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“Sure, my mamá makes them. I’m sure she won’t mind making some today, but we’ll need to go to the bakery.”
“Going to the bakery is dangerous. The smells that come out of there make me want to eat everything in it.”
“It’s a struggle and now with the cafe, it’s not just pastries. Adonis almost got thrown out of the bakery before. He’s Robin Marini’s bodyguard, she’s a baker there and he kept eating pastries. So the mamás threatened to make him sit outside.” He laughs.
“That’s so funny. Did he stop eating the pastries?”
“I doubt it. I think he tries to be sneaky about it now. But we all know they see him doing it.”
I giggle as I listen to Apollo, I can hear how much he loves his brothers. I love it because I know he understands my closeness to mine. I smell food cooking and my tummy grumbles again.
“We should get downstairs and eat.” He laughs more.
We get dressed and head downstairs. Eros is in the kitchen cooking, and it smells delicious.
“Morning,” Apollo says to him as he grabs a cup of coffee. He hands it to me and then makes himself one.
I’ve never been with anyone who thought of me first. All the guys I’ve dated were nice, but there was always something missing.
“Baba said to meet him at the clubhouse. He’s making sure the council and whoever can help is there,” Eros says to us as my brothers join us in the kitchen.
“Damn it smells good in here. Reminds me of home, our mom used to make us breakfast every morning,” Archer says to us.
I walk over and hug my brother. We really did have the best parents. Even at twenty-one years old, I could always count on a hot breakfast and dinner every night. My mom always said she loved to cook for all of us, even though she did teach us to cook and bake. Even my brothers can do it. But I have to admit, we were spoiled.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Seraphina
After we finish eating, we head back to the clubhouse. This seems to be where they do all of their get-togethers and meetings. Everyone sits in what looks like the living room. There are a few new people here, this family keeps multiplying.
“I’m never going to remember everyone,” Archer whispers to me.
“It’s definitely going to take time. But thankfully we have lots of that, are you and Oliver okay with staying here?”
“Of course. We’re not going to leave you. This is home now.”
I hug my brother. I don’t know what I would’ve done if I didn’t have them.
“Oliver and I are going to ask Giacomo if we can prospect for the Cimaruta.”
“I love that. He just introduced me to his two daughters. They’re in the club too, maybe I can ask to join too.”
“I think Apollo’s a prospect. I heard almost everyone in the family is either a patched member or a prospect.”
“Wow. That’s so awesome, Mom and Dad would’ve loved it here. I bet dad would’ve asked to prospect.” I smile.
“Oh he definitely would have.”
“Do you think we’ll be able to find out who did this? I still wish we could bury all of them. I can’t stand the idea that we left them back there.”
“I know, Phee. But you know that Mom and Dad would’ve told us to run. No matter what.”
“I know, but that doesn’t mean it hurts any less.”
Archer hugs me.
“If you’re all ready, we’re here to listen and get a plan together to find out who took you and your family. I think we’re going to have to go Australia to see if we can find the facility you were in. The one that was here has been shut down. We’re in the process of renovating the facility. We’re making it into a place where shifters can stay when they need to,” Panagiotis explains to us.
