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Aly takes the seat next to her and her mates swarm to that side of the table.
I’m shocked when Anna’s mates leave the seat next to her open for me.
“This looks impressive, Rion. I thought you said you couldn’t cook. Were you hustling me?” Anna asks.
“Hustling?” I ask.
I’m not sure what that word means.
Griffyn laughs. “You pretend you don’t know how to do something when you really can, to trick someone.”
My eyes widen. “Oh. No, I didn’t do that.”
Anna laughs while she grabs my arm and pulls me to the seat next to her. “I know. I meant that this was impressive.”
My shoulders straighten. “Then, go ahead and eat.”
As everyone digs in, I sit on the edge of my seat with nerves. I’m eager to hear what they think, especially Anna.
Maybe cooking for basically strangers was too much this early.
Anna’s eyes widen and sparkle before she turns to me. “It’s the best pork I’ve ever tasted Rion!”
Fuck this feels extraordinary. The other guys and Aly all complement the food as well.
When I take my first bite, I know I did a good job.
I’m already planning the next dish in my head.
“So you’re learning to cook? I enjoy it myself, maybe we can share notes sometime,” Jay offers.
My shoulders relax. It feels like a sign of acceptance that I’m not my brother.
“Both of you are excellent cooks. I wonder what you could make together!” Aly says.
“So, you’re all Anna’s mates? Why did it take so long for you to tell her?” Nicoli asks with a raised eyebrow.
“Don’t answer that. Nic don’t pry into their business in front of them. I’ll get the information from Anna later in secret.”
Anna laughs and bumps her shoulder into Aly’s.
Aksel looks worried as Anna says, “Of course I’ll tell you.”
“Fine, if I can’t ask that then maybe you could tell us what’s going on with… Killian.” Nic grimaces as he says it and his eyes flick to me.
“We need a mage,” Aksel says but doesn’t explain anything else.
“We have a plan to capture him and we need your help with one part of it. We don’t want anyone outside this room to know since we aren’t sure who we can trust,” Anna explains further and I feel her foot brush my leg as she kicks Aksel under the table.
He grunts but adds, “Killian is after an artifact. We need you to make a copy of it to lure him with.”
“Ask nicely,” Nic’s grin is so big, it’s creepy.
“Told you we shouldn’t have asked him,” Aksel retorts.
I think Aly kicks Nic under the table based on his grunt which was very similar to Aksel’s. “Don’t be like that.” Aly turns to Anna. “Of course he will help.”
Kiran says, “Whipped,” around a cough.
