Daphne’s point of view.
Mom’s practically drooling over my mate at the moment, she wouldn’t stop staring at him and I can tell she’s already accessing how heavy his pocket is right now -how rich or well-to-do he is.
I rolled my eyeballs at her action.
*Mom, your eyeballs are falling off their sockets* I told her through our mind-link.
She giggled aloud.
*I can’t help it, your mate is hot* she giggled again. *I can already imagine how cute my grand pups are gonna be*
I guess dad’s mind-link was open too and he heard our conversation in his mind-link too, he glared at mom for a very short moment and clenched his jaw, before turning to face me and my mate.
Donavon leaned closer to my ear.
“You’re right, beautiful, mom’s got the hots for hot guys” he whispered very lowly that only me could hear him.
“Mom?” I asked him in a whisper too.
“Yeah, she’s my mother-in-law, that makes her my mom too” he whispered back.
I blushed at his response.
Oh moon goddess, practically gave me a second Arthur.
“You’re not from evergreen pack, correct?” Dad’s question pulled our attention back to him.
“Yes, dad” Donavon answered.
“That’s too fast, don’t call me dad because I’m not your dad” dad said.
I held my breath and looked at him with a frown, he cleared his throat quietly.
“Yet” he later added.
I let out a quiet phew and patted my chest gently, he almost gave me a heart attack.
Donavon reached for my hand and gave me a little squeeze, he leaned closer to my ear again then whispered.
“Don’t worry, I’m gonna be fine and I’ll make dad accept me”
I smiled and nodded.
“What do you say is your name again?” he turned back to dad at dad’s question.
“I’m Donavon MacMillan, from Blood-moon pack…”
“Hold on” Dad interrupted Donavon’s introduction with a raise of his hand.
He squinted his eyes as he quietly studied my mate, I couldn’t help but wondered what he’s trying to figure out.
“Are you Alpha Macmillan’s son?” dad asked after a moment of silence.
Donavon nodded quickly with a small smile.
“Yes, dad” he answered.
I gasped mentally as my eyes widened and I stared at him in great shock, I didn’t even imagine he’d be related to the Alpha of Blood-moon pack -so, he’s even an alpha’s son!
“In other words, you’re doctor Perkin’s nephew, correct?” dad asked again.
“Yes, sir”
Dad broke into a smiled and reached out his hands for a handshake, which made my brows furrowed in confusion -wasn’t he being a detective seconds ago?
“Your uncle and I are old friends, which means you’re a good boy”
“Huh?” I couldn’t help but blurt out.
“Perkins always boast about his nephew, Alpha Macmillan’s son, he said you’re of good character and proper upbringing”
“Yes, sir, I only hope I haven’t given you a bad first impression” Donavon laughed at the end of his words.
Dad shook his head.
“No, I just wanna make sure my little girl isn’t falling into the hands of some rascal -I’ll never let her have a rascal as a mate” dad said and laughed, Donavon also laughed along.
I honestly find nothing funny in his words, because I know he’s d@mn serious even though he tried to make it sound funny.
“Promise me” dad’s playful expression changed drastically. “Don’t ever hurt my babygirl or I’ll burn down your pack and kill every single pack members of yours” he said very seriously.
The smile on Donavon’s face disappeared immediately and he nodded his head frighteningly, though I know he’s not scared -he simply wanna make dad feel he’s scared him.
“Yes, sir” Donavon raised three of his fingers. “I swear, I’ll never let my beautiful cry because of me and I’ll cherish her till the end of the world” he said.
Dad stared at him for a while, then nodded approvingly.
“You have my blessings then” dad told him.
My eyebrows raised excitedly.
“Does that mean you’ve approve of us being mates?” I asked.
Dad sighed and nodded, I sprang up and threw myself in his arms, hugging him very tightly.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you dad!” I chanted repeatedly making everyone laugh.
Mom cleared her throat and everyone quiet down to listen to her, but she faced Donavon.
“Now that you’re Alpha Macmillan’s son, does that mean you’re very rich?” she asked.
I mentally facepalm myself and wish there’s a hole I can go to hide my face at the moment.
