Chapter 0891
My heart pounds for a long moment before dad’s face shifts into a wide, happy smile.

“Welcome to the family, son,” dad says, holding out a hand again towards Jacks.

Jackson stares down at it for a second and I hear mom sniff next to me, working hard to hold back her tears, because she very well knows what this kind of welcome means to him. To a boy who has never had a family before.

“An honor, sir,” Jackson says after a moment of pause, his voice thick, lifting his blue eyes to Dad’s green ones and smiling as he takes his hand, giving it a hearty shake. “The honor of my life, to be mated to your daughter.”

“We’re honored to have you, kid,” Dad says, laughing and smiling, and then slipping an arm around Jackson’s shoulders, turning him towards the door. “Downstairs, then! Everyone’s waiting.”

The two of them set off and I look at mom, a bit baffled. “It’s that easy?” I whisper.

“I kind of…thought dad would flip at me being mated to anyone -”