Page 4 of These Little Heirs (Moonscale Heirs Duet #2)

Cobalt

“He’s going to get dressed,” I whispered to Odie as I slid back into the nest next to him.

He lay curled on his side facing Indi, Ambry, and their baby.

Robin was out cold, his face buried against Ambry’s bare chest. A line of milk dribbled down Ambry’s peck and stomach.

The urge to clean and care for him was there but I wasn’t about to wake him up.

Indigo could clean him and the nest up later once everyone got some rest.

“Thank you,” Odie whispered back. “I know you didn’t want to talk to him.”

“I have nothing against the guy. He’s here to do a job that we may or may not need. I didn’t want to leave you and our baby. Okay or them, if I’m being honest.”

“I can’t leave them right now,” Odie whispered.

“Seriously. Someone would have to drag me out of here kicking and snarling. I have to watch them. Robin is so little. So fragile. He smells so new and part of me is worried that someone outside will smell all of his innocent newness and want to hurt him.”

“No one can smell him from outside. When I was outside the door I couldn’t smell him.

I couldn’t smell that I had been in here and that Indigo still was.

A bit of wolf. Not even enough to identify you two if I didn’t know you.

Mostly it was Indigo. Right now, if someone even startled that man he’d roast them,” I said, stroking his hair and trying to remind him that anywhere me or my brothers were safe.

“Guardie will blow their nether regions off,” I whispered and that made him smile.

At our feet, the shadow dog’s tail thumped against the bed like a heartbeat.

“Diaper,” Ambry grunted and patted around.

“They’re on the changing table,” Odie said, starting to push himself upright.

“I got it,” I was on my feet before he was sat up.

“It’s okay,” Indigo said, blinking his eyes. “I’ll do it. You rest.” He spoke to Ambry like he was the only other adult in the room. He glance at me and blinked again as if remembering I was here.

“You gonna be okay?” I asked as he stood up and took the tiny baby in one of his arms.

“I was sleeping hard,” Indigo yawned. “Coffee me?”

“Coffee you,” I nodded.

“Coffee me?” Odie asked hopefully.

“Yeah but just one, sweetheart.”

“One for now,” Odie laughed.

While I got the coffee, Indigo cleaned up his son and then his mate’s chest before settling the baby back onto it.

“I want a cherry cola,” Ambry announced. “Not one that’s cherry flavored. I want a cola with cherries in it.”

“I’ll go to the store,” I said, hating the thought of leaving Odie’s side but Ambry needed as much calories as we could get into him as a nursing carrier.

“Teal can go,” Indigo announced, and I didn’t argue with him.

“Get him away from the house for a bit,” Odie nodded as I handed out the coffees.

“He better not dick around while he’s out,” Indigo frowned. “This isn’t the time to dick around.”

“Besides not liking the guard what did he do to you?” Odie asked him.

“Nothing but he can’t be out there hauling around peaches while my mate waits on him. This can’t work like that. We have to come first at some point.”

“We do,” I said and bit my tongue to keep from thinking too hard about all the ways Teal put the family first and never brought it up. “Hey, maybe he knows someone with fresh cherries or---”

“No, I want the ones in the red sauce,” Ambry chimed back into the conversation.

“The pie filling?” Odie asked.

“No, the ones for drinks. He’ll know which ones, I think. But now I want a pie. Not a cherry pie, though. Pecan pie or walnut brownies or maybe just all the peanut butter cookies in the territory,” Ambry said and licked his lips.

“Those we have,” I said. “They’re not homemade. They’re that brand with the lemon colored dragon on the package and—”

“Give me!” Ambry howled and the baby stirred and rooted around for his nipple. “That sort of tickles.” Ambry shrugged, looking around the room for the cookies.

“I’ll grab them from downstairs,” I said glad to be able to help with something.

“Bring me some of the lemon ones!” Odie called after me.

“Chocolate chip!” Indigo added.

I grabbed a box of each and shoved my pajama pockets full of the bags of gummies just in case. Sure, we probably should get some real food into Ambry but for now this would do. Eventually, I’d make my way over to the house to cook or maybe Teal would when he got back from the store.

“Odie?” Ambry asked as I set the boxes down.

“Yeah? I’m right here,” Odie pushed himself upright.

“Do you want to hold Robin while I eat?” Ambry offered and the smile that spread across my mate’s face melted everything ragey inside me.

How could I be mad that everyone was being a bit of an ass when Odell smiled like that?

This was why Clarence agreed to send a guard.

He wanted his mate to smile like that instead of being eaten up with worry.