The study was quiet when Derek pushed the door open. He had expected an empty room. He had been looking forward to an empty room, frankly, after the morning he'd had, a full schedule of business correspondence and two back-to-back calls with allied Alphas that had run well past their allotted time.
What he got instead was his grandmother sitting behind his desk.
Nana had made herself entirely at home; her frame settled comfortably into his chair, her hands folded neatly on the desk surface in front of her, wearing a smile so bright that Derek stopped walking before he had fully entered the room.
Kai was leaning against the far bookshelf with his arms crossed, wearing the expression of a man who knew exactly what was happening and had been sworn to silence about it.
Derek looked at one, then the other.
"What are you two up to?" he asked.
