[Stanton] After the girls closed the bedroom door, we got settled in. Randy was pretty quiet. He hadn’t liked it when Clover ignored his comment. I’m sure he wanted to embarrass me. Randy loved getting a laugh at my expense when he could. Just before I was going to speak, there was a burst of laughter from the bedroom. I couldn’t stop myself from smiling. Val and Derrick were smiling, too. Hearing our mates so happy together made us happy as well. It was the same for all shifter mates. A lot of our mood was affected by what our mates were feeling. I started in on the information. Everyone had read the files or been at the meetings, so most of this discussion was about the instinctual feelings Kinlee, Val, and I had in the meetings and the evidence we’d gone through. Randy and Derri