Fated Forgiveness [Kindred of Arkadia 4] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour ManLove) (7 page)

“Wait, two? I heard about Sebastian, but nothing so far about a second mate.”

“I just recently found out. Kent is also my mate.” Liam found himself holding his breath as he waited

for his grandfather’s reaction. He was not prepared for the gales of laughter from the other end of the

phone. After a couple minutes, he started to get offended.

“Grandfather!” Liam yelled to get his attention.

“I’m sorry, Liam. It’s just that he is perfect for you. He’s your complete opposite when it comes to

logistics. Now I know your reports and paperwork will be on time. That man is meticulous when it comes

to his work.” Liam was shocked to hear pride in the old man’s voice.

“You don’t mind that I’m gay?”

“Liam, I could care less what you do in bed. You have turned the Lewenhart pride into a shining

example of what it means to be a lion. I couldn’t be prouder. Now, enough of this emotional stuff. I told

your young man Kent that I needed your stance on pride-to-pride transfers. Now I know he told you my

message, which means you are behind in your work again. I need it by tomorrow morning, Liam.” Lachlan

growled. Liam rolled his eyes as he smiled.

“I’ll get it to you by morning.”

“Good. Talk to you later.”

“Good-bye, Grandfather.” Liam replied.

“Bye, son.” Was the gruff response. Liam teared up as he put the phone down. Kent and Sebastian were

right. He had his own family.

* * * *

“Liam, seriously? This is like your fourth phone this year. It’s only June! What are you doing? Eating

them or something?” The small, dark-haired man exclaimed.

“Sorry, Johnny, my temper got the better of me, the latest phone is lying at the bottom of my pool.

Whatcha got that’s new?” Liam asked, looking over the cases.

“Not much since last month. Did you want to stay with an iPhone?” Johnny asked. Liam nodded.

“I also need to get my mates phones. Johnny, this is Sebastian Wakefield and Kent Fieldings,” Liam

said, smiling at his mates who were drooling over the phone case.

“Nice to meet you guys. If you ever need anything electronic, I’m your man.” Johnny grinned, blowing

his long bangs out of his eyes.

“Sounds like you stay busy.” Kent chuckled.

“Shifter males with tempers and no patience, yeah, they don’t mix well with technology.” Johnny rolled

his eyes.

“Can I get an iPhone, too?” Sebastian looked at Liam hopefully.

“Let’s all get the same phone,” Kent suggested.

“Okay, Johnny, three iPhones it is.” Liam took Sebastian and Kent’s hands.

“Okay, give me about an hour to activate these for you. Will that be okay?” Johnny’s green eyes blinked

up at Liam.

“Yeah, that’s cool. We’re heading to Ashby’s anyway to grab some ice cream.”

“Great, have fun.” Johnny grabbed three small phone boxes and headed over to his computer. Liam led

his men out the door and down the street towards Sweet Nothings. As they walked in he heard an irate

female voice above the larger-than-usual crowd.

“I don’t want a vampire serving me!”

“Miranda, please. Look around, I need the help. All they are doing is scooping the ice cream,” Ashby

pleaded, pointing to David and Daniel, who both wore crushed expressions on their faces. It seemed that

David and Daniel’s foray back into town wasn’t going well. Liam looked at Kent and Sebastian. Both wore

concerned expressions. He let go of their hands and stepped forward, walking to stand right next to Miranda

at the counter.

“Sweet! David and Daniel are working the counter, now I know my sundae is going to be awesome.

Mix it up crazy like you did last time,” Liam said in a playful, relaxed voice.

“You know them, Alpha?” Miranda asked. Most of the customers looked on, curious.

“David and Daniel? Of course I do. These two are not only fabulous at mixing up new combinations,

but they are super smart IT guys. I’m thinking about getting them to do a pride website,” Liam said looking

at a surprised Miranda. He leaned down and acted like he was about to tell her a secret.

“Miranda, I know you like to be up on the news. David and Daniel are the hottest thing in Arkadia right

now. If you want, I can drop a hint or two to them about the online store front you’ve been looking to do,”

he said in a conspiratorial whisper. She looked at the red-headed twins as if seeing them for the first time.

