43 Knightly 11 could kiss you right now and never stop , slips from my lips . Her eyes water and her already flushed skin gets darken " Hmm ? " she gives me a second chance to reword my intrusive thoughts " I would love to , " I nod . " I'm sure my parents would be thrilled " " Good , she squeaks and tries to escape . I stop her . " Would you like to go to dinner with me tonight ? Just the two of us ? " " Is that I'm what ? " she studders . " Would you like to go to dinner with me tonight ? " " Like dinner dinner or a date ? " she asks skeptically . " This is a date , Angel , I grin at her reaction . She stares at me long enough for me to feel completely insecure about asking . Did I choose the wrong time to ask ? Was i wrong to ? The suspense is killing me and she's just standing there with a blank expression giving nothing away . My heart is starting to race and I immediately feel like an asshole . " Sure , okay , " she finally nods . I release the breath I didn't know I was holding " You don't have to if you're not comfortable with it , I shake my head . " That's not it ," she laughs . "I just it's been like three years since the last time I went on a date and it ended with me breaking my knuckles on that asshole's face when he kissed me , " My wolf pushes along my neck at the mention of her getting hurt and someone touching her without her permission in the same sentence . I groan trying to keep him back , but she takes notice and places her hands on my chest . " I'm sorry , " I breathe through it . " It's okay , " she says wrapping her arms around me . It takes him no time to settle down . She lets me hold her without pulling away . I don't know how long we stand here until we hear a crashing sound inside the room . " You okay ? " " Yes , " I nod . She doesn't hesitate to push the door open . Aizen freezes when he sees us standing here . He stops picking up the paint squares on the floor and Ayrie who is holding the box that contains the paints looks just as spooked . " What are you doing ? " she asks " Nothing ," they both blurt out at the same . She places her hands on her hips and the two of them scurry to pick up what they dropped . " I am going to inform my parents that we have a trip tomorrow and that they'll be babysitting tonight , " " I feel like I take advantage of Maria ," she says looking back at me . She's serious . " Believe me , Angel . If anyone is taking advantage , it's her , " I look down at the envelope to see my name written in perfect script in the center . I turn it around and smile at the sticker of a paw print on the back . I take it downstairs to my dad's study to find him there typing away at his computer . " Everything okay ? " he asks . " How is Phoebe doing ? " ' Good . They're good , " " I think we should consider ourselves lucky she hasn't run for the hills ," he sighs " Where's Mom ? " " Somewhere . Did you need her ? " " Just wanted to talk to you guys , " I nod . He immediately takes his phone out to text her " He didn't scare her too much did he ? " " I think she kind of liked him , I admit . He growls annoyed but doesn't comment on it . I'm here ," Mom bursts into the room . " Right her " I was wondering if you guys could watch the : Successfully unlocked ! ight ? I made reservations for me and Phoebe , " " It's Phoebe and me , my mom corrects me . " And duh ," " She also got us tickets for Ayrie's un - birthday celebration tomorrow , " I say holding up the tickets . " Her what ? " Dad asks . " Un - birthday . She told me this super cute story about the twins sharing their birthday party last year . It was Shark Boy and Lava Girl themed . One of the other little girls from their class had a princess party and only the boys went . So , Ayrie asked if she could have an un - birthday party so she could have her own princess - themed party . Like the Alice In Wonderland song " " Oh , no , " my mom puts her hand over her chest . " So , we're going to Disneyland in the morning . She got us tickets ," " That is the cutest thing ever ," she coos and snatches the envelope out of my hands . " Does this mean we get to see whatever she's hiding in that little pink vintage trunk ? " " You mean the dress ? " " She showed it to you ? " she hits me with the back of her hand . " I bet it's gorgeous , " " It is . I've never seen anything like it , " I admit . " I caught her working on it a couple of times now ," " I love her . She's I don't know . I just love her . I'm a big fan , " she looks down at the envelope and sighs happily . "I have something important to tell you guys ," " You got her pregnant again ? Good for you ," she smacks me again . " Maria , Dad sighs . " No ," I groan . " I'll be more careful when it does happen again and I'd like for her to be marked before we even consider more of them , " Good ," Dad nods . " Tell us what's on your mind . " " Her mother was Anastasia Rizen , " I rip the bandaid clean off . The two of them stand staring back at me the way I expected them to . " I know . She told me on the way back over here . Her dad asked her to tell me , " " Oh , my god ," my mother blurts out . I've never heard her use that phrase before . " Fuck , " that I hear come out of her mouth a lot . " Are you serious ?" " That's what she said , " Alpha Rizen is not going to be happy , " My Dad sits back . " He's not happy about it now ," " What do you mean ? " I ask , " He takes care of the NorCal wolves . He owns a lot of the businesses in Pismo , Fuck , he's not going to like this at all . If there's anyone who hates Arnold more than us it's Antone , " " Oh, my god ," my mom bursts into laughter . " That is insane . There is no way you stumbled into a princess , knocked her up . and just walked away . That's mental , " " Mom " Ya le dejiste ? " " No , I have not told her I groan . I'd like to hold off in spirling her life more than I already have . She's just barely warming up to the idea of us and I don't want her pulling away " " Of course , " my dad agrees " We should prepare for the spectacle Arnold is going to make of this ," my mom changes the subject . " It's only a matter of time before he snaps and goes after the babysitter for what they did to Ayrie . If I have to guess , he's going to publically humiliate Xo , and he's going to have your sisters do it ," "Fuck her . She deserves that after what she did ," I scoff . " I'm not stopping him ," " We know that she deserves it , Knight , but think of how Phoebe will react . She's hurt right now , but she's not going to be okay with it . Xochil and Phoebe are friends . They have history . She might be one of us but she was raised human . She's getting an idea of how things work for us , but she's got a kind heart . " I'd talk to your father if I thought he'd listen to me , " my dad comes around his desk to put his arm around me . " And tell him if speaks about your mother the way he did again , I'm going to kill him . Nice and slow ." 口