She’s wearing gold and looks incredible, but I can see she is really happy for us, and that makes it all a little easier to breathe.
“I heard you matched us,” Mack says.
She sniffs. “I did not. The stones got mixed up. I had Sofia paired up with the Harris Pack.”
“Harris?”
“The grumpy alpha that was paired with Asher. At the last minute, I’d changed my mind and switched the stones. But something rather magical happened, and they got switched back by some miracle.” She looks at me.
I grin back at her. “It was fortuitous.”
“Oh, really?” Sofia gapes at her mother. “Why?”
Mum smiled. “I thought this might be too painful. I’m not sure what happened, but I’m glad it did. Fate or destiny.”
“Sully,” Devon, Mack, and I say at the same time.
“Huh, maybe there is something to him being a Pack Maker after all. Anyway, eat, drink, have fun. When you are ready, you can go, but make sure you are back here for the street party.”
“What street party?” Sophia hisses at us, but Lorelei just kisses her cheek.
“The one we organised tonight. So, be here.”
Sofia groans.
When Lorelei leaves, I grab a plate, carve off a bit with a fork, and hold it out to her. You’d think I'd just offered her the moon. She leans forward and takes the offering.
“Wow, that’s good.”
“I made it. I made most of the cakes, I didn’t know they were for today or here.”
Sophia’s eyes get big. “Oh, I didn’t realise.”
“Realise?” I ask sharply.
“I have a baker. You’re going to make all my dessert dreams come true.”
Devon dissolves into chuckles, while I just smile at her, utterly charmed.
“I will do that happily.”
“Oh, no, I’m not sharing this,” Mack says and grabs his plate of cake and turns away from us. He moans and leans back.
“Nope, if something makes you sound like that, I want to try it,” Sofia says and grabs for his fork.
Danger whines.
“Sorry, little D, you can’t have any cake. But I did bring you a treat. Roast chicken, made by yours truly when I couldn’t sleep last night,” Devon says and starts feeding the pup.
I clear my throat and pull out a box. “I have something for you.”
Sofia stills, looking at the box, her eyes getting huge.
She reaches out and takes it. “Eli, you shouldn’t have.”
“Of course, I should have. But there are two parts. One part is from me, and the other from Mack.”
She opens it.
