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It isn’t any of their faults.
I sigh softly. “I’m attracted to all of you, and I think that’s obvious. I like the things I know about you. I just really wish all of this had happened differently.”
“Me too,” Bishop agrees. “We made a mistake, and we had no way of knowing. Believe me, if I’d realized sooner that the connection could mean something else, I would have looked into that.”
“I wish you had,” I murmur. “But I know it’s not your fault.”
It’s all I have to say to them right now.
Bishop seems to know I’m in heat.
I know that’s why he said I should always be in their company.
Heat is an unpredictable mistress. It’s going to mean a lot of sex, sure, but it also means a lot of rest, and food, and comfort. I can have my physical needs met by Gus until I’m ready to forget about how this started and fully move on with all of my mates.
I finish my coffee and put the empty cup down.
“I’ll wait for Rueben on the front porch,” I tell them as I stand up.
I need to grab Scarlett’s purse anyway. I’ll leave it in her room before we come back over here. All I really need is her phone and her keys, at least until she’s back.
Chapter eighty-two
Rueben
My mate has forgiven me, and it’s the best feeling I think I might have ever had in my life. My spirits are soaring as I shower and get ready to spend time riffling through Scarlett’s bitchy roommate’s closet with her. I’ll actually be alone with Sapphire in another house. None of my pack brothers will be around to steal her attention.
I make sure I’m quick, and as quiet as possible while I dry off and throw on clothes.
The T-shirt and jeans are basic, and they won’t get me as many lingering looks as the tank top and sweatpants, but it doesn’t matter. She’s already checked out my goods.
I slap on aftershave and then sit down for a second to slip into my sneakers.
A few minutes later, I’m back in the kitchen, and Bishop is telling me she’s waiting on the porch.
I guess that’s why Scout’s creeping around in the hall then, keeping an eye on the glass panels by the front door.
“Don’t wait up,” I tell him as I pass.
Scout rolls his eyes. “Don’t be a smartass. Look after our mate.”
I ignore his first flyway comment, but he means every word of the second, complete with a threatening growl at the end. He doesn’t need to tell me what he’ll do to me if I don’t make sure I take care of Sapphire. I’d make the same kind of threat to anyone who wasn’t one of my pack brothers so it’s a little insulting that he’s saying that to me, as if he doesn’t trust me with his own life on a regular basis.
“I’m her Alpha, I’ll look after her.”
Honestly. Sometimes I think they forget I’m an Alpha the same as they are.
Well, maybe not completely the same. The whole ADHD thing messes with my focus enough that I can get a little chaotic without a lead Alpha to help nudge me in the right direction sometimes.
I leave Scout skulking in the hallway, stepping outside to find Sapphire looking at her phone.
I close the door behind me. “Hey. What’s up?”
She shakes her head and slips the phone into her back pocket. “It’s nothing. I’ve just been sending Scarlett messages to check on her and she isn’t answering.”
“Maybe she thinks you want to bail on this cleaning gig she earned herself?”
“I already sent her a message explaining what happened between us. I thought that would catch her attention, but I guess not.” She shrugs.
