He could practically feel Lena’s excitement rolling off of her in waves as she patiently waited for him to finish. Dan and Kera sat in the corner doing their damnedest to appear as if they weren’t watching every movement but he could read Kera’s moods too easily for her to get away with that one. Despite Kera’s description of her family, he’d been pleasantly shocked upon meeting them. Her father, Dan, easily matched Weave in height and had warmed up to him right off the bat, especially after seeing that his wife and daughter were so pleased with the match. Her mother, Lena, was even more eccentric than Weave’s own family, and it had the surprising effect of making him feel right at home. He’d also met a pair of her “uncles”. An Uncle Avery, Jacob’s father, who reminded Weave a lot of Shannon with his good nature, and an Uncle Jackson who had, quite frankly, been scary as hell, but Weave seemed to fit right in. Reaching his zero count, Weave handed the deck of cards off to Lena, and she cut the cards three times before explaining what she was doing.
