CHAPTERTWENTY-FIVE
I walked down the hallway to the intimate conference room in Finn’s home where everyone was. But I stopped short to tie the pants Finn had gifted me. They continued to untie no matter how tight I made it.
It was like the pants knew Finn would take them off me later and were giving him a preemptive helping hand.
“Can we please stay on track?” Poppy’s voice filtered loudly through the air, her irritation and frustration apparent.
“No!” Mr. King practically roared. “Hestillhasn’t handed over that fucker to me.”
“And I’m not going to,” Theron stated patiently.
“He lied to me about Poppy!” Mr. King growled. “Jonathan deserves a burial with the fishes.”
“He’s my man. You don’t get to touch him.”
“The hell I don’t!”
“If Finn had lied to me about my own mate like that, would you hand him over?” Theron snickered as the silence drew out. “I didn’t think so.”
“Big man, just let it go,” Poppy grumbled.
Mr. King snarled, “I don’t want to let—”
I knocked on the door. Hard.
Then I peeked inside, as the beautiful silence extended in the room, cutting off the arguing as I had hoped. My gaze zeroed in on the hottest man in the room, his white hair and blue eyes breathtaking with the glass windows displaying the trees and lake behind him. I explained my interruption, “The delivery person’s here. I’d pay, but my bracelet isn’t powered up yet.”
Theron jumped out of his chair, ready to leave the room for a few minutes. “I’ll go with you to pay.”
The Ancient wasn’t exactly who I wanted with me, but he would have to do. “Thank you. I appreciate that.”
At least, I didn’t about fall to a knee this time.
I tried not to eye his apparel too much. He had changed from his workout clothes from this morning to an outfit reminiscent of a stuffed teddy bear. There was even a hood with a cute bear face on top of it. But I had to know why he was wearing it.
I questioned, "Theron, are you going to a children’s party after this?”
“Something like that. I offered to read to the children at New City Library. Had I known that bastard was going to attack today, I wouldn’t have offered. I’m not in a wonderful frame of mind to be what’s needed for children right now.”
This was the most civil I had ever seen him.
Perhaps he was wrong and the battle had centered him. He was almost normal right now, no mood swapping occurring.
I asked to be considerate, “Would you like me to go instead for you? I adore children.”
Finn shouted from far, far into the house. “That’s not happening, Mina!”
Theron’s head cocked, as if he were listening to something, then he spoke in a normal tone. “It’s no problem, Finn. I understand.”
I blinked. “He said something I couldn’t hear, didn’t he?”
“Yes. Where’s the pizza from? I always eat Kreeger’s Pizza. It’s wonderful.”
My shoulders sagged. “I bought it from the closest place to here, so you guys could get it sooner. It’s not Kreeger’s Pizza.”
“At my age, trying new things is a miracle.”
I perked up. “I hope you enjoy it then.”
