Page 33 of His Sunshine Baby

“Daniel said he’s on his way.”

“Oh, yeah! The whole fam in the house!” says Ben, overexcited.

He runs past us to leave the Alpha’s house, headed for their home. He shape-shifts as he exits the house, ruining his clothes in the process. Levi growls after the red wolf.

“Seriously, Ben? Mom’s going to be mad!”

But his younger brother is already gone. I help him gather the scraps of clothes. Out of the four Lewis boys, Ben is the mischievous one. While Bonnie, his twin sister, is shy and quiet, he’s the exact opposite, a real tornado. Levi is grumbling about his brother’s carelessness when I suddenly hear someone calling me.

“Look who’s here!”

I turn around. Clark! The Alpha himself, smiling at me with his arms wide open. I can’t resist and run to him, giving him a big hug. I haven’t seen him in days! He laughs and hugs me back, with his arms almost crushing me until he lets go to look at me.

“There she is! How come you never stop by to see your godfather, huh?”

“Sorry.”

Here’s another reason why Xavier doesn’t like me: I’m one of the Alpha’s three godchildren, and in our world, that also means I’m a potential successor to be the White Moon clan’s leader. Clark’s wife died before she could give him any children, and hence, no one can predict who will succeed him.

“Elena, I need you here next Friday.”

“Next Friday?”

What is this? Clark never asks me to attend the meetings, I usually just come when I want to or not. I realize one second too late what this is about.

“You may have heard; The Blood Moon’s Black brothers will be coming. I want you to be there.”

Oh, crap.

“Is there a problem?”

Clark is frowning because of my shocked expression. He can ask me anything but that! Being in the same room as Nate again, I have no idea how I would handle that. But I can’t tell him the reason!

“Elena?”

“Sorry, it’s… I mean, why do you want me there?”

“Come on, I always take you to important events for the pack, and meeting the Blood Moon, the King’s brothers, is one of them. I want them to know the faces of my potential successors.”

Moon Goddess, if Clark knew I had sex with one of the King’s brothers, I don’t know if he would kill me or Nate first! I try to think for a second, but really, I can’t tell him any valid reason for me to not be there! I find myself nodding to him.

“Alright, Clark, I’ll be there.”

“Good!”

And with that, he plants a quick kiss on my forehead and walks away. Gosh, what did I just agree to? I must be going crazy!

“Elena, let’s go.”

Levi joins me, and I nod before following him out. He puts an arm around my shoulders and starts talking to me, but my mind is elsewhere. I can’t believe this. I just freaking agreed to be in the same room as Nathaniel. Again. Next week. Damn it.

This is ridiculous. I should be very composed about this; it’s just a meeting and nothing will happen because this is what we agreed on. Right? You’re an adult, Elena, you can stay in the same room as him and be chill about it! And it will be with lots of people, absolutely nothing will happen. Nathaniel and his brother will discuss their business with Clark, I’ll probably be around somewhere, and that should be it. Let’s not dwell on any other thoughts until then.

To try and change the pace, I discuss with Levi all the way to his parents’ house. I basically grew up with the Lewis siblings,with their mom inviting me to brunch almost every Sunday. When we arrive, I can already smell apple pie.

“Mom, I brought Elena.”

“Oh, welcome, honey! How are you?”

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