Seth leaned forward resting his elbows on his thighs, looking from Lucas to their father. “Ever since I found out I had another family, all I’ve ever wanted was to be a part of it, but I never dreamed it would ever come true. I’ve had a good life with my mums, but I was an only child, and I used to be jealous of my mates who had brothers. And now that I do, I’m not walking away from you guys, not now or ever.”
Lucas stood and walked over to Seth who stood and instantly pulled him into a brotherly hug. Other arms wrapped around them and Lucas knew his brothers had joined in. They were a family, and that was all that mattered, they will deal with it. A throat cleared, and they all looked up to see their dad standing and looking at them.
“I know I’ve hurt you all and your mom, but I hope one day you guys can truly forgive me.”
His dad went to walk away, but Lucas grabbed him and pulled him into their hug. He felt his father relax, letting go some of the tension that he probably had been holding since the entire thing happened. They pulled apart, and Tyler and Christen hugged their father then Lucas. When it was Seth’s turn, they paused for a second.
“Welcome to the family, Son,” Asher said before hugging Seth for maybe what was the first time.
“Thanks, Dad,” Seth said holding onto Asher as if he was a lifeline.
Lucas almost cried at the touching scene but held back.Fucking hormones.
“Don’t go getting all mushy on me,” Tyler said beside him.
“Fuck you, asshole,” he said with no bite in his tone.
“Everything is going to be fine, isn’t it?” Christen asked.
“Yeah,” Tyler answered, and Lucas had to agree.
“Wait, so if we are like a wolf pack who’s the alpha? Mom or Dad?” Tyler asked.
“Mom,” they said together and chuckled at their silliness.
They were about to leave the visiting room and Lucas figured now would be the perfect time to talk to his brother about something that he’d been thinking. A decision he hadn’t discussed with Tucker yet. “Hey, I need to talk to you about something.”
“What?”
“How would you feel about me working from Providence and only coming into the office for important meetings?”
Tyler smirked. “I guess we are both thinking the same thing.”
“What do you mean?”
“Ethan’s been thinking of building another academy, and since everyone already lives here and the drive back and forth whenever we want to see Mom and Dad is too much. I can only imagine what you and Tucker go through every weekend. Plus, Dad’s setting up a new Seeker operation . . .”
“How long have you been thinking about this?”
“A couple of years,” Tyler said looking down at his feet.
“Have you guys found a place for the academy?”
“Yeah, and a house as well.”
He didn’t have to ask when his brother was going to tell him, he figured Tyler was simply waiting for the right time to bring the subject up to him. “So, I guess we need to work out a few things before we open up an office here in town.”
“Yeah,” he said and looked at the door. Lucas could tell he wanted to get back to his babies and husband.
“Go, we can deal with this some other time.” Tyler didn’t stick around, and a few minutes later Lucas walked out of the visiting room and bumped into Tucker who was speaking in a clipped hushed tone.
“I don’t give a fuck what you or your parents want, Diane, it’s my house.” He was silent for a few seconds listening to what Diane had to say. “Well, I guess I’ll see you in court.” Tucker closed his eyes and sighed, running a hand through his hair.
“Is everything all right?”
“Yeah,” his husband answered, opening his eyes and looking at him. Tucker cupped his cheek lifting his face by his chin. “How did it go in there?”
“It’s not perfect, but we’ll get through this.” He stifled a yawn just realizing how tired he was.
