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“You okay?” he asked, after what seemed like too long. He was worried about his sister-in-law. It hadn’t been an easy year for her. Hell, it hadn’t been an easy four years for her. It was still beyond him how she’d been able to keep a child a secret for so long. If he had a daughter, he’d be shouting about her from the rooftops.
“Sorry, just thinking. You’re right, I should call Mia.”
“Or Fiona’s father,” he suggested, hoping she’d at least drop a hint as to who the man was. They were all curious. Bex laughed.
“I wouldn’t tell you that, even if I could. I’d end up with my father and two brother-in-laws hunting the poor man down.”
“Hardly a poor man. He abandoned you and Fi.”
“He doesn’t know about Fi, Reese.”
He found her choice of words interesting. It was almost like she did know who the girl’s father was. There was definitely a certainty to what she was saying.
“Can you ask...” Penny whispered, trailing off. Reese nodded once. It may be an odd question to ask, but if it put his mate at ease, then it was definitely worth it.
“Is there any chance her father is a necromancer?” he asked, anxiously waiting for Bex’s response.
“What?”
“A necromancer. You know, purple magic, raising the dead and generally being a bit sinister?”
“I know what a necromancer is, I just don’t know why you’d even think that.” She sounded a little defensive, but he put it down to him prying into her personal life.
“Just something that crossed my mind,” he said with a shrug, and heard Penny’s accompanying disappointed sigh.
“No, he was a shifter.”
“Thank you for telling me, Bex,” he said down the line. He was truly grateful that he’d told her, and not just because he’d felt Penny relaxing against him. But also, because it meant that, when the time came, he could help his niece with the shifting side of things. That reassured him a lot.
“No problem, but please, keep it between us. I’m not sure why you want to know, but there’ll be a good reason.”
“I can’t hide things from my mate,” he replied, carefully omitting reference to Penny. That was Faye’s place to tell her family. Or maybe both of their places.
> “Nor would I expect you to. But my parents, and Mia? Please don’t tell them. I’m not ready for the questions yet.”
“You got it, Bex. Secret is safe with me,” he reassured her.
“Thank you.” A shout came in the background, and he smiled knowing Fiona was up and about. He couldn’t wait to have a family. It was something he hadn’t let himself think about other than in the darkness of night. And then it’d just made him down. But now, it might actually be a possibility. “I need to go,” Bex added.
“I guessed. I’ll let you know how we get on.”
“Thanks,” she replied. “See you soon, Reese.”
“See you soon,” he replied.
The dial tone sounded, and he pulled the phone away from his ear, twisting his head around so he was facing Penny. He kissed her softly.
“Morning,” he said.
“Morning,” she replied. “So that was Bex?”
He nodded.
“Bex called?” a sleepy voice asked from the bed, and the two of them turned to see Faye lazily rubbing her eyes.
“Yes.”
“And?” Faye asked, looking a little more awake by the second.
