Page 32 of The Arabis Triad

“You said that all boys on your planet are triplets?”

“Yes. Boys are born first, and then a girl in the second pregnancy,” Coltan said.

“Always?”

“Yes. It is the way it had always been,” Paxt said.

“Wow. That’s… amazing. I can’t imagine having a planet full of triplets and one sister,” she said.

“That is not the same for your planet?” Ashir asked.

“Some people have one child. Most have two, although some people have more. There have been families that have twenty children.” She had written an article about those families once. Her mind was blown at the organization required for such a big household. Really hard to imagine when she had no siblings.

She’d tried to picture herself being a sister in one such household, but her mind hadn’t stretched that much. It had pretty much stopped at the caring parents. Although there were lots of children, there was also lots of love. They lived in such harmony she’d been privately jealous.

“That sounds strange,” Ashir said.

She couldn’t help but huff out the semblance of a laugh. “Now you know how I feel.”

Paxt seared her with an unreadable expression. “Indeed, and now we are here.”

He brushed aside a prehistoric frond to reveal a postcard-worthy view. She stepped onto sand that was so soft she sank down into it.

Fine pale pink sand carpeted an area between the vivid green underbrush and a deep blue sparkling body of water. Overhead, a light blue sky shimmered with sparse fluffy clouds. She might have been fooled into thinking it was an untouched part of Earth, if it wasn’t for the two suns overhead.

She was speechless. The water looked so tempting. Her skin was coated in a sheen of perspiration from the humidity, making the water even more enticing. She’d taken a steps toward it before she’d even realized and then wondered why she was alone.

She turned around to see Paxt, Coltan, and Ashir stripping out of their clothes. There was a whole hunk of male flesh and muscle on display and she didn’t quite know what to do with it.

“What are you doing?” Her voice was no more than a high-pitched squeak.

Ashir threw his pants to the ground. He stood before her, unembarrassed by his body, his thick cock at full-mast and pressing heavily against his belly. “I’m going for a swim. Are you coming in?”

“I don’t… you don’t… have any swimwear,” she gasped.

Coltan shucked his pants to next to Ashir’s. “Swimwear? You wear clothing when you swim?”

“Well, of course. Doesn’t everyone?”

“It is much nicer to swim without the hindrance of clothing.” Paxt ambled past her.

She was helpless but to stare at his mouth-watering rear end as he walked without hesitation into the water.

Her mouth went suddenly dry.

“We’ll be waiting for you when you’re ready, little mate.” Ashir winked at her, then stalked into the water, disappearing beneath the depths in a splashy dive.

“Show off,” she muttered to herself.

“Take your time. But not too long.” Coltan joined his brothers, diving beneath the surface only to re-emerge some distance away.

She glanced at the piles of discarded clothing, wondering what the hell she should do. The suns beat a near oppressive heat on her shoulders, and the water looked cool and refreshing. Already the three of them were swimming and taking no notice of her.

She slipped her feet from the boots. The sand burned against her soles.

“Ah! Hot. Hot. Hot!” She threw the boots to the side and ran to the water until it reached up her calves. The cool water swished over her feet, soothing them.

“Are you coming in?” Paxt called. He stood waist deep in the water, his skin shining.

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