Bab 131: Chapter 131: Turned

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN that I wouldn't sleep like a normal person after the strange events of today.

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The Efotis were seated around their kitchen table, eating dinner. Isaac's plate looked like a mountain. Unlike her brother, Phoebe approached her meal with little enthusiasm, trailing her fork through her food. A stranger sat with them, but he looked so much like Mr. Efoti that I assumed he was a relative.

Mr. Efoti was talking. "Of course, you may stay longer, Iosefa, as long as you and your mate need."

Mrs. Efoti pushed back her chair and stood, her small body stiff. "Toluta'a," she almost barked. Her small body strained with anger and her dark eyes darted between her husband and the man called Iosefa. Then she marched across the room and out of the kitchen door, which led to the back porch.