“Mom… grandma… little bro. Meet Morgana… MY MATE.”
Derrick’s announcement was met with a complete lack of reaction. He waited with bated breath for an exuberant response from his loved ones... everyone speaking over one another; everyone attempting to speak first to his mate, but they all stood immobile and unresponsive, as if time had stopped and frozen everyone at that moment. Derrick was taken aback by the reaction, or rather the lack thereof, to his good news.
He felt bad for his mate because she deserved a warm and enthusiastic welcome... not deafening silence... and most emphatically, not the cold shoulder. He quickly improvised to cover for his family’s lack of response by hugging Morgana even tighter and saying, “I told you, my heart, that you are breathtakingly beautiful... Now
