Aurélie POV
“Daddy!”
Delphine launches herself toward Fabrice, her small arms flinging wide. He looks disheveled dirty, tense, clearly having come straight from the field.
“Hello, Princess,” he says, forcing a smile as he catches her. “I need to have a quick word with Mummy and Théo. Can you go and play upstairs for me?”
“No.”
The refusal is instinctive, fierce.
“She stays close,” I say immediately. “Miss Lambert?” I call.
Miss Lambert hurries toward us at once. “Alpha?”
“Could you take Delphine for a few minutes?” I ask gently. “I won’t be long. You’ll need”
“The warriors are still here,” she interrupts with a disapproving huff. “They’ve decided to raid the kitchen.”
She tuts as she lifts Delphine from Fabrice’s arms and escorts her inside, just as Théo and the other Head Warrio
