"No, Blake. You make the batter then add choco chips then scoops them up and put them on the Parchment paper, then put them in a preheated oven for about 8-10 min. Simple" Easton explains and his mate replied with blank blinking, his favorite habit.

"You call this simple? And what did you say? Paracha- what?" the younger alpha replies. The couple was making some choco-chip cookies and it was also Blake's cooking class or baking class for today.

"Parchment paper, baby" he walks to the cabinet on the right and takes out a roll of the paper. "This" he shows it.

"It's baking paper, you dumbass" Blake glares and hits Easton with the roll hiding his blush from the word "baby". He was still not used to it.

"Right, my bad" the older alpha chuckles and lets it go.

"Of course" Blake tries to hide his little smile 'cause he knew his mate was taking the blame for him. It made him giddy how things have changed in a month. Here he was making cookies with the love of his life. Insane.

"I see, another henpecked in Knight family. Keep your father's name high" Tib compliments walking into the kitchen and picking some raw peas to munch of them.

[a/n: "Henpecked" means someone who does everything his wife says. Whipped]

"What makes you think that I am the wife, Sir Tib?" Blake complains while Tib tilts his head to the side with wide eyes. He looks at Easton who was nervously biting his lips, in deep thought.

"I'm sure you are planning insurance for your ass, aren't you?"

Tib comments through their link making the older alpha glare at him. The half-vampire laughs loudly which makes Blake's brows knit. "I just know, kiddo" he ruffles the alpha's hair making him whine. "Let me tell you..." he closes into Blake's ear and whispers. "it feels amazing to be a "wife", once in a while" he winks.

Blake couldn't understand a single word and just looks at Easton who was panicking. "Co-Cookies" the older alpha distracts Blake and drags him away from the sensitive topic. He can barely imagine himself on the bottom but knowing Blake, he will put up a fight for it. And he wasn't ready for that.

The pair continues making the cookies while Tib settles his seat in a corner of the room. He was just waiting for the delicious cookies to come out, so he could devour them before anyone can.

"By the way, where are your parents?" the half-vampire questions.

"Ah, they went out for some shopping. Going alone for mom would be dangerous so, I sent father along" Blake explains.

"Ah..."

"Dangerous than she already is? I pity Chris"

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"I don't understand why are going in the same loop for twenty minutes now" Chris sighs watching Cora walking ahead of him with her heels making hot sounds.

"Because I am looking for something. Duh, Christopher" the witch manages with her eyes searching the whole supermarket which wasn't even that crowded. Christopher felt a little tingle in his stomach feeling nostalgic but he controlled himself because this wasn't his mate. The woman he loved. No.

"Stop" he walks in front of the lady and stops her from walking any further. "There are signboards up there, look" he points which doesn't make the woman look. Instead, she stares at him with a blank expression.

"Christopher, you think I'm blind?" with a tight smile. "No, I'm not. I know there are boards but those small little things can get manipulated and shifted somewhere else because I did look for them and they are not in their place"

"We got staff to help"

"I don't like taking helps. I am an independent woman" she comments and resumes her loop.

"Very independent" he retorts under his breath looking at the bags in his hands. Cora walks the lane of cereals, then chocolate, and the cookies but couldn't find the thing she was looking for. She turns around the corner of the lane and stops when the thing she had looking for, lands in front of her eyes.

"Yes!" a big grin appears on her face looking at the orange delights in her mate's hand. The candies were half-moon shaped with sour and sweet orange-flavor. "How did you know?"

"It's just that you used to have them a lot when you had Blake" Chris answers with remorse in his voice. "I remembered"

"You mean when I had "them" " she grits her teeth and snatches away the three packets Chris brought and runs to the checkout without waiting for Chris's reply. Guilt raises his throat which he gulps down and walks after the woman.

The pair walked to the car and Chris started driving it to the house. The drive was very silent with Cora watching outside the window and Chris concentrated on the steering with cold sweat. "Cora, you know I didn't mean like that" the former alpha tries to strive up a conversation.