She nodded to Liam.

“That may not be a bad idea. Thank you, Alpha.” She turned to David.

“What do you recommend in chocolate?” David’s eyes widened and he practically stumbled over his

words he was so excited.

“I would do the Belgian milk chocolate ice cream and mix in the Death By Chocolate cake and
then

drizzle the entire thing in raspberry syrup,” David offered. Miranda licked her lips.

“One of those please, that sounds heavenly.”

“What do you recommend for caramel?” the gentleman to her left asked Daniel. Liam stepped out of

line as Daniel rattled off his concoction. Liam looked up and caught Ashby’s grateful smile as he mouthed

the words “Thank You.” Liam nodded and headed back to his mates. Kent was shaking his head and

chuckling.

“You are an amazing man, Liam Lewenhart. It’s no small wonder that you are Alpha.” Kent grabbed the

back of Liam’s head and kissed him passionately. When they broke apart, Sebastian immediately went on

tip toe and gave him another heated kiss.

“I can’t wait to get you two home,” Liam said, giving them smoldering looks. Sebastian pouted.

“Can we go home now?” he begged, rubbing his body against Liam, who groaned at the sensation of a

full body rub.

“We still have time to kill before the phones are ready,” Liam reminded his mate.

Sebastian sighed, then perked up. “I guess it’s worth the wait to get that phone. Do you know all the

stuff you can do with that thing?” Sebastian asked excitedly.

“Liam can you wait with Sebastian to get his Butter Pecan? I’m heading to the diner to see if they have

Ma’s cherry pie,” Kent asked.

“Sure. Grab me a slice, too?”

“Absolutely, see you in a bit.” Kent blew kisses to his mates and walked out of the ice cream parlor. He

had an idea, and if he was lucky, the people he needed would be in the diner.

Luck was on his side. As he walked into the diner he could see Rebecca and her mate, with Kate and

her mates frowning at what Rian was telling them. He watched as Aleks’s face kept getting darker and

darker. He walked up to their already full table, pulled a seat over, and sat next to Rian.

“I take it Rian has filled you in on what Liam’s father said?” Kent asked. Rebecca and Kate nodded,

both of them quiet and looking pissed off.

“Good. Because I have an idea. Liam is acting like he’s over what was said, but I know that it’s eating at

him. He never really had his family support him and Sebastian was betrayed by the Alpha that was sworn to

protect him. So I was trying to think of a way to show them both how loved they are. Any ideas?” Kent

asked and the table went silent.

“That is the most I have ever heard you say at once,” Rebecca said.

Kent shrugged. “I never really had anything important to say until now.”

Rian winced, and said, “Liam also got upset when the pride asked him to bond with Rebecca, so that we

could be protected from dominance challenges like the pack. It backfired, though. He thought it meant the

pride didn’t trust him to protect us.” Rebecca frowned, then an excited look crossed her face and she

clapped her hands.

“I know! Let’s do a pool party! It will be the
We Love Liam
,
We Love Sebastian
and
Congratulations

on your Mating
pool party!” Aleks, Caleb and Bran growled.

“Rebecca, don’t use this as an excuse to get your pool party so you can ogle pride and pack members,”

Aleks chastised. Rebecca’s eyes narrowed at her mate.

“I’m not! I’m thinking of Liam. He’s most relaxed out by his pool. Even when it was too cold to go in,

he prefers to be outside in the sun on his lounger. We could do a huge backyard bash. Rian, what do you

think? Can you pull it off by tomorrow?” Rian thought about it for a second, tapping his fingers to his chin

before nodding.

“It’s totally doable. I’ll get started now.” Rian stood and kissed Rebecca on the cheek.

“Marvelous idea, babes. I’ll call you with details later. Bye, Bee!” he hurried out the door.

“You three stop with the growling, this is for Liam.” Rebecca swatted her mate’s arm. Kate gave Caleb

and Bran the evil eye.

“I can’t thank you enough. Those two really need the support right now.” Kent smiled as he stood.

“Ma, can I get a cherry pie to go?” he yelled across the diner.

“Sure thing,” was the warm reply.

