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After I give the okay for our guest to be sent up, I gently slide my hands up her body until I can stroke a finger over her cheek. “Sadie, baby, Time to wake up.” A furrow appears between her brows and she makes a soft mewling noise. “Someone’s here to see you.”
“Tell them to go away.”
I chuckle. “I don’t think you’ll actually want me to do that, not when you see who it is.”
Maddox is flicking a nervous gaze between me, our omega, and the elevator doors. He doesn’t know what my plan is, but he should trust me enough to know I’d never do anything to hurt our girl.
The doors ding and I hear them slide open, but I don’t take my eyes off my omega.
“Come on, mo chuisle,” I say softly, sweeping my hand down her spine. “Get up and greet our visitor.”
“Don’t wanna,” she murmurs, nuzzling deeper into the pillow.
I chuckle and hook my arms under her armpits, dragging her limp body up to a sitting position. “You’re going to want to, trust me.”
Sadie sighs and peeks at me by lifting one lid. “Fine.” Then she twists her head toward the elevator and stares hard for just a moment. There’s a breath. Next to me Maddox tenses, readying for a negative reaction that I know won’t be coming.
“Sorrel?” she breathes, and then I’m treated to the most beautiful fucking smile in the world on my omega’s face just before she scrambles over the back of the couch.
Chapter 28: In which a decision is made
My brows arch when I see who the visitor is. “Sorrel?”
My best friend shifts on her feet, her aqua eyes darting around the penthouse, taking in the shirtless tattooed alphas on the couch next to me before she looks at me fully, a soft smile on her face.
“Hey, Sade.”
I scramble up and over the back of the couch, bare feet slapping against the floor as I run toward her like she’s my long lost love or something. That’s kind of what it feels like. I haven’t seen her in forever and, fuck, I’ve missed her something fierce.
She catches me, arms wrapping around my body just as tight as I’m holding her. Tears prick my eyes as I inhale her clean laundry and lavender scent, breathing so fucking deep. Her nose is in my neck and she lets out a watery laugh. “Holy crap, you smell like pie.”
I squeeze her tighter for just a moment more before I pull back and meet her eyes. “I do. Fuck, Sor. I’m an omega.”
Her eyes widen at the blurted statement, but she reaches to cup my face, her thumb smoothing over my cheekbone. “Yeah, I kind of figured that when I caught a whiff of you.” Her gorgeous aqua eyes dart between my own. “How did that happen?”
I shake my head, reaching up to press my hand over hers. “I don’t even know.” Lies. I know, but I don’t want to get into it with her right at this moment. I just want to enjoy hugging my friend.
A large warm hand settles on my lower back possessively, and the scent of juniper and gin hits my nose, calming me immediately.
Sorrel looks away from me to glance up at Maddox as he towers over both of us. She shifts on her feet but meets his gaze steadily, surprising me yet again. Sorrel’s never been very good around alphas. She’s got a pack of them up at Lake Kilrose that have been making her life hell since she took over the restaurant for her parents and while she’s fierce when protecting those she cares about, she does a shit job standing up for herself.
Half her mouth quirks up now as she regards the prime alpha of the Falcone pack, the pack that is the head of the Falcone mafia. Fucking fearless in the face of someone she should fear. “You the one that did this to her?”
A surprised chuckle leaves Maddox before he sticks out his hand. “I’m not. But I’m fucking glad that it happened. Maddox Falcone. Sadie’s prime alpha.”
A little shiver of happiness moves over my skin at his casual claiming of me.
Sorrel slips her hand into his, giving it a firm shake. “Sorrel Forbes. Sadie’s best friend. Well, one of them at least. And that supersedes your claim on her. So I’m going to have to ask you to give us a little privacy while we catch up.”
Another of those chuckles from Maddox, and Sorrel’s lips bloom into a full, beautiful smile.
Fuck, I’ve missed her.
I snuggle into her harder, and she cuddles me closer, her hand stroking through my hair. “Where can we go, Sade?”
For the first time in a long time, I wish I’d claimed the nest. The idea of bringing Sorrel into the tiny room I’d been staying in when I first got here grates, and I don’t think the guys will be okay with me bringing a stranger into their bedrooms.
Maddox must sense my hesitation, because he slides his hand up my spine, gripping the back of my neck just slightly. “Why don’t you take her to my office, trouble? I’ll bring you some snacks.”
