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NICK
I had been watching Netflix in my room while Kit baked us chocolate cookies when the knock came on the door. I froze, and Kit dropped something in the kitchen, swearing and fumbling about. "Just a minute," she whisper-yelled. "I'll get it. Stick to the plan."
I was surprised it had taken a whole week for someone from her family to come around. My parents had come over that afternoon, probably leaving the family event early, which was shocking enough. They listened silently, and then my mother had quietly and calmly asked when I was intending on getting mated. Then, the wailing and gnashing of teeth came when I told her I had no intention of doing that. Kit had kicked them out and held me while I cried, and we'd been left in relative peace since then. I was still getting daily tex
