Whirlwind: Valos of Sonhadra by Ripley Proserpina

Author:Ripley Proserpina [Proserpina, Ripley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Branesh

Branesh couldn’t tear his gaze away from the creature in front of him. When Thanasis had spoken, “Ours,” nothing had ever rang so true.

He knew it was not unheard of for male Ventos to share a female. And here he and his brothers were, the last Ventos on Sonhadra.

And there was Aveline. A female from another planet, who’d released them from an eternity of nothingness.

What he felt toward her was more than thankfulness, though gratitude was part of it.

Her cheeks had flushed again, and she stared at Thanasis, disbelief written clearly across her face. “That’s crazy.”

He didn’t know the word, but somehow, he understood what she was trying to say—they were being illogical.

“You don’t need to believe us yet,” he said, and Thanasis flashed him a look of appreciation. “We have plenty of time to assure you of what we know.”

“Come,” Ettan said. “We’ll bring you back to the lower strata of Zephyr. You were most comfortable there, weren’t you?”

Her head whipped from one brother to the next as she tried to read their emotions. She studied them with her good eye, dropping her gaze from theirs to roam their skin.

An intelligent creature, she was figuring out that much could be discerned by the colors they flashed. Right now, Branesh was happy, and he knew he wore rose. The same shade wove along Ettan, and even Aaddhar. Only Thanasis remained shrouded in his executioner’s black.

He had let it drop, but only briefly, and Branesh wondered if his eldest brother was using the color as armor.

As if the thought made it be, a stream of gray wound its way down Thanasis’s neck and around his arms before settling across his chest.

“I will carry you,” Thanasis stated, and Branesh sighed. If they were all to share this female, things would need to be made more equal. Already, Aaddhar had touched her intimately, and now Thanasis would get to hold her, albeit in Ventos form. When Ettan had healed her, even he had touched her skin.

Branesh hadn’t had enough of her.

The knowledge of Aveline being his one made him greedy. In the history books, Ventos who had been strangers had sometimes realized they had to share a female.

Until faced with Aveline, Branesh hadn’t realized he could be jealous of his brothers. He was tempted to shake his head in that way Aveline had when she dismissed or was confused by an idea.

Thanasis didn’t wait for his approval. He dissolved and wrapped his Ventos form around Aveline, hiding her from the rest of them before spiriting her away.

At once, the three of them took their Ventos forms as well, rushing behind Thanasis, following him along ancient paths toward the lowest strata of Zephyr.

As he followed his brother, Branesh’s anger grew. He knew his brothers were impulsive; Aaddhar especially defaulted to anger. Usually, Thanasis, in his role as judge and executioner, was more measured in his responses. Twice, Aaddhar had swept Aveline away from them.

And now Thanasis?

How were they supposed to form a relationship

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