“A sleepover?” I was missing something and it wasn’t the shower blow job that I’d missed out on after work. “Okay, that sounds good but what else is going along with this?”
Whatever it was, it was really funny.
It took Emeric a solid thirty seconds to stop laughing and Braun even longer to finish clearing his throat. He was managing not to giggle but he had the sense of humor of a teenager sometimes. His overly serious expression as he finally managed to get the frog out of his throat that had taken up residence wasn’t believable in any way. “I thought we’d go on a walk?”
A walk?
This was either the weirdest laid-out plan ever or I was going to end up walking into some kind of surprise party.
Did werewolves do that?
Was that why he’d ushered me into the shower earlier?
I’d been hoping it was a signal for fun, but Emeric needing help with history had derailed that plan.
I was going to need another shower later if I got sweaty because the fun I thought we were going to have later required cleanliness.
Were we just going to walk Emeric over and then come back?
I couldn’t get too sweaty doing that, right?
“That sounds fun.” Giving Braun a quick kiss and trying not to look confused or suspicious, I glanced between them. “Are you ready to go?”
No.
We had shoes to find that had somehow wandered off and a duffel bag to find so Emeric could bring over clothes and a book he might want to read later.
Not our book…that was just for the family…his words, not mine.
“Now are we ready to go?” It was still early evening but it was late enough that if we didn’t get moving it’d be late before they finished the movie.
“Ready.” Emeric was nearly bouncing with excitement, making me wonder what Sylvia had bribed him with.
“Ready.” Braun had clearly been bribed too, but I was just going to have to wait to figure out what he was up to.
“Great.” The walk over to Sylvia’s was suspiciously uneventful considering Emeric was barely containing his laughter and his excitement. I was fairly certain I was supposed to ignore it, though, so I just gave him a hug as he ran into the house.
“Have fun, Uncle Dorian.”
For whatever reason, that made Braun sigh.
They were terrible at keeping secrets…but I was fairly certain I’d appreciate that as we got older.
“He’s been good for her.” Braun kissed my head as he pulled me closer. “When Dad died, she took it hard. Wolves have long healthy lives but even magic can’t stop car accidents. Emeric’s made her lighter again.”
“He seems to do that with everyone he meets…do you think it’s an Alpha thing? Were you like that as a kid?” We’d been so focused on helping Emeric and merging our lives, some of those kinds of details had been pushed to the back of my mind. “I can see you being a handful.”
His smirk said I was right.
“No, Wölfchen, I was sweet and shy and unassuming.” He needed to work on his delivery if he wanted that to be believable. “I just came out of my shell as an adult.”
After learning about fighting and magic and all the things Alphas were supposed to know.
All the things Emeric would need to know.
No…I wasn’t going to think about that.
“I think you left your shell very far behind.” My dry delivery earned me a teasing spank that had me trying not to moan. “Not that kind of behind.”
