonder it’s good. I asked a bit about him, you know. As much as I could without raising suspicion. Our parents were a little concerned about him, but as far as I could tell, everything he told them was true. He is a throwback, but he’s also one of the most powerful of the Alvians. He’s the Chief Engineer for the whole planet, and he got that position solely on merit.”
“Sounds important.” Callie fingered the crystal, watching the play of the sun off its natural facets.
“It is.” Harry nodded. “He’s interested in you, I think.”
“What?” Callie blushed and didn’t quite meet her brother’s eyes.
“I overheard Mama Jane talking about resonance mates and I did a little digging in the Alvian histories. It used to be, when they still had emotions, the males would search for their destined mate. They called them resonance mates. Without a mate, most of the males eventually went insane. I guess Davin came to the Waste looking for a human mate who could return his feelings and maybe his eye turned to you.”
“No way.” Her blush deepened as she protested.
“They why did he give you such a valuable gift? He only gave crystals to Mama Jane, Papa Mick and my dad. And I’ve seen those crystals. They’re not half as powerful as the one he gave you.”
“Really?”
Harry touched her hand. “Really. We’re sixteen now, Cal. In the old world we would have been dating other kids already and in a few years we might’ve thought about getting married. I, for one, don’t want to miss out on that if I can help it and I don’t think you do either.” He smiled at her kindly. “Am I right?”
Callie shrugged one shoulder. “I’d like to get married someday, I guess.”
“But where are we going to find potential life partners?” Harry slapped one hand down on the fence railing. “I don’t want an Alvian woman. First off, none of them would understand me and my emotions, and they’d probably only want me because of my Hara DNA anyway.”
“Harry, that’s awful!”
“Awful, but true. You haven’t been around them much, but Callie, regular Alvians are just coldhearted.
They don’t understand or want emotion and it’s hard for me to live among them.” He turned back to her.
“Which is why I think I understand a little about Chief Engineer Davin. If I were him, I’d be looking among the human women for a mate. Hell, I will be, when the time is right.”
“But there are so few human women, Harry. It may take you a long time to find the one for you.”
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“Well, I don’t have anything against having sex with Alvian women. That’s what Dad did to make me after all, right?”
“Harry!” She punched his arm, blushing again at his bold words.
“Well, I’m not a virgin, Cal.”
“You’re not?”
Harry laughed. “One of the benefits of having a mother who’s a scientist. She arranged for me to learn about sex in a rather hands-on way. She even monitors me in my sleep. And she’s collecting my DNA for study and comparison.”
“What’s it like? Sex, I mean.” Callie was bright red with embarrassment, but intrigued.
“It’s hard to describe.” He hesitated. They’d been raised on a ranch. They’d seen
“That’s a special gift he gave you.” Harry propped up his boot on the split-rail fence next to her as he Page 31
watched a yearling colt gallop over the grass.
“Harry, you know about their technology. What can you tell me about this amethyst?”
Harry looked at the stone with a critical eye. “I can tell it’s one of the more powerful crystals I’ve ever seen. It hums with energy.”
“Davin said it was flawless, and that he’d tuned it.”
“Well, he’s the best crystallographer they have. If he did the tuning, no wonder it’s good. I asked a bit about him, you know. As much as I could without raising suspicion. Our parents were a little concerned about him, but as far as I could tell, everything he told them was true. He is a throwback, but he’s also one of the most powerful of the Alvians. He’s the Chief Engineer for the whole planet, and he got that position solely on merit.”
“Sounds important.” Callie fingered the crystal, watching the play of the sun off its natural facets.
“It is.” Harry nodded. “He’s interested in you, I think.”
“What?” Callie blushed and didn’t quite meet her brother’s eyes.
“I overheard Mama Jane talking about resonance mates and I did a little digging in the Alvian histories. It used to be, when they still had emotions, the males would search for their destined mate. They called them resonance mates. Without a mate, most of the males eventually went insane. I guess Davin came to the Waste looking for a human mate who could return his feelings and maybe his eye turned to you.”
“No way.” Her blush deepened as she protested.
“They why did he give you such a valuable gift? He only gave crystals to Mama Jane, Papa Mick and my dad. And I’ve seen those crystals. They’re not half as powerful as the one he gave you.”
“Really?”
Harry touched her hand. “Really. We’re sixteen now, Cal. In the old world we would have been dating other kids already and in a few years we might’ve thought about getting married. I, for one, don’t want to miss out on that if I can help it and I don’t think you do either.” He smiled at her kindly. “Am I right?”
Callie shrugged one shoulder. “I’d like to get married someday, I guess.”
“But where are we going to find potential life partners?” Harry slapped one hand down on the fence railing. “I don’t want an Alvian woman. First off, none of them would understand me and my emotions, and they’d probably only want me because of my Hara DNA anyway.”
“Harry, that’s awful!”
“Awful, but true. You haven’t been around them much, but Callie, regular Alvians are just coldhearted.
They don’t understand or want emotion and it’s hard for me to live among them.” He turned back to her.
“Which is why I think I understand a little about Chief Engineer Davin. If I were him, I’d be looking among the human women for a mate. Hell, I will be, when the time is right.”
“But there are so few human women, Harry. It may take you a long time to find the one for you.”
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“Well, I don’t have anything against having sex with Alvian women. That’s what Dad did to make me after all, right?”
“Harry!” She punched his arm, blushing again at his bold words.
“Well, I’m not a virgin, Cal.”
“You’re not?”
Harry laughed. “One of the benefits of having a mother who’s a scientist. She arranged for me to learn about sex in a rather hands-on way. She even monitors me in my sleep. And she’s collecting my DNA for study and comparison.”
“What’s it like? Sex, I mean.” Callie was bright red with embarrassment, but intrigued.
“It’s hard to describe.” He hesitated. They’d been raised on a ranch. They’d seen
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