Chapter 22: Their father.

Um..excuse me?" Maria called and hurried over to see who the person was since she wasn't acquainted to anyone with such a build.

Lyrand shifted his gaze from the children when he heard her call for him. Maria too had already walked over to stand before him and when she did, she froze.

Lyrand too froze for a while before he got his bearings back as his eyes swept over his mate, checking her out. She wasn't bad and there were ripples in his heart looking at her shapely body, her curves were all in the right places with right proportions, especially her little raised bottom. It gave him an urge to spank it. Cough!!!

His eyes continued to trace her face and when his eyes met her ink black eyes, his heart couldn't help but flutter, a tickle washed over him.