My father nods. “I always wanted to set up an office in Australia. We’ll come visit.”
“Yes, Father.” I say it with affection. I think we all knew it was coming. My mothers don’t like being apart from us for long.
“Good. See you soon, my sons.”
“Bye, Pops, love you!”
“Love you, too, boys.”
The call ends, and I lean back, looking up and the fast-roiling clouds that are boiling across the sky.
Everything about today feels ominous.
“When is Light Knot Night?” I ask, knowing Fox would remember.
“Tomorrow night.”
I grumble under my breath, while he pulls me up to my feet and stands on his tiptoes to press a kiss to my lips.
“Thank you, Katsu, for everything.”
I stroke his cheek. “Anything for you, my alpha.”
We make our way to the café, but slowly. I pass him the book, and he opens it and starts reading quotes from it.
“Listen to this. ‘I love you, my alpha.’ Didn’t you just say that?”
I turn a disgruntled look on my bonded. “I was far more eloquent and passionate.”
Fox laughs and bounces towards me to show me the next paragraph. I make a promise to throttle this damn author when I meet them.
Main Street is quiet today, but there are a few people around. I place a hand on Fox’s lower back and guide him to the café.
A couple of female omegas and betas walk past us, but I don’t pay them any attention.
“Hey, Cordie.”
One of them stops, her shoulders stiffen, and she fairly crackles with electric irritation.
“What do you want, Sol?”
“I love the way you say my last name with so much blind hatred.”
“Only when it’s attached to your first name. I have no quarrel with other Sols.”
“Hey, hey, don’t shoot the messenger.”
The guy is tall, with a mop of brown hair and a smile that is pure trouble. I can’t see the girl’s face, just that she’s got straight black hair and looks tiny beside him. But she is sure holding her own.
A part of me demands I go and interfere, break it up and send the alpha on his way with a blistering set down, but I’m trying to keep a low profile.
“Coming, Kat?”
I snarl playfully at him, dismissing the two from my mind, and follow my alpha into the café.
Food is a better use of my time, and Fox does look so pretty when he’s eating.
Chapter 3
