Page 37 of Moonlit Alexandrite

“Lex! You have to see this nut I found. Colbie said we could plant it and if I was good, we could ask Aggy to make it grow! I’m going to have my own tree!”

“That’s awesome,” I said with a grin as the boy climbed into my lap, talking a mile a minute about his plans for his new plant. Colbie entered more slowly, a white stick poking from the side of her mouth as she worked on her bribe for babysitting. Her look of irritation made sense a moment later when Tase stepped in behind her and closed us all in. He looked sexy, as always, even if he was wearing clothes. And a scarf.

“Why are you wearing a scarf?” Dion asked, brows raised.

“Protection, my friend. Can’t be too careful,” Tase said. Ren snorted in glee as Colbie splintered.

“I’m not a freaking vampire, okay?! I am a bat. Completely different species.”

“So... your bat just eats fruit and stuff... right?” Ren’s question seemed innocent enough until you looked at his expression. Dion caught on and pressed her further. “What does your bat feed on, Colbie?”

“Just, you know, normal bat food and stuff.” I had honestly never seen Colbie flustered and was enjoying the novelty myself.

The boys took turns needling her until finally she sighed and muttered something too quiet to hear.

“Again for those in the back?” Ren practically crowed.

“Fine. My bat feeds on blood. Are you happy? I’m a vampire bat.”

Peals of laughter erupted from all three of my mates. I felt for Colbie and could see how they would torment her for this, but I also basked in the beauty of the moment. My three mates working perfectly in sync. They had been friends for a long time, and this shared joviality was exactly what I wanted in our relationship. I grinned to myself as I gently stroked Rusty’s wiry hair, and marveled at the men fate had seen fit to gift me.

I was one lucky girl, and now that I had finally lost my V-card, I was going to make the most of them. That reminded me.

“Hey, Colbie! Guess who isn’t a virgin anymore.”

Four heads whipped toward me as Newt wriggled around in my lap.

“What’s a virgin?” he asked.

Cue pin drop.

Chapter Twenty-Three

Tase

Our whole family, in one spot.

While Lex and Ren panicked about Newt’s question, I couldn’t help but grin as satisfaction washed over me. The second I had entered the room, I noticed the change in both Lex's and Dion’s scent. Had known what it meant, too. Was I upset not to have been the first one with our woman? A little, but I knew I would always own her first orgasm, even if it had technically been unintentional, and a failed attempt by my kelpie to consume her.

These days I wanted to consume her in a whole new way.

Her scent was driving me mad. Evidently, her succubus had enjoyed her afternoon activities because with all her mates in the room, she was emitting low levels of her lure.

Children are present, I reminded myself as Ren muttered something about storks delivering bees to bird nests. Jesus, he needed to sort out his metaphors.

Five minutes later, I decided enough was enough and cleared my throat loudly.

“Educational as all of this is, Lex and I have somewhere to be.”

“Where?” Ren asked, scowling from his position, kneeling in front of Newt where he had been acting out... actually, I had no idea what he was acting out, and I didn’t think he did either at this point. I made a mental note to insist Lex do the sex talk when Newt was old enough.

I looked at our beautiful mate and how she was glowing after her first sexual experience. On second thought... I leaned closer to Colbie and stage-whispered, “Sex ed is going to come down to you when he’s old enough.”

Colbie nodded agreement. “I accept payment in the form of red suckers.”

“I am more than capable of teaching my son about the bees and the trees, thank you,” Ren said, accepting Newt as Lex rose to join me near the door.

“Where are we going?” Lex asked as she threaded her fingers through mine. I pulled her close and finally took the chance to nuzzle her hair. It was embarrassingly difficult being away from her for long periods. Turned out, my kelpie had separation anxiety now that he had found his mate.

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