Alpha Killian sat down first. Everyone else followed his lead.
Eira ended up between Alpha Killian on her left and Kate on her right.
The second she sat, she started passing out the gifts she'd hauled all the way here.
Alpha Killian first, since he was the boss. Everyone else got theirs at the same time, one in each hand.
Natalie clocked the packaging instantly. Her eyes went huge. "Eira, can I open mine right now?"
Nobody in this crew ever waited to open a gift.
Eira didn't care either way. "Go for it."
Green light given, everyone tore in.
"The talking Baphomet plushie!" Natalie clutched the blind box to her chest, practically buzzing. "Thank you, Eira! Wait, here, this one's yours!" She shoved her own gift across the table.
Kate looked down at the row of slee
