Page 10 of My Haven
Pip’s eyes widened. “Wow.”
Her next call was to Balder. “Your Highness, I hear you’re shaking us up,” he said, when he answered his phone.
“Balder, I…” she struggled for a second. “I’m sending you one of my boys for Upsilon. His name is Basil Barberry and he’s…” She didn’t want to call him young; he was way older than her, he was just…
“We’re getting a new baby brother?” Balder asked, smoothly.
“Yes. He’s very special and has been trained with Noah and Jaxon on how to act as a sixth warrior.”
“I’ll commandeer the kitchen for his welcome party. Heath has already stolen some of our prepared snacks for you, butwe’ll do fresh for our newest warrior,” he said, his voice full of warmth.
“Thank you,” she said, simply.
“Uh, Your Highness. Our Unit Commander knows about all this, right?” Balder asked.
“He will,” she said, smiling.
“He’ll be fine, each assignment was well thought out and works to our advantage,” her uncle complimented.
“Good, good. If you need us, for anything, you have only to call,” he said.
“I will.”
She began to feel light-headed, and Ryuu was at her side. “I need to sit down for a second. Let Aiden know I reassigned stuff the way we had discussed,” she said, feeling around for her chair.
Amelia steered her to the recliner. “Good job, baby- sister cousin.”
Meryn grinned. “It’s what I do.”
Chapter Two
Before Meryn realized it, the boys were packed, and everything was stacked by the portal ready to go.
“You didn’t think you were leaving without saying goodbye did you, young lady?” a soft voice demanded.
“Hey mom!” Meryn went to Adelaide and was enveloped in a warm embrace.
“Must you go? Now?” Adelaide smoothed the bangs away from Meryn’s eyes.
“Yeah, that way when kidlet gets here everything should be good. Well… at least not actively imploding anyway,” Meryn said.
“Aiden, if those trumped-up council members even breathe wrong in Meryn’s presence, maul first, answer questions second,” Byron said, clapping his son on the shoulder.
Aiden pointed first to Ryuu, then to Kendrick. “I’ve been told if anyone upsets my mate, there wouldn’t be much left to maul.”
Byron smiled. “Even better.”
Meryn went to Byron and shamelessly laid her head on his chest. “Is everything I did, okay? Uncle Bren said, they were good assignments.”
Byron looked down at her and raised an eyebrow. Meryn knew, that he knew full well she was trying to be cute after being so high-handed with the rearranging she did. “If it had been anyone other than you…” he shook his head and grinned wider. “My daughter is amazing.”
“Head kisses, please,” she said, bending down slightly.
Byron kissed the top of her head and squeezed her tight. “I mean it Meryn. If you think for even a second, that one of those ingrates may be up to something, shoot.” He tapped her on the nose. “You more than anyone else would probably get away with it.”
“Damn right,” Brennus muttered.
Meryn looked to Pip. “We got everything?”
