Chapter 44 Calyx

Dinner had been nice. It was nice to have a family dinner. Hose was content to sit in Ama’sp to eat her dinner. Once done, the had moved myp, Rose talked mainly to herself and anyone who would listen,

Papa, she called me papa. I was over the moon, I would not admit it out loud, but it had hurt that Rose was already calling Mark, dad. I was expecting it to take a little longer for her to warm up to me. I thought for bsure /bshe would take a few days after the disaster of an ice cream date we had today.

I knew I came bacross /bas cald and indifferent to a lot of people. But my process still loved me and started to call me papa

Goddess, I was wrapped baround /bher finger, and she didn’t even know it.

“Whipped,” Zvaid snickered to me.“/

“Like you weren’t wagging your tail like a puppy when she called us papa,‘ I bscoffed /bat him.

‘bBeren /bis a white wolf,‘ bZviad /bsaid, changing topics. Big tough wolf did not want to btalk /babout appearing weak. I knew he loved Rose and would do anything for her.

‘Does that mean what I think it does?‘ bI /bbask /bhim. I was okay with the topic change for now. White wolves were said to bhold /bpower and able bto /bdirectlymunicate with the Moon Goddess.

‘It would exin why a witch coven was hunting her,” Zviad mumbled.

“But Beren hadn’t even shown up yet. Ama was by herself when Mathew had her locked up, I tell him,

‘I don’t know,” he growled in frustration.

This whole situation was getting more and moreplicated as time went on. The more facts we found out, the more things didn’t make bsense/b. It bwas /blike we were taking one step bforward /bband /bbthree /bsteps back.

“What are we going to do?” I demand. We bhad /ba mate to protect and no clear idea from who.

‘I don’t know, but whoever is hunting her, will not get her he growled to me.

I growled in agreement.

“You bokay/b?” bMark /basked me, interrupting Zviad and I’s conversation

“Fine,” I say, trying not growl.

“Dudeb, /bbyou’ve /bbeen out of it for a little while,” Mark tells me with ba /bpointed look. “Ama took Rose to her room. You didn’t even notice Ama btake /bBose bfrom /bbyou/b.”

I look down and notice my pup is gone. How out of it were we? I sigh in defeat.

b“/bYou want to talk about it?b” /bbMark /basks bmy/bb. /b

I raise an eyebrow at him. We did not do heart to heart conversations very often. We usually relied on our bond as twins to understand bwhat /bthe other was feeling and know bwhat /bthey needed.

“Not yet,” I tell him after 1 sigh.

“Okay, I’m here when you’re ready,” he tells me. “Well as you sit here and brood, I’m going to go spy on bour /bmate as she cuddles

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and tends to Rosebud.” He lets and a cackle before he takes off towards Rose’s bedroom.

I growl at him as I stand quickly and move to follow.

“You better be bringing me your dishes young bman/b,” Uncle Michael neders me from the kitchen.

I pause and look down at the table. My te was the only dish still sitting on the table. I can hear James snickering from the kitchen. I assume that he bhad /bgrabbed a beer from my uncles fridge and is pestering them now. I sigh. I grab my te and take it to the kitchen. I hand it to Uncle Michael as he is rinsing the dishes and Uncle William loading the dishwasher. It was very domestic and I hoped that one day I would have this level of domestication.

“bThank /byou

for dinner,” I tell him.

“bThank /bbyou/b,” Uncle Michael says to me as he btakes /bthe te from me. He then turns and blooks /bat James, “When bare /byou getting bout /bof my house?”

“I’m wounded, don’t you like bmy /bpany?” James bughs/b.

“Not went

you drink my specialty beer that my mate got me for my birthday,” he growls.

“My bad,” [banses /bughs as he makes for the bdoor/b.

“Better run, brat,”

Uncle bMichael /bhuffs with a smile.

1ugh to bmyself /bbas /bI enter Rose’s room. Ama is on Rose’s left and bMark /bis on her right. They look like the perfect family. My heart hurts at the sight.

“Papab, /byou read!” Rose lights up as she sees me, bShe /bholds out a book to me.

I smile to her. I ignore Mark’s dramatic gasp as I sit on the end of the bed. “Once upon a time,” I start bas /bbI /bread the book.

Rose is cuddled contentedly between Ama and bMark/b. When I look over the story book, I see her trying to fight boff /bsleep. I smirk into the book bas /bI keep reading.

b“/bShe’s asleepb,/b” Ama whispers bas /bI get about halfway through the story.

“Well don’t stop now. I want to know how it ends,” Mark smirks at me.

I go to whack him with the book when Ama shoots us both a re. I get up and put the book on the shelf. bMark /band Ama get off the bed. Ama kisses Rose on the forehead. The three bof /bus leave the room and Mark pulls the door shut.

b“/bSo…” Mark smirks at Ama.

“I’m going to bed, band /bI bwant /btime by myself,” the sighs. Ama starts to use her crutches to make her way to her room.

I was curious how she knew which room bwas /bhers. But she was able to make it to her room.

I you

need

us, you know where to find us!” I tell her. I kiss Ama’s forehead and bwalk /baway. If I didn’t, I would do something we were not ready for yet.

“Spoil sport,” Mark hisses bat /bme. He then kisses Ama’s cheek. “If you need anythingb, /bcall.”

Ama smiles and nods her head. She bgoes /binto her room and shuts the door.

“Dude.” bMark /bhisses to me and ps my shoulder.

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“She’s not ready and we’re not pushing anything.” I re at him.

“Never said that we would push,” he pouts.

“You’ll live. But she has toe to us when she’s resily,

him and go to our room.

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