“I have it on camera!” Elijah shouts in pure triumph. “And sent to Sofia, Mack, Devon, and Felix.”
“I hate you!” Sebastian growls.
“You ridiculous children,” Lorelei grumbles. “It’s dawn. Go to bed.”
Katsu shakes his head and walks silently back to the house like it’s all just too much for him. Sebastian gets free of an embarrassed Fox, stomps over to me, throws me over his naked shoulder, and slaps my ass hard.
“Naughty omega.”
“Not my fault you can’t handle one teeny-tiny echidna. What would you do if it had been breeding season and there were five or six?”
“Cordelia,” my mum says and cups my face. “Come over for breakfast.”
I lift my head. “Breakfast?” That word, that invitation will always get my attention.
“Yes, we’re all up now,” Lorelei grumbles. “Franco, you have eggs, bacon, and all that. Milton, I need coffee, stat, chocolate, and juice,” she grumbles. “Someone go see if Grandma and Grandpa are up.”
“I’ve got pancakes,” Mum says.
“I’ll call Sofia, and the twins,” I throw out, happily dreaming about all the food I’m going to eat.
“Good girl. Oh, and Cordie?”
“Mm?”
“Get your alphas dressed, it’s too early to be seeing all these flapping penises’”
I snort out a laugh, get another slap, and am thus carried into the house, where I am spanked a few more times. That fun turns into running late and me apologising to our parents while they make jokes about our pack being hungry.
I don’t think Fox’s face stops flaming through that whole awkward conversation.
Two hours later, we’re all sitting at the table in the Sol’s backyard, fairy lights above us. Everyone is dressed; Fox is embarrassed, but the good-natured ribbing from the family has him relaxing. They’ve got the outdoor heaters on, which is keeping the chill at bay, and the table is packed with food and drinks.
“Hey, Sebastian, you’ll let us know if you get hungry in the future so we can give you the room, yeah?” Sofia says playfully and bats her eyes.
“Eat-”
“Uh, uh. Behave. You’re the one who said it.”
“I was hungry and raiding the kitchen,” he says stiffly. “He shouted, and I just leapt into action. I was a hero!”
Sofia and I look at each other, then burst into giggles.
“That’s not what we called it when I was growing up,” Milton whispers to Randall.
The pair of them laugh hysterically, while Grandpa shakes his head.
Grandma studies my alphas intently. “Sebastian, when am I going to meet your pack?” she says in a cutting voice.
I bite my lower lip and watch him squirm. Sebastian might be ready to go toe to toe with his parents, but his grandma is his weakness. He adores her.
Sebastian opens and closes his mouth. “Didn’t know you wanted to.”
Grandma snorts and narrows her eyes. “You used to be my smart grandchild. Has getting laid killed your brain cells?”
I cover my mouth, hiding my smile and the urge to agree with her.
“No, I just haven’t had a spare second. But I will bring them to meet you officially. Even though we are all here, and you could just say hello to them now.”
