Page 15 of My Perfect One
“I thought Seraphina, Oliver and Archer might like a nice breakfast.” She smiles at Seraphina.
“Thank you,” Seraphina says, I can see tears in her eyes. I walk over and hug her.
“Morning, Mamá,” Adonis says as he walks in.
“Why are you here? Don’t you have a job?” I say to him as Eros joins us.
“Breakfast is the most important part of my day. I’m a growing boy.”
Eros snorts. “Yeah, growing sideways.”
“Mamá! You see how they treat me? I’m your baby.”
“No. I’m the baby. You’re the Pudge,” I say, ducking as Adonis throws a piece of sausage at me.
“You’re wasting food, Pudge.” Ares laughs as he and Sakura join us.
Seraphina’s giggling at all of us.
“You’re all so mean, I don’t even know why—I’m so nice to all of you. I eat all the leftovers so that you don’t have to, I taste-test all the pastries to make sure it’s something you’ll all love. I mean I don’t know what else I could do for you people.” He sits down and pouts.
Mamá goes over to him and kisses his head as she’s giggling.
“You can be my taste tester every day,” she says to him.
“See? Mamá loves me. Even if the rest of you suck.”
“Was he always this dramatic?” Sakura asks.
“Yes,” we all say at once.
“Wow.” Adonis squints and flips all of us off.
“Not in my kitchen,” Mamá says as she points a wooden spoon at Adonis.
I snicker, but when that spoon is pointed at me? I smile and blow Mamá a kiss. We all sit down and have breakfast together. It’s been a while since the whole family has sat down to eat. Kostas, Artemis and Orion showed up right before we started eating. I’ve missed having everyone in the same house. I really hope that Seraphina wants to have a big family. Because I knowI do. I look at my girl and see her laughing and having fun with my family. This is what life is supposed to be like. Now to get revenge on those bastards that came after us and her family.
We all meet up at the clubhouse again, but this time the entire council and all the shifter families are here.
“I asked my papà to get everyone together because we have some news. The facility that we found in Australia is still there. Zeus, Artemis, Kostas, Calliope, Romano, Armando and Keegan are leaving in an hour. They’re going to look for the facility and see if they can get in,” Sebastiano tells us.
“Wait, why aren’t we going too? It’s our home, we know where to go—” Archer starts to say as he frowns.
“That’s exactly why none of you can go. Whoever took you, knows who you are and what you look like. What we need right now is information. And the only way to do that is to send some of us that they won’t know. Which is why Ares, Sakura and Haruki can’t go. Paul and Matilda know what they look like. After we get more information, then we’ll know what to do.”
“Do you think we’ll be able to go back home?” Seraphina asks.
“That’s up to you. Are you thinking of going back to live there?” Francesco asks, as he looks between the two of us.
I’m doing my best not to answer for her. Why would she want to move back to Australia? I need her here. What if she’s thinking of leaving me? I’ve heard the stories, sometimes fated mates choose to not be together. I feel like I’m starting to panic. I can’t lose her.
“No. I don’t want to live there anymore, I can’t speak for my brothers though. I just want to go back and say a proper goodbye to my family.”
“We’ll make sure you can do that when all this is done,” my baba says to her.
“Thank you,” she says as she leans on me.
I can feel some relief in Seraphina as she listens to the plans that are being made. Everyone knows that when it’s time to take care of the people that are behind this, I need to be there. I don’t care what it takes. I will help get revenge for Seraphina and her brothers.
