REICHENBACH
LIKE ICARUS LOVED THE SUN
His mind ticked over as quickly as his eyes checked all the signs, connecting dots that he had previously ignored, knowing whose child now grew within his sisters belly.
"Well brother, I think the protocol here is for you to say congratulations,"
His silver eyes flicked to hers and slowly, so slowly, he grinned. A slow smile that quickly turned exuberant, brightening his shadow flecked face and turning his charm radiant. Reichenbach felt a lightness within him as his sister approached, her expression oddly affectionate, her touch even more so. He didn't mention how rare it was, just returned the gesture with a pleased nuzzle of his own. Rhoswen, pregnant! The thought made him grin again, his gaze once more returning to the slight roundness of her belly before sliding back up to twinkle at her storm grey eyes.
He would have a niece or nephew — and not a child born of Solterran blood, either. It wouldn't have mattered to him if the father had been a desert-goer, he'd have loved the child either way... but it was a comforting thought to know Rhoswen had not abandoned them fully, that her heart still loved a Crow.
"How have you been?"
He brushed the question aside with a roguish smile, saying;
"Fine, fine — no need to ask about your brother when you've got someone more important to look out for!"
He grinned again, cocking his head slightly before lowering his voice, his baritone humming with suppressed excitement as he peered at his sisters belly.
"I hope it's a girl..."
After a moment he straightened, rolling his broad shoulders and shaking out his taught muscles. They gleamed and rippled, the light sliding off of them like oil in water as his expression sobered, his coins singing against dark skin.
"It's a good thing Raum is returning — you can accompany him home."
He would have words with his Wraith later, perhaps make him worry that his King Crow was after his head for sleeping with his fiery sister — but Reich had never been able to tell Rhoswen what to do, nor did he want to. If the Ghost was who she wanted, then it was the Ghost she would have. The real trouble would start if Raum even remotely disrespected his sun-soaked sister — there would be repercussions whether Rhoswen was happy about them or not.
Reichenbach didn't even consider that Rhoswen might want her child to be born in Day, where she felt more welcome, more at peace. Caligo was their Goddess and she would bless the child with shadows and stars, with a thunderous heart and night-kissed passion... and Rhoswen would be safer here, around her family.
They might have been a motley, rag-tag Crow family filled with treason, bruised fists and laughter — but they were hers, and his. He couldn't imagine why she would want to stay in that sun-savaged land filled with humourless warriors... but then again, he never had.
@Rhoswen <3 ILY and have missed you!
LIKE ICARUS LOVED THE SUN
His mind ticked over as quickly as his eyes checked all the signs, connecting dots that he had previously ignored, knowing whose child now grew within his sisters belly.
"Well brother, I think the protocol here is for you to say congratulations,"
His silver eyes flicked to hers and slowly, so slowly, he grinned. A slow smile that quickly turned exuberant, brightening his shadow flecked face and turning his charm radiant. Reichenbach felt a lightness within him as his sister approached, her expression oddly affectionate, her touch even more so. He didn't mention how rare it was, just returned the gesture with a pleased nuzzle of his own. Rhoswen, pregnant! The thought made him grin again, his gaze once more returning to the slight roundness of her belly before sliding back up to twinkle at her storm grey eyes.
He would have a niece or nephew — and not a child born of Solterran blood, either. It wouldn't have mattered to him if the father had been a desert-goer, he'd have loved the child either way... but it was a comforting thought to know Rhoswen had not abandoned them fully, that her heart still loved a Crow.
"How have you been?"
He brushed the question aside with a roguish smile, saying;
"Fine, fine — no need to ask about your brother when you've got someone more important to look out for!"
He grinned again, cocking his head slightly before lowering his voice, his baritone humming with suppressed excitement as he peered at his sisters belly.
"I hope it's a girl..."
After a moment he straightened, rolling his broad shoulders and shaking out his taught muscles. They gleamed and rippled, the light sliding off of them like oil in water as his expression sobered, his coins singing against dark skin.
"It's a good thing Raum is returning — you can accompany him home."
He would have words with his Wraith later, perhaps make him worry that his King Crow was after his head for sleeping with his fiery sister — but Reich had never been able to tell Rhoswen what to do, nor did he want to. If the Ghost was who she wanted, then it was the Ghost she would have. The real trouble would start if Raum even remotely disrespected his sun-soaked sister — there would be repercussions whether Rhoswen was happy about them or not.
Reichenbach didn't even consider that Rhoswen might want her child to be born in Day, where she felt more welcome, more at peace. Caligo was their Goddess and she would bless the child with shadows and stars, with a thunderous heart and night-kissed passion... and Rhoswen would be safer here, around her family.
They might have been a motley, rag-tag Crow family filled with treason, bruised fists and laughter — but they were hers, and his. He couldn't imagine why she would want to stay in that sun-savaged land filled with humourless warriors... but then again, he never had.
@Rhoswen <3 ILY and have missed you!
