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”I think it might have something to do with how I’ve charmed their parent,” Caden said. He carried the cats to the joined door that now existed between their bedroom and Nero’s office. He deposited the cats on the other side with some treats before he closed the door and blocked the cat door. Caden then turned around, and crossed the room to where Nero perched. He wasted no time in getting lost in their mate, more than ready to do the same again tomorrow once they were bonded.
The next day, the house was a flurry of activity. Caden and Nero were having a small ceremony to complete their bond in the evening, but Caden never did anything small. All morning and afternoon, people came and went with flowers, food, and decorations to set the scene for such an important event. Caden even hired people to do Nero’s hair if they wanted it, as well as their make-up. He extended those services to Kimiko and Cassiopeia as well. Cassiopeia had readily accepted, and enjoyed the pampering to its fullest.
When the sun started to move lower into the sky, Caden started to get dressed with Nero. ”Wie fühlen Sie sich?”
The rest of the shopping trip went off without a hitch. Cassiopeia had gotten Nic a black button-up to go with the black pants from the other store. It would pair up well with the red sports jacket, and make his features pop. Honestly, Cassi didn’t know how she was going to concentrate on her duties tomorrow of bonding her best friend to their mate with Nic looking the way he did.
Once they got back home, Cassi hung up Nic’s outfit for the following day to keep it from wrinkling before she changed and they got started on the garden boxes. After a few hours, Cassi returned home. As much as she wanted to spend another night with Nic, her cats would have been lonely without her since Wayland wasn’t there.
The next morning, Cassi woke up to get some house cleaning done and tended to her plants outside. Winter was drawing close, and she needed to prepare her plants for the colder months. After that, she packed everything up before Nic picked her up and then headed to Caden’s house.
Now, Cassi sat on the sofa in Kimiko’s room, drinking a glass of whiskey as she went over the ceremony one more time. She had seen the bonding ceremony of Caden’s people only once, and only participated in half of it herself. It was an honour to perform it for her best friend, but it also wasn’t something normally performed by an outsider. She didn’t want to screw it up.
It was difficult getting out of bed the next morning. The warm body beside him enticed Avery to just ignore the world outside and stay in bed a little longer. However, today was not the day for that. Caden roused Avery through their bond, and the werewolf grumbled in annoyance when he was woken. He kissed Kimiko’s head before getting up. Caden sent Avery on a perimeter check, showing him where the weakness had been in the warding the day before.
When Avery reached the location, he noticed a fair bit of activity had occurred during the night but he didn’t smell anything out of the ordinary. After that, Avery was well awake and decided to get a decent work-out in before he was shanghaied in helping the staff prepare for Caden and Nero’s ceremony. It was all work Avery was used to doing when a big event was happening. He fell into the rhythm easily, and the hours passed by quickly.
Avery returned to the room he shared with Kimiko to shower before he was kicked out by Cassi, and told to take Nic. Avery glanced side-long at Nic before huffing and brought the man to his room in staff housing.
”Drink”? Avery offered. ”Feel free to shower if you need to as well.”
