"Dad's gone," my cousin's voice was barely above a whisper. "You must come home for the Evaluations," she uttered and the phone line went dead.
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After Keri's Uncle - the Alpha of the Silver Bullets pack - loses his battle with cancer, the young...
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The vivid green eyes stared at me unblinking, their owner perched unabashedly on the coffee table in my living room. I raised an eyebrow at him. He made no sound or motion.
"How did you even get in here?" I asked the Russian Blue. I had not opened any windows - I didn't want any of the cold night air to get inside my warm house - and my front door didn't possess a cat flap.
No reply. Not that I had expected one.
With a sigh, I moved further into the room, reaching for the animal once I was near him. Luca snaked his body away from me as if my fingers would spoil his glossy, silvery grey coat.
"Seriously?" I straightened up and crossed my arms over my chest. "Get down."
I was cast a look of superiority and Luca began to pointedly groom himself.
"By the Goddess, you are even worse than your owner."
A chuckle surprised me and I turned around, said owner leaning on the doorframe between the living room and the hallway, a plate with strawberry cheesecake on it in one hand and a small fork in the other.
"You are out of ice cream," Alec pointed out, cutting a small piece of cheesecake with the fork, then stabbing it and placing it into his mouth.
I pushed away the annoyance that he'd snuck up on me again - freaking vampire stealth! - and the realization that Luca must've gotten in along with his owner and simply concentrated on Alec's unasked for presence in my home.
"Inviting yourself in?" I let reproach seep into my tone.
"Obviously." He said evenly, helping himself to another mouthful of the cheesecake I'd both as comfort food.
"What do you want, Alec?" I asked, my foot tapping against the uncarpeted floor.
"This is a very rude welcome." His tongue darted out to lick the fork.
