Page 58 of My Haven
Absently she felt around for a plate or a bowl.
She heard something being scooted as Caiden pulled the bowl of pretzels closer. She grabbed a handful. “And warriors are getting mates because the bad guy is hoping those mated to shifters get pregnant to collect their baby’s soul and when the mates die, the warriors turn feral?”
“Man, she honed in on the really bad shit huh?” Meryn asked.
“Kirbs, Meryn said the sex was amazing, that’s a plus, right?” Arlo asked.
She narrowed her eyes at his use of her nickname. “I need a nickname for you that I can abuse.”
“Kirbs?” Caiden asked.
She groaned. “My sister started calling me Kirby when we were little, after the video game character that would eat everything,” she explained.
Caiden ran a hand over her hair. “Should we not use it?”
She thought about what he asked. He didn’t just jump in and join the joke, he asked if she was okay with it. “You’re kinda amazing, you know?”
“So, yes?” he asked again.
She nodded. “It’s okay. It was a name given in good fun with no malicious intent, so I don’t mind.”
“Wasn’t Kirby a brand of vacuum cleaner?” Meryn asked, still on her laptop.
Genevieve sighed. “Yes, it was.”
“Look at it this way, Meryn has already taken care of the other three cities, after we sort out the Witches’ Council, everything should be golden,” Anne pointed out.
“I just eat food on the internet, why would Fate think I’d be needed here?” Genevieve asked.
“My bestie Izzy is a barista, she makes the most amazing concoctions. Not exactly front- line skills, right? I mean, to me they are, but in general not really,” Meryn clarified.
“That helps?” Caiden asked.
Meryn continued. “Her mate Oron, he went through a lot, facing his past and his family. He needed her to just to be there.”
When Genevieve looked at Caiden he was nodding. “I just need you.”
“I’d prefer a nephew first,” Arlo said, popping a steak bite in his mouth.
Caiden gave her a goofy lop-sided smile. “Only when Genevieve is ready.”
Arlo heaved a sigh then looked at Kyran and Tristan. “Are you sure you two don’t want to take a walk on the wild side?” he asked, gesturing to himself.
Both witches laughed.
Kyran answered. “We would have been honored if Fate gave us a mate like you, with a lust for life, unfortunately, I haven’t dreamt of you.”
“Me either,” Tristan added.
“Dreams?” Genevieve asked.
Tristan turned to her. “Normally, it’s how witches find their mates, we get dreams of them. But last year, a witch elder cast a spell that drew all the warrior’s mates to them, so even our fae, shifter and vampire brothers have been having dreams,” he explained.
“That was the bad guy, right?” she asked.
“Unfortunately,” Kyran confirmed.
She placed a hand on Caiden’s arm, then stood. Seconds later all the men in the room stood. “Huh?”
