CH49 - Cedric's POV

At first, I was surprised that Dereck had figured out the truth so quickly, but in a way, I’m glad. There are a few ways I can use his love for Kai to my advantage, but this might mean I’ll have to accept a few things myself. For now, I don’t have time to worry about it.

A new cake is brought to the packhouse. Though it isn’t the one I had wanted, the argument had gone on long enough and had been bad enough that the two idiots had caused a mess of the original. Next year I’ll get someone else to work on it.

Thankfully, nothing else major has caused any setbacks to the preparations and our guests arrive with only a few minutes delay. Kai has been strangely quiet and hasn’t come downstairs at all yet. I haven’t had time to check on him, as alpha Caleb has kept me busy with his chit-chat.

He was my father’s friend when they were children, but moved his pack away from the fighting. Although they only visit once a year,