Page 21 of My Haven
The men stared. “How did you know that? Did you check the roster?”
She shrugged. “I’ve seen the roster a couple times but come on. Konstantine is rocking silver and amethyst. Hunter looks like he could be Graham’s twin. Aeson is my bestest bud fromÉire Danu, so Aedan was easy to spot and all three of the Ironwoods have Amelia’s silver eyeballs,” she explained.
“Viktor was always nice to me,” Pip said smiling at Konstantine.
“I have heard of how much you have done to help our people Pip, it is an honor to meet one so accomplished, so young,” Konstantine said.
“I have a new goal in life. To emulate my older brother and become best buds with our princess,” Aedan said, bowing to Meryn.
Meryn ducked her head a bit. “Do y’all do snack parties?”
Caiden shook his head. “We do whole recipe parties.”
“Kick ass!”
Caiden pointed. “For those who haven’t seen our names due to constant uploads in a warrior database, I am Caiden Ironwood, brother to Kyran, Tristan, and Amelia, and son to Marshall Ironwood and Lily Camden. I am the unit leader for Nu. My unit warriors are, Hunter Armstrong, bear-shifter, Konstantine Bellerose, vampire, Zev Frasier, wolf-shifter and Aedan Li’Liordon, fae.”
He turned to his unit. “The larger-than-life individual is our Unit Commander, Aiden McKenzie, mate to my baby sister, Meryn. Their squire is Ryuu Sei and Pierce Alamarez, leopard- shifter is Meryn’s guard. The young men accompanying Meryn are Nigel and Neil Morninglory, earth witches and Pip Maverick, vampire. Behind Aiden is Bryok Vi’Erdolin, recently reactivated warrior, promoted to the Alpha unit.”
Aiden looked surprised for a second, then asked. “Amelia?”
He nodded. His sister always kept him up to date on anything going on.
Meryn pointed to her shoulder. “Felix, introduce yourself.”
Caiden watched as the air twinkled around Meryn’s ear before a small red-headed sprite appeared. He was clutchingat his necklace. “I Felix Skysong. I protect Meryn. Nice to meet you,” he said, then did something to the necklace and disappeared again.
Everyone followed his example and was exchanging hellos when a throat was cleared.
Caiden eyed the man glaring at him. “Oh, and one tall, red-headed, sarcastic witch and the poor lovely soul mated to him, Anne Ashwood.”
Kendrick reached for him, and he sidestepped him.
Anne pulled her mate backwards laughing. “He obviously missed you.”
Caiden blew kisses at his oldest friend.
Kendrick bared his teeth at him.
His father looked pale as he stepped between them. “Remember what I told you,” he said, jerking his head over to Kendrick.
To be honest, he had nearly thrown up when his father had sat him and his brothers down and told them Kendrick’s true identity. But, that was a while ago, and ultimately didn’t change anything. Kendrick was still his best friend, and nothing would change that. He wasn’t however, going to waste the opportunity to torture either his father or Kendrick.
“What do you mean father? Kendrick is still the same asshole who used to pollute my kitchen when I made breakfast for Amelia.”
His poor father looked like he was one second from apoplexy.
Kendrick stared, then smiled. “You can cook a mean breakfast,” he admitted. Admiration in his eyes.
Caiden knew then, his message had been received. Kendrick may be his king, but he was his best friend first and that mattered more.
“I thought only Thane calls Kendrick an asshole?” Meryn asked.
Caiden winked at her. “I learned most of my best habits from our older brother.”
Meryn tilted her head. “Why aren’t y’all freaking out about your mom being missing? Thane was about to blow a gasket earlier.”
Caiden froze. His brothers, as one, turned to him. Marshall placed a hand on his arm. “We’re doing everything we can to locate her.”
