He wondered if any of it was still the same as what he’d used when they were kids. He didn’t know the names but he would know the scents instantly. His fingers itched to pop a little bottle open and sniff.
He was about to do that when a knock echoed through the house.
Chapter 10
Teddy
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Teddy distantly heard Trace’s heavy steps heading down the stairs to get it, relieving Teddy’s sense of duty.
He smiled at Wren and gestured to the towels. “You can take whatever you like.”
“Is that a swan?”
Teddy’s cheeks burned. “Sometimes I get bored on laundry duty.”
He definitely didn’t have an obsession with birds or anything.
Another set of knocks made Teddy frown, glancing over his shoulder. “Give me a sec.”
He padded over to his doorway, edging out into the hall and looking down over the banister at where Trace had stopped. “Trace, what—”
The words evaporated from his mouth when he caught sight of the familiar shadow through the frosted glass that Trace had yet to let in.
He stepped back on instinct, all the way to his bedroom door to close and lock it.
“Teddy?” Wren asked, tensing up as if tasting the fear in the air. “What’s wrong? Who’s knocking?”
“Kellan.”
“He’s still around you?” Wren gasped.
Teddy took Wren by the shoulders. “Wren, there isn’t time to explain. He can’t know. Last time he found us together you know what happened.”
“I’m here officially. What can he say about that?”
“He won’t care.”
Wren pursed his lips. “I’ll go out the way I came in.”
“What—”
Wren broke from his grip and let out a quick whistle, summoning Sable and Blu as he approached the window and threw it open.
Teddy followed. “It’s a steep drop.”
Wren raised a brow and smirked. “For me or you?”
Steps began to thunder up the stairs, Saint crying out loudly and dramatically. “Oh no, I tripped! What a tragedy. Give me TEN SECONDS to get up.”
Wren rolled his eyes, sending Sable out, then Blu, before climbing over himself. Teddy wanted to rush to the window, but in the next second there was pounding on his door.
Teddy walked back over, sweat already beading down his back as he unlocked and opened it, coming face-to-face with Kellan.
“Slept in?” he asked casually.
“It was a long night.”
