Page 53 of My Haven
“Honestly, tonight’s boar surprised the hell out of me.”
Meryn sighed. “I know right? It was even better off the spit.”
Genevieve felt her mouth began to water. “Off a spit?”
Meryn nodded happily. “They just cut a chunk off with like a machete and hand it to you, juices dripping. I still dream about that boar.”
“What do you do?” she asked.
“I’m a hacker and help with security stuff,” Meryn said.
Behind them Arlo laughed. “Now you know how she used your real email.”
Meryn shrugged. “I thought the invite would be missed if it got sent to the channel email.”
“You’re right, it probably would have been. I don’t check it nearly as often as I should.”
She turned to look at the man, who all evening, had been trying to flirt with her, but kept failing in the most adorable ways possible. “And you’re military. You said your unit lives here, it doesn’t really look like a barracks.”
“I lead the men of my unit, there are five of us. Aiden commands all the units. He’s visiting to check on how we’re doing before Meryn gives birth.” He pointed around the house. “It’s not exactly a barracks, we live here sure, but we also have a training ground out back.”
“Where’s your unit?” she asked.
“You’ve met some of them.” He inhaled, then yelled loudly. “It’s okay guys!”
Moments later, the guy who had met her in line, along with some of the other restaurant staff filed in. “They helped you?”
Hunter grinned. “We wouldn’t have missed this for anything.”
“You’re Hunter, right?”
“I am. This is Zev, the sparkly one is Konstantine, and the blond one is Aedan. You probably saw his brother in the kitchens,” he said, pointing to each of the men.
Konstantine, punched Hunter in the upper arm, causing the man to howl and hop around. “I do believe we agreed that I would never be described as sparkly.”
“My bad!” Hunter said, rubbing his arm repeatedly.
Genevieve laughed at their antics. She could clearly see how close they were.
“Am I too late for brownies?” a deep voice asked.
She watched as a man every bit as tall as Caiden walked in, only he carried a lot more muscle.
“Is he single?” Arlo asked.
Meryn shook her head. “Nope, that one is mine. Genevieve, Arlo, meet my husband, Aiden McKenzie.” She pointed behind her. “To get it out of the way, those three are Bryok, a warrior who works with my husband, Ryuu Sei, the one who looks after me and Pierce Alamarez, dude who protects me.”
She waved. “I’m Genevieve Taylor,YouTuber, and this is my bestest friend, Arlo Sommer, video editor.”
Hellos were made all around as the guys got settled.
Meryn looked over to Caiden. “Where are Tristan and Kyran? I thought for sure they’d be here.”
Caiden frowned. “I thought they’d be here too.”
Lily walked in holding a bottle. “They went to get Meryn’s nighttime snacks and some noodles for Anne. They should be back any minute?”
Meryn bounced around in her chair. “Yes! They remembered!”
