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I turn away from him and look back at Alex, who is fighting a smile.
“What do you need from your house?” Alex asks. I note the word house instead of home but don’t bother fighting him on it.
Alex seems to be the peacekeeper of the four of them, so I doubt he’ll want to engage.
“You needed that box of Ryan’s stuff, right?” I ask, and he nods. “Well, I was going to get that and organise more of mine and Phoebe’s clothes so that we’ve got enough without needing to do laundry every two days. You guys didn’t get much when you grabbed them last night.”
“Alex will go with you,” Christopher says.
“I’ve got a meeting at ten,” Alex says, checking his watch. “But I’ll be done by half past, if that works for you, Maia?”
I nod slowly. “Sure. I’ve got some appointments with the health visitor?—”
“With the what?” Alex asks. My attention is caught by Seb who flips a pancake very high in the air. Ben claps his hands when it lands, but Seb gives him a dirty look.
“Not my breakfast, I know,” Ben mutters under his breath. I can see the pout on his lips, but Seb doesn’t care.
“The health visitor,” I say, turning back to Alex. The wolf patiently waited and gives me a small smile. “She’s a nurse who comes out to check in on Phoebe’s development. I don’t want to try and explain why I’ve moved my infant daughter in with a bunch of men we’ve never mentioned before now, so we’ll need to be home for those visits.”
He nods. “Fair enough. Get those dates to me, and we’ll make sure someone is there for you when they happen.”
I clench my jaw. “Alone.”
“Not happening,” Christopher says.
“I’m not talking to you,” I snap, turning to glare at the rude as fuck wolf in the corner.
He pauses his typing, and he slowly raises his head, those hazel eyes of his firmly trained on me. I can feel a crackling in the air as his lips straighten. “That’s not how this works in my house, little girl.” My fury intensifies the energy in the air, and I take a step towards him. “I am the eldest. I make the decisions, and my brothers will support them. You will follow them.”
“And if I deign to not bow down to the mighty first born?”
Ben snorts, and Seb’s shoulders tense as he starts to plate up my food. Alex watches his brother, a pensive look on his face, as he waits to see how this is going to play out.
“Everything I do is to keep my brothers safe,” Christopher says. “That now includes you and Phoebe. Do not waste time arguing with me, princess. You don’t understand this world, and you don’t understand the ramifications behind decisions I will make. Trust me when I say I will keep you safe, but I cannot do that if you fight me.”
“I never asked for this,” I whisper, taking a step backwards as I look down at my little girl.
“We know,” Alex says gently. “I know we’ve not yet proved our worth as mates, but we will?—”
“We are,” Ben adds, surprisingly sombre. I give him a weak smile.
“In the meantime, we know it’s hard to place your trust in us,” Alex continues. “But some of it is imperative. Moving you here keeps our wolves calm, and it also strengthens the tie we share with Phoebe, so should their?—”
“A supernatural tie?”
“Come sit,” Alex says, closing his iPad. “We’ll answer your questions whilst you eat.”
“I’m not that hungry,” I murmur, eyeing the food Seb made me with wistful glances. My stomach is empty, but it’s in knots, and I know it’ll only be worse if I do try to eat.
“You are breastfeeding our… you are breastfeeding a child, Maia,” Alex says sternly. “You must eat and drink.”
“If you don’t, your supply will fall, and our tiny princess will starve,” Ben says, giving me a pleading look as his eyes water. “Please, eat so that Phoebe doesn’t die.”
Dramatic, much?
Seb growls, storming over to me, and I flinch. I wrap my arms around Phoebe in the sling, just in case, as the angry werewolf charges over to the table. His eyes widen before they flash green, and he lifts me into his arms.
He sits down, keeps a tight hold of me, although he does adjust me in his lap, and yanks the plate towards us. I watch in slight awe as he angrily cuts up a bit of pancake and then brings it to my mouth. I gape at him, and I honestly can’t tell who is in charge of his body.
