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Anna grins and claps her hands. “Great! Everyone settle in. I’m not much of a cook so it’ll be an easy meal of tacos.”
Anna starts pulling ingredients out of the fridge assuming everyone is going to listen to her. She’s right. Blaze, Aksel, and Griffyn settle in at the island while Felix and I stand by Anna. Felix grabs the pack of meat and moves to the stove.
Maybe I should have kept my mouth shut and not offered to help. I don’t know how to cook anything and now I’m standing here like an idiot.
Of course, Anna notices and takes pity on me.
“Help me chop up these vegetables?”
I nod. My eyes are glued to what she’s doing with her knife.
“I’m not sure what to do,” I admit quietly.
I know everyone else can hear me.
Anna’s eyes soften and she gives me a small smile. It’s not a look of pity but understanding.
“I’ll teach you, although it’s not like I’m a master.”
Anna walks me through the steps and I follow them as best as I can. My smile is huge and my spine is straight when I finish chopping my peppers. I feel accomplished as hell.
The meat starts to smell delicious as Felix cooks it and I want to learn that next.
Anna sees the direction of my stare and nudges me before tilting her head in that direction.
I slowly move over to Felix’s spot at the stove. I feel most comfortable with Felix. He was kind to me even before the spell on me was removed.
Plus, he’s already mated to Anna and knows how to make her happy most of all. Right now, that seems to be working with me.
He moves over immediately and hands me the spatula. “It’s not hard, you just want to keep the meat moving so it doesn’t burn. Wait until it’s a brown color. I was just about to do spices.”
I watch as he picks up a few different ones and lets me smell them before adding them in. Spices are nothing like they were when I was young but these still smell delicious.
“How do you know what to add?” I ask.
Felix smiles. “I only know because my mom is a superb cook and I copy what she taught me.”
Anna sighs dreamily. “Lottie’s food was delicious.”
Felix’s smile grows.
Jealousy builds in my stomach. Felix has a wonderful family that he gets to share with Anna and my brother is trying to kill her.
“You’ll have to bring the rest of us to meet her and be fed,” Griffyn says.
His voice brings me out of my pity party.
“Yeah, my mom would love that.”
Griffyn and Blaze grab plates and carry them to the table. Anna’s smile is huge as we all sit down and fill our plates, making the awkwardness worth it.
I don’t feel like I belong at this table with a group of guys who have known each other for so long but as long as Anna wants me here, I’ll be here.
I dig into my food. It’s delicious and even better since I had a hand in making it.
“Did you guys do this on missions?” Anna asks.
The other guys share a glance.
