Chapter Seventeen

Dakota

As much as I wanted to be alone with Cardian, I still needed to be there when Terrick told Scott about the invasion of the shed. I knew more than either of our Alphas about his hearth magic and if anyone could save the flour under his instructions it would be me.

Scott was quiet for a long moment after Terrick told him the news while holding his hand. I sat at the bottom corner of the bed and Cardian leaned against the doorway. I didn't look at my mate as we all waited for him to process the news. If I looked at Cardian I'd want to kiss him and one thing would lead to another. We'd come here to help Scott and Terrick, not to hump all over their house.

"I'd settle for humping in just our bedroom for now," my wolf chimed into my thoughts reminding me that Blithe was likely right. Neither of us would feel better until we exchanged the claiming vows.

"That's my base flour recipe," Scott said, startling me back to the current moment. "Nothing out of the ordinary has been added."

"It seems you stumbled upon a recipe for spirit food by accident then," Cardian said from the doorway.

"Don't throw it out," Scott said.

"You can't eat it," Cardian shook his head. "I'm willing to be the bad guy. We don't know what would happen if a living person ate that flour now. We shouldn't risk it."

"I didn't mean to save it for the living," Scott said. "We'll make them spirit bread with it. At least then it won't go to waste."

"Will it still bake?" Cardian asked.

"They're spirits not little pixies out there undoing the baking properties of flours," Scott laughed and squeezed Terrick's hand.

"I'll go get it off the shed floor and quarantine it away from the rest of the flour. Maybe if we put some of it out, they'll stay out of the shed," he offered.

Scott's eyes went big and blinked fast. Terrick had spent a lot of time out of the bedroom recently and it wasn't like Scott could follow him around.

"We can do that," I said, pushing myself back to my feet.

"Are you sure?" Terrick asked.

"I came to help Scott out while he was stuck in bed," I shrugged. "It's not a problem."

"Tomorrow, we'll bake," Scott said.

"You're supposed to stay resting as much as possible," Terrick reminded him, worry inching onto his scent.

"And I will. I don't have to stand at the oven and watch while it bakes," Scott laughed.

"We'll work it out tomorrow, okay? We'll figure something out," I said, glancing at Cardian.

"Gotta let him walk a bit, brother," Cardian said. "Don't want his legs going to jelly before the babies get here."

"We'll talk about it," Terrick said, shooting Cardian a dirty look.