Page 75 of Edge of Darkness

“What about dessert?” Connie asked.

“Those fudge brownies Stella does with vanilla ice cream. Ask if she’d be willing to do those.”

“Damn, that sounds good. I’m assuming Kit is going to be there?”

“Yes. He’s as invested as the rest of us. Plus, he and Austin are friends. I’d like for Kit to see that a human can be involved with a paranormal and be happy.”

“Good idea.”

“I’ll remind Kage to remind Austin not to bring up Kit being our mate,” Hudson said. “But I’m hoping Austin and Kit have an opportunity to talk privately. I’ll mention that to Kage too.”

“Well,wewon’t be talking to Kage about how to date a human if Kit is there.”

“We’ll pick another time. Also? Remind me to bring up speaking to Axel with Kage. Axel is the only one who’s really spent any amount of time around Nox.”

“Well, yeah, because Nox was forcibly taking Axel’s blood so he could mimic him while Axel was a prisoner,” Connie pointed out. “That’s not going to be a memory that’s easily revisited.”

“I know, and I hate to bring up that time, but maybe Nox let something slip that didn’t make any sense at the time but does now, since we know there are two of them. Something,” Hudson said desperately.

“Do you want me to write up the information we have and send it to our hacker?”

“No, I’ll do that. You take care of the things I mentioned. Also, would you please call Kit and inform him of what’s going on?”

Connie wasn’t expecting that request. “Me?”

“Yes. Kit has had the opportunity to speak to me a couple times already. He hasn’t with you, so I want you two to have a chance to spend some time together.”

“Thank you. I appreciate that. But to be clear, do you want me to tell him about Nox being a twin or just ask him to dinner?”

“Nox being a twin is something Kit should be told in person, I think. He probably won’t react well, and I want us to be there to help.”

“Good. I feel the same. So, ask him to dinner only, right?”

“Yes. Tell him Austin will be there too.” Hudson rested his hand on Connie’s knee. “Ask Kit how he likes his steak and what he wants on his potato too. We need to get to know him and give him the chance to know us.”

Leaning over, Connie pressed a quick kiss to Hudson’s lips. “I will. If I’m not back for lunch, don’t forget to eat.”

“I’ll probably work through lunch so I can be done by the time Kage and Austin arrive tonight.”

“Okay then, I’ll ask Stella to send somebody to your office with food. That way I know for sure you’ll eat.”

Hudson slipped his hand behind Connie’s neck, keeping Connie from leaning back. “Cocky.”

“You know it. Also? You need to inform your inner circle about Lennox,” Connie reminded Hudson. “Please do that now, so Torres is up to date when I speak to him. Now let me go, Your Majesty, so I can carry out your orders.”

Hudson growled softly and stole another kiss.

Reluctantly Connie slipped off the desk when Hudson finally did let him go.

HE MET with Stella first because the kitchen would be responsible for cooking two separate meals for dinner, and he wanted to give her plenty notice.

Since he and Hudson could eat as much as two grown men, there would be plenty of appetizers to tide them over until the main meal. Stella also agreed to do the brownie thing Hudson mentioned.

After he was done with that, he hunted down Torres. Hopefully Hudson had sent the email to his inner circle like Connie requested, so he wouldn’t have to explain everything to Torres.

Torres scowled fiercely as he questioned Connie about the email Hudson sent.

“A twin,” Torres said, pacing in his office. “A fucking twin.”

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