Scrubbing my hands down my face, I felt the stubble from the day’s beard. “You were a virgin. A sweet little virgin, and to have taken you as I did.”
Laikyn covered my mouth with hers. “You made my first, and so far, my last, special.” Her green eyes sparkled up at me.
“I want to make love to you good and proper, but I don’t think we have time.” I looked about the large master bath. “You need to put on a clean top while we get the rest of your stuff packed. From what Damien said, we should be out of here before the sun sets, and while I’m not scared of a vampire, I’m not about to put you at risk. But baby, when I get you home, all bets are off.”
The red flush that covered her face and down into the opening of her shirt made me ache to see just how far down it went. Memories of our one night together had me hard as stone. “Hurry up before I change my mind and say screw the fact that our pack would hear you screaming my name.”
Yeah, I truly loved watching her blush. “You say the dirtiest things,” she said.
“If memory serves me correctly, you loved every second of it.” I lifted her off the counter, stopping any protest with a deep, searing kiss. Her arms and legs wrapped around me while I walked us back into her bedroom. At the edge of her bed, I stopped walking. With monumental effort, I made myself stopkissing Laikyn. Her taste was as addictive and fine as the best bourbon I owned. When her arms and legs relaxed, I let her fall softly to the mattress.
“I’m going to send Syn and Lyric in here to help you pack. What do you need us menfolk to do?”
A somewhat dazed look met my gaze for a second, then she smiled. “Menfolk, huh. How about if you guys start stacking the boxes I have already packed, and then when we finish, we can take down a bunch at a time?”
I noticed she’d already begun packing and nodded. “Alright. Hurry up.”
“Yes, Sir, Alpha Sir.”
Knowing she wasn’t expecting it, I flipped her onto her tummy and gave her a swat on her firm ass. “Keep it up, and I’ll add up all the times you made me jack off with nothing but memories of you.”
Laikyn rolled back over, arousal clear in her scent. “Promise?”
Fuck me, she was so mine. I walked out without saying another word, fearing I’d jerk those leggings down and turn her ass red before fucking us both numb.
Lyric and Syn were closing up boxes while Rowan and Bodhi were stacking them near the door. I shook my head. “Lake asked if you ladies would help her finish up in her room and the bathroom while we did the grunt work, rounding up the already packed boxes. It looks like you guys were way ahead of us, though.”
Rowan nodded. “Wasn’t sure how long you’d be. Figured we’d get to work. No use wasting daylight, if you know what I mean.”
“Oh, really subtle, Ro,” Lyric growled. She sealed the box she was working on. “Let’s go, Syn, so the men can talk.” She made air quotes.
“You really need to teach her who is in charge, Ro.” I swatted Lyric and Syn on the rear as they walked by. I’d been doing the same since they were little girls, but not like the love tap I gave Laikyn. With her, I wanted to strip her bare and have my way in every imaginable dirty way and soothe the redness with my lips and tongue.
“Yeah, I think I like my balls right where they are.” Rowan picked up two boxes and carried them near the door with the others.
We worked for the next couple of hours until Laikyn had everything packed, marked, and ready to load onto the trailer and into the truck.
“You gonna miss living here?” Syn asked while we guys were picking up the last of the boxes.
I froze, wondering what she would say.
“I’ll miss working at the hospital here, but I think Mercy will be just as nice, if not better, since I’ll be closer to my family and friends. I only took the residency here because it just happened to come up the day after...well, it just came at the right time,” she said on a gush of air.
“She will never get so far away from me again,” I growled.
Syn rolled her eyes. “Hello, she is getting away from two stalkerish dudes, no need to get all stalkerish yourself, brother, dear.”
“I can’t wait to see you when you’re claimed.” I looked at Bodhi out of the corner of my eye, watching the man I considered a brother fidget with his cell phone. I’d noticed he’d been doing a whole lot of texting lately and made a mental note to ask him about it later.
It took even less time to carry the boxes down once we procured a cart, and then we stood next to the two large vehicles. I didn’t want to be separated from Laikyn for the next ten hours, and I could see she didn’t either.
“Syn, have you ever driven a trailer loaded down with that much weight?” Rowan asked, rocking back on his heels.
My sister looked at her beloved black truck and then at the big man. She chewed on her lip, then glanced at the trailer loaded down and the back of the pickup with more boxes.
“Come on, you know I’ll treat her right. Besides, you’ll be in the vehicle with me.” Rowan held his hand out.
At that moment, I wanted to hug Rowan, maybe even promise to name my firstborn after him. Syn placed the keys with the large, bedazzled heart keychain attached in his palm.
