Page 33 of Gemini
“You want me tolieto my sister?” my aunt scolded. “Do you know what she will do to me if I do this?”
“Just go and get Xantu,” John told her.
“Come on, I—”
“Would you rather we get Kosae?” I winced at the thought ofdasumecoming here and dealing with this mess. At least,dasuprobably would not make a fuss…
“You were reckless,”dasusaid, his dark eyes boring into mine as he stitched me up. Although his voice was soft, I could tell he was annoyed. “You should have come to us. We would have come with you.”
I scoffed. “Likedasumewould have agreed—”
“Iwould have come with you. You know this.”
I grunted. I did know. The truth was, I had not been sure what I would find. Whether the humans would be here or not. Whether this Alessio man would be alone or with a team. By the time I got to them, it was too late to go back and ask for back ups.
“In my defense, if the madman did not choose to blow up his flying vessel instead of accepting his fate, I would have been perfectly fine.”
“Can you blame him for trying to survive?” John muttered as he cleaned another of the wounds.
“It was hardly an attempt at survival,” I countered. “He was as close to the blast as I was. When I killed him, both of his legs were shattered, he would not have survived the night.”
Dasustayed quiet while John hummed. He was human after all. Maybe he knew why Alessio had acted like this.
“How is Wendy?” he asked instead, apparently opting for a change of topic.
Safe now, I thought. “Baelor is looking after her,” I said instead.
“She seemed like a nice young lady,” John remarked. “Hopefully, next time I get to meet her, you won’t snarl at me like an animal.”
“I didnot—” My words died in my throat at his pointed look.
“You can fool your father but not me, Nitochi. I wasthere.”
I mumbled an apology under my breath. At this moment, the only thought I had in my mind was Wendy and the fact that I had just claimed her as mine. Having another male enter our safe space other than Baelor had just…displeasedme.
“Apology accepted,” John said with a chuckle.
“You are all patched up,”dasuinterrupted as he stood up from his seat next to me. “We will help you get to your guest nest.”
Help me?Great…
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I took it greedily like a good girl.
Wendy
Hushed voices roused me from my sleep. Baelor’s breath was even in my back, his chest rising and falling slowly.
I opened my eyes, focusing to see through the darkness. Nitochi was leaning against his dark father—Xantu, if I remembered correctly? Between their names and the different terms I was to call them—dasuanddasume—I was a little lost. Maybe I should ask for a pen and start writing it down…
Two more people entered our small cave, whispering as if to try not to wake us up.
I stayed quiet and pulled the little blanket Baelor had covered us with closer to my body to hide my naked skin.
“I am fine,” Nitochi grumbled. “All of you can go now.”
His father’s wings fluttered nervously. “You donotgo out again except to give Wendy a tour. You need rest.”
