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Owen opened the door and led the way in. Keres followed him and looked around, including the shower and tub. “Right. This will do. Everyone out.”
Owen blinked and wandered out, and Mateo scowled at the door. Keres closed the door, held the handle, and closed her eyes. She wove the room into what Persephone had always sketched for her future nest. She changed the bathroom into a blue and gold marble, put thick and washable carpets on the floor, three dozen super soft pillows, and a low pallet covered with silks and velvets and things made of gossamer. A gauzy curtain draped from the ceiling would surround it and then adjustable lighting.
Keres swayed when it was done, and she smiled at the door. It was blue and gold with a gold handle.
She stretched. “There we go. A mating gift for her.”
Mateo blinked. “How did you change the door?”
“Practice. Right. This is her nest now. The door only opens at her command.”
Owen snorted. Keres knew he was going to try and sneak in. She finished her coffee, and Mateo asked, “Aren’t you going to show us?”
“No. this is her present... she should open it.” She started to walk back to the kitchen. “When are the flowers arriving?”
Owen smiled. “In a few minutes. Why?”
“I will deliver them to the room she is in so that she wakes surrounded by it. A little of her favourite chocolate will be in there, but the other chocolate will be in her nest with anything else you have found for her.” Keres smirked. She had already put in stretchy and clingy sweatsuits and gauzy night dresses and shifts. She had even thrown in some underwear and a case of Persephone’s favourite soda.
They returned to the kitchen where dinner was underway, but she was still given a snack while the shipments began to arrive, and after they were confirmed, she sent them off to surround Persephone.
The contract was sent to her and settled in the palm of her hand. Keres hoped that Thanatos wasn’t freaking out.
* * * *
Persephone smelled her grandmother’s summer garden and was warm and safe. She flexed her fingers, and something crackled. She opened her eyes and saw a roll of paper in her hand with a big blue bow on it.
She tried to sit up, but an arm around her waist was holding her. She looked around and gasped. So many beautiful flowers.
She pulled the bow off the paper, and it opened to show her the pack contract. The draft date was three days ago. They had been preparing a contract for her before the heat. She felt weepy.
Thanatos pulled her in close. “We had a stunned start, but we are making up for it.”
She turned to face him and smiled. “This feels very right.”
He sighed in relief. “Good.”
“I would like to feel something else now.” She ran a hand down to his zipper. “Unless you are too tired.”
“No. Absolutely not tired.”
They wrestled a little as she kept hold of the contract. Mateo, Armand, and Owen had signed it already. Now, it was just down to her and Than.
* * * *
The guys started grinning about forty-five minutes after snacks. “They are coming this way.”
Keres sat with the cats all around her chair, slowly petting Rigor. “I know.”
When Persephone was visible, her cheeks were glowing, she had an armload of her favourite lilies, and she clutched the contract in her hand. “It’s signed. And thank you so much, everyone.”
There was a fleck of chocolate on her cheek, so she had found the chocolate bar.
Owen came over, kissed, and then licked the chocolate from Persephone while she giggled. It was a nice sound.
Owen looked at Mateo. “We need to get some of that for me.”
Persephone’s eyes glittered. “I recognized the brand. It is designed to melt with an alpha’s body temperature, and it actually does.”
