We’ll be there as soon as we can.
Sebastian slowly pulled away from her, and she felt a moment’s regret when his penis slid free of muscles still rippling and clenching, doing their best to hold him in place.
And she thought again of what it would be like, to mate as wolves. He wouldn’t come free so easily if he were a wolf. Not when he’d swollen and knotted deep inside, when he’d tied with her in the way of the wolf.
She rather liked that idea. Let her father try and demand their presence then!
In the act of pulling his cotton shorts back on, he glanced up at her. “What are you laughing about?”
“Didn’t you hear my father’s orders?”
He shook his head. “No. He must have spoken privately. When did you hear from him? What did he say?”
She couldn’t stop laughing. “Right in the middle of our climax, and he wants us at the house, ASAP.”
Sebastian glanced at Lily with one eyebrow raised and his pants around his thighs. She laughed even harder when he drily said, “I guess I’m glad I wasn’t included in the conversation. Talk about blowing the moment. Any idea what he wants?”
“You’re not kidding, and yeah. He wants to help us work on our shields. Your father’s in town.”
“Crap.” He tugged his pants up over his slim hips, stretching the elastic wide enough to carefully tuck himself in. Lily almost sighed when he hid all those delicious parts from her view.
“Your father’s right. We both need to work on our shields. In fact, I hope I can practice blocking your father before moving on to mine.”
Lily laughed and hugged him around the waist. “That’s an excellent idea. I can block him, but it’s from years of practice. I was leaving myself open in case he needed to reach us.” Then she sighed as something her father said fully registered. “I wonder if your father was in Montana when Alex and Annie were attacked last night.”
“I don’t know.” He kissed her, just a quick little kiss that reminded her how much she really liked this guy. How much she risked by already loving him so much. “But I imagine your father does. I have a feeling very little gets by him.”
“Didn’t take you long to figure that out, did it?” She didn’t laugh, though. Not with the specter of Aldo Xenakis once again hovering between them.
He glanced down at his naked chest. “Is there an extra shirt in that closet of yours?”
“Not necessary. Dad may want us to shift for him, so the less you’re wearing, the easier it is.”
He wondered if he’d ever get used to the Chanku concept of relaxed dress, but then Lily grabbed his hand and the two of them left her cottage. Half naked or not, he held on tight as they headed across the meadow to her father’s house.
Anton was in the den with a cup of coffee and the news playing softly on the big wall screen, but he turned it off as soon as they entered. “Coffee’s fresh and hot on the bar. And yes, Lily, I made it myself.”
Sebastian flashed Lily a quick look and caught her trying not to giggle. “Good,” she said. “It’s nice to know that even über-alphas can be taught a thing or two.”
Anton grunted and gave Sebastian a look that could only be described as long-suffering. “My daughter thinks I depend too much on my lovely wife for creature comforts. She insists I make my own coffee when her mother wants to sleep in.”
“Hey, it’s only fair.” Lily grabbed the pot and filled two big mugs. Sebastian laughed as he took the cup she handed to him.
“What’s so funny?”
“Nothing. Except you just poured my coffee.”
She cocked one perfectly slim hip and planted her hand on it. “That’s different. I only poured one for you because you voluntarily helped me clean up the kitchen.”
“You cooked. As you said, it’s only fair. But thank you.” He leaned close and kissed her. She blinked, surprised, he imagined, that he would kiss her in front of her father, but there was no better time than the present to establish his place in her life.
And he would have a place in her life. He took his cup and sat on the couch across from her father.
Anton glanced over the rim of his mug as he took a sip. “I hope you realize that by voluntarily doing housework, you’re giving the male of the species a bad name.”
Sebastian glanced