Page 32 of Walking in Darkness

Chris outright laughed. “I told you.” He elbowed Michail as he pocketed the money.

Chuckling, Michail slipped the money into his front pocket. “It’s okay, Conrad—”

“You can call me Connie. You are my mate’s parents, after all.”

“Thank you. It is rude, but it’s exactly the reaction we thought he’d have after he got done freaking out,” Michail said. “Kit? To shift, it’s better if we’re not wearing clothes, so—”

“Oh, no. I do not need to see any of you naked. Please, use my bedroom to undress.”

And that was how Hudson got to see his mate in the middle of a big pile of lynx shifters.

AFTER KIT’S parents had redressed, Hudson escorted everybody out to his SUV. The trip back to his territory was uneventful, thank Gaura. All in all, he thought their talk had gone very well.

Kit’s parents appeared okay with Kit being the mate of two dragons. Kit had accepted his mom and pops being shifters easily too. He hadn’t said anything to Kit, but considering the circumstances, he was glad Michail had changed Grace and Chris.

Why? Because shifters were harder to kill, and he didn’t trust Lennox any farther than he could throw a dragon by the tail.

They arrived in Hudson’s territory, and it secretly pleased him how impressed Kit’s parents seemed to be with the condition of his grounds. A shifter had a special bond to the land, so the fact that they complimented him on how healthy his territory looked pleased Hudson.

After a quick tour of the house, he showed them the room they would stay in and dropped off their luggage there. Then he introduced Kit’s parents to his inner circle first, and after that, other dragons who happened to be around.

They had dinner in Hudson’s private quarters, then drinks out by his pool. When Kit’s mom started yawning, they called it a night. Hudson gave all three of them his personal phone number, as did Connie, and told them when breakfast was served.

“If you need anything, anything at all, please call me while we aren’t together,” Hudson said. “Or Connie. We want you to feel at home here.”

“Thank you,” Grace said. “We appreciate that. We’ll see you in the morning for breakfast.”

“I’ll walk them to their room,” Kit said. “Be right back.”

Hudson listened to Kit and his parents’ voices drift away. He mumbled a privacy spell under his breath.

Connie smirked.

Once Hudson was done, he rolled his eyes at Connie. “Shifter ears,” he reminded Connie.

“I didn’t say a word.”

“You didn’t have to.” Smirking, Hudson took his drink and sat on the couch. “Well? Thoughts?”

“Okay, first off, I think they’re lovely people,” Connie said, taking a seat next to Hudson. “Secondly, I noticed Kit didn’t tell them about his meeting with Gaura.”

“I agree. But I honestly expected no less with how Kit turned out. And I’m relieved he didn’t bring up Gaura. That’s dragon business.”

“Not sure that’s the reason.” Connie snuggled closer to Hudson.

“Probably not, but Kit seems to know better than to talk about certain things, even with other paranormals. But we should tell him that dragon business stays in-house.” Hudson rested his hand on Connie’s thigh.

“Agreed. Okay, thirdly—”

“Thirdly?”

“What’s wrong with thirdly? Why is secondly okay but not thirdly?”

“Your mind is an amazing thing.”

“I agree. So, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, thirdly is that Lennox is a rank bastard to do Michail that way. Kit’s papa is the sweetest man ever. And finally, speaking of Michail, I certainly didn’t see him being an omega. I wonder who the alpha is in that relationship.”

“Grace is strong-willed, but my money’s on Chris.”

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