“Mom!” Nali yells and Iris waves her hand dismissively.
“You are all old enough to hear about this. You’re not children.” She says and Nali shakes her head.
“Well, that sounds like a fitting nickname. This one.” Mason says, pointing to Tali. “Is little mouse, then we got Mine Shaft.” Pointing to Maire. “Henry is Little Hen, Linc is Micky, and Miss Nali here is Minie.” Mason gives everybody’s nickname. He rarely uses names with people he is close to.
“What about Evan?” Iris asks, looking at me.
“Oh she is Phoenix.” He says and I look at him with a raised eyebrow. He has never called me that, or anything else other than Evan or Alpha.
“I like it.” Iris says and the others nod in agreement.
“Nobody is calling me anything other than Evan or Alpha. Capiche?” I ask and they roll their eyes
