I grinned. “Good karma I guess.”
Before he could respond his cell phone rang. Kailooked at the caller ID. “My father.” He groaned.
“Hello, Papa.” Kai was very formal with hisfather. I also noticed that he didn’t tone down his dominance with his fatherlike he did with me. He didn’t treat his father as an equal. His father pushedand he pushed back.
“I will keep them safe, you know that,” hesaid through gritted teeth.
His father said something else and Kai’snostrils flared. “Fine.” He hung up.
I looked at him with raised eyebrows.
“My mother and Diya will be flying out hereto meet Trent. My father will be sending my eldest brother, Jai, along forprotection because apparently my pack isn’t big enough to protect anyone.” Hegroaned.
My mouth hung open. “So I’m going to meetyour family?”
“Yes, they will be here tomorrow,” he statedcalmly like it wasn’t a big deal.
“Tomorrow!” I sat up. “I need to unpack myroom. It’s a mess.”
Kai laughed. “It’s fine. No one will go inthere. You sleep in my room anyway. They can stay in one of the other fourbedrooms.”
I started walking to my room. “If you thinkI’m staying in your room with your mother here, you are crazy. Help me unpack,”I added.
He groaned getting up. “Aurora, we’re mates.They expect some hanky panky to be going on.”
I grinned at the words ‘hanky panky’ but thenlet my face grow serious. “No, you only get to make a first impression once. Helpme unpack and move all of my stuff out of your room.”
He frowned but followed me into my room.
After unpacking, I spent the night snuggledwith Kai in his bed but swore I wouldn’t do so with his family here. The nextmorning we were making breakfast when Emma knocked at the door.
“Hey.” I answered the door and saw an ornategold-lined paper in her hand.
“Special delivery,” Emma said and came insidehanding the paper to Kai.
He glanced at the paper and nodded.
“So?” I offered.
“It’s from Shamus. Sadie has set a date forher mating ceremony. Our pack is invited but we don’t have to go.” He wastrying not to show any emotion, but I gathered that wouldn’t be the greatestpolitical decision.
“Don’t both packs usually go to a matingceremony when two wolves from separate packs marry?” I queried.
“They do,” Kai said after a long pause.
“But it’s understandable if they don’t attendwhen the old pack’s Alpha dated the bride for six years and has a new mate,”Emma threw out there.
“Six years!” I shouted louder than Iintended.
“Emma.” Kai growled. Emma looked down at herfeet mumbling an apology.
“Jesus,” I continued, “that’s a minimarriage.”
“Six years to a werewolf isn’t a long time,” Kaioffered.
“Which reminds me,” I pointed my finger at Kai,“how old are you? How does this aging thing work in the werewolf world?” A six-yearrelationship was a big deal. No wonder Sadie left the pack. Her wolf had foundher mate but did her human side still love Kai? I brushed off the thought.
Kai grinned, seeming to enjoy the change intopic. “I’m quite old in werewolf standards, over two hundred years old. Mymother, father, and I are some of the oldest werewolves around today. We havesurvived because my father quickly became Alpha after his change and built astrong pack in Delhi. Then my mother was able to bear children. Having thirteenprotective children in a large pack will keep you from getting killed in afight.”
