Chapter 3
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Caleb's POV
It's fifteen minutes before seven in the evening. The pack members are still busy preparing the food and the stage for the gathering to welcome the return of the alpha's son. I scan the whole place, and I see some familiar faces.
A knock on my door dragged my attention away from the ground. "Yes?" I said.
The door opened, and a head slipped inside. "You ready?" It's my beta, Leon.
"Yes," I said and walked towards the door. As I shut the door, two little smugglers ran and jumped at me.
"Woah! Hey, there little smuggles," I smiled at them. I hold my little sister, Ameerah, on my right arm, and my little brother, Dawnson, who is two years older than her, is climbing on my back.
"Brother, brother, is your girl coming tonight?" Dawnson asked behind my back.
I looked at him and smiled, "well, she loved to come, but her flight was delayed due to bad weather," my beta grinned at me.
"Will she like us?" my sister asked, "I don't want her to be the Luna if she's a snob," she pouts.
I started walking down the stairs with my two siblings, testing my strength to carry them both to where the gathering would be held.
Leon trailed behind us, "Well, Ameerah, your brother's girl is a beauty," he said, "And I'm sure you're gonna like her, too."
Ameerah looked at him, "Is she as pretty as Emily? Or Alicia? Or Heather? Or Icy?" Her eyes were full of admiration as she said those names.
My ears perked as she said those names. Curiously, I looked at her. "Who are those?" I asked.
It was Dawnson who explained, "Alicia is the beta's youngest daughter."
"Yeah, I remember beta Paul has a daughter," Leon said.
Paul's oldest son was a warrior. Since I will be alpha, I get to choose who will be my beta. I chose someone who I can trust. Someone strong, well, not as strong as me, but strong enough to be my right-hand man.
"And who's the other three?" Leon asked them.
"Emily is Alicia's cousin," said Dawnson, "And Heather is Uncle Vince's daughter."
My sister Ameerah coped my face and said, "but Icy is the prettiest," she said, beaming with a smile. You can see on her face how she admires this person.
My beta put a big smile on his face, "well, I'd like to meet this 'prettiest' girl. Will you introduce this girl to me?"
"NO!" the little girl screamed at him, "Big sister Icy is mine!" and she glared at my beta.
"Woah! There little kitty," he held up both his arms as if surrendering, "I just want to befriend your big sister."
My sister still glared at him, "Alright, that's enough," I said, "will all your friends be here?" I asked just to change the topic.
Dawnson was the one who answered me, "you bet they are!"
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Quincy's POV
It is still ten minutes before we clock off. I took the last order from the customer before I headed to the kitchen to give the order.
"Mandy," I called out to the manager. She smiled back at me, "I'm gonna clean up now. There's a family gathering tonight. I'm sorry if I can not take overtime."
She nodded at me, " Okay, I understand. Is Heather clocking out too?" she asked.
As if it queued, Heather appeared at my back, "Yes Ma'am, I'll be clocking out too!" she said.
"Alright, both of you, you can go." She returns to her work after shooing us away.
"Thanks, Mandy!" we both said.
We change out of our work uniform and freshen up our make-up. When we are both satisfied, we exited the restaurant and head to the parking lot where Garret is waiting for us.
Garret scooped his mate and kissed her on the lips.
"Eww! Get a room, you two!" I said to them and opened the door of the back seat of the car.
I heard the two of them laugh before they separated from each other and got inside the car.
"Oh, you two are done. That's very fast," I teased them.
"Oh, shut up, Icy," Heather said back. "Don't be jealous, my friend," I rolled my eyes at her.
We arrive at the packhouse at exactly seven in the evening.
After Garret parked the car and we exited, Emily approached us.
"You're almost late, let's go! Alpha Troy is already on the stage." Emily dragged us, pushed us towards the house.
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