I held my camera up to my eye, shifting the lens until both grinning men were framed as they talked in silly voices to their frowning daughter.
Both of my alphas were idiots for her and ready to give her the world. Edison especially. The man had been working nonstop for the past seven weeks to start laying the groundwork for Imogen to one day take over the family entirely.
I still didn’t know how I felt about my baby one day doing all of the dangerous things that Edison and Rhodes did every day, but for now she was just my little girl and could grow up in a life much better than I had.
After snapping a few more pictures my phone pinged with a text message and I already knew who it was from.
Romey had been trying ever since that night to try and smooth things over with me—even going so far as to try and show up to the estate again to try and talk to me. Edison and Rhodes still hadn’t forgiven him, but I missed my little brother and I felt bad that his entire life seemed to have derailed because of me.
He and Kailey dropped out of school that semester and never came back and I knew that our parents had also cut him off, leaving him without the lifestyle that he’d grown accustomed to. Last I heard, he and Kailey were living down the coast in Florida, seeming to enjoy their lives far away from the city and far away from Ethan and Miranda Chandler.
Ever since Imogen had been born I’d been sending him pictures of her and the lines of communication slowly opened up enough for us to exchange pleasantries.
We’d never be able to go back to the way it was before. That Perrie and that Romey were gone forever now, and while he’d been my first baby, I had Imogen to think about now.
“That your good-for-nothing brother on the phone?” Edison growled as I approached, typing a response to Romey’s gushing over his niece in a sundress.
“Yes,” I replied, refusing to argue with him about it on such a nice day. “Now will you two stop fussing over the baby so we can do what we came here for?”
Edison looked like he wanted to argue, it was his favorite pastime after all, but instead he just patted the sand in between where he and Rhodes were sitting with a smile. “Come have a seat, my lady.”
I had force myself not to roll my eyes as I settled in next to them, accepting my squirmy baby from Rhodes. “You know, the umbrella is nice.”
Rhodes’ expression lit up as he reached behind me to give Edison a shove. “I told you it was the better option.”
Edison ignored his jab, leaning in close to the shell of my ear.
“Traitor,” he whispered, though there was no actual anger behind it.
“You love it,” I teased, my eyes going out over the still water. “Are you sure it’s happening today?”
“It happens around this time every year and when I sent Oona out to check she said they were starting to get restless… look!” Edison pointed to the thick cattails that lined half of the lake as the flock of geese and ducks that usually milled around the lake day in and day out started to take flight.
Edison took the baby from me without even needing to be asked and I lifted my camera up once again to get as many snapshots of the birds as they took their flight south for the winter. I didn’t stop until they were just specks in the distance.
Pleased, I let the camera drop only to find that instead of watching the birds, both of my alphas were watching me with soft smiles on their faces.
When Edison suggested coming out to watch them migrate, I worried that it would bring back bad memories of his mother. I didn’t want him to have to relive any other trauma while I was here to take care of him, but when he’d insisted I’d agreed, eager to maybe get some pictures of it.
But Edison didn’t look sad, no with our daughter cradled in his arms he looked more content than I’d ever seen him. It was like he finally felt like he was at peace.
“I guess one chapter finally closes,” I told him, as we settled in together to listen as the sun started to set and the lake came alive with all manner of other wildlife. “And another one opens.”
“I still think we need to get some chickens,” Edison said, making me and Rhodes laugh. “Though I am willing to compromise for some swans.”
“And where are you planning on getting these swans, Edi?” Rhodes asked, a grin already on his face because he already knew the answer.
Edison shrugged, lifting Imogen up so that he could press a feather soft kiss to her chubby cheeks.
“I know a guy.”
Coming Soon...
The next book in the Mafia Darlings Omegaverse…
Broken Beta
Coming to your kindles early 2025
Past Perrie, Edison, and Rhodes there is a whole world unexplored. In Broken Beta you will learn the story of Luscinia 'Cini' Amante who has spent her entire life living in the background of the Amante family. She should have been a spoiled princess, treated like royalty by everyone around her.
But she was born deaf and to top it all off she's twenty-four and far past the potential of awakening as an omega.
And to top it all off? She's in love with her dead brother's pack. Elio, Dante, Ranieri, and Nicolo are everything she wants and everything she can't have.
Full blurb coming soon.
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