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“Paperwork?” Recalling the last time he was at their office building and there was paperwork involved gave him a rush of different emotions. On the one hand, it’d been one of the scariest experiences of his life, because it was one of his first encounters with Lake outside of the app, and he hadn’t known what to expect.

On the other, he dreamed about being lifted onto that rubber toy, filled with fake cock as Lake stroked him…He swallowed and tried to clear his mind, hoping neither of the Demons noticed how distracted he’d momentarily gotten.

“We convinced the Order to let us read you into the club,” Lake said, only for West to stop him.

“Already filled him in there. But not about the other part.” West shoveled the remaining food on his plate into his mouth, clueing Nix into the fact they were about to leave right now.

“What other part?” he asked.

Lake looked uncomfortable for a second before he cleared his throat and told him, “For our mating. We need to officially file our mating.”

Once they did that, it would be recognizable by the government. No one would be able to comment about Nix changing his mind or getting the mark surgically removed from his neck. Even though it was a big deal, they didn’t require much to make it legally binding. From what he understood, they needed to sign some documents, have a witness there to support their claims, and…that was about it.

Sometimes people had grand ceremonies or weddings and did it there, but Nix had never expected anything like that. Although, he had sort of always pictured his parents at all of his major life events and was a little bummed that he hadn’t even thought to get around to telling them about this.

He sort of just hadn’t figured out how.

“Hi mom, dad. Just wanted to let you know I was forcefully bitten and am now the future Emperor’s claimed mate” didn’t really have a positive ring to it.

Some of his thought process must have crossed his expression because Lake’s darkened.

“Chill out,” Nix stopped him before he could overreact. “I’m not going to refuse to sign the paperwork. Do you want to leave right this second? Because I’m ready if you are. Afterward, I have to swing by the hospital and check up on Briant.”

Juri had texted him about an hour ago letting him know he was on his way there. Now that he understood exactly what the other guy had done for him by taking his position last night, Nix really needed to meet and give him a proper thank you as well. He wasn’t really sure how though, so taking some time between to think about it couldn’t hurt.

There was also the matter of the other thing that’d been bugging him…

Last night, Nix had come face to face with the full reality of their situation. The Demons needed to come off as a united front now more than ever, and they weren’t able to do that in part because of Nix and the unsolved issues he had with Lake and Yejun.

“You’re being surprisingly amicable,” Lake said suspiciously.

“I’ve got my own terms and conditions I want to be met,” he replied, not bothering to conceal his true motive.

“Oh?”

Nix set his empty mug in the sink. “We can talk about it at the office, with Yejun.” He turned to West. “He’s meeting us there?”

“Yeah.” West stared at him for a moment, seemingly searching for something before giving up with a shrug. “All three of us need to be present when you sign the club paperwork. It needs to be filmed too.”

Nix bristled.

“Relax, Nixie.” West came over and brushed the bangs off his forehead tenderly. “We won’t do anything you’re not comfortable with. You believe me, don’t you?”

He considered every angle possible, trying to think the way West would. “No one actually watches the final test.”

“Exactly.” West grinned at him and then winked.

“Okay, but what about the death sentence?” Nix glanced between the two of them, but neither seemed all that concerned. “Hendrix is already out to get us, if he succeeds for any reason and that video is brought out to be used as blackmail…”

“Like I would ever let that happen.”

“West is right,” Lake agreed rising from his seat. “Once I’m emperor, none of this will matter anyway.”

“There’s only a few more days,” West reassured. “We just have to make it until then.”

“All the more reason to exercise extreme caution,” Nix said. Despite his protests, he was already reevaluating his plans in his head. This could work in his favor.

“What?” West quirked a brow. “Suddenly you’re not camera shy?”

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