least the near future.
“After the results are back, we’re going to head to Beyton so they can meet Mack. Then we’ll go to Ocean City to meet with…them. Gosh, that’s weird.”
“What is?” Bliss asked.
“In a few days I’m going to meet my birth parents. Aunts, uncles, cousins. I went from three people in my family to a whole group I’ve never met. It’s overwhelming.”
Fade pulled her a little closer, and she rested her cheek against his shoulder. Link looked at her with eyes that matched hers. “We know that the pack is your family, Savan — shit, sorry, I mean Whisper. You’ve been through quite a lot in the last few days. No one will expect anything of you but to meet you.”
Link looked at Fade, and the two nodded briefly.
“Oh, I’ll be there meeting my future in-laws. We’ll be sisters for real!”
“We were already sisters, this will just make it official,” Whisper said. Azrael set a plate in front of her that was piled high with food. “Good grief! I only have one stomach!”
Azrael grinned down at her. “Fade’ll eat whatever you don’t. He’s like a bottomless pit.”
“Yeah?” She peeked at her biggest mate.
His answer was a grin.
Whisper looked at the roast chicken, macaroni and cheese, and steamed vegetables. “You chose well; these are all my favorite things.”
Azrael looked like a peacock preening as he sat down next to her with his own plate, after giving one to Fade.
She’d noticed that they’d quickly fallen into roles with her. Nyte was the boss. The others deferred to him in all things, including when they went to dinner. Fade was the protector. He hadn’t left her side, even holding her hand in the lab while they took the blood sample. And Azrael was the caretaker, the one who made sure everyone was happy.
Bliss frowned. “You’re going to move to Kentucky, aren’t you.” It was a statement, not a question.
“I…” Whisper started, but stopped, unsure what to say.
Nyte said, “After Whisper meets with her biological family, we’re going to go to Dalton, where we’re from. Once the mating ceremony has taken place, then we’ll decide where we’ll live. It’ll be a joint decision from all of us. Regardless of where we live, though, you and Whisper can see each other whenever you like.”
Sadness settled over her quickly. Not seeing Bliss because she lived in a different state was not how she’d thought her life would pan out. But wasn’t Bliss going to live with her mates in Maryland? As if reading her mind, Bliss said that her mates had already said they would move to Beyton so she could stay with the pack if she wanted. But she hadn’t decided yet, and Whisper wondered if she was waiting for her to make a decision first. Kentucky was a ways away from New Jersey, that was for sure.
Shaking away the dark thoughts, she concentrated on the meal and dove into the conversation about the activities the following day. By the time Azrael and Rome cleared everyone’s plates, the groups had decided to meet up for breakfast and then sign up for the picnic-hike, in which each clan was given a picnic lunch and a map and allowed to hike as they pleased throughout the territory. She wasn’t much for hiking, but she did like the idea of spending a few hours with her biological brothers and her mates.
She called Kross and Kayne as she walked back to the clan’s cabin with them, feeling bad for not having seen them since breakfast. She was used to seeing them all the time, since they lived together. So much was going to change. Nyte said they wouldn’t make any decisions until they were fully mated, but as she’d come to understand, it was important for the clans to be in the baro . If she said she wanted to live in Beyton, she had a feeling that they’d take her there in heartbeat, but she wasn’t sure she wanted to wield that much power. She was one of four now. She
“After the results are back, we’re going to head to Beyton so they can meet Mack. Then we’ll go to Ocean City to meet with…them. Gosh, that’s weird.”
“What is?” Bliss asked.
“In a few days I’m going to meet my birth parents. Aunts, uncles, cousins. I went from three people in my family to a whole group I’ve never met. It’s overwhelming.”
Fade pulled her a little closer, and she rested her cheek against his shoulder. Link looked at her with eyes that matched hers. “We know that the pack is your family, Savan — shit, sorry, I mean Whisper. You’ve been through quite a lot in the last few days. No one will expect anything of you but to meet you.”
Link looked at Fade, and the two nodded briefly.
“Oh, I’ll be there meeting my future in-laws. We’ll be sisters for real!”
“We were already sisters, this will just make it official,” Whisper said. Azrael set a plate in front of her that was piled high with food. “Good grief! I only have one stomach!”
Azrael grinned down at her. “Fade’ll eat whatever you don’t. He’s like a bottomless pit.”
“Yeah?” She peeked at her biggest mate.
His answer was a grin.
Whisper looked at the roast chicken, macaroni and cheese, and steamed vegetables. “You chose well; these are all my favorite things.”
Azrael looked like a peacock preening as he sat down next to her with his own plate, after giving one to Fade.
She’d noticed that they’d quickly fallen into roles with her. Nyte was the boss. The others deferred to him in all things, including when they went to dinner. Fade was the protector. He hadn’t left her side, even holding her hand in the lab while they took the blood sample. And Azrael was the caretaker, the one who made sure everyone was happy.
Bliss frowned. “You’re going to move to Kentucky, aren’t you.” It was a statement, not a question.
“I…” Whisper started, but stopped, unsure what to say.
Nyte said, “After Whisper meets with her biological family, we’re going to go to Dalton, where we’re from. Once the mating ceremony has taken place, then we’ll decide where we’ll live. It’ll be a joint decision from all of us. Regardless of where we live, though, you and Whisper can see each other whenever you like.”
Sadness settled over her quickly. Not seeing Bliss because she lived in a different state was not how she’d thought her life would pan out. But wasn’t Bliss going to live with her mates in Maryland? As if reading her mind, Bliss said that her mates had already said they would move to Beyton so she could stay with the pack if she wanted. But she hadn’t decided yet, and Whisper wondered if she was waiting for her to make a decision first. Kentucky was a ways away from New Jersey, that was for sure.
Shaking away the dark thoughts, she concentrated on the meal and dove into the conversation about the activities the following day. By the time Azrael and Rome cleared everyone’s plates, the groups had decided to meet up for breakfast and then sign up for the picnic-hike, in which each clan was given a picnic lunch and a map and allowed to hike as they pleased throughout the territory. She wasn’t much for hiking, but she did like the idea of spending a few hours with her biological brothers and her mates.
She called Kross and Kayne as she walked back to the clan’s cabin with them, feeling bad for not having seen them since breakfast. She was used to seeing them all the time, since they lived together. So much was going to change. Nyte said they wouldn’t make any decisions until they were fully mated, but as she’d come to understand, it was important for the clans to be in the baro . If she said she wanted to live in Beyton, she had a feeling that they’d take her there in heartbeat, but she wasn’t sure she wanted to wield that much power. She was one of four now. She
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