"Eee!" says the two month old half-vampire, beaming. "Good job."

"Thank you for humoring her," says Yvette, at a pitch Aurene can't hear. "I'm sorry. I swear carnivores taste slightly less terrible."

"...yay?"

What does he do with this corpse.

Aurene will take it back! She sniffs it, critically.

"Mummy clean it!"

"Yes, dear," sighs the latest victim of the coven's real power.

Venom: gets transmuted into water. And then she hands the bird back.

She plucks the offending feathers off and then gets to crunching. Crunch crunch crunch.

What an intensely strange small person.

"You should pet him," James tells Yvette. "His hair is very nice and soft."

But... but she's supposed to be strong, but. But soft hair. And he's so cute! And he did so well and was so sweet and tolerant to her strange little murder child!!!

....

Okay yes she'll indulge in hairpets. Pet, pet, pet, pet.

"Mmmmm blocks."

This demand is at James. She is looking expectantly at her father, now. No one will be spared Aurene's wrath. No one.

James will sigh longsufferingly and then obey his taskmaster.

Eeeee he's being petted he purrs contentedly and wait where did James go nooooooo

"Awwwwww. It's okay, we'll go too," says Yvette, and she gently tugs Alexei after their mate.

And thus, all grownups are gathered around while Aurene plays blocks. This is how the world should be.

Yvette can lean on Alexei and gently keep petting his hair, though. Poor dear. He keeps being so sad if he's missing a mate!!!!

But now he's around both of them (....and their weird small person) so it's fine.

And though time be wont to pass much more slowly when one wants it to go by quickly, 8PM eventually arrives.

Yaaaaaaawn!

And then she is tucked away in bed and out like a light.

"Outside," says Yvette, firmly. "I know you're going to be very smug about how you got me to make an extra big bed, but right now we will absolutely break it. So. Outside."

"Hey Alexei?" says James, getting rid of his clothes real quick. "Catch me," he says, jumping through the window.

...he can literally teleport on top of James and does just that.

James flops onto the ground at the sudden weight with an "oof" and then starts laughing.

And here is Yvette, following them out of the window! Poor Alexei has been all alone!!! Don't worry, they will fix it with the obvious mate activities.

And while James and Yvette have been together rather a while now and know each other pretty well Alexei is new.

Which means they can work together to absolutely tear him to pieces.

In the best possible way.