Chapter 274

Xander

I watched our mate and pups, busy with a few learning games my mother had been teaching them. Counting, alphabet, stuff like that. It was hard to believe the three pups had gone from infants to toddlers in what felt like a few hours. But, in the way of our kind, they’d continue growing and maturing at an even faster pace now.

“If they’re getting older, what does that mean about us?” I laughed as Zane brought me a mug of black coffee

“You’re o

old,” my mother shot over to me with a wry grin. “And I’m even older.”

“Well,” my mate said as she got up to greet us both with a kiss, “I’m not old yet. Morning, my loves.”

Zane gave her a mug, too, along with a kiss. Watching the two of them together lifted my heart in ways I’d never known it could feel. For a second, I shot back to the Mating Day when we’d found out she’d been given us. Hot shame washed through me at the memory of how st upid we’d been. How arrogant and…yes, even

cruel.

“All forgiven,” Lanie thought-whispered.

to

“But not forgotten,” I replied firmly. “I will never allow myself to forget how badly I behaved. I never want to be that way again.”

tendril of her emotions wound through me. She was touched. Lanie pushed up on her toes to her mouth. The sensation of feeling her emotions

night before, I’d gotten a few wisps this morning. Unformed thoughts, like hints

but I was careful not to

the way she was, but I didn’t want her to know that I was receiving her. Not

or fe

though. I thought of it as a gift, something unique to us because of our

a puzzle still missing some pieces,”

the best way to

over to the small, child-sized table to show me the blocks she’d been sorting.

girl this morning,” my mom said proudly. “She’s

1/2

Izzy did it, too,” Stella said with a

of each twin’s head, then Stella’s. “Good job, all of you. And thanks, Ma,

me, but there was a hint

and meet up with Asher. We’d all been letting

on his mind,” I

in the Moon Goddess that

my mother’s faith, but I knew better than to argue with her. I watched the kids playing with the blocks for a few minutes

more advanced than Alaina and Isaac I thought to Lanie. “She’s speaking in full sentences. She’s sorting the blocks like she’s been

Lanie thought in

room and gave my head a subtle shake. “Proud. But is this

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