Chapter 196. Marked as His

Summer’s POV

We found Aria and Thea already there, sitting side by side at the massive dining table, giggling over something on Thea’s tablet. The sight of them together warmed my heart.

“Mommy!” Aria called out when she spotted us. “Thea told me about the zoo! Can we go see the animals tomorrow?”

I exchanged a quick glance with Alex. “We’ll see, sweetheart.”

With a quiet, satisfied gleam in his eyes, Alex pulled out the chair to his right—my seat. The Luna’s seat. And the meaning behind it wasn’t lost on anyone in the room.

“Where’s Ethan?” I asked as Alex took his seat beside me. I had expected his Beta to join us.

“Africa,” Alex replied, nodding to an Omega who began serving us. “I sent him t