“What about you, Kent, how are you doing?” Rebecca asked. Kent smiled.

“If we can get those two to realize their worth, I’ll be just fine.” He winked at Rebecca and took the pie

that Ma had walked over to him.

“You’re a good man, Kent Fieldings.” Ma smiled. He inclined his head.

“It might not be a bad idea to invite just a couple of vampires. There was a scene that Liam diffused at

Sweet Nothings. The more we show them support, the better for the town I think.” Kent said looking at

Bran, Caleb and Aleks. They nodded.

“We were talking about that earlier. We knew there would be some resistance, but we never thought the

town would balk this badly. We’ll continue our efforts, though.” Bran spoke up.

“Okay, gotta run, I was only supposed to come for pie.” Kent waved as he headed out of the diner,

feeling really good about the upcoming plans.

* * * *

“Is it just me, or is Rian more high-strung than usual?” Liam watched the small man pace back and forth

on the back deck, waving his hands and yelling into his phone. Kent watched on, thankful that they were

far enough away in the kitchen that Rian’s plans couldn’t be heard.

“I don’t know, that seems pretty typical for him, but you know him better.” Sebastian munched on his

sandwich and chips. They had decided to have sandwiches for dinner since it was quick and easy. Liam

watched his friend for a minute more, then looked at Sebastian.

“Is he using your phone?” Liam took a bite of potato salad and moaned. He loved Ma’s potato salad, he

always ordered big batches of it to keep at home. When he looked up, Sebastian and Kent were giving him

heated glances. Sebastian shook his head as if to clear it. Kent could only imagine the dirty thoughts their

little kitten had been thinking, mostly because he was thinking them too.

“Yup. He begged me to borrow it. I couldn’t say no.” Sebastian blushed. Liam cackled.

“He pulled the big, sad
Puss in Boots
eyes, didn’t he? He’s the only one I know who can do that,” Liam

said, smiling. Sebastian nodded.

“He said he would show me how it worked later.” Sebastian eyed his plate and popped the last chip in

his mouth.

Rian sashayed into the kitchen. He walked up to Sebastian, handed him his phone and kissed him on his

cheek.

“Thanks for letting me borrow the phone. Mine’s so old I might as well be tapping away on stone. Kent,

can I talk to you for a second about that invoice you needed?” Rian asked ruffling Sebastian’s hair.

Sebastian batted at Rian’s hand playfully. Kent stood, threw his empty plate away, and nodded.

“Sure we can go to the office. Be right back.” He smiled at his mates and walked with Rian into the

office before closing the door.

“You never turn in invoices even when I threaten you, so what did you really want to talk about?” Kent

asked, leaning against the desk.

“You need to get Liam and Sebastian out of the house tomorrow.” Rian sat cross legged on the leather

chair across from Kent’s desk.

“How am I supposed to do that?” Kent asked, running a hand through his hair.

“I don’t know, offer them blow jobs in the woods or something,” Rian offered casually. Kent stared at

Rian, thoughts of seducing his mates in the woods filling his mind.

“Focus!” Rian said, standing and snapping his fingers in front of Kent’s face.

“Don’t say stuff like that and expect me not to lose focus,” Kent complained. Rian sighed and rubbed

his face with both hands.

“Take them to Rebecca’s. They both have to be worried about her. Tell Rebecca she’s not allowed to let

them leave until 5pm.” Rian turned around and started walking out of the office.

“What if she can’t stall them?” Kent asked. Rian turned around looked at him, started chuckling, then

turned back around and walked out.

Okay then
. Kent walked back out to the kitchen.

“Get it all straightened out?” Liam asked as he and Sebastian shared a pint of ice cream. Their trip to

Ashby’s hadn’t satisfied their sweets cravings.

“Yes, I gave him the correct forms to fill out, so he should be set.” Kent said sitting down on the

barstool next to Liam. Sebastian put his spoon down and rubbed his distended stomach.

“I can’t eat anymore,” he groaned. Liam put his spoon down, replaced the lid on the ice cream, and put

it back in the freezer. Sebastian lay his head down on his arm which stretched across the counter. Kent