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Raven
Luka’s momwas terrifying if only in the way she carried herself. Like Luka, she was tall and lean with a graceful build. Her fair hair and soft features made her look like a goddess carved from marble.
Now I knew where Luka got his good looks.
Her blonde hair was pinned up in a neat twist on the back of her head and she looked perfectly put together in a black dress with her pointed stilettos. She was a knockout and she was quite possibly now my style icon. I wished I could pull off her look.
I smirked, knowing if I tried to wear those shoes, I’d be flat on my face before we even reached the table.
Luka pulled out the chair for his mom and I quickly settled in one chair away, making it so Luka would need to be next to her. I knew this dinner was supposed to be for me to get to know her but there was no way I was sitting next to her.
“I’ll save our seats if you two want to go get food,” I suggested.
“Nonsense,” Ms. Drake said. “Luka will wait. Ladies first, isn’t that right, son?”
“Always,” he said, flashing a wide grin.
“Alright,” I pushed back my chair, “let’s grab some dinner.”
My stomach grumbled as I walked toward the buffet. I’d been so distracted during tea with Ms. Obscura that I hardly ate anything. Now that there was food in sight, I was starving.
“Tell me, Raven,” Ms. Drake said, passing me a plate. “How long have you and my son been fucking?”
Well, we were starting the TMI conversation early tonight. It seemed to be an ongoing trend with my mate’s parents. “Well, we have been friends since my first day here and we got closer during that time.”
She scooped mashed potatoes on her plate. “Save me the Puritanical human views on sex.”
She passed me the spoon. “You’ve been fucking for, what a couple of months now?”
“I guess so,” I said, adding mashed potatoes to my plate. “I didn’t write down the exact date.”
“Thank gods for that,” she said. “I was worried you’d be a clingy one. Especially since you two seem to have formed a mating bond.”
My face heated and I knew I’d gone crimson.Shit. That was the one thing Ihadtalked about with Luka. He didn’t want his mom knowing about our bond.
“Don’t worry, I won’t tell him that I know,” she said. “But his magic flared as soon as he saw you and he gave the whole thing away. You, on the other hand, kept your control. There might be hope for you. That and the whole fae thing.”
“Word travels fast,” I mumbled.
She filled up her plate with more food and stopped at the end of the line. “Word?”
“About the time magic and all of that,” I said, figuring she’d heard it all.
“Oh no, I wasn’t talking about that. I was taking about your father.”
My eyes widened as I stared at her in surprise.Did she just say what I thought she said?
She grabbed a roll of silverware and walked back toward the table.
Coming to my senses, I grabbed my own silverware and hustled back to the table. This time, I took the spot next to her rather than sitting by Luka.
“Did you just saymy father?” I asked.
“What’s going on here?” Luka asked.
His mother turned to him. “Your turn to get your food, dear.”
