“I can work,” she said. She could see Neris’ surprise as he searched for tears, then his hurt as she looked past him to the woman.
Kiya laughed. “Can you, now? And what work is it that you think I need done? What work would I use a girl for, when I have all these boys?” Her gesture encompassed the house, populating it with invisible male presences.
“I can sex.”
Neris whirled again to look at her, and Kiya’s eyebrows rose. “Can you really? Neris, if I didn’t know you better…”
He was kneeling down, now, grasping Iskra by the shoulders. “What are you talking about? What do you mean, s*x? You’re far too young. It’s…”
“I can do it.” She wasn’t sure what it was, but she’d pieced together enough of her cryptic comments to know that whichever path she chose on leaving the pass would lead to s
