Chapter Ten

Sitting next to Jenn during a six hour GOT marathon seemed like a good idea at the time. But not being able to touch her for the duration had wreaked havoc on Zircon’s nerves. He was only too glad when Jasper announced show time was over and carried his pregnant mate to their suite of rooms.

Everyone had left then, but Zircon stayed to clean up. Oh, sure, his father had people come in to do deep cleaning, but he hated leaving messes that were unnecessary and they were all fucking adults, anyway.

“Here, I’ll take that,” Jennifer said, surprising him.

“I thought you went to bed,” he replied, handing her the empty snack bag.

“Thought I would stay and help tidy up.”

“Oh, you don’t have to. I can do that⁠—”

“I know you can. In fact, you always do, don’t you?” she asked, canting her head to the side, reminding him of her Owl.