War of Threes
“Because of my alpha duties, I couldn’t re-enlist in the Navy, so I came home to take over from papá (Dad). My enlistment had postponed my ceremonia alfa (alpha ceremony) for a year, so I didn’t take over until last year, when I was 22.”
“I was on leave for two weeks from the Marines and I happened to get home the night before the ceremony.” Hakeem walks to Gael with some onions, which he dumps into a second pan on the stove. He looks at Gael with a smile on his face. He pulls Gael to face him, wrapping his arms around his waist as Gael does the same. They look so happy and it sends tendrils of warmth throughout my body. “The second I walked into the packhouse, I could smell the most a
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