“I should probably finish my article anyway,” I said, not even bothering to hide the disappointment in my voice.
“We have a game tomorrow, so Coach won’t be riding us too hard. If you’d like to just ride over with us.”
“How quickly after breakfast do we have to go? I kind of want to explore this estate of yours,” I teased, watching him blush. It only made it that much more amusing.
“You know what? I would, too,” Greer said while giving my ass a smack, both of us groaning when I shifted away. “Well, that one backfired.”
“You’re hogging all the omegas, Greer. This doesn’t feel like sharing, and sharing is caring after all.”
“Thanks for covering for us,” Greer said, surprising us all. “You got me out of there before word could spread, which is obviously important in the hockey world. I appreciate you having my back.”
“No problem,” Kota said, looking pleased. “I’m glad to see they fucked some of the grumpiness out of you, old man. Now get your asses downstairs before we all get in trouble.”
It wasn’t the quickest shower of our lives, but the guys dragged me into it, washing me carefully before themselves. Every bit of our self-control was used before we ended up going for another round.
I was practically glowing when we made it to the kitchen. Something had shifted within the pack. We were still so new that it shouldn’t have been this comfortable yet, but some of the awkwardness had been chased away.
I’d already bonded with half the pack, and there was no denying that there was chemistry between all of them, too.
“Good morning,” I said, walking over to the counter and staring at the fancy coffee machine like it might somehow tell me how to use it.
“I’ve got you, little bat,” Kota said, placing a kiss against my temple. “How strong do you like it?”
“Ridiculously strong and ridiculously sweet.”
“Just like you, little bat,” he teased, grinning widely as he got to work on his fancy machine.
I turned to Hayes, who was pulling pancakes off the griddle.
“That smells incredible. Thank you for cooking for us.”
“I figured you all were going to need your energy after that,” he said simply, as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
I hopped up on the counter, watching him work. He was so casual right now in just sweatpants and a loose T-shirt that I was absolutely going to steal later for a nest.
“Is it bad that I kind of like this little bubble we’ve created here? I don’t want it to end. I wish we could stay here longer,” I said as I glanced around at my pack. Everyone was content right now and I wanted to soak it in.
“We can, little bat,” Kota answered easily. “We can all move in here. It’s still in town, fairly close to the arena, and there’s plenty of space for everything we need. Greer and I can find dens. The omegas can find nests. Honestly, we can change anything we need to change.”
“That does sound nice,” I hedged, looking around to see the other’s reactions. Rylan looked eager, but the other two were cautious.
“As awful as this is going to sound, I have plenty of money to renovate as well. I don’t want to change the core of this place, but I want it to be ours.”
“Thank you, delta,” I said, smiling sweetly.
“Anything for you.” He blew me a kiss before dancing over to the refrigerator to grab creamer.
He didn’t add it for me, but he watched intently while I added my own, mixing it up, tasting it, and adding a little extra splash.
He leaned in, looking at the color before raising an eyebrