Page 57 of Miles's Pact
I ended the call, then placed the phone on the counter before giving Miles a wide smile. "Mom wants to move to Mistvale."
"I heard. Do you think she'd like staying near the pack? The apartment building near the packland has a few available apartments. It's a fairly new building and has mostly supe residents."
"I suppose. Can we go see it?"
"Of course. How about tomorrow? I'll talk to Birch. He's the man—the elf, actually—who manages the place while the building owner is off traveling or whatever it is he does when he isn't in town."
"Is the owner also a supe?"
Miles nodded as he stirred the contents of the bowl, then added some dressing he'd told me was his Papa's special recipe. I knew from experience that it was delicious, and I was looking forward to having it again.
"He's a vampire. Calix Taylor. He owns the penthouse in the building, lives there when he's in town."
"I still can't get over how many supes live in this town."
"Yeah, Mistvale is a unique town."
"It sure is. I'm glad Mom decided to move here. It'll be nice to have her close."
"It will be good for her too. I'm guessing she hasn't had many people she could depend on since your father's death."
"Yeah. We'd recently moved to town when it happened, so my parents hadn't been part of a flock yet. I think my mom never joined one."
"Well, she'll have a big pack once she gets here. Our clan members won't let her be alone."
The thought made me smile, filling my heart with excitement and joy. Since I needed an outlet for these feelings, I slid up beside Miles and pulled him into a soft kiss. He hummed as he kissed me back, and I would've deepened the kiss if Snowball's excited bark hadn't alerted me to Mateo's arrival.
Reluctantly, I pulled back as Mateo's voice filtered through the living room.
"Everybody decent? I'm coming in!"
Miles rolled his eyes as Mateo shuffled into the kitchen with his palms over his eyes, and I laughed.
"We're decent, Mateo."
He lowered his hands while giving me a mischievous grin, his brown eyes sparkling with merriment.
"Just thought I'd make sure. So, what's for lunch?"
As Mateo grabbed plates and I grabbed some drinks for us, I imagined doing this at Mom's new place and sharing a meal with the three most important people in my life. I couldn't wait to do that.
I'd missed out on so much with my mom, and I was eager to make up for lost time. Having my mates with me would be an added bonus.
