Father And Son

'Lucien, I am out for a while.'

What followed was the sound of the door closing.

Lucien turned his head toward the door when he heard Ronan's voice via Mind Link.

"Ronan?" he called, but his mate gave no answer.

There was no one at the door. When Lucien opened the door and peeked outside, the corridor was empty.

Lucien did not have time to wonder where Ronan went off to, because the babies had started to cry again. In the past four weeks, they were used to seeing either Ronan or Lucien around, so when none of them was visible, they quickly became distressed. "I am coming," Lucien shouted before he closed the door. "Don't cry, my little sweethearts..."

Ronan and Dane walked side-by-side in silence. They exited the building and walked in the direction of the thick forest that surrounded the pack house.

Once they were far enough and pretty sure that no one was listening in on their conversation, they stopped walking and faced each other.