“Told them what?”
“I found my Fated Mate.”
Quin’s eyes grew round, staring in disbelief at Hunter. “Oh. My. Gods! I can’t believe it! Really? When? Where? Can I meet him?” Quin’s hands crossed over his heart. “Oh my, this is so romantic! Wait…why don’t you want the others to know?”
“Because I’d like to meet him first!”
“Meet him? You mean you don’t know who he is yet?”
“Of course I know who he is, but he isn’t here right now,” growled Hunter.
“Oh no! Don’t tell me he ran away? That’s what happened in a story I read. How are you going to get him back? You didn’t hurt him, did you? That’s what happened in the story…the Alpha was mean to his mate, so he ran away,” Quin said.
“Holy fuck, Quin! Do you think I would do that to my mate?”
“Well, no…not really…but you had to do something to make him run away. It happens more than you think with mates. It’s in all the books I read so it must be true. The Alpha is always doing something stupid and then the mate…”
Unable to hold it in any longer, Mason’s laughter filled the motorhome. Pointing a finger at Hunter, he choked out, “He’s got you there, Hunt.”
Batting at his brother’s finger, Hunter replied, “Quin, I didn’t do anything because I haven’t spoken to him yet. Jackson said my mate is visiting his hoard and will be back soon.”
“His hoard? What’s a wolf doing with a hoard?” asked Quin.
“I never said he was a wolf. Where did you get that idea from?”
“So what is he?”
“A dragon. The Fates gave me a dragon as my mate,” replied Hunter.
“And his wolf is going a little crazy because Fionn hasn’t come back yet,” Mason said, trying to be helpful.
“Fionn? He’s friends with Theo and Norm,” said Quin.
“You know something about my mate?” asked Hunter.
“Not a lot. Theo was going to introduce me to him and Kieran today. He said they were his family.”
Hunter exchanged glances with Mason and smiled, knowing they both had the same thought. “Hun, I think it would mean a lot to Theo if you came with us to breakfast. You can sit between Mase and myself, but trust me, no one will be mean to you.”
Quin’s eyes narrowed. He knew his brothers were up to something and now he was sure it had to do with Hunt’s mate. In spite of his brother’s claim of innocence, he was sure Hunt had done something to his mate, but just like in the romance novels he read, his brother was clueless about it and was asking Mason to help fix it. But, now,hehad the chance to find out what it was and fix it for his big brother and Theo could help him. Smiling, Quin replied, “I’m going…but you better be right Hunt, about our cousins not making fun of me.”
“Trust me, hun, no one will dare do it once they find out you have two bear shifters as friends,” Hunter said, finally feeling hopeful everything might turn out okay.
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“Squawk. Suck me. Suck me. Squawk.”
“Babe, I think Queenie is hungry,” Logan called to his mate in their bathroom.
Applying the last touches to his eyeliner, Kieran replied, “Macushla,his food is on the table next to his cage, although if I were him, I wouldn’t want to eat that stuff but the dude in the shop said it’s the best food made for parrots cause it’s all organic. Dakota said he’d help me figure out what to feed Queenie so he can have freshstuff. Huh, I wonder if I should let him out of his cage so he can go into the woods and find fresh food I mean that would really be the freshest food, right, and certainly the healthiest for him.” Taking one last look in the mirror, Kieran grinned, knowing it was going to be a wonderful day.
Sliding the cage door up, Logan warily set the dish of food inside before letting it fall as he quickly withdrew his hand. “Babe, I don’t think it’s a good idea to let Queenie loose.” Sitting back down, he picked up his tablet, checking his list of pending design jobs.
“Why not?” asked Kieran, swirling into the room.
Glancing up, Logan chuckled, wowed at what his mate was wearing. “Looking fabulous, babe.”
“I’m wearing this because Theo invited Quin to breakfast.”
