Gathering Everyone

“I’m dead serious now,” I muttered. Alpha Matthew also chuckled mischievously.

“I’m serious too because you know the egg we’re talking about is really valuable--”

“Stop teasing, man. Look at your wife’s cheeks, they’re blushing like boiled shrimp,” Hannah chuckled.

I never expected this afternoon to be so fun and full of laughter.

“Alright, I’ll take care of it. Let me call Jake so he can deliver two crates of fresh eggs from the farm,” Alpha Matthew conceded and immediately got up to make the call.

“Hannah, you always tease me about Alpha Matthew being naughty lately,” I chuckled as I watched her scoop coffee cookie dough onto parchment paper. “With the full moon coming, they must be getting restless. It’s like they have a hunger for something, like delicious grilled mutton.”

“I know, sometimes it’s a little creepy,” Hannah whispered back to me.

“Does Mark get rougher during this time too?” I asked, surprised by the possibility.

Mark turned his head and flashed us an awkward