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She’d expected Duke to speak to her privately about Rafe and Rhaider, and for Titus to talk to the guys about whether they had the house band gig or not.
“Yep,” Titus said. “I unlocked the security door so you can come right up.”
“Should we stay down here? Rebel asked.
“Yeah, I’ll call you up when the conversation switches to business,” Titus said.
“Good luck,” Maverick said.
Rafe and Rhaider took her hands as they walked to the security door.
“There are offices up there?” Rafe asked.
“They both have offices on the second floor and there are apartments as well. Duke used to live here until he mated Ree and they moved into the alpha house after they took over the pride. Now it’s just Titus, and they use the apartment for visitors and pride members who need someplace for a night or two.”
“Cool,” Rhaider said.
She wasn’t so sure she’d ever like living at the bar, but it seemed to suit Titus just fine.
Rhaider grabbed the security door and held it for her, and she led them up the stairs to the second floor. Duke’s office was open, and they walked inside, finding Duke and Ree on the couch and Titus on a nearby chair. There were three empty chairs by him.
“Welcome,” Duke said, rising to his feet. “I’m Duke Fairborn, and this is my mate, Ree. We’re the alphas of the pride.”
Rafe and Rhaider introduced themselves and shook hands with the alphas, and Ree gave Demi a hug.
When they were all seated again, Duke said, “So after you called me this morning to tell me you’d met your heart-matches, I told Titus we needed to chat with all three of you. First, though, have you told your parents?”
Demi shook her head. “Not yet. I plan to call them after this, and see if they’re up to a visit.”
“How do you think they’ll be?” Ree asked.
“I honestly don’t know. They said they’d support me in whoever I chose to mate, but this isn’t a normal situation by any stretch.”
Rafe gave her hand a squeeze.
Duke cleared his throat. “You look nervous.”
Demi chewed on her bottom lip for a moment, then said, “This is unusual. I’m nervous about how everyone will react to our trio when it’s so atypical. I wondered if you might want to exile me because of it.”
He shook his head. “I’m not in the habit of telling pride members what to do with their love lives. Yes, it’s unusual, but until I mated Ree, it was unheard of for an alpha to have a human mate.” He shrugged. “Plus, I’m pretty sure Ree wouldn’t let me exile you anyway.”
Ree grinned. “You know it.”
Demi let out a relieved breath. “Thanks for being so understanding.”
“You bet. Now that we’re done with the relationship stuff, let’s get your band mates up here,” Duke said.
Titus left the apartment and returned a few moments later with Rebel and Maverick, who took their seats.
“Ree and I watched the live stream of your sets last night. You did well and the crowd enjoyed themselves. How did you like it?” Duke asked.
“It was great,” Rhaider said. “Good crowd and everything went smoothly. Everyone we met was friendly.”
Titus smiled. “Our people are generally friendly. I’m glad that came across. I chatted up the crowd after your last set and no one had anything bad to say. The last band that played here were people from our own pride, but there were some issues with them and they’ve since left the pride.”
Demi barely held back a snort. Issues? The previous band had gone after Barron because he’d mated a human female and they didn’t believe in mixing shifters and humans. Some lions were assholes and only thought lions should mate with lions. She didn’t care what anyone else did in their houses—she just wanted the ability to make her own romantic choices.
Like she’d done last night when she’d taken Rafe and Rhaider home.
