Page 4 of The Vampire and the Barista

“Well, let me start with the introduction,” Seth replied. “Dave, here is David’s mate. This is AJ, Hunter’s father. Hunter is a tattooist and is mated to Gavin. Hunter’s best friend and fellow tattooist, Taha, is mated to Owen. Mathis is mated to Gabriel Augusta, head of the Southern Witches. Raz is mated to Thiago, a Demon. Cairo has found his mate with Troy Nettles. AJ is a builder who is helping fix the wall,” Seth told a still stunned Royston. “This is Gio and my adopted son, Jack and Spencer has been adopted by the King and Queen. Bruno is Dave’s dog, and the puppy, Diablo, is Thomaz’s dog.”

“Not the mercenary, Troy Nettles?” he groaned.

Most of the table laughed.

“Yep, that one,” Ivan replied.

“I don’t know if I should go away more often or not,” Royston commented. “Thomaz, I’m stealing Diablo,” Royston said, putting the puppy on his lap, while stroking Bruno. “Wait, Thomaz, you’re scared of dogs.”

Thomaz laughed. “I was until I met Bruno, but he’s too loveable for me to be scared of, and so I decided Bruno needed a cousin, so Diablo joined the family.”

“Hold on, Seth, you and Gio adopted Jack?”

Seth laughed and nodded. “We did, I’ll give you the full version of everything after lunch.”

“Okay, but how did the garden get destroyed? Do you have any idea how long it took me to design and create that garden?”

“Oh, of course we do. We helped you when you asked,” Seth said, shaking his head. “We were attacked by some super witches, a battle ensured and the garden got trashed. Well, not all of it, but the main bit anyway.”

“Well, more than that,” Ivan added. “Don’t forget the soldiers camping out there as well.”

Royston shook his head. “I really should have checked my messages.”

“You should,” Seth agreed. “But eat your lunch, then we can go and have the catch-up. We’re slammed with work.”

“Okay,” Royston said, as dishes were passed to him.