"I don't care what you meant, Christopher" she spat with venom lacing her every word. Christopher looks at the witch and continues the drive without a reply. "It was just so obvious that he didn't matter to you from the start"

"That is not true" he raised his voice.

"It is true!" Cora's patience broke as she yelled back with her eyes glowing green. "You didn't care for his existence, the day he was born. You killed him!" she blamed.

"Cora, stop"

"No. YOU STOP!" she hits hard on the glove compartment in front of her seat, making the vehicle screech and lift off the ground on the front wheels. The vehicle balance on the front wheels but bang back down on the road, when couldn't keep up, making Chris hit his head on the steering wheel. Blue fumes started coming out of the vehicle, the hood crushed and opened, and the vehicle doors were thrown free and windows shattered. Chris sat back with a heavy head, processing the events that occurred one by one.

"I will find my way back home. You do yours" with that Cora exits the already opened door and disappear into thin air.

"I am still ill in the head to think what she did just now was hot" Chris bangs his head on the steering wheel and sighs back on the seat. "Guess, I gotta walk back home"

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Turning to his sides, Silver let out a big groan. He stretched out his hands and blinked his eyes and scrunched them to adjust to the lights coming into the room. A yawn escapes his lips as he gets up with a blank mind. Looking around he founds himself in his room which was great instead of waking up after drunken sex.

His eyes land to his left where the window was, and then he turned right. "Ahhhhhhhhh" His heart jumped out of his chest to find a very gleeful Arion dressed in all suit and tie.

"Good morning" he greets with his face inches away from the wolf.

"You-" his words get gulped down when a plaster lands on his lips, sealing away his mouth. "Mmph!" he struggles just to find his legs already being tied with a rope and now Arion was tying his hands. "Mmmmhhhh" he screams within the plaster but that doesn't bother Arion.

"Great, all done" once he was sure of the hold on his mate's hands was not too hard neither lose, he hops down the bed. Silver glares his mate's way who was smiling. "Don't get your hopes high, I'm not kidnapping you" he states with a seductive wink which makes the wolf angrier.

"Look, today is a very important day," he says adjusting his tie which was tight enough to choke him, Silver thought. "After your break down yesterday, I knew you wouldn't listen to any of my words "normally" as most people do. You would probably attack me, bury me down in the earth, and then summon my soul to state an explanation which I couldn't afford right now. Hence, all this " he gestures to the adjustments he made so that his mate couldn't escape. "Now listen to me carefully"

He puts out a black briefcase, the one usually shown in mafia kind of movies. He then clicks open the bag with either side of the locks while Silver scoots away mapping the danger. Arion smirks and pulls out the first object scaring the wolf. "This" he points out a couple of papers attached with a pin. He places the paper neatly before Silver and narrates the following.

"I, Aziel Knight aka Easton Knight, the alpha of Crimson Borders confirm that Arion Long, the beta wolf, was with me on the night of his departure on 21st of October XXXX" Silver's brows pull together, confused as to what the hell was this man reading. He kept looking down at the paper and then Arion's face who was reading everything completely different but also the same.

"Hence, I testimony that Arion was not involved in all the shi-, "mistreatment" happened two days after the date mentioned above"

"I will skip the part in the between it's all about how great Easton Knight is, which is irrelevant to us. Hence, the last part...." he clears his throat. "Therefore, I suggest, no no strike that, I "request" Silver Knight, the alpha wolf, to forgive his mate"

"This is his signature, here" he shows the last page of the document with Aziel's signature which Silver did recognize. "Thanking you" the alpha wolf almost break out laughing at the end but controlled himself.

"Here, this is the document of Tib's testimony which he wrote after going back to that day and watching everything himself. His signature, here" taking out another set of papers and original Tiberius signature which he got after begging the half-vampire for straight three hours.

"And then, this is mine. I wrote everything I thought that would make you believe that I am not lying. And also, an apology from my friends' side, back in the world. Here, my signature" Silver's eyes soften to look at the effort Arion has put in. Indeed, he wouldn't have believed it if the wolf casually would have told him that he wasn't lying. But, going this far just to prove his innocence and gain Silver's trust again made the wolf dizzy.

"Do you have anything else you want to ask from me? I can do anything for you to trust me again" the beta says which earns him a nod from his mate. "You got something to say?"

*nod*

"You won't run away?"

*shake shake*

"Promise?"

*nod*

"Okay..." he doubtfully removes the ropes followed by the plaster and gets down the bed in a defensive position. "W-what is it?"

"I need to pee" Silver announces getting down the bed and wearing his slippers. Arion scratches his head and puts back all his defense strategies. "Oye?" Silver taps.

"What?" Arion turns back to his defense pose but melts away when two soft lips touch his.

"Good morning" Silver smiles beautifully, rubbing his nose to Arion's before running off to the bathroom.

"WOW! Hey, you plan to take a shower? Let's do it together. Hey?"

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"These are the best cookies I ever had" Elena munches on the delights Easton and Blake had made. She dumps it in the milk and shakes her whole body happily while eating them. "Yum," she squeals.

Blake chuckles at the cute behavior, the kid in his lap was showing. Elias sat right next to Blake, eating the cookie and reading the new car magazine. Whereas, Easton sat alone in the opposite chair from the trio at the dining table "You stole my prince and princess from me, you thief" the older alpha whines glaring at Blake, who wore an amused smile.

"Haha, big brother is behaving like a child" the actual child of the house, Elena laughs making Blake tag along.

"Blake brought me the car magazine, so here I am. You get me the car, and I'm all yours. I'm pretty cheap, you know" the boy negotiates.

"You are cheap, Elias. The car isn't, so shut up" Easton scolds making Blake laugh louder.

"Blake! Blake, the milk" Elena manages to hold the glass tightly which was shaking because of the alpha's laugh.

"Oops, sorry" he stops and pats Elena's head.

"No problem" she grins back at him and continues eating the cookies. Easton sigh and watch the trio laugh and talk together. An unknown warm feeling strikes in his stomach watching Blake with children. Butterflies dance in his stomach like a teenage girl thinking about a family together with his mate. But, will that even be an option?

"Easton!" his name brings him out of the trance.

"Y-yeah?" he looks in the front and finds the seats empty. He then looks at the side to see Blake looking at him with concerned eyes.

"I have been calling you" he palms Easton's cheek and strokes it.

"Kids?"

"Playing out in the backyard" The heat generates through the touch making it impossible to even remove the hand. "What's wrong?" he asks. Easton just looks at his gorgeous mate, who looked even more attractive as days went by. He smiles and overlaps Blake's hand, taking a hold of his arm he gently pulls him in his lap.

As of now, Blake straddles Easton while Easton puts his head on the younger alpha's chest. It took Blake by surprise, nevertheless, he stroked his older partner's head. "Easton, what's wrong?" Blake runs his fingers through the brown locks.

Easton leans into the touch and perks up his head. Looking up in his mate's eyes, hand intertwined at the back of his waist, Easton stays still saying nothing but gazing at the orbs. A giddy smile comes onto Blake's lips which mirrored his mate's as he delivered a peck onto Easton's lips. He pulls back with the same smile with more radiance.

"You are so beautiful" Easton mumbles, his chest settled on the chest. Blake laughs and shakes his head.

"So are you" he retorts.

"What have you done to me, Blake? I cut down my run time to spend with you. I let you use the kitchen as you like and clean your mess later" this makes Blake laugh out loudly. "I am acting like a grown-up puppy, for goddess sake, I am an alpha wolf!" Blake continues to laugh. "No, I'm serious. I am not mad often, I talk to everyone in the pack nicely, people come up to me and ask questions. And I haven't cleaned our room for a week now, for crying out loud!"

Blake shakes laughing in Easton's arms, plopping his head on Easton's shoulder. Easton glares into space, his hands still tightened around the younger alpha's body. "I-I can imagine you with plopped ears and drooling mouth," he manages between his laughs. "So cute!" Easton rolls his eyes and delivers a harsh bite on the alpha's clothed nipple. "Ouch! What was that for?" Blake stops his laughs to look down at Easton.

"Grrrr... Woof" Easton imitates, making Blake get down from his lap.

"Easton, no"

"Woof"

"Easton, sorry, okay?"

"Woof"

"Easton-" the older alpha pounces on the ball of laughter who was now laying on the floor being tackled by the huge grown puppy. "Stop licking. Hahaha," the laughter echoes the house with them rolling on the floor. The laughing session soon turns into a make-out one, with their lips mingling with each other and hands exploring everywhere.

Easton's hands land on his mate's ass, groping it, he earns a moan from Blake. Slowly slipping a hand inside the pants, he palms the bare skin. His finger pinches the thick flesh earning moans after moans from Blake. Groping it for a while, he slips a finger in the crack making Blake gasp but doesn't protest. Taking that as consent, he presses the delicate skin and holds himself from going it.

"Slow and good. Slow and good"

he chants in his mind.

I have already been there.

Aziel comments proudly.

[A/N: which reminds me to write the Patreon extra. This week, guys. Promise]

"I know, and I have been on the couch"

Which makes the wolf shut with guilt. An impatient whine escapes Blake's mouth at no movement down there. He looks at Easton with pleading and wanting eyes, who was now below him. Easton doesn't miss a beat and enters the rear as Blake's eyes bulge making Easton smirk. He pulls Blake into him by another hand and kisses him passionately while his fingers work enthusiastically. Blake buckles up a little and pushes back on the fingers entering him. "Oh my goddess, Easton! Yes!" he screams when the fingers graze a point inside. "Easton, I-"

"Ahem!" someone clears their throat very loudly to bring the couple to reality and the fact that they were in the dining room. Cora stands at the dining table with her eyes closed and hands full of bags. Easton curses under his breath while Blake hides in embarrassment. "There is "bedroom" for a reason," she says and walks away.

"I agree" Tib comments from near the couch attached right to the wall. "But, that was hot" he compliments making the pair groan.

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"Here" Tib hands over a thick book to the older alpha. The book was the same one, Easton saw on his first visit to the half-vampire's temporary place. "I found this at the old book rack in that house. And the stuff inside blew my mind" he says making Easton curious.

"What is it about?" the older alpha touched the outer shell of the book which has a Latin name on it with a window engraved on it. The book did make the older alpha curious, the second he landed his eyes upon it but to think it actually is helpful.

"It has the whole history of supernatural, starting from the vampires and werewolves' first war centuries ago to the recent one eight years ago" Easton perks up at the mention of the war a few years ago. "It also has a history about how werewolves were turned into a hybrid by making them drink injected blood daily. In which, the first step was filling silver to weaken them" Tib says making Easton look at him with wide eyes.

So, that was the plan Christian had with Duncan. And also with all those werewolves that went missing. "The better rank of the wolf, the stronger the hybrid" Tib continues. "It also involves how C-Cassius left the supernatural world to live alone after all this smuggling came into existence" he shudders. The name of the man rolled on the tip of his tongue like fire. And it was still burning. "It seems the events get updated into it automatically after they occur. It also involves information about two alpha males mating but it's unfinished" he completes.

"This is a very useful tool, Tib"

"It is but only for the right ones. I don't know why and how it landed in that house. A man with common sense will never leave such an important book carelessly. I suspect, they wanted us to find it" he comments which Easton nods in agreement.

"If Christian needs high-rank wolves for a hybrid that means Cora came here for-"

"I precise so" Tib nods in confirmation.

"Damn it! I don't know how I should explain all this to Blake. He doesn't want to hear a word against his mom" Easton holds his head in his hands.

"If you want I can show him everything but Cora will not let that happen" Tib comments.

"Nah, I will take care of it, Tib. Don't worry. You have done enough already" Easton smiles gratefully. "Can I ask something though?"

"Go ahead"

"Why do shudder every time we talk about Cassius?" Easton was curious, he has seen Tib turn into mush just with the name of the ancient vampire. Like now.

"I-I" he shutters while Easton encourages him with a smile. Tib sighs and closes his eyes to witness a tall man in all black clothing, crystal eyes, and red lips. "That man is the only one I ever fell in love with in my whole immortal life" he bitter smiles.

"I still do love him"

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