NovelEnglish“It has always been us,” Christof said looking fondly at his Brothers, “just us, together.”
“Except the other,” Damien said Looking pointedly at Evan, “there is someone else, isn’t there?”
I looked curiously around the table and Evan was deep in thought.
“It makes sense now, though,” he said suddenly, as he fed Jonathan bits of soft bread he had dipped into his cup.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“I have always sensed…another. It is someone important, as important as my Brothers This one is not near, though, and the sensation fades almost completely sometimes.”
Aiden rested in my arms and I placed a gentle kiss on his forehead. He was sleepy as I dried a Little milk from the edge of his mouth.
“Your female breeder,” I realized out loud.
Of course, Evan had tasted her. He’d fed from her daily for many moons.
“It has been a constant in our lives,” Evan said checking Jonathan’s diaper. “I always have this sense. It is so normal we don’t even notice it anymore.”
“Your female breeder,” Kein mused stretching out his legs, “do you think she feels you?”
The pleasant conversation lasted and I was caught in my internal musing. Would Jonathan always feel me? If we were in the scompound, would he seekout?
“ T wan ‘wim, Daddy,” Jonathan demanded suddenly standing on Evan’s lap.
Aiden had been getting near to sleeping, but his Brother’s energy flowed into him. He sat up on my lap and looked at Evan, too.
“Wha ‘wim?” he asked.
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Jonathan turned and saw the question in his Brother’s eyes. He started to explain in simple, childlike terms swimming. Aiden got more and more excited as he talked. The looks between them got more animated as Aiden silently watched a now quiet Jonathan. I got the feeling Jonathan was “showing” Aiden swimming through their bond. Now we had two of them demanding to swim.
When we got to the pool Basin’s family and Stayne’s family were already there soaking. All the men tried to talk casually as we introduced Aiden to swimming. It was obvious he’d never done this before. The men watched carefully as Aiden tried to do what cso naturally to Jonathan.
“Watch him,” one of them would warn when Aiden floundered in the water.
Someone’s hands always were there in a moment to keep him afloat. No one in the pool was interested in anything other than the two young ones. For having never been fathers I found the mens’ reactions to children telling. They were markedly protective of the young.
Aiden stayed with us for a full lunar cycle. He asked for Halil and Rynal almost every day. I assumed Rynal was his male breeder and I had no answer to that. I started to tell him what Tosu had said about Halil. The Great Harmonious Spirit had her and he was here with his Brother. I could only assThe Great Harmonious Spirit was God, but it wasn’t a religion my men knew anything about.
The only tAiden had issues was at night. I did not know how the Paterian women slept, but it must have been with their young male offspring at their side. At least, considering how we slept, I assumed that’s what Halil had done.
Aiden discovered my hair on the first night. Even with Jonathan he was restless and anxious, wiggling all over the bed. As I lay on my side, he maneuvered up by my head and his hands sunk into my hair. I was woken from a near sleep as he pulled my hair tight against my scalp. Aiden wound the long strands around his little fists and burrowed into it. I heard him sigh and finally settle down.
For the first tall night, Aiden was comfortable. Jonathan Lay at my back against his Brother’s legs and they finally fell asleep. It felt strange to have my head used as a security blanket, but I was exhausted and drifted off myself after a few moments.
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