Page 36 of These Little Heirs
I blinked. That would actually be nice. Not that I’d have asked for it. I didn’t really need it. I was more than ----
“Just say yes,”my cat yawned, stretching out inside his inner sanctum.
“That would be great,” I managed a smile.
“Okay,” Indigo said, pulling out my chair and taking over bringing the rest of the stuff to the table. “They’re giving me dirty looks because I told them not to come here and take over and now I’m taking over. Teal’s one of us, of course, but we ---” He stopped as if the next words were life and death. “After everything that happened, we aren’t sure how much a part of us you want to be.”
“I’m probably not going to plop on top of you like Odie but I’m not going anywhere,” I said, hoping the words sounded playful. “And as long as you don’t break him, I don’t care who sits on Teal.”
“We know cats aren’t---” Ambry started but Odie flashed him a dirty look.
“Lions live in pards,” Odie announced.
“And tigers live mostly on their own,” Ambry countered.
“And Ciro lives with me,” Teal announced, walking into the kitchen wrapped in a towel with Cobalt on his heels. “You alright?”
“I’m okay. Unsure of what to say,” I admitted. “But that’s my usual MO.”
“He doesn’t know how to relax in a group,” Teal announced. “So, just pretend he is relaxed until he gets it.” He kissed me on top of the head before sitting down next to me. “I’m too hungry to argue about the ins and outs. He’s here. He’s one of us. He doesn’t want to have sex with any of you. Does that cover everything?”
“I wouldn’t have been so blunt, but I think so,” I said, relieved that Teal got it.
“Uhh…. We’re not trying to seduce you. We’re trying to be your friends,” Odie said.
“I know but ---” I didn’t even know what my but was anymore.
“You’ll get used to it,” Teal said. “I mean, if you want to. I’ll make them give you space if you need it.”
“Dude, we’re right here,” Cobalt chuckled.
“I know that,” Teal rolled his eyes. “I’m not blind.”
“I don’t need space,” I said and meant it. “I---” I wasn’t about to admit I was worried they wouldn’t like me. That had been the story of my life until I became a guard.
“Am on edge because you had to tackle a dragon after he tried to blow you up?” Odie asked. “That part we get.”
“And then they let the dragon out of jail,” Ambry said, making a sour face.
“Torvan will be fine,” Teal sighed.
“Let’s just eat,” Cobalt said. “Everyone will be nicer with a full stomach.”
After our meal of which Teal and I ate the most of because the others had already eaten at Cade and Eston’s house, we talked about Torvan, seed bombing, and of course Moonscale Meals. As soon as we felt up to it, Teal and I would go over so that he could talk to Clarence and see the forms in person. Cobalt would go with us if Odie wasn’t too close to having his baby and Indigo would go with us if he was. I offered to stay and let them both go but they weren’t leaving their mates without one of them around and Teal had to go since he was the guest of honor.
Once business was handled, the conversation turned to whether or not we’d move to Heartville. I hadn’t seen much of the town since being cooped up with a rutting alpha didn’t leave me much time to explore but leaving behind a studio apartment wasn’t that big of a gut punch. I’d figure out work later becauseClarence and Medwin Moonscale would surely give me some grace since part of the next generation of Moonscale would grow inside my body. So when it came time to vote, I voted for the move along with everyone else.
“Then whoever comes with me will have to help us pack everything up,” Teal said, leaning back in his chair.
“Dad will help too,” Ambry added in.
“I’m sure lots of people will want to help but outside of family I don’t think we should let them,” Cobalt said. “And I mean direct family.”
“You mean not Morvan,” Teal said, his jaw twitching from tension.
“Well, yeah,” Cobalt nodded. “He’s your friend. He’s been good with the warehouse stuff, but we don’t really know where he stands now. Torvan is his brother, and I think that means more to him than you think. The guy didn’t wash his Frost-damned balls for a week, Teal. That’s not something you do just out of family honor.”
“In this family we wash our balls, Frost-damn it!” Indigo said, trying and failing to break the tension between his brothers.
