“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.


    “I have always sensed…another. It is someone important, as important as my Brothers This one is not


    near, though, and the sensation fades almostpletely sometimes.”


    Aiden rested in my arms and I ced 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 conversationsted and I was caught in my internal musing. Would Jonathan always feel


    me? If we were in the samepound, would he seek me out?


    “ T wan ‘wim, Daddy,” Jonathan demanded suddenly standing on Evan’sp.


    Aiden had been getting near to sleeping, but his Brother’s energy flowed into him. He sat up on myp


    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 exin 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 came so 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 assume The


    Great Harmonious Spirit was God, but it wasn’t a religion my men knew anything about.


    The only time Aiden 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 Iy 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 time all night, Aiden wasfortable. 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 nket, but I was


    exhausted and drifted off myself after a few moments.