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Down on the beach for the bonfire. You’re going to want to get here as soon as possible.
CADE
Why?
VAUGHN
You’ll see.
Forcing my growl into a sigh, I shut the car door harder than was necessary. I wasn’t in the mood for vague games. My first lesson had gone well, but the group beginners class hadn’t. An Alpha who knew next to nothing kept trying to interrupt and correct things that didn’t need to be corrected, confusing the other people in the class.
And because I was a Beta, I couldn’t tell him to sit down and shut the fuck up the way I really wanted to. Not that I couldn’t have taken him, but the man’s instincts would override mine every time.
He wouldn’t be invited back to the center. Before I left, I made sure to put him on all of our ‘no,’ lists. It wasn’t something I relished, but if someone wasn’t willing to learn how to do things safely, they had no place coming to classes where people did.
Regardless, I’d keep an eye out for his name in the community. He seemed like someone who’d stick around and try to impress people with his non-existent knowledge. If he tried, I could step in and gently let people know not to mess with him.
So restless energy moved under my skin. I could do with a good session in the gym. No doubt the mansion had one, though I wasn’t sure where it was.
CADE
Unless it’s urgent, I’m going to the gym to blow off some steam.
He answered immediately.
VAUGHN
You might be able to blow off some steam in a different way if you get your ass down here.
My eyebrows rose. That was interesting.
I changed direction from going back to our suite to heading out the back. The fire was visible from the house, with plenty of people around it. Music played from somewhere, and a few couples and packs in the bridal party danced on one side. On the other, my packmates surrounded Isolde, who cuddled with Hawk like she was born to be in his arms. Miles of pale skin was visible with the length of those shorts and the way her thin shirt tugged off her shoulder. She lookedlighter. Happier.
Rowan spotted me and came to meet me before she saw me. “What’s going on?”
“Isolde changed her mind.”
“About?”
He smirked. “Sex.”
All my attention shifted to the beautiful Omega in my packmate’s arms. “Really?”
“Yeah. Still nervous as hell about something, and she very clearly said she knows this,” he gestured to all of us, “isn’t real. But as far as everything else? All bets are off.”
“Fuck.” I shook my head. Relief poured through me. Not touching her the way I—we—wanted had already been difficult, and it had barely been two days. Weeks would have been torture.
“We haven’t had a chance to talk without her, but I’m game to treat her like she’s ours. Show her what that’s like. Then, after the wedding, we tell her. By then, she’ll know we’re not just saying it because she’s a client or because she thinks she’s paying us.”
“Fine with me.”
I couldn’t stay away from her anymore. Joining them, Isolde looked up and saw me, a smile coming to her face. “There you are.”
“Here I am.”
“I missed you.” She scrambled out of Hawk’s arms to stand and throw hers around my neck. A deep sigh left her when I pulled her close, like I was exactly what she needed.
Fuck, a man could get used to that.
