Page 82 of Alpha Wolf's Nanny
The two weren’t exactly what Felix would callfriends, but there was a sort of mutual respect. Cassie had been charmed by Rick’s gruff thanks when she had indeed baked him muffins to say thank you, and Rick…well, Rick had a savage sort of gratitude that she’d delivered him a group of criminals he was free to hunt. However much he complained about their reach and power, Felix knew he was enjoying the challenge.
“Oh God, he’s going to have them talking like little government officials by the end of the night, isn’t he?” Cassie said, stepping into Felix’s welcoming arms.
Felix chuckled. “If anything, I reckon they’ll teach him a thing or two about lightening up.”
Cassie snorted and then reached up on her tiptoes to press a kiss to his lips. “Any news yet?”
Felix shook his head. “I haven’t heard from Nicolas. It was as you predicted, he’s absolutely beside himself with panic. It seems unreasonable that Daisy has to be the articulate one when she’s in active labor.’”
“You know how she is,” Cassie said with a fond smile, “she'll face the world with a charming smile and gentle acceptance.”
“I don’t know what he’s so worried about,” Felix said, “she’s a shifter. The chances of there being complications are next to nothing.”
“I think it’s sweet,” Cassie said, looking up at him through her lashes, “I quite like it when a guy is all protective.”
He grinned, his grip around her waist tightening as he pulled her closer into his body, “Is that so?”
“Maybe,” she replied, wiggling her hips suggestively.
He leant down, capturing her lips in a bruising kiss, and she sighed into his mouth as she melted against him.
Fuck. He’d never get used to that.
“Not here,” he said, pulling back. “If any of the others catch a whiff of my pheromones, I’ll be in for absolute mockery.”
She sighed dramatically, rolling her eyes, though her smile was cheeky, “You shifters. Surely those noses of yours are more a hindrance than a help.”
He buried said nose into her neck, snuffling and biting as she shrieked with giggles. “All the better to smell you with, my dear.”
“Felix,” she shoved him off her with a laugh, but he didn’t let her get far; instead pausing to rest his forehead on hers.
“How did I get so lucky?”
She shrugged. “Took you a while to work it out.”
“That’s because I can be an absolute idiot.”
“My absolute idiot,” she said, hugging him close.
A loud, crashing commotion from downstairs drew their attention, and Felix took Cassie’s hand and led her down the stairs to the sounds of whooping, exclaiming, cheering, and celebration.
“A boy!” Dane roared, standing on top of the pool table, a bottle of very expensive champagne in his hands, “Nicolas just messaged, Daisy’s given birth to a healthy boy!”
The pack cheered as one as Dane popped the bottle, spraying it over the assembled crowd, and Felix’s heart swelled with joy.
A healthy baby. A true blessing for the pack.
Beside him, Cassie was practically jumping up and down in celebration, clapping her hands together and running towards the boys. “Did you hear that! You’ve got a new baby cousin! And Thea! You’ve got a brother!”
“Aye, she does,” Dane said, swooping down and lifting Thea onto his shoulders, parading her about the room to her delighted laughs, “one more to add to the very long list of boys at her command!”
Somehow, Rick had ended up with Gracie in his arms and was looking down at her with a confused frown. Felix walked over, clapping him on the back and taking her from him, swinging her up and down. “Absolutely brilliant news!”
Rick nodded solemnly, “Sul’han draaka.”
“Christ,” Dane said, swinging Thea down so she could run off to her excited friends, “is that the old tongue?”
“It’s proper to give thanks and say the words when a pack is blessed with new—oof—”
