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“We have been here for quite some time,” Magnus said, grinning at me. He then looked across the table at Sai. “Perhaps we should bring our negotiations to an end for the day. We can consult with our own councilors tonight and perhaps bring more formal, written presentations to the table tomorrow.”
Sai hesitated slightly before smiling and saying, “Yes, that sounds good.”
I couldn’t tell if he actually liked the idea or not. Either way, he was taking his cues from Magnus and learning how to lead as he went.
“I have my kitchens hard at work, preparing supper,” Sai went on. “It will not be as formal or well-attended as breakfast was this morning, but you are welcome to join me.”
“I’ve got a fine supper waiting for me in our camp,” Jorgen said, slapping the arms of his chair and then pushing himself to stand. He glanced to Hati. “And we have a couple of eager little pups who don’t like to be ignored for long.”
Hati chuckled and winked at Jorgen. “The lads are insatiable.”
I had to look at Peter to see what he thought of the comment. Unsurprisingly, Peter glared at Jorgen.
I was sitting close enough to Peter and Magnus to overhear Magnus when he leaned closer to Peter to murmur, “Feeling a little jealous? Last time you saw Jorgen, you were ready to serve him your ass on a silver platter.”
Peter jerked to glare at Magnus…which meant he turned away from me, so I couldn’t see his full expression.
I sighed for my friend. Peter wasn’t having a very good meeting so far. I hoped we could change that for him tonight at our Sons meeting. Maybe he just needed a good fuck. I was always willing to give him that.
I immediately felt a bit sheepish at that thought. I didn’t know what Olympus would think of me fucking around with the Sons. I mean, he knew that’s what we did when we got together.
Not that I was sure we would tonight. Jace was incredibly protective of Gennadi these days, and I doubted either of them would want to participate. And Sebald has his pup now. That didn’t mean he wouldn’t want to fuck around, but it might. And Peter and Neil were relatively exclusive these days, or so I thought. That just left me.
I sighed heavily as everyone stood from the table. Olympus noticed my sigh.
“What’s that for?” he asked with a laugh. “Did you have other plans for supper?”
“Huh?” I blinked at him.
“Weren’t you paying attention?” he asked, still laughing. “Magnus asked that supper be brought around to our cottages rather than attending this feast Sai has prepared. He claims he’s exhausted and wants to spend time with Peter and Neil, but I think we all know what’s actually going to happen.” He said the last bit while leaning close and whispering in my ear. Also while grabbing a handful of my ass and squeezing.
When he leaned back, I grinned, pretending he was just randy. His body said one thing, but I knew the look in his eyes. There would be another meeting tonight.
We all headed out of the council room. Magnus moved to speak to Sai, who was already speaking with Jace—and Sai looked deeply disappointed at whatever the two of them were saying. Jace was probably refusing to eat with his family and trying to figure out how to make an excuse without giving away that the Sons would be meeting later. Hadrian was loitering near them, as if listening in. Jorgen and Hati were by the door, and it looked like Jorgen was goading Peter. At least Neil was there to stop any murders.
So much was going on without it looking like anything was going on.
I turned to Olympus and made a show of sighing again. “I was hoping to fuck around with my friends tonight, but I’m not certain that’s going to happen.”
Olympus made a sound of mock sympathy, and as Jorgen and Hati stopped bothering Peter—who stomped over to Magnus, who had moved away from Sai—and moved into the hall, we followed them.
“Didn’t I wear your ass out enough this morning?” Olympus asked, teasing me.
Of course, Jorgen and Hati overheard the teasing comment and immediately took it the wrong way.
“Pups are so demanding, aren’t they,” Jorgen laughed. “Something Magnus’s Peter just doesn’t understand.”
“They want a heavy hand,” Hati agreed. “They crave steady guidance and frequent gratification. Why would any wolf kingdom go about abolishing pupdom when it’s the only thing that keeps young men like that from turning themselves into whores?”
They were joking—at least, I was pretty sure they were joking—and I wasn’t entirely opposed to it. I mean, they also had a point. Who knows what sort of trouble I would have gotten into without Radulph keeping me under his thumb as a pup? I’d been well on my way to being a whore before ending up in the forest.
“I think Peter’s issue is the lack of choice and free will,” I said as the four of us headed along the hallway to the palace doors. “None of us, our group of friends, entered pupdom willingly.”
“That’s no reason to deny other men their fun,” Jorgen said with a shrug. “Our Kliment and Nikandr practically begged us to be pups, and they thank us on a daily basis, in every way you can imagine, for their positions.”
“They might agree,” I said, “but I’m certain Gennadi wouldn’t. Not after the way Yuri treated him.”
Hati grinned at Olympus. “Your pup is mouthy. I hope he puts that mouth to good use in other ways.”
