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Miles

I’ve been feeling odd since Liam, Nate, and Lily arrived. Even though Xander has confirmed I’m not having a full heat, I’m having a mini one, but that shouldn’t happen until I’ve met all my mates. I'm heading back from my check-up with Xander when I hear Nate on a call; he has it on loudspeaker as he is also typing on his laptop.

“Mateo, why am I talking to you instead of your supervisor? I swear you’re doing more than you should as an intern.” Nate owns a publishing house called Princely Printing. I wonder if that’s where this person is from.

“I know, sir. I did try to tell Miranda that you would want to talk to her, but she had other pressing matters and told me to deal with it.” The voice is heavily accented, but I can’t place it. My Panther has turned into a purring kitten at the sound.

“Right, I want you to send me a full report on what she has had you do over the last two weeks, and then I want you to send me daily updates from now on and don’t tell her you’re doing it. I’ve signed the forms and sent them back to you to send to the authors. Can you also send me an essay on what you want from this internship and what your goal is, please?”

Nate seems to have gone into teacher mode, which is funny. He’s a great teacher. I had him for a time in college.

"Yes, of course, Sir. If that's alright, I will use my private email so she doesn’t see." I feel myself move closer to Nate’s phone.

“Yeah, that sounds good. Thank you, Mateo. Get home; it’s late." Nate finishes and with a goodbye from Mateo, the call ends. I can feel myself pout and I look at Nate.

“Don’t worry, Miles. You’ll probably see him sooner rather than later. Plan to pair him with Ember when she agrees to get published." Nate smiles, shuts his laptop down, and then heads out of the room with a pat to my shoulder.

I wonder if one of the guys will have snuggles tonight. I might suggest movie night; I can get snuggles that way, but I need something.

I head outside and am just about to sit between Bram and Bray. Mmmmm, mate, sandwich when a car backfires, and Bram goes on alert. I move to sit with Lily when we find out it’s Jameson. The bastard won’t get my Sweets. None of the guys will let her get hurt, but when Ember notices Demons, Lily nudges me.

“Safe room, go; I’ll be there soon.” I nod and head to the safe room, grabbing Bram and Bray's hoodies on my way past and a sketch pad so I can start designing Lily and Ember's mating ceremony dresses. I wonder if they will have a joint ceremony. Somehow, I nod off, and Bram wakes me up sometime later, telling me I can leave the safe room now to find out what happened while I was taking a kitten nap.