Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
Cam shrugs. “Not gonna lie, that’s also an adjustment. I mean, I’ve never seen dad with anyone, but to see him with the Luna is strange for me. Are you guys okay with that? I mean, it’s been what, three months since your dad passed. That’s not a lot of time to grieve, if she even has. We’ve all been kind of busy.”
Oliver plays with a strand of my hair.
“I actually think that might be l.n helping her, especially now. They were always close, like you and Tiny, there’s always been a tight connection, She’s a Luna, even if a former one, and she’s worried about the pack and now all of us. We finally have our mate, the person who is going to have our pups and that is something she has looked forward to for a very long time. Now that we know what we do about Dad and Adrielle and all of that stuff, I wonder if they were worried about us even surviving this long in life. But that is a conversation for another day. It has been a long one and I worked over our little mate here. She needs her rest.”
“We’ll just have to wait and see which triplet she likes the best when we’ve all had our time alone. She can’t base her decision on you alone when there are two others to choose from. Dakota climbs in and leans over his brother making a show of kissing me deeply and I jus smile into it. He winks at me and pulls
I away. “I have a whole day with you.”
I ignore them. “What’s tomorrow?”
“We are training. You want to see what we can do and Jena, Lil and Sierra are the best people to spar with since they know your moves the best. We have been informed that they have given us enough time with you and we need to share.”
“Wait! Why haven’t they said anything to me about that?”
“They know you and know that you will put them first even with the new mate bond in place, so they have been talking to us through their own mates. Don’t ask, I stopped trying to figure gut girls’ thought processes a long time ago. Bottom line they miss you and I’m sure part of that was being stuck in the tornado. It was more than enough away time for them, but for us it was hours.”
Cam caresses my face.
“Are you both not going to be there?” I look from Oliver to Cam.
We will, but Gentry and Elena want to work with us on our magic, so we will be around but with other focuses. With the Rogue King right around the corner and Adrielle doing who knows what, we all need to be prepared, but to be honest I’m not interested in being too far from you either. The thought used to make me sick when we were just friends and I thought I was going to be your Gamma. The idea that there’s a threat and you are going to be on the other side of the training arena makes my skin crawl. The only thing that is keeping my wolf calm about it is the fact that Dakota will be with you.”
I lean in and give him a kiss, then turn to Cam to do the same. He tries to heat it up to rile up Dakota and Oliver, but Oliver snatches me back against his chest. I fell asleep almost instantly.
I wake up early again. It’s nice to have some kind of return to a schedule. I have been so off for so long. THis little calm before the storm of the day is nice. I find myself back in the reading area, Ava was right, this is my favorite place, I am sitting with the dark green leather Grimiore again. I haven’t seen mine, which I plan on asking about when we see Gentry and Elena today. Maybe they have it to add to it.
This time when I open the pages, my fingers feel cold. I’ve never had that with the grimoires before. Everyone I have ever handled has felt warm to the touch, like it was inviting me to read. This one almost seems like it’s warning me off, but there is a different page marked and I can’t get past my curiosity. This one has swirls of black ink that are sharp and pointy like thorns. The paper also has an acrid smell like when plastic is burned and the smell lingers in the air, stuck to everything. I can’t decipher the words. THis is a language that Elena never went over when we studied back at the palace. I’ll have to ask her about it today.
“Hey Baby.”
Oliver kisses the back of my head. “Good morning, Love.”
Cam kisses the same spot. “Hello Sweetness. You ready for a nice looooong day with me?” Dakota scoops me up off my chair as carries me into the kitchen.
“I want to go on record saying that whatever you got up to with Cam yesterday was hot and I did have to spend an unusual amount of time in the shower, and I would like to return the favor.”
He kisses the side of my head again.
“Hey! Can you wait on the favor return until after I am done working with Gentry and Elena? I think one day of embarrassment with them is enough, don’t you?” Oliver points a spatula at him. “Wait, what happened?” I hope I didn’t get him in trouble.
“Let’s just say that not only does your personal firepit go off when you are messing around with us, but the mates you are not actively having s*x with can and will org*sm like it’s the fast climax they will ever have no matter who is standing around.”
“NO!!” My hands are on my cheeks trying to hide the embarrassment.
“It was probably the best I have ever had by myself and I didn’t even need my own hand.”
He walks over to me and wraps me in a hug while looking at Dakota who shrugs his shoulders shamelessly. “But I was hard all day and came more than once. One even dropped me to my knees. I couldn’t move for about five minutes and all those two witches did was laugh at me, they tried to hide it at least, but not well. So I would appreciate some sympathy today.”
I move the green grimoire to the counter and turn to give him a hug. “I am sorry that happened. I will try to be more aware of where everyone is.”
“Don’t, we don’t want to interrupt your time with any of us. It can be so chaotic and there are three of us. You do whatever you want with us, we won’t complain, I promise.”
He kisses me on the forehead and pulls me in for another hug. “What’s this Bitty?” He reaches for the book.
“It’s a grimoire, I think. It’s not mine and I don’t know of anyone else who has one. It was on the bookshelves. I thought maybe it was given to Lucas. It feels cold and angry when I open it, like the book doesn’t want me to read it. I was going to ask Gentry and Elena about it today.”
“If it isn’t friendly, let’s not open it any more and get down to them sooner rather than later.”
Cam jumps up to help cook, ending that conversation abruptly. He’s been the most wary of the magic since he found out about the deal his parents made.
Dakota and I get out plates and make coffee. It feels so domestic and foreign and yet familiar all at the same time. I lean back against the low cabinets separating the kitchen from my sitting room and watch them like I used to watch all the guys from the patio when they would clean up after big dinners by the pool.
“What has that smile on your face?” Dakota walks over and grabs my hand to bring me back to the island.
“Just a little deja vu, watching you guys in the kitchen together.”
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