“There they are!” Lazarus yelled and proceeded pick them up and drop them over his back and onto one another, where they started fighting again.
“I will come out there and spank each one of you! Get yourselves under control. We are not at home anymore!” Candy shouted at them as they took off at a run the moment their feet hit the grass.
Remi looked at Roman with his eyebrows raised.
Roman started laughing. “She means the kids, not us. She’s their mom.”
“Poor lady,” Lucas said.
“Hey! I resent that,” Scotty said.
“They listen to her better than you,” Riley said.
“They’re just being boys,” Scotty said.
“Let me ask you something,” Riley said, “honestly, aren’t you glad she’s a little scary so she can be the bad guy with them?”
Scotty looked around to make sure Candy had gone inside with Laz and Amanda. “Oh, yeah. I much prefer being the fun parent. But they get in line when I let them know I’ve been pushed too far, too.”
“I know, we’re just ragging on you,” Riley said. He pointed to Remi. “Scotty, this is Remi. Remi, this is Scotty. Scotty is Travis’s brother, and a Pride member. His wife is Candy. She’s human and was adopted by Lazarus.”
Scotty smiled at Remi and shook his hand. “Hey, Remi. Welcome. Glad you’ve joined us.”
“Thank you, Scotty.”
“They are Dillon, Easton, and Evan. Dillon’s the oldest, Evan is the youngest. And while they’re wild I’ll admit, they are good kids and just love rough and tumble.”
“I’m pleased to meet all of you.”
“That woman that was just yelling at them, Candy, is my wife and mate. I gladly let her wear the pants in the family. I just run with the kids and when she says stop, I stop, too,” Scotty said with a good natured grin.
Scotty was a very nice, down to Earth male, and Remi liked him right away.
“You brought them all, didn’t you?” a deep voice said as its owner made his way down the steps.
“Travis! Glad to see you made it,” Riley said.
“Yes, I brought them all. They’re your nephews, you’re supposed to love them,” Scotty said indignantly.
Travis chuckled. “Good. I’ll need somebody to wrestle with later. They like to triple team me.” He looked over toward Remi and extended his hand. “Hi, I’m Travis. You must be Remi.”
“I am. I’ve heard a lot about you. Thank you for your service,” Remi said.
“It was an honor to serve,” Travis said.
“Honey?” Libby called from the back door. “Do you want a drink?”
“No, thank you. I’ll just grab something out here,” Travis said. Then he pointed at Remi. “This is Remi,” he said.
Libby smiled and waved to Remi. “Hi, Remi. I’m Libby.”
“Hey, Libby. It’s good to meet you,” Remi said.
“We’ll get a chance to chat later,” Libby said.
“Looking forward to it,” Remi said.
“I’m gonna take these ribs in and let ‘em rest,” Riley said, using a huge barbecue fork to remove them from the grill and put them in one of the over sized roasters. Almost as soon as Riley headed inside, a group of young men came out with Cristie on their heels.
