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“And before that gorgeous mind of yours has time to come up with reasons for it not to be true, give me a chance to calm those fears. You are my Omega. Biology paired us together. But biology can’tforcelove on people. It can help it go faster,” he grinned. “But it’s not as simple as that. You’re beautiful. You’rekind. You care so deeply about the people in your life that you’ll put them first in almost everything. I haven’t known you for long, and there’s not a single thing about you that makes me hesitate or question. I am fucking in love with you, and I am with you. End of story.”
Tears blurred the world in front of me faster than I could blink them back. I fumbled, reaching for him and needing him closer than he was. I couldn’t see through my tears, but my lips found his anyway. Every single thing I felt but was terrified to say, I poured into the kiss. My soul was still damaged from thelast time I let someone love it, but Ifeltthe love from these men. All of them, even if they hadn’t all said it yet, and neither had I.
Hawk pulled back, barely, lips still pressed against mine. “Do you believe me, baby girl?”
I nodded, still not finished kissing him.
But he moved out of reach, showing me what I hadn’t noticed. The rest of them—my pack, my Alphas and my Beta—had converged while I was wrapped up in kisses and confessions.
Vaughn tugged me up out of my seat, phone falling by the wayside, and into his arms. “Hawk stole my thunder. I was gonna make you a s’more and tell you I loved you more than chocolate. But this will work too. I love you, sweetheart. I love you, and I’m not taking it back.” He laughed, and I laughed with him. “And I’m going to teach you how to swim. My heart couldn’t take it if you got swept away.”
Choking on a laugh, I buried my face in his chest. “Only swept away by you?”
“Only byus.”
Vaughn spun me away from him and into Rowan’s waiting arms. The height difference between us made it nearly comical to stand side by side. Especially when I wasn’t wearing heels, but the way he enveloped me felt safe. The way he held space for me to surrender made me feel protected. And everything else made me feel loved.
He smiled gently. “Do I need to make a speech, little flower? Because I will.”
I shook my head. “Not a speech, no.”
Rowan wasn’t silent, but he was quieter than the rest of them. His words were always intentional. I didn’t need words on words on words—I only wanted the ones heneededto give me.
Taking one hand, the other falling to the small of my back, Rowan held me as if we danced. “You’re it for me, little flower,”he bent down to whisper. “And I’ll always be the place you can come to when you need to let go. I’ll never let you fall.”
“You guys are going to make me have a swollen face for tomorrow’s rehearsal dinner,” I sobbed into his shirt.
Rowan’s purr roared to life inside his chest, soothing all my worries and every tense bone I had in my body. It was too much, and yet, it was everything I’d ever wanted.
Hands drifted up my arms, and Rowan released me to melt back into the scent of bourbon cooled with the freshness of cardamom. He was a drink I wanted to down over and over again.
He fully wrapped himself around me, burying his face in my hair. “You are my priority, Isolde.”
I gasped, realizing what he’d said the other day. He’d told me he loved me without me knowing. They all had, in their own way.
“I love you too,” I managed. “All of you.”
How could I not? Everything they said about me was the same way I felt about them. They smoothed out the hard edges of my scars and filled in the empty spaces I’d never noticed. They cared for me effortlessly, and when I was with them, it was easier to breathe.
I wasnevergoing to change my mind.
The thought clanged through me like a silent bell.
I was never going to change my mind.
Ellie’s words rang through me, winding their way down into my heart. We knew. Did we have to wait?
Using the sleeves on Cade’s hoodie, I dried my eyes. He watched me carefully. They all did.
“What’s that look on your face, princess?”
Vaughn laughed. “I didn’t think your scent could get any sweeter, and you just proved me wrong.”
Swallowing, I looked around at all of them. I was nervous. Not about the result, but whether they’d want this so soon. “I think I’m ready to jump.”
Joel rocked me back and forth where he still held me. “What do you mean?”
“When Ellie brought me out here yesterday, she told me she was okay with whatever happened. No matter what. Even if we wanted to make things permanent. She wouldn’t think I was stealing her thunder or anything.”
