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"Actually…" He sat the tray down on the bed and took a seat in the nearby chair "…now that you're his mate, I could try "

"Great," I croaked, reaching for a piece of toast

"Mason cooked" Alex offered an apologetic yet radiant s on tree branches for the past twenty years, so if he's a little rusty in the kitchen, I apologize"

"Tree branches?" The toast was a bit dry, but it satisfied the hunger I kept chewing, waiting for Alex to elaborate Maybe he'd give me the answers I needed

Alex propped his feet up on the bed "His way of punishing hiain, he's a olf, e?" His blue eyes twinkled briefly before he reached for the teakettle on s "Ethan didn't specify what to s, but we mostly eat out every day, so there wasn't much food in the house — not to mention a vampire lives here so…"

I leaned forward,"So he doesn't eat?"

Alex burst out laughing "Just adorable I may love you"

I scowled

"Humans are funny," he said to himselffought over and owned"

"I'm not a pet"

"Believe me when I say I treat my pets very well," he said in a low voice "No complaints Ever"

"Good for you" Arrogant much?

"Feeling the effects yet?" he asked, once I finished the toast and had moved on to the small slices of cheese and fruit Crackers were on one side of the plate Alex leaned forward, folding his massive hands in front of hihtly"

"Well," I sighed, "I don't even knohat the mark is, let alone what it should feel like Apparently, I've been wrong about what I've been studying my entire life so, really, I don't knohat to expect" I snorted "You know, other than certain death if I disrespect any of you"

"That's still true," he said quickly "With us four? Not so much With the rest of them… keep your head down and try to say please and thank you"

"Noted"

"Fast learner"