The evening had proceeded simply enough - just a normal family dinner with her mother and her detective boyfriend.
Or as normal as it could be when you're a vampire trying to avoid eating garlic-laden lasagna while your three supernatural boyfriends attempt to maintain their human façade.
Add in one confused human detective and Elena from the Council's bureaucracy department, and it was already complicated enough before the Council of Elders dramatically crashed through the windows.
But now, watching the elegant Fae woman size up her mother while casually dropping supernatural references, Samantha knew they'd reached their limit.
"Actually," Samantha cut in smoothly, rising from her chair with preternatural grace, "this is perfect timing." She caught Marcus's eye, then Kai's and Callum's, before letting her gaze drift meaningfully to Elena. "We completely forgot about our meeting."