“Er… you can say that, I’m also a medical doctor apart from being an alpha’s son” he said. “I came to evergreen pack for my internship” he explained shortly.
Mom clapped her hands excitedly and giggled, which made dad nudge her shoulder lightly to caution herself.
“I’m just securing, I can’t let my sweet little girl suffer in the future” she said, then faced Donavon. “Don’t you agree?”
“Of course, mom’s doing the right thing” he supported her.
I gaped at him for taking sides with mom, but he smiled at me instead and pinched my nose softly.
“I’d do same thing too when we have our own sweet little girl” he said.
I sighed, he’s really crazy.
Our heads turned towards Dante’s bed when we heard a groan from him and we rushed to meet him immediately.
He sat up with dad’s help and rested his back on the wooden headboard in the small hospital bed, he looked down at his hospital gown and threw his head back.
“Fuçk!” he cursed but mom hit his shoulder lightly.
“Language boy!” she cautioned him.
He rolled his eyeballs. “Sorry, mom” he muttered.
“He rolled his eyes at me, did you see that?” Mom reported Dante’s action to dad as if he wasn’t here too.
“That’s very bad of you Dante!” dad pretended to scold Dante and pat mom’s back to calm her down.
Dante sighed.
“You guys should have at least dressed me up in a nice hospital gown” he held out his hospital gown. “This is hideous”
I scoffed.
“Aren’t you hideous?” I asked him.
He wanted to say something nasty to me, but he stopped when his eyes landed on Donavon.
“You’re…” he trailed off waiting for Donavon to complete his words.
“Hi, I’m Donavon MacMillan, Daphne’s mate”
Dante stared at Donavon for a few seconds, then burst into fits of laughter amidst series of cough, he held his stomach as he tried to keep on laughing.
Mom quickly poured some water in a glass and handed it to Dante, which he collected and gulped down quickly -he dropped the glass on a table bedside his bed.
He faced Donavon, ignoring my narrowing eyes and he sighed.
“Don’t rejoice because the moon goddess didn’t bless you with a mate, she just punished you with your worst nightmare” he said.
Donavon looked at me after Dante said that, he teasingly raised his eyebrows at me and I shook my head in denial -Dante’s planning to ruin the little good reputation I have left.
I turned to mom and dad but they’re pretending as if they aren’t aware of what Dante’s doing.
*Dante, say one more word and I’ll tell your mate how you were bed wetting when we’re still pups!* I threatened him through our mind-link.
He glared at me and passed me a tight smile, I simply smirked in return.
*Sorry to burst your bubble my dearest sister, you already told her about it and BTW, I’m not ashame of it* he mind-linked me back, wiping off the smirk on my face.
He turned back to Donavon.
“Do you wanna hear your mate’s childhood stories?”
Donavon nodded quickly with a super wide smile.
“Yes, please” he glanced at me. “I wanna know what my beautiful did in her early days”
Dante sniggered evilly, looking at me through his eyelashes and gave me a thumbs up which I didn’t needed.
“She and her best friend, Ara, created nightmares for everyone in pack…”
I balled my fist as I tried to stat calm which I don’t think it’s gonna work.
“… they are the only people you wouldn’t wanna mess with because they’d make your life a living hell, there was a time they both…”
I couldn’t hold it in anymore, I slammed my hand on his mouth and no matter how hard he struggled I didn’t let him go.
He looked at our parents for help but they turned away from him, he looked at Donavon and he wanted to help, but a narrowed eye from me made him sit down.
Dante rolled his eyeballs and raised his hands in surrender.
“I’ll let go but you aren’t gonna say anything or else…”
He nodded in agreement, I studied him for a while and withdrew my hand.
He smirked.
“Where was I?”
I frowned, he doesn’t wanna give up.
“Come on, you still haven’t attend to that little girl” I said and grabbed Donavon’s arm, then pulled him out with me as fast as I could.
I could hear mom and Dante laughing as I was escaping, Ara and I shouldn’t have caused so much troubles in our childhood, we didn’t know they’d be used against us later.