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“Is that okay?”
    Delsin took two steps into the room and smiled. “Absolutely, it’s okay. It smells wonderful.”
    “What’s that heavenly smell?” Etu walked through the door, raking his fingers through his hair. Brother, my lion is fighting me. He wants Mer for a mate, and I’m not sure I can control him.
    Delsin looked at the heat in Etu’s eyes and groaned inwardly. I know what you’re going through. My own beast is determined to claim the little man no matter what I want. We need to fight it, Etu. We need to find a female shifter that’s willing to come live with our pride so we can increase our numbers. Eventually our lions will understand this.
    “That smell is the wonderful aroma of bacon, my friend. There’s nothing like starting the day with several thick slices of pig to go with your scrambled eggs.” Mer chuckled and put another pan on the cooking unit. He vigorously stirred a bowl of runny, yellow liquid.
    “Man, that smells good.” Hakan walked in, followed closely by Knoton. “When are we eating?”
    “Any minute now. “ Mer poured the contents of the bowl into the hot pan. “Take a seat, and I’ll bring your plates to you.” A few minutes later he was setting plates of eggs and bacon in front of each man. “Go ahead and get started. I’m gonna run and check on the babies, and then I’ll come back and join you.”
    Delsin watched him walk down the hall and groaned.
    “Goddess, this is fantastic.” Knoton shoveled the food in his mouth.
    Hakan narrowed his eyes. “For somebody that’s not interested in taking him as a mate, the two of you are almost drooling watching him. What’s going on?”
    Knoton snorted. “If you really don’t want him, would you mind if I take a stab at getting him to like me?”
    In the blink of an eye, Delsin had Knoton up against the wall with his hands at his throat. “You will keep your paws off of him. Do you understand?”
    Etu leaned in close. “We will end your life in a very painful way if you don’t stay away.”
    Knoton grinned. “I can see how the two of you don’t really want or care about the little human.”
    Delsin tightened his hands and then froze when a bloodcurdling scream came from the back of the house.
     
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    Mer headed for the babies’ room, practically bouncing step to step. A warm glow spread throughout his body as he thought about waking up to Delsin and Etu every morning. I wonder when they’ll wanna take things further. He was certainly ready. His cock had been rock hard since they landed on the moon. He didn’t even mind about the babies. He’d always had a secret yearning for children but had buried it, believing it could never happen since he’d never been with a woman.
    When he reached the babies’ room, he quietly pushed open the door. The blankets were bunched up in the middle of the bed, and he couldn’t see any of the children. He started to tiptoe closer when he heard a strange, growling noise and the covers shifted a little to the left. He bit back a scream and held his breath, rushing across the room and throwing back the blanket. Instead of those precious babies, there were five small animal cubs growling and tumbling all over each other. “Oh my God.” He took two steps back, and screamed as loud as he could.
    The door crashed open, and Delsin and Etu came running in followed closely by Knoton and Hakan.
    Delsin put his hands on Mer’s shoulders and gazed down at his face. “What’s wrong?”
    Mer pointed a trembling finger toward the bed. “They’re gone. The babies are gone. Those animals have eaten our babies.” Tears poured down his cheeks, his breath coming in hiccups. When all four men laughed, he pulled away from Delsin’s arms and flattened his back against the wall. “What’s wrong with you? How can you be so heartless? Don’t you care anything about the babies at all?”
    Delsin pulled him away from the wall and wrapped his arms around his waist while Etu came up behind