I looked at Christof and he smiled. Evidently we needed to find them some toys. I appreciated their good imaginations, but children needed things to y with. For now they were perfectly well entertained though.
It didn’t take long for me sitting in afortable spot to get sleepy. It became a battle to keep my eyes open and watch Jonathan. I nearly nodded off in my chair and Evan shook my shoulder.
“Go to bed if you wish to,” he said with a lopsided grin, “we will join youter. We do not need to sleep yet and we will watch our sons.”
I returned his smile and pushed myself up. Damien was still talking to a group of men about very and freedom. As I passed him I touched his arm and smiled. He returned the look and continued with his conversation.
As I left the room I heard several menment that it was odd that I was going to the bed room on my own. They’d never seen a human decide when it needed to sleep or be left to go somewhere alone. None of them were sure how I knew I needed to rest. This new way of thinking was going to be a change for all of them.
I made sure the fire pit in the main room had enough fuel for the night. I didn’t bother to light any of the torches. The men would not need them when they came to bed and I would soon be asleep. We’d be warm andfortable in the space here.This is from N?velDrama.Org.
In the quiet of the bedroom I slipped out of my day clothes and into my nighttime dress. It was a sleeveless linen shift thatced up the front and went to my knees. Smiling to myself I crawled into bed andy on my side. It wasn’t a moment before I fell quickly into my dreams.
The connection with my family was stronger now that they were here. In the periphery of my mind I heard their conversations and felt their emotions. It was a very soothing presence. When my men came into our rooms I felt the cool water they used to wipe the dirt from their bodies. In the morning they nned to go to the bathing pool, for tonight they would just clean up here.
We weren’t sure the children could swim and the bathing pool would be busy tonight. It was safer to take the young ones in the early morning when we knew there would be less activity there. For now, the males all just got changed into their nighttime shifts and got ready to rest.
Damien and his Brothersy down, but left a space on one side of the bed for our young charges. During the trip here Mycah’s family had slept fitfully, clinging to one another. They hadn’t used much room at all, even in their sleep they’d been anxious. The little boys crawled into their assigned spot and huddled together. Opening my eyes blearily I reached out to touch Evan in front of me and looked at our boys across the bed. I wanted tofort them, but I didn’t know what they needed.
“They need to feel safe,” Kein said quietly from behind me. “This is a lot of change for them. Rest now, wife, take care of yourself. The boys will rx with time.”
I assumed he was right. It was the same thing Hannah had said and it made sense. The boys had been trapped in the middle of a war and then whisked away to a new world. This was a big adjustment. We would just continue to provide a safe, stable home for them. I prayed they’de around.
My eyes shut and I sighed. I would have been nice to sit and talk around our fire, but we had so many responsibilities now. My little boy would never get to know me if we were always doing something. I longed for a quiet day to spend with him. Perhaps then…. I fell back to sleep thinking how wonderful it would be when everything calmed down again.
It was the middle of the night when I had the strong urge to wake up and stay still. Themands in my mind weren’t fearful, just insistent. Breathe like I was asleep and don’t move.
Mycah’s family was awake and I sensed them sitting around me on the bed. The men had woken when the children did, but they wanted to see what the boys wanted. Like well trained soldiers my husbands had continued to breathe slowly and deeply, simting sleep.
Someone’s fingers touched my arm and I fought the desire to flinch. The boys must still think I was asleep because I felt all of them touching my arm. They stroked it and then pinched the skin of my upper arm. It took great fortitude not to move as they explored.
“Feels like us,” I heard Niah say in a voice I’m sure he thought was a whisper. “You were right, Jonathan. You knew what Mama would feel like…”
Damien and his Brothers were d the boys feltfortable enough to explore, but they also felt some humor at theirck of stealth. The little ones had woken each other noisily and then walked across the bed to surround me. Damien knew we’d have a time teaching them to hunt quietly. It certainly wasn’t something they would do instinctively.
Warm breath was on my cheek a moment before a kiss was pressed in the same ce.
“I did it!” Mycah said triumphantly.
Each of the children pressed a kiss against my cheek. Jonathan wentst and I felt him linger. Somewhere in my boy’s memory was kissing. He knew what this was and he’d done it before. He repeated the gesture several times.
“Do you remember…?” he asked his Brothers in that same stage whisper Niah had used.
Aiden did. He sat behind my head and I felt him fiddling with my hair as he leaned down and pressed kisses to my temple. He remembered the gentle affection and the soft feel beneath his fingers. This was all so familiar to the two of them.
I felt the wet swipe of a tongue on my cheek and jaw. Jonathan was tasting. He did it over and over again before I felt him move away. Barely peeking, I saw him hovering over Evan’s supine form. He licked his male breeder several times and then looked back at his Brothers.
They sat in silence for several heartbeats and we waited to see what they’d do next.
Jonathan stepped over Evan’s head and knelt next to Damien. He tasted the big man’s chin and then continued around the bed. My little boy tasted all of us until he came to sit pensively by Evan’s side. Jonathan reached out and tentatively touched Evan’s long hair. The sensitive locks were so much like his own, he must have recognized that.