“You can,” Jack said, taking the individual sized bottle of juice out of the fridge and opening it before handing it to him. “That can stain, now. Be careful.”
“Yes, sir.” He walked over to the table and managed to get himself into one of the chairs without spilling his juice. He sat there, sipping his juice and smiling at everybody around the table.
“My momma said you’re the Reigna,” he said, looking at Bonnie.
“I am,” Bonnie said, grinning as she fell a little in love with this precocious little boy.
He looked at Izzie and Bella. “Are they like, junior Reignas?” he asked.
“Ohhh! I’m a junior Reigna!” Izzie announced.
“You can’t be Reigna if you’re Alpha. Reigna means you help run things because you’re married to the Alpha,” Jack said.
Izzie looked at her mother, then at Jack, then her mother again. “But you’re as strong as the Alpha,” Izzie said.
“I am.”
“So, if you needed to, you could run everything,” Izzie said.
“I could,” Bonnie said.
“But you don’t, because you have to share with the Alpha,” Izzie surmised.
“Exactly,” Bonnie said.
Izzie looked at Griff. “I am not a junior Reigna. I am a future Alpha. I will be doing it alone when it’s my turn.”
“What’s your name, future Alpha?” Griff asked.
“Izzie. And this is my sister, Bella. Don’t hit her or I hit you.”
Bella nodded to confirm what her sister had just said.
Griff nodded and took another sip of his juice. Then he focused on Jack. “So, who are you?”
Jack smiled just coldly enough. “I’m Alpha Jack Laighin, and this is my Reigna, Bonnie, and our daughters. Welcome to our Pride.”
At once Griff dropped his curious eyes from Jack’s, to the table top. “Thank you, Alpha, sir.”
“You’re welcome. And you don’t have to call me Alpha all the time. Mr. Jack is just fine.”
Griff grinned and looked up at Jack quickly as he started swinging his feet, before he looked away again. “Okay, Mr. Jack.”
“Griff, baby, what are you doing?” a very pretty, yet tired looking female asked from her pallet on the floor of the formal living room.
“I’m meeting the Alpha and Reigna, and Izzie and Bella. Izzie is a future Alpha. If you don’t hit Bella, Izzie won’t hit you,” Griffin said.
The woman sighed and pushed the blanket she was covered with off her legs as she got up and walked over to the kitchen table. “I’m sorry,” she said, trying her best to smile at everyone seated there. “Griffin, go back and lie down, baby.”
“I’m finishing my juice, Mom.”
“It’s fine. We’re enjoying him,” Bonnie said.
“Are you sure? He can be a bit much,” she said.
“We have one of those,” Jack said. “We like them that way.”
The woman smiled. “Still, you should go watch television and allow them to have their breakfast in peace. This is their private home, baby.”
