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Maddox glanced at Master Travis who nodded and then turned his attention back to Brynn. “Yes but let her smell your hand first.”
Reaching up, she held her fingers up to the horse’s nose and giggled when its whiskers tickled the back of her hand. Soon, all of the women were crowded around Starling’s stall, talking to the horse who seemed to be soaking up all of the attention she could get.
Wren handed out carrots and each Little got to feed hers to a horse, each giggling as the horses plucked the offered goodies from a small hand without nipping at a single finger.
“Can we ride the horses?” Kylie asked.
“It’s up to your Daddies. We have plenty of horses that would be safe for you to ride,” Master Travis answered.
Ash tugged on Kylie’s ponytail. “Not tonight, though. We’ll see about scheduling a time to go on a ride. We need to let Master Travis and Wren go home so they can have dinner, and we need to get you girls fed too.”
Kylie’s shoulders dropped as she glared at Ash. “But I wanna ride the horses nowwww.”
Looking around the stables, Ash walked over to an area that had a bunch of tack hanging and took one of the riding crops off the hook. “It seems to me that you want me to reheat your bottom, little girl.”
As quickly as she had started glaring, her expression changed to completely innocent as she shook her head. “No, thank you. I’ll be good, Daddy.”
Master Travis chuckled. “It’s always handy having those things around. Wren has learned a lesson or two from one of those.”
Brynn watched as Wren’s creamy, freckled cheeks turned pink. It wasn’t as though Brynn wasn’t used to Maddox and his brothers Daddying all the women at family gatherings, but it still felt weird that it was talked about so openly at the Ranch. She guessed that was one of the reasons why people loved coming to Rawhide so much. They could be one hundred percent their true selves, and no one would judge anyone for it.
Her Daddy shook Master Travis’s hand again. “Thank you for the tour. We’ll get a hold of you tomorrow to schedule a time for a ride.”
Master Travis nodded. “Sure thing. I’m sure Wren will be looking forward to hanging out with your girls.”
Brynn nodded and smiled at Wren, who was still blushing slightly as she clung to her Daddy’s side.
Maddox reached down and picked Brynn up, settling her on his hip as they exited the stables. “Time for food, baby.”
“Can I have dino nuggies?”
He chuckled and kissed her cheek. “Of course you may.”
She melted into him, as she always did when he held her. “Yay!”
Chapter Four
Hawk and Ellie
Hawk
“You better eatyour green beans unless you want me to order some pureed and feed them to you myself.”
Ellie shuddered as she looked up at him, her blue eyes open wide. He could tell she was trying to figure out if he would actually do that, but she should already know he absolutely would if she decided not to eat her vegetables. She’d already had dino nuggets, fries, and a chocolate protein milkshake on top of that, so skipping the veggies was not an option.
Slowly, Ellie picked up the thick-handled fork that was provided to all the Littles who ate at the restaurants on the Ranch and speared one of her green beans, popping it into her mouth.
He nodded and smiled and then looked around at his entire family enjoying their dinner. The women were all submerged in Little space, and the men were being the doting Daddies that they were. It was perfect, and he couldn’t imagine a better life. It just wasn’t possible.
“So, are you girls going to go to the Littles’ wing and help with the parade decorations tomorrow?” Angel asked.
Nora smiled shyly. She was still struggling with her shyness, especially when they were all together as a family. Angel and Ellie were the only two people she felt completely safe with at the moment. It would take time, and they would all be patient with her until she learned she could trust the rest of them as much as she could trust Angel.
“I want to go help. I love crafts!” Claire said.
Several heads bobbed up and down excitedly.
Just then, Master Derek and Sadie appeared, hand in hand. Master Derek smiled at Claire. “Then you’ll be a great addition to the float team. How about if I send Sadie to take the girls to the Littles’ wing tomorrow morning around nine? If you guys are interested, there’s a class for caretakers tomorrow on making your own implements.”
