technical with all of these
answers, and nodded for him to say something.
“ Minka ,”
he said, and leaned forward. “The air you breathe here is no different from any
other planet a human can sustain life on.” Thorque spoke softly, and it was strange to Brawn that he could hear those kinds of
emotions come from his brother. “We have a water reserve stored in a cavern
within the mountain. Since our kind doesn’t require a substantial amount of H 2 O,
we have plenty. If we need more we can easily get it.”
“As for a creature coming into
our home,” Lukin said, and there was this hardness to
his voice. “ We are the predators on
this planet, and even if some of the creatures try to challenge us, they find
out with their lives that it was a mistake.”
“ Lukin ,”
Brawn growled out. “You’re not fucking helping.” His youngest brother seemed to
like to let his alphaness out when a threat was even
spoken of.
Lukin stared at Brawn, and then finally breathed out and nodded. “I apologize, Minka . If I frightened you further that wasn’t my intent.
My point is nothing will dare come into our territory.”
She nodded, and Brawn felt
movement against his chest.
“Among the three of us we have
lived for a total of three-hundred years, so believe me when I say we know how
to protect what is ours,” Lukin said with a hard tone
in his voice, and then he moved toward her.
“Three hundred years?” She had
since pushed away from Brawn and now stared at Lukin who stood in front of her. She looked among all of them, and although she
sounded shocked, surely she wasn’t honestly.
“You do realize that humans are
the only beings in this galaxy with a minimal life span, right?” Thorque asked.
Brawn looked at her, wanted to
push the hair away from her face, but instead curled his hands into balls.
“Of course I know that, I just
didn’t realize you were that old.”
The silence stretched between
them, and then Brawn started chuckling. That had his brothers doing the same,
and soon the tension in the cavern lessened marginally. “I suppose compared to
your species one hundred and twenty-five would be old,” Brawn said.
She nodded. “And how old are you
two?” Minka asked, and she said it softly, but her
voice was steady and strong.
“ Thorque is one hundred and five, and Lukin is only seventy,”
Brawn answered.
“Even the youngest one is fifty
years older than me,” she said and then started rubbing her hands up and down
her thighs.
“Listen, the trip back to Hades
was long and you’re still healing mentally, so how about we rest for the
remainder of the night, and in the morning we can talk about what being our
mate really means?” Thorque said.
“I know what it means,” Minka said, but stood. “But I think sleeping is probably
better right now for me than talking about…” She paused and stared at each of
them for a second. “I think talking about you three breeding with me right now
is probably going to have me flip my switch.”
Brawn didn’t know what that human
term meant, but he could assume. He stood and led them out of the sitting area
and into one of the rooms in the cavern. There were four rooms, one mainly used
to clean their weapons, and the other three for them to sleep in. And although
he would prefer taking her to his room and being with her in every way possible
as Lukin and Thorque watched before joining in and breeding with her, he would give her this time to
come to terms with everything. This life wasn’t normal for her in any sense.
She had nothing else out there. He knew that, and she knew that. It was a
dangerous, frightening, and hungry galaxy, and its inhabitants were anxious to
tear the others down.
“You can sleep here tonight, but
it is hard for us to stay away from you, Minka ,
especially when we want you as badly as we do.” Brawn stared at her, knowing
she wouldn’t possibly understand what was happening between them. He knew
humans didn’t have
answers, and nodded for him to say something.
“ Minka ,”
he said, and leaned forward. “The air you breathe here is no different from any
other planet a human can sustain life on.” Thorque spoke softly, and it was strange to Brawn that he could hear those kinds of
emotions come from his brother. “We have a water reserve stored in a cavern
within the mountain. Since our kind doesn’t require a substantial amount of H 2 O,
we have plenty. If we need more we can easily get it.”
“As for a creature coming into
our home,” Lukin said, and there was this hardness to
his voice. “ We are the predators on
this planet, and even if some of the creatures try to challenge us, they find
out with their lives that it was a mistake.”
“ Lukin ,”
Brawn growled out. “You’re not fucking helping.” His youngest brother seemed to
like to let his alphaness out when a threat was even
spoken of.
Lukin stared at Brawn, and then finally breathed out and nodded. “I apologize, Minka . If I frightened you further that wasn’t my intent.
My point is nothing will dare come into our territory.”
She nodded, and Brawn felt
movement against his chest.
“Among the three of us we have
lived for a total of three-hundred years, so believe me when I say we know how
to protect what is ours,” Lukin said with a hard tone
in his voice, and then he moved toward her.
“Three hundred years?” She had
since pushed away from Brawn and now stared at Lukin who stood in front of her. She looked among all of them, and although she
sounded shocked, surely she wasn’t honestly.
“You do realize that humans are
the only beings in this galaxy with a minimal life span, right?” Thorque asked.
Brawn looked at her, wanted to
push the hair away from her face, but instead curled his hands into balls.
“Of course I know that, I just
didn’t realize you were that old.”
The silence stretched between
them, and then Brawn started chuckling. That had his brothers doing the same,
and soon the tension in the cavern lessened marginally. “I suppose compared to
your species one hundred and twenty-five would be old,” Brawn said.
She nodded. “And how old are you
two?” Minka asked, and she said it softly, but her
voice was steady and strong.
“ Thorque is one hundred and five, and Lukin is only seventy,”
Brawn answered.
“Even the youngest one is fifty
years older than me,” she said and then started rubbing her hands up and down
her thighs.
“Listen, the trip back to Hades
was long and you’re still healing mentally, so how about we rest for the
remainder of the night, and in the morning we can talk about what being our
mate really means?” Thorque said.
“I know what it means,” Minka said, but stood. “But I think sleeping is probably
better right now for me than talking about…” She paused and stared at each of
them for a second. “I think talking about you three breeding with me right now
is probably going to have me flip my switch.”
Brawn didn’t know what that human
term meant, but he could assume. He stood and led them out of the sitting area
and into one of the rooms in the cavern. There were four rooms, one mainly used
to clean their weapons, and the other three for them to sleep in. And although
he would prefer taking her to his room and being with her in every way possible
as Lukin and Thorque watched before joining in and breeding with her, he would give her this time to
come to terms with everything. This life wasn’t normal for her in any sense.
She had nothing else out there. He knew that, and she knew that. It was a
dangerous, frightening, and hungry galaxy, and its inhabitants were anxious to
tear the others down.
“You can sleep here tonight, but
it is hard for us to stay away from you, Minka ,
especially when we want you as badly as we do.” Brawn stared at her, knowing
she wouldn’t possibly understand what was happening between them. He knew
humans didn’t have
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