“Is Aidas going back with you?” I asked after handing several flowers to Alastor.
Alastor held up a finger, and after a few beats, Kieren and Aidas stepped into the living room with Hee-haw a few steps behind them. I snickered when I saw our pet.
“Is my donkey wearing a tiara?” Teddy asked.
“Tori wanted to make us princesses, so we compromised,” Aidas said.
“Is that paint on his hooves?” Teddy’s eyes grew bigger.
“It’s washable,”Kieren answered.
When Teddy knelt, Hee-haw went to her. I kept my attention on the donkey to make sure he didn’t headbutt her stomach although he’d never butted anyone hard enough to cause harm.
“You poor baby,” she cooed at him. “What have they done to you?”
Hee-haw snorted before he trotted to the couch opposite of us and climbed on.
“I’m heading out,” Alastor said, peering back at the door. “Are either of you coming back with me?”
“Would it be okay if I stayed for dinner?” Aidas asked Teddy and me.
“Absolutely not,” I answered.
I hunched down when both Teddy and Brenton hit me.
“Vith.Okay, yes.” I laughed.
“Are you sure?” Aidas drew his brows together.
“Yes,” I said.
“He’s an idiot,” Teddy told him at the same time Brenton smacked the back of my head.
I rubbed where he hit me. “You know I’m a king, right?”
“Of idiots,” Teddy muttered.
She yelped when I grabbed her waist and tugged her to me.
“The fact you have to keep reminding us speaks a lot of your kingliness,” Brenton said.
Teddy wiggled out of my hold to push Alastor out the door. “If you don’t leave now, you’re never leaving.”
He gave her another quick hug before he bowed at the rest of us.
“I want details,” Teddy shouted from the door.
I heard Alastor laugh.
Before I could ask Teddy to sit, she plopped down on the couch, and just as Brenton was getting ready to sit, I escorted him to the kitchen.
“You’re making fries, remember?” I patted his shoulder.
“I need instructions,” he said.
Teddy peered back at him. “Wash the potatoes, cut the potatoes, fry the potatoes.”
“Thanks, sis.” His tone came out dry. “That’s really helpful.”
