My omega didn’t try to take it any further. She was just happy to be surrounded by a pack that chose her. That and she was ready to go home and steal all their things for her nest.
Thank God they’d hung the fabric days ago so everything was complete. I just needed stronger scents to be comfortable, something I’d fix the moment we stepped inside.
I was so content in my delta’s arms that I stayed there, face buried in his shirt. Someone opened the door when we got home, pulling me out. I barely opened my eyes before breathing in Cade’s scent. The cherry, cinnamon, and cedar had the fire under my skin burning brighter, a small purr echoing out.
“She’s loving that,” Lennon teased as my scent perfumed around us, stronger and sweeter than ever.
“Holy hell, princess,” Mason groaned. “That scent is the best thing I’ve ever breathed in.”
“Let’s get you up to your nest, shall we?” Cade said, his voice soothing. He was my rock right now, and I clung tighter to him.
As he carried me toward the door, I pressed my lips against the column of his throat, teasing over his skin. His scent was strong enough to have me squirming.
“Fuck, you’re killing me, princess,” he growled, holding me just a little tighter as someone unlocked the door.
I wiggled out of Mason’s arms, ready to be on my own feet. “I need my nest to be perfect.”
He let me go, and I immediately gripped his shirt, ripping it off him.
“I’m not going anywhere,” he reminded me. “I’m yours, Lana. You can have anything you need.”
I didn’t even have to ask the others, each stripping out of their shirts and handing them over. My omega gathered her treasures and raced up the stairs.
It was always a mix of our pack’s scents in this hallway, and I darted into their rooms, stealing pillows, blankets, dirty laundry, whatever my omega decided she needed.
I truly had no choice in it. She was in charge now.
At first, they didn’t follow me upstairs, but she didn’t seem to mind. She could hear them, and it gave us a chance to take what we needed. The round room was quickly lined with an array of pillows and blankets that clashed with my color scheme but looked like they belonged.
Mason’s pillows were silky, ensuring his hair stayed healthy, his scent of green apple, fresh air, and rain clinging to them.
Cade’s shirt was tucked under the window along with the blankets from his bed, spreading cherry, cinnamon, and cedar through the nest.
I snagged a stack of books from Wilder’s bedside table, adding them to the corner before tucking his hoodie and shirt into the empty crevices, his calming undertone grounding the stronger scents.
Lennon’s pepper and fresh linen scent radiated from his pile of blankets. It was that same electrified spicy and clean scent with a hint of a bite that I adored.
Together, they smelled like heaven. At least me and my omega thought so.
The heat eased the moment the nest was finished.
I was surrounded by my pack. They smelled like safety, that feeling settling deep into my soul. I’d waited my whole life for a pack to love me like they did.
I’d just gotten a little lost along the way.
I never wanted to waste a single second with them. In fact, I wanted everything with them.
We had a house now, but I wanted more. I wanted to spend this heat with their bites, then file the paperwork to finally make our pack official.
That was something my other pack never did. They never wanted to bother with bonding ceremonies or paperwork, but I wanted it all.
What I needed to do was talk to the pack, see what they were willing to give me. There was no worry as I went into it. I wanted them to have what they needed, as much as I wanted my own needs met. It was a true pack. We all looked out for each other the way it should be.
“Hey, princess, are you up for coming downstairs and having some food?” Wilder asked.
Lennon was right beside him, the smile on his face more gentle than I’d ever seen it.
“Cade and I have been working on a pre-heat meal. Apparently that’s a thing,” Lennon said. “It’s supposed to keep you healthy and fight off some of the negative effects heats can cause, so you won’t have as long of a recovery time this time.”
