Coco rolled his eyes. "Hello, weakling. Congratulations on the baby."
Thokozani grinned. She held out a hand to Nathaniel who sighed and pulled out a wad of cash from his back pocket and placed it in her hand.
Coco's wife laughed loudly. "You know your brother well. Congratulations darling!" She squeezed Thokozani to her.
"Drinks?" Thokozani asked. With a chorus of yeses, they moved to the bar.
Drinks progressed smoothly to dinner. Dinner was full of laughter and light banter. Amber was shocked that her parents had friends outside the vampire circles.
While she had always heard about an "Uncle Nate" she had never imagined that he would be a wolf. Alternatively, that he would be related to her future boyfriend. As she mused this, she felt her father's eye on her.
"Amber, why did you take advantage of Will and drink his blood?" Coco asked.
Amber paled. "I didn't-,"