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“I know. But I don’t like the struggle. I enjoy who I am and this pack. You. So when it comes up, it’s hard. But I’m getting better.”
I pressed my body closer to his. “Does me obeying you make you feel more like an Alpha?”
“You obeying me makes you feel like you’remine. And that’s all I need. Promise.”
“Okay. Sir.” I winked.
Cade hissed out a breath and kept me close. “You’re going to be the death of me, princess. We’re going to talk about what you call me tomorrow or we’re never getting to the car.”
I opened my mouth to tell himyes, sir, and he covered it like he knew he was coming. “Anyway,” he said with a grin. “I had all these impulses that didn’t make sense, and I didn’t really think you could be dominant without being an Alpha. Then one of my friends invited me to a BDSM club. That was all it took to set me straight. There were Alphas on their knees for Betas. Betas dominating. Even Omegas taking charge.
“Just because something is true formostdoesn’t mean it’s true forall. Kinky people are just kinky, no matter their designation. And I embraced what I wanted without feeling strange about being a Beta. Which makes that insecurity go away.” He inclined his head. “Most of the time.”
“So I’m kinky?”
All he did was raise a single eyebrow, making me dissolve into laughter. Yeah, there wasn’t any question about that.
Hawk’s arm came around my waist and pulled me away. “Let’s get down there and get back. I want to take a nap with my naked Omega.”
“Why do I think that a naked nap is going to turn intonota nap?”
“I’ll try very very hard not to let it,” he said, helping me into the car. “But shit happens.”
“I have to sleep sometime.” I laid my head on his shoulder. “Otherwise you’ll have a zombie for an Omega.”
Hawk buckled me in, and I didn’t fight him on it. They wanted to be possessive and protective. Theywantedto do things for me. It wasn’t because of money or obligation, and I didn’t mind it when I knew it was what they wanted. “Even if you were a zombie, you’d still be cute.”
We all laughed. It didn’t take long to get down to the house, the guards waving us by. Joel turned around from the front seat. “Do you want to pack your stuff or do you care if we do it?”
I paused, thinking through everything I had. It’s not like it was a huge hardship if I left something here. We could just come get it. “I’d like to talk to my mom and Ellie if you could grab it for me.”
“Sure thing.”
Geoffrey opened the door for us. I smiled at him. “Is Mom in her office?”
“She is.”
“Thanks.”
The guys went towards the guest suite—not before Rowan kissed me hard enough that Geoffrey cleared his throat—and I went in the opposite direction. I knew the way by heart, because her office used to be my nest. I was up here all the time.
What she’d done to it was really beautiful. She’d opened the space up and made it light and airy, with peachy colors that made it seem like the transition from inside to outside was seamless. But still stark enough it could be a blank slate for her designing.
I rapped my knuckles on the doorframe. “Knock, knock.”
Mom turned around and pulled her reading glasses off. She was dressed casually for her, in jeans and a t-shirt that probably cost as much as a week’s paycheck from my bartending job.
She smiled. “Well, aren’t you a sight for sore eyes. Were we expecting you?”
“No. Just finished the heat this morning, so we came to grab our things.” I wandered in and curled up on the end of her couch. “Where’s Ellie?”
“She’s at her final fitting, actually. I wanted to go with her, but I have a deadline tomorrow.”
“Oh. I can come back.”
I went to stand, and she waved a hand. “Talking to my daughter for a few minutes isn’t the same as taking two hours to go to a fitting. I’ll be fine. How areyou?”
My face flushed pink. My family had never been…embarrassedby sex, but it wasn’t something we talked about openly. And they didn’t know yet about the truth of the heat.
