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“Do you still do it?”
“No.” He shook his head, taking my hand and moving it to his shoulder. “When my hawk passed, I didn’t think I could raise another one. I still have him here, though.”
The incredible tattoo of a bird in flight. I stroked the feathers on the wing, so lifelike I could almost feel them. “What was his name?”
“Signet.”
“That’s beautiful.”
“Kind of like you.”
Every Omega instinct I had came to life. I pressed closer. Buried my face in his neck. Clung to Hawk like he was the only thing rooting me to the earth. And he held me back just as fiercely.
His strong arms locked around me, Hawk murmuring softly in my ear. He called me baby girl. He told me what a good Omega I was. How beautiful I was.
My eyes closed, the aftermath of pleasure and the overwhelm of everything else making me tired enough to drift with him. Nothing bad would happen while I was here with Hawk. Nothing bad.
Nothing bad.
Nothing bad.
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
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ISOLDE
The screeching of my phone jerked me awake. I felt like I was hungover the way my head spun, but it was light out, Alpha bodies were spread out around me, and that ungodly sound was still going.
Why the hell did I ever pick that ringtone?
Oh, right, because it was the only thing I could use to actually get myself out of bed on days when I had both late and early shifts at the bar. I needed to change it, because it wasawful.
Joel rolled over and grabbed the phone from where it was plugged in at the edge of the bed. “It’s Trinity.”
I crawled over to him and took the phone, seeing it was still seven in the morning. Joel pulled me onto his bare chest whileI answered. “You better have a damn good reason for calling me this early,” I growled as much as an Omega could.
“Shit. I’m sorry. I didn’t realize how early it was. Should I call back?”
“I’m already here. What’s up? And have you slept?”
“Have I slept… a little? Probably not as much as is advisable, but who really gets the amount of sleep they need?”
“Rin.” I dropped my head onto Joel’s chest in exasperation. He rubbed his hands up and down my body. My clothes had disappeared last night, so we were skin on skin.
“You can lecture me later. First, I’m going a little insane and need a fucking break, and since you haven’t been here in forever, I thought maybe we could revive ballgown bowling. Ocean’s already in.”
“Did you wake her up too?”
I could almost see her scowling through the phone. “Listen, you can’t be this grumpy when you’re waking up in the middle of sheer Alpha hotness, okay?”
“I beg to differ.”
“Do you want to go bowling?”
We hadn’t done that in years. Dressed up in ridiculous, cheap dresses, go to the bowling alley, and not give a shit about what anyone else thought. “I don’t have a dress.”
“Don’t worry, I’ve got one for you. When I knew you were coming back I went to the thrift store and bought us all one for like five dollars each. So we don’t have to keep them nice, and they’re ridiculous in the best way.”
