The men had not bothered to dress and still wore their simple sleeping shifts. I wore my crumpled blue sleeping gown and no foot covers or boots. We were half dressed at best.


    “Where is Jonathan? Where is Evan?” I asked in a slightly frantic voice.


    “He told us he was walking the boy,” Kein grumbled. “He told us to rest and let him take thest shift.”


    Bane growled and answered the question, “He won’t listen to us. Evan wants to show his boy the moons. He’s taken him to an opening in the mountain.”


    The men ran and I tried to keep up. It was obvious that I was not going to be able to. Christof waited until I caught up, then scooped me up and ran with me in his arms.


    We rounded a bend and there stood Evan at arge opening in the rock wall. He turned when he heard us and smiled. Evan was dressed and Jonathan was wrapped andying in his arms. The little one sucked contentedly at Evan’s finger.


    “Hiding things,” Damien saiding to stand beside Evan, “is not good, Brother. You knew we would not want you to do this. Nu-reeh does not want the child out of our section.”


    Evan shrugged and grinned back at his Brother. “He needs to see the moonset,” Evan exined simply.


    I wanted to reach out and grab the baby to take him back to the warm safety of our apartments. The contented look on Evan’s face as he looked down at Jonathan stopped me.


    It made sense suddenly. Of course Evan would want to show hissonhis first full day. This was important to Evan. His life revolved around the pattern of the moons.


    Damien leaned on one wall as Bane and Kein leaned on the other side. Christof set me down and then he bounded back the way we’de.Exclusive content from N?velDrama.Org.


    I shivered and stepped close to Damien who wrapped me in his arms.


    “My Brother will bring your warm outfit,” he murmured into my hair.


    Cold morning air whipped into the cave and I looked over at my son. He was warm and covered, not at all bothered by the weather. The cold wind immediately made me miserable. Damien’s warm arms helped, but it felt as though my bare feet would freeze and drop off.


    The world’s moons took the pattern they always did before they set. I stood and watched with Damien as the first and smallest dipped below the horizon. Evan watched and spoke to the baby the entire time. He exined to the infant how the moons worked.


    Jonathan’s attention never wavered off of Evan. I assumed his eyes weren’t developed enough to distinguish anything other than light and dark. He seemed to like the gentle, murmuring voice of his male breeder, though. Evan held his entire attention.


    Christof ran up to us a momentter. He pulled my boots up my legs as Damien pulled the long jacket around me. The warm gloves were dragged up my arms and I sighed with relief. This time the bitter cold in the mountains was unbearable for me.


    The second moon had started to set and the sky was bing lighter when the rustle of wings interrupted us. Tosu had dropped from above and stepped into the cave next to Bane. Nu-reeh approached from behind us.


    The women stood silently for a moment before Tosu spoke.


    “You see, Nu-reeh,” she said quietly, “this is how the women with beads say it is.”


    Nu-reeh made a sound like someone that had already had this argument to exhaustion.


    “I exined the rules to them,” she said directing thement to Tosu.


    “There was no danger,” Tosu argued. “I have sat and watched the entire time they have been here. I will do it each time the male wishes to bring his young to see the sky. I knew what he was doing when he left their quarters.”


    The women had a staring contest as the sky got brighter and brighter.


    “Wait for my Sister,” Nu-reeh begrudgingly told us finally, “and she will take you to see moons rise and set. I forbid you to go alone, Evan.”


    “Yes, Mistress,” the men answered her and she turned and left.


    Tosu stood at the entrance to the cave, off to the side. I recognized the slightly defensive position and realized she was alert for danger. My young boy meant a great deal to these women.


    The sky became much lighter and Jonathan gurgled and cooed reaching for the light. The sound absolutely melted my heart. I put a gloved hand on Evan’s arm and looked at our little boy. He made the noise a second time and yawned big.


    “It is not time for sleeping,” Evan said softly. “Wake and see the morning.”


    “New children sleep at odd times,” Tosu told him gently. “The little one will sleep when he is ready and wake when he is done. As he gets older he will follow the moons as you do. They often do not feel the pull until they begin to walk.”


    Interesting information and it seemed to calm Evan’s nerves. He could not understand how his child wanted to sleep in the day. I was d Tosu had taken the time to exin.


    We took breakfast in our rooms once Evan was satisfied with Jonathan’s introduction to the day. I fed the littlest member of the family as the men passed out tes of food to each other. Much to Evan’s dismay Jonathan fell sound asleep after henursed.


    “The moons are set,” Evan said sounding upset, “the sun is in the sky. He should not wish to sleep now.”


    Damien and Christof soothed him and reminded him what Tosu had said. They also remembered Hannah and Kennedy. It was normal for a baby to sleep after feeding. Jonathan had also been awake most of the night being cranky. Of course he would rest.


    The family calmed Evan’s fears and we had a very pleasant breakfast.


    While Jonathan slept I took a chance to use the pad Kennedy had given me. I wanted to send both my girls a note about their birth brother. It seemed important they should know.