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growing in the greenhouses, but what they had done was flourishing as if it had been months. It was a
really cool gift in my opinion. It was a rare gift, too. I d met a few people who could throw energy
blasts like I could. It wasn t standard, but it was somewhat common for warriors to have that gift.
It was handy in battle.
 Ya be late, one of the twins accused me as I slowed down as I got to the front porch. They had to
have heard me coming because all three of them were waiting in the open doorway.
 Sorry, Emmett and I got distracted in the shower and then he needed to rest. He s either horny as hell
or ready to sleep on his feet. I shrugged. The horny was normal after going through a transition, but I
figured the tiredness was from everything else surrounding it. Including his body being forced into it.
 No worries if you can tell which one I am, he replied with an evil grin.
 You guys suck, I whined, trying for pitiful but failing since I couldn t help but smile. They did this
to me every time I saw them.  You re both hot and wonderful. It s not my fault you re identical and I
can t tell you apart!
 Leave the man be. The other snickered as Zane bit his lip to keep from laughing.  I ve got those
apples for ya that you said Emmett liked.
 Oh! Then you re Banning, I said to him as I stuck my tongue out at Brian.  I talked to him about the
apples.
 Aye, but Banning told me and I have the better memory, the one I thought was Banning, but was
actually Brian, threw back at me.
 Ever thought of name tags? I grumbled as I stepped inside and they led me over to the living room.
They all busted out laughing at that idea.  Seriously! I can t be the first to bring it up.
 No, ya not be. We be laughing at how often people suggest it, Brian answered as we all sat down.
 The wolves can always tell us apart because we smell different to them.
 How? You guys have the same genetic makeup, being identical. Yeah, I wasn t sure how I got they
smelled differently.
 Brian uses a different brand of deodorant than I do, Banning answered with a shrug.  We asked
Ayden the same thing. Go figure, right?
 Yeah, I d have to get way too close to check that for myself, unlike the wolves, and I m a mated man
now.
 Congrats again, by the way, Zane said with a smile.  So Emmett s doing okay? I can t even imagine
how you re holding up with all of this.
 He s alive. The rest I could give two shits about. So he s tired and needs lots of nourishment. Hell,
I d be worried if he didn t after what he went through. He s getting stronger every day, and every day
I fall just a little bit more in love with him. We re good. Happy. I smiled, thinking of this morning s
shower and coming back to why I was there.  Needing to get out of the warrior dorms. We gave
everyone a show this morning and people are bitching how often we fuck in the showers.
 Poor babies. Brian snickered. I looked at them a moment, taking in the way one twin sat on either
side of Zane on their couch, looking so comfortable together that it just seemed natural. I wanted that
with Emmett.  So what be ya proposal?
 I don t have one. I don t want to buy a big ass estate, and with the demon threat getting worse, it
wouldn t be safe. We shouldn t be expanding our perimeter until we need to. I know we ve got some
vamps here now that were living among humans, and more coming, but that doesn t mean Emmett and
I could do what Darcy and Ayden are. I just don t think it s us. Sure, we ll help but we want
something simpler and just ours. Neither of us have ever really had that.
 So you want to build a place here? Zane asked, glancing at his mates in turn.  How big?
 I don t know, I answered honestly, feeling underprepared, and sighing.  I can t imagine more than
just a three-bedroom ranch. Emmett and I would need to talk about it first, but I wanted to see if you d
even be open to it before I took him the possibility. We wouldn t need more than half an acre or so. I
mentioned the vineyard to him and maybe building a place here, and he lit up at the idea. He said he d
love to help you guys work here and there s so many warriors and wolves around all the time, he d
be safe.
 We ve got that rocky area by the apple grove, Brian hedged, rubbing his chin.  We want to expand
it toward the greenhouses, but the part back by the property line would be more trouble than it be
worth to dig up. We d have to dig down too far for the trees to have room to grow big one day. It s by
the service road, so you could build ya own driveway.
 That sounds great! Emmett loves apples. I m sure he d help you anytime he could. He wants to earn
his keep and didn t like school enough to get a degree.
 Aye, it would be safer for him if he was working with us when ya be off at work, Banning agreed
with a nod.  I be all for having more friends close to us.
 Could we meet ya mate first and make sure we all would be liking each other first? Brian asked
hesitantly.
 I think that s a great idea, I answered with a nod. If they were going to be living on the same
property and working day in and day out together, it only made sense to make sure the chemistry
would be right.  We could bring by pizzas tonight and then you can show us around before we go any
further with this discussion.
Zane glanced at both his mates, who were nodding, before turning to me.  Sounds like a plan. We
look forward to meeting the man that has you smiling so much.
I stood and shook each of their hands.  I m not worried. It s just a formality in my mind. Emmett s so
easygoing that everyone who s met him has adored him. Hell, Damian seems bummed that he s
Stefan s grandson and not Damian s nephew or something. They are getting to be really tight.
 Good deal. Zane looked happy for me, which I appreciated since mating Emmett certainly hadn t
been easy.
We agreed that I d be over with Emmett and dinner after our afternoon warrior meeting. All the
warriors were a little on edge but excited because we were going to meet some of the fae that were
coming over to our plane. The head of the Council, Barnabas Leopold, was half fae and had met his
grandmother, the Queen of the fae, and it turned out they needed to leave their home.
The Council had voted unanimously that they were welcome to start integrating themselves into our
coven while talking to other covens around the world. I guess there weren t many of the fae left, but
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