Mathew POV.
“She’s a brat,” I say seeing her tail hitting me in the face as she ran away from the table, I don’t mean to be mean to her, but she’s getting on my worse nerve, pushing me to the edge.
“She’s not, she’s only a little,” Zane says, he gets connected real easily, he falls really easily, and that’s happening again, it’s the witch thing all over again.
“She’s scared and overwhelmed, go and be nice to her,” Nathaniel tells me in a firm voice, I can’t believe she even got the twin wrapped around her fingers.
“I’m not the bad guy here,” I tell them, I’m just looking up for my family, but they don’t want me to.
“Why don’t you go give her, her bottle she hardly ate, she must be hungry,” Zane says, he’s the one who had chatted with Lucifer about the little thing and what she requires to be taken care of.
“A bottle?” I say raising a brow, how young is she?
“She’s just a baby, she wears diapers she needs bottles and special care and attention,” Zane says, maybe she is a real baby, but she’s still a brat, I only nod my head yes.
“Where’s her bottle?” I ask him, I can get her that, maybe I’ll see the magic they are seeing in her, and I’m not.
“In her bag, Nick can you get it?” Zane says, sending Nicholas off to my room, I decided to keep her close, but while they get her bottle ready, I need to find her first.
“Iris,” I call out loud going to the living room, I’ve been away the whole day, but I’m sure the guys showed her around the house.
“Iris,” I call again, going up toward the bedrooms searching for her there, but I didn’t find her in the bedroom where she’s supposed to sleep, her scent was very faint in this room, meaning she hasn’t come in here since the morning.
“Iris,” I call again, this time going around searching for her, where the hell did that kitten go? What kind of trouble did she end herself in, I went around the house looking for her, and finally trying to pick up on her scent, I finally found her in Zane’s room, but she wasn’t anywhere to be found, I looked around the room but no kitten.
‘Zane, she’s been in your room, but I can’t find her,’ I tell my Beta via our bond, where the hell did she go?
‘Look under the bed, she likes to hide in random tight places,’ Zane says, I rolled my eyes at him, but went down to my knees to check, true to his words, the little thing was under the bed. I caught her arms and dragged her out, I saw both of her eyes closed, and her tail in her mouth, she looked so innocent and at peace, I could see some of her magic now.
That until she woke up, she looked at who woke her up and when she found out it was me, she looked at me with big teary eyes, I was ready to hug her and get her back to sleep, but she hissed at me, that little thing just enjoys hissing and nothing else.
‘Nicholas, get me her bottle,’ I order Nicholas standing in front of her seeing her yawn and stretch, I’ll ignore the hissing since I did woke her up.
“There you go alpha,” Nick says coming in the room, Iris saw her bottle and then saw me holding it, she clearly wanted it, but instead of asking for it, she hissed at me loudly, coming toward me, snatching it out of my hand, her tail was up in the air, her ears were pointing upward in war motion.
Once she took the bottle, she went to Zane’s bed, and lay on it, eating her bottle without my help, I don’t know why I was so hurt about that, she didn’t want me, and I didn’t want her either, but here I’m seeing her acting all independent not needing me.
“Alpha?” Nick says seeing me leaving the room.
“Keep an eye on her,” I order him going toward my room, if she’s going to sleep in Zane’s room why did we even bother getting her a room, she doesn’t want to be anywhere near me and I don’t want her either.
I’m a big alpha I could take being rejected by a kitten, I’m not hurt, I tell myself but then I did come to my bed ready to weep like a small child. Instead, I left the room and decided to act like a not-so-responsible adult, I poured myself a big glass of whiskey, it’s not enough to get me drunk, but the taste helps.