2.1

Their skies collapsed suddenly. Azaren was attacked at night, there was a loud bang, everything staggered, thundered and flew down. Larielle managed to grab Ekiloren in a falling bed and clumsy flew out of his crumbling house. A terrible chaos was going on in the darkness: rumbling stones, bouncing debris, swirling dust, biting fragments, screams. He managed to avoid dangerous collisions and successfully land near the collapsed remnants.

He listened for a long time to the muffled groans and rustles that were heard everywhere, but because of the darkness it was not easy to help anyone. Lariel with a baby in his arms wandered till dawn with a luminous plasmoid helping the survivors to get out from under the rubble. He then encountered Kamily sobbing inconsolably near the unconscious Erin, near him his ardent admirer Kalicio was trying to revive, putting the healer's hands to his head and chest. Lariel rushed to help giving Eki to Kamily and soon Erin opened his eyes.

"What? What was it? " - he whispered in confusion staring at those around him.

"We have lost all! Azaren is in ruins! - Lariel shouted furiously at him, waving his hands helplessly. - We need to get out of here as soon as possible to the shelters before we are cleared out."

But no enemy landing appeared in the morning hours and the syrinxes continued their excavations looking at the sky with apprehension.

The city was destroyed by an aimed strike from space by some unknown weapon that created strong vibrations and Azaren crumbled and fell down burying beings under the wreckage.

After a long search they managed to find the badly damaged body of their father, but all attempts to resurrect him were in vain.

The Syrinxes lamented strongly that they did not evacuate in advance, and now, as a small race, they are forced to hide underground and live like a bushwhackers, expecting the enemy to descend to earth and the severe war will continue.

But day after day went by and nothing changed for the worse. They began to slowly get used to and equip new homes.

Lariel still barely tolerated his brother especially in the cramped shelter, Erin was constantly next to Kamily and demanded attention from her. He was extremely annoyed when they began to caress behind his back:

"Oh, that's enough! Go to another room!"

Jealousy seized him, and he tried to avoid communication with Kamily.

"Lary, no offence, - she tried to appease him clinging to him. - Erin and I have been apart for so long and you stopped asking me to spend time with you. You are constantly sad and cannot relax after this nightmare. It's all behind us and we need to move on somehow.»

Getting accustomed to the company of men Kamily got acquainted with all the syrinxes who did not hide their joy and brought her gifts arranging entertainment parties for her with music, dances and magic shows. Every guy tried to impress her.

Erin calmly watched her communication with others, he was sure that no one would dare to lure Kamily to him with his superhero status but she constantly disappeared from sight somewhere, it was not clear where she spent the night and did not answer questions where she was.

The new leader of the syrinxes assigned his best friend Rohen to guard her, who greatly annoyed Kamily with his presence and once she completely drove him away, once confessed - he fell in love with her. The black-winged brunette with languid blue eyes was so upset by her refusal that he spent all the time in a deep dungeon so as not to see her.

"That's what you've done, Erin! - Lariel reproached his brother catching him in fun with his admirer Kalicio. - You relax here, and now she has passed from hand to hand. You don't take good care of her!"

"Yes, let her freshen up, feel the freedom, you kept her on a leash for so long, well, kissing our cousins ​​a couple of times, what's wrong, - Erin pretended that nothing terrible was happening. - She is immortal and forever young, what will happen to her?"

"With cousins? Are you crazy? There are more than ten of them. You do not love her, since you allowed them to squeeze her, " - his brother was indignant.

"I love her, only I am not the owner, like you, I will not roll up scandals to her. You understand finally we cannot tell her whom to choose. With whom she wants she will meet. Our brothers also want a little affection, they have never seen girls, let them commune. My crystal is already in her womb, and I will not worry if the guys have fun with her. Anyway everyone wants a child from her and this cannot be avoided, no matter how you are against it. She will be the Mother of our folk. A syrinx woman is obliged to give love to everyone who asks. You just don't know anything about the social structure of our race. It's always been that way in the old days - one woman for a thousand men and a bunch of children born of them. And you… are trying to avoid your fate! I know that you are a hermaphrodite and are obliged to make us happy with offspring, but you are not going to do it. Let Kamily solve this problem for you..."

Larielle became very angry at his words, sending insults aloud at him, and for a long time could not calm down.