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“Of course.”
Before anyone could move, Jesska saw two women walk by the back window.
“It’s Kenna,” Grace said. She set down the knife she was using to slice fruit and opened the back door.
Kenna McFadden was gorgeous, with a head full of glorious red curls, porcelain skin, and a smattering of freckles across her nose. She reminded Jesska of a live-action version of Merida from Brave.
Gillian resembled Kenna, but her hair was straight and cut into a bob that skimmed her jawline. She smiled, but Jesska got the impression that Gillian wasn’t quite as easygoing as Kenna.
As the ladies walked from the kitchen into the front room, Gunnar emerged from a side door. Jesska watched his expression go from tight and irritated, to confused within a manner of seconds. “You okay?” Jesska asked.
“My mate is close.”
“Seriously?”
He nodded and headed out of the kitchen. Jesska followed.
When Kenna saw Gunnar, her face went pink, and she gasped.
Grace turned to Jesska and Gunnar. “Gunnar, this is Kenna and Gillian. Payton’s sisters.”
Jesska shook their hands, as did Gunnar, however, he kept hold of Kenna’s and she gave him a shy smile. “Hold that thought, love. I have to see my sister, but then you and I can talk.”
Gunnar stared at her and nodded, releasing her hand.
Kenna followed Gillian upstairs, and Gunnar paced the foyer. Jesska watched him, fascinated by the change in his demeanor. He was settled somehow. He pulled his phone out of his pocket and appeared to text something, but then he slid it away and didn’t reach for it again. Strange, considering it had been fused to his ear for the past three hours.
I feel your confusion. You okay?
Jesska smiled. Fine. Just fascinated with watching your brother.
Yes, he texted me. His mate has arrived.
That’s what he said. This is so weird, Kaz. He’s totally focused on her. Nothing else seems to matter.
Kaspar’s chuckle sounded in her mind. Nothing else does matter, elskan. Our mates are everything to us, baby.
I’m beginning to see that. Jesska bit her lip. I love you, Kaspar. In case I don’t tell you enough.
I love you, too, baby. I’ll show you how much later.
A shiver stole down her spine. Can’t wait.
Kenna walked back down the stairs, pausing on the last step as Gunnar closed the distance between them. Jesska was transfixed by their interaction, but when he pulled Kenna in for a kiss, she had to turn away, voyeur not really her style.
She scurried back to the kitchen and helped Grace and the rest of the group finish up with food prep, making enough to feed a football team.
The group sat at the large dining table and spent the next hour getting to know one another. Jesska loved this new tribe of family. Gillian declared that Payton and the baby, Killian James, were perfectly healthy and would see everyone the next day. He’d weighed in at eleven pounds eleven ounces and was twenty-four inches long. In Payton’s words, a moose. Jesska shuddered at the thought of giving birth to a baby so big, especially when she was informed that this was typical for the Kalt Einn.
Kenna and Gunnar had disappeared, and since the men had not returned, the rest of the group played a heated game of charades.
Jesska had never felt so connected and accepted and was a little saddened to think she’d be leaving them all in a few days for a whole new country. At least she’d have her sister and Sophia... that was a wonderful thought.
Chapter Eighteen
Jesska awake to warm, soft lips on her shoulder. “Channing, I told you my husband would be back soon, and you were to disappear.”
Kaspar chuckled, pulling her against him. She had fallen asleep in one of Pepper’s many guest rooms because she didn’t want to return to the hotel without Kaspar, and Pepper had offered a place for the night.
