Page 178 of His Forsaken Alpha

“Oh, that one,” Wynter cooed, pointing to one on the top of the page nearest him.“That’sthe one you blow up and put on the wall.”

Cav eyed it, grinning to himself. “You both look very much in love there.”

Avery grinned at the page. “Yeah. We do, don’t we? You just might be right, Wynter. That one’s definitely wall-worthy.” He smiled to himself, tracing a fingertip over Wilder’s cheek.

Cav’s heart swelled seeing Avery’s affection.

“Where are you two running off to on this trip?” Avery asked, his head moving from side to side as he peeked at them.

“First, we need to find Harris. I need to see what his plans are for the next few days.”

“I’m not sure where he is now but think he’s planning on shadowing Wilder at J&A a couple of days this week,” Avery said. “I know they discussed it last night.”

“Oh?” Wynter asked. “I thought they were waiting to see if there was space for him there first?”

“With the Green Trust contract, they need an influx of new employees—they’re sending a huge team of their best and brightest to work on the ARC,”Avery said.

“The ARC?” Cav asked.

“That’s what they’ve dubbed the infrastructure portion of the project. The outer walls go up first, and then electric, water, and sewage,” Avery replied.

“Wait,” Cav said, twisting in his seat and turning to face Avery. “Walls and infrastructure? What for?”

“The new megaprovince,” Avery said.

“Whatnew megaprovince?” Cav asked.

“It’s a brand-new, ecologically friendly province that will supposedly by more self-sustaining with less impact on the surrounding land. They’re going up. High up. Skyscrapers, but nothing like anyone has seen before. I saw the concept drawings for the first one that’ll house the city services, and it had rooftop gardens and green balconies. It was greenall over.It was really cool.”

“I’ve heard no news of this,” Cav murmured. “And I try to keep tabs on a lot of things. I’d think a new megaprovince being built would’ve hit my radar.” He considered that a moment. “It might make for an interesting story. I’ll have to ask Wilder to connect me with the Green Trust folks.”

Avery’s eyes widened. “I don’t know if I was supposed to share all of that. They never explicitly said it was hush-hush, but I don’t want to get Wilder in trouble with Sadler.”

“Sadler? SadlerMorgan?”Cav asked.

Avery nodded. “Yes. Do you know him?”

“Yeah,” Cav said, chuckling. “He’s my nephew. Well, nephew-in-law.”

“I didn’t know Sadler was mated,” Avery said, frowning.

“He was. My nephew passed about five years ago now.”

Both Wynter and Avery murmured their condolences.

Cav shrugged. “I appreciate it, but in all honesty, I’m not as close to my nephews as I should be. With all of the traveling I’ve done over the years, I’m rarely home. I slip in, toss some presentsaround, regale them with some stories, see how they’re doing, and disappear again. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen most of them. Last Yule, in fact. I think.”

“We never had the chance to really talk about your siblings.” Wynter eyed Cavanaugh. “You’ve met my brothers. Your turn next.”

“How many brothers do you have, Cav?”

“Four.”

Avery’s eyes widened. “My mate went from no uncles toeightin a matter of days.”

“Nine,”Wynter murmured. “Autumn passed but he was still Wilder’s uncle.”

“My apologies,” Avery said.

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