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“Hello,” she said softly, without really making eye contact with anyone.
Boon suddenly stepped between his parents. His head canted back and forth slowly, his eyes wide, while he focused on Angelle.
“Boon?” Carolena asked.
“It’s her,” he whispered to his mother.
“Her, her?” Carolena asked. “Are you sure?”
Boon nodded slowly, as he simply watched the young woman Daniel had introduced as Angelle.
Daniel didn’t miss the sudden interest in his daughter, and made it a point to keep her on his far left as he made his way across the room to get to Avaleigh.
“Did you see that?” he murmured right in Avaleigh’s ear.
“No, what?” she asked.
Angelle looked up to see what she’d missed. When she did, her gaze landed on Boon. His gaze was locked on her, his dark gray-blue eyes practically unblinking.
Boon took a half-step in her direction, but stopped himself, and offered her a gentle smile instead of approaching.
Angelle quickly looked down at the floor, but just a second later, she glanced up, found Boon still looking at her, and gave him a shy smile before she looked down again.
“I saw that, though” Avaleigh said quietly. “She actually smiled at him. She doesn’t smile at anyone but family.”
“Okay, I think that’s everybody. Oh, except my mate, who is stuck at the office today. I’m sure you’ll meet him later,” Daisy said.
“Great. Since everybody’s been introduced now, can somebody tell me how my mate is?!” Brandt demanded angrily.
Daisy went directly to her brother and hugged him until she felt his heart rate slow down. When he was breathing a little easier, she smiled encouragingly. “She’s fine. Her mother is with her, and I’m telling you, Brandt, there is nothing her mother can’t fix.”
“If you think Tempest is strong, you haven’t seen anything yet. Lily holds more power twenty times over,” Carrik said.
“Why was she hurting so badly?” Brandt asked.
“Lily said the baby is turned, but she’s fixing it.”
“That’s not good, Daisy! Is Tempest okay? She’s got to be hurting! Is the baby okay?”
“Of course, she’s hurting,” Janie said. “She’s having a baby.” Janie looked at Bane with an expression that said, ‘that’s your son’.
Carolena turned to Janie and nodded in a show of support.
“I don’t like this. I don’t like this at all,” Brandt grumbled, running his hands through his hair.
“Hey, it’s okay. Lily helped her fall asleep and now they’re both in a bunch of mists and I was dismissed to go smooth things over out here,” Daisy said. “But the baby will be fine. And Tempest will be fine, and I’m willing to bet whatever her mother is doing took all the pain away because she fell asleep.”
“You should be back in there. We’re fine out here.”
Daisy canted her head just a little and looked at her brother. “Are you, though? Are you really?”
Carnage laughed. He slapped his chest. “My like frower,” he said, snickering.
“Frower?” Daisy asked.
“You. Your name is Daisy, like a flower,” Carolena explained.
Daisy smiled brightly. “I like you, too. But you’re a little intimidating.”
