Ch. 8：Pretty wolf

“Daddy. Wake up.. wake up.. wake up!” Adriana shouted with each jump on my bed
I was already up after the first shout, but decided not to get up to rile her
“Daddy! Please get up” she said in frustration
“Hello bean. Why are you up so early?” I said turning to face her
“I want to make pancakes, but I can't reach the counter” she said sheepishly
“Is that your only problem, bean?” I tease
“I can't make pancakes and I can't do the flipping thing” she said with a quiver in her voice. One wrong word from me and she'll burst into tears. I try to avoid making her cry as much as possible.
“Come here” I open my arms wide for her and she jumps into my arms for a hug. “Let's go make pancakes”
“Yay!”
“Wait!” I said placing her down and putting on some shoes. “Why do you want to make pancakes?”
“I want to give it to the pretty wolf that did rawwr and save Adi” she said referring to Ares
That makes the pancakes a little more special. “Okay,” I clap “let's do it” I lift her and walk downstairs to the kitchen
I placed her on the counter and she giggled in delight. Her gap tooth showing. Her raspberry scent filled my nostrils. Since she was still dressed in pyjamas, I figured there was no harm in a little spill.
I tie her hair up to avoid it getting in the way later. I brought out the pancake mix, a bowl and a spatula and got to work. I make her laugh with each action.
Her laughter became my world after losing my mate. She became my most important reason to keep on.
“Am I a better chef than SpongeBob, bean?” I say showboating for her
“Yes! Daddy is the best” she said enthusiastically. I lean down and kiss her head.
She laughs again in delight and watches me pour the pancake mixture in the pan. I wear a mitten for her as the pancake sizzles before I lift her up.
“Ready to flip it?” I ask in a fake serious tone.
“yes!”
I bend a little so her hands can reach the pan.”ready?” I whisper in her ear which makes her giggle again “flip” I turn our hand and flip it.
She screams in delight as the pancake lands back in the pan.
“More! More!”
“You want more? Let's do it” I laugh tickling her before I make more.
We ended up doing more than was enough. Some were perfect, some were broken.
“Daddy it's broken. Let's do another one” she said
“No, it's perfect. My baby made it, so it's just right.” I say giving her a big kiss on her cheek.
She giggles more. I lock this memory of us in my heart forever. I make silly faces at her, making her burst into more laughter.
I give her another kiss on the cheek and hug her tight.
“I love you bean. Never forget that” I whisper against her neck
“Let's serve it.” She said in a hurry
I laugh and get the plates to serve. When a throat clears behind me. I turn and what I see shocked the hell out of me.
“Emm hi” Ares said looking at both of us with wide eyes
I swallow hard at the sight of her in nothing but my tee shirt. She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.
“Pretty wolf” Adriana's voice drags me away from the fantasies that started brewing inside my head.
“Hi” I finally respond
As she lifted my daughter, the shirt goes up a little. The milky sight of her thighs almost got me drooling.
“I'm sorry about the shirt. It was late and the gown was making me uncomfortable.” She tried explaining
“You can wear any of my shirts at any time. What's mine is yours. You look better in it than I do anyway” I say and I mean it
“Pretty wolf, you have pretty eyes” my daughter's childlike voice said complimenting my mate
“Thank you baby. So do you” Ares replied, kissing her cheeks right after.
“Daddy and I made pancakes for you” she giggled happily and pointed to the plates stacked high with food before wanting to be let down.
“You made all of this disaster just to cook for me? I better eat it so it doesn't go to waste” She said smiling. Not minding it one bit.
They both start to eat, while I work on returning the kitchen to how it was before Adriana and I happened. My eyes kept getting distracted. My wolf is happy staring at my mate. Who could blame him? When I lost Emma, my mate, he took it the hardest.
He disappeared on me. He barely communicated. He came back two months later, but I was only able to shift after three months after our loss. He came back the day he saw Adriana's smile for the first time. Her toothless smile became our reason to hold on.
I resigned to watching my girls as they eat. The moment they finish, Adriana stands up and says ‘thank you for the meal’ before she runs out to look for her friends. Leaving Me and Ares alone. Which I appreciated very much.
“Can I get my bag please so I can wear something of mine.” she asked
I wanted to say no, so she stayed longer in my shirt, but that would be too obvious. Plus, I don't mind providing every clothing she needs. Her bag is barely full with clothes, which means she only took the necessary ones when she left her pack.
“Sure, I'll bring them up to you.” I replied
“Can you also send for Josh? The sooner I talk this out, the better” she said
“I will. Go get ready” I said and leaned down to kiss her head. The action is almost natural to me. Her reaction to the kiss last night made me want to make it a ritual.
I almost forgot the bombshell that dropped on us last night. My mate is the last of the royal bloodline. I'm mates with royalty.