Page 107 of My Pleasure

“He is there strictly for entertainment, don’t rely on him to help,” Anne said from the other side of Nigel. She adjusted her sunglasses. “Actually, he may make it worse.”

They watched as Kendrick followed the men, not saying much, but smiling the whole time, as if they were his own private show.

Meryn reached over to the table between her and Kiera and dug her hand into a bowl of chips. “I feel like I’m forgetting something,” she said, wiggling her nose. “It has to do with the bank I think.” She thought about it for a second, then nodded. “Yeah, maybe the bank.”

The men, as one, turned and looked at Meryn. Aiden reached for his walkie talkie. “Double the patrols around the Nu estate. Double up on city watch, teams of four not two,” he ordered.

“Yes, sir,” was the immediate response.

“What?” Meryn demanded.

Kendrick walked over and sat in the chair on Kiera’s other side. “Every time you have said you’ve forgotten something, things go sideways.”

“That’s not fair. They were probably going sideways the whole time, and I’m the only one who notices,” Meryn argued.

Kendrick leaned forward and just stared.

“Oh,” Meryn said, realizing she had proved him right.

Kiera sighed happily. “Did you think mating would be like this?”

Meryn pointed to herself and Anne. “We’re both human, well, technically I’m half-fae, but raised human. Mates weren’t on our radar.”

Kiera watched Hunter. “I always thought it’d be this grand passion, but it’s different.”

Meryn raised a brow. “No heat?”

Kiera blushed.

Meryn grinned evilly. “So, after our little talk, I had an epiphany.”

Kendrick chuckled. “This should be good.” He took a glass of juice from Ryuu.

Meryn ignored him. “I think the type of animal dictates the size of a male shifter’s…”

“Meryn!” Aiden roared.

“What!”

“No.”

“It’s for science.”

“Ab-so-lutely not.”

“I can add a tab in my database,” she said, calmly to Kiera.

Kiera looked over, and the warriors were simply looking at Meryn in horror.

“Meryn…” Aiden growled.

“I’ll start by studying you,” she offered.

He huffed, then sighed. “Agreed, but I will determine how long you will need to study me for. You may never get to others.”

Meryn blushed and nodded.

The men seemingly wanting to avoid future catastrophic conversations walked further away in the direction of the Armstrongs. Hunter began pointing, then motioning with his fingers, little legs walking. It looked like they were trying to determine a good halfway point between the Nu estate and the Armstrong home.