ys of sunlight shine through the windows and blind me. I reluctantly sit up and rub my knuckles o

to sleep in- then all the others. After that my feet carry me downstairs and random noises grab my attention, sounds that ar

smiles. "Hello, good morning, I'm Marina, the housekeepe

I walk in and she turns away from the s

arlier this morning. And don't worry about calling him Alpha Tate

the counter. "Do you kno

's. Would you like anything to eat? I was just about to bring Caroline a grilled cheese." She o

e like family if she helped change diapers. With my elbows against the counter, I sigh, wanting to know what Eric is doing. He must be busy being the Alpha and all, but it's not like I know too m

wly begin to peel the skin off. The fresh, ci

vous to meet his parents formally, though I am a little, it doesn't feel like enough. Maybe this is how it is when you are mates; there is a different type

hough a few of the deeper ones are still very visible. I do not understand how she could have watched me slide down the t

are a deep

p, I see Marina. "Oh sorry, I

know. Evangeline used to dri

Eric's mother was youn

it through tough times with Eric's father, and many things went wrong with her fa

e will find me suitable for her son, not that she can change our bond, but it would be nice to have some kin

ffering. You'd be surprised by the amount o

Not Eric

o the point where I have nothing to do," she tells me with a

od to be instantly lifted. It is him. Without wasting another second, I peek around the corner to see him

up?" Eric asks and

the kitchen. "She hasn't.

rway and shake my head h

kno

sight of other people making food for me. Usually, Kendra sits at the counter, and we laugh abo

oming. She is over the moon," Eric tells me

ile to myself.