Page 37 of Sparks Flying

Instead, he called Gia and David plus Elias and Kim.

Gia brought dinner over.

“This had better be important because I had to call in extra help to keep the diner open this evening,” my sister grumbled.

“We have a situation,” Ryan said.

“Stop being so dramatic,” I argued.

That’s when they all turned to look at me and my gorgeous mate, who was by my side.

Kim’s jaw dropped. “You were right?” she asked her mate.

“Am I?” he responded.

“Our baby brother found his mate,” Ryan confirmed.

“Oh God, this is so humiliating,” Bailey said under her breath.

I cringed. “I’m sorry about all of this. They’re all being overly dramatic.”

She sighed.

“Hi, I’m Kim. I don’t think we’ve actually met.”

“I’m Gia, Dean’s sister, and this is my mate, David.”

“If any of you don’t know already, this is Bailey, my mate,” I told them.

The girls squealed and practically dragged her away from me to begin interrogating my mate.

“She’s cute,” David said.

“Yes, she is.”

“She’s not a raven, is she?”

“Nope. Wolf.”

He shrugged. “Could be worse. At least we have a strong alliance with her kind.”

“What could possibly be worse?” I asked.

“She could be a cat who wants to eat you.”

I started to laugh. “I guess you have a point there.”

“Wolves are pack animals. If she stays and starts to get homesick, I’m happy to go running with her.”

“You’d do that?”

“I never really had anyone before coming here, but you all showed me the importance of family. If she’s your true mate-”

“She is.”

“Then that makes her family in my book. And there’s nothing I won’t do for my family.”

What I had really wanted was to spend some time alone with Bailey and really get to know her. Instead, I got this—dinner, a sibling attack, and the best damn welcome to the family for Bailey that I could have ever asked for.

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