Extrait

he smiled softly at him, probably not even noticing the way her body completely relaxed when he touched her. “Good. We have enough places to put people. Also, I gave up your house.”

Rhodes frowned, clearly confused by the eviction notice. “You did what?”

Larkin rolled her eyes and pulled away from him, patting his chest. “You’re moving in with me. That frees up your house for a family who needs it until we finish building them a permanent house.”

“Did I agree to this?” Rhodes asked, his head tilted to the side.

Katy shrugged, turning back to the map. “Fine. Stay in your house by yourself. Larkin’s parents offered to host a family.” With a wicked smile she looked over her shoulder. “Dante, was it Brett who wanted to date Larkin last year? We can put him and his parents with them.”

“Yup,” he agreed easily, latching onto the idea of giving Rhodes shit. “Wanted to take her to the Spring formal, I think.”

“Excuse me?” Rhodes’ expression darkened, and I couldn’t help but smile.

Brett was a year younger than us and had made the mistake of asking for my permission to date Larkin last year. Unfortunately for him, Rhodes had been with me at the time and even though he still had his head in his ass where Larkin was concerned then, he had still managed to scare Brett into never speaking to Larkin again.

“Brett wanted to date me?” Larkin narrowed her eyes at Katy before turning her suspicious gaze on her mate.

Katy grinned. “Oh, yeah. He asked Remy if he could date you last spring, but Rhodes had a hissy fit.”

Larkin glared at Rhodes, hands on her hips as her tiny nose wrinkled in annoyance. She looked like a pissed off puppy. “Is that why Brett stopped talking to me?”

Rhodes gave her a hard look, not giving an inch. “You’re mine. Then, now, and in another fifty years, baby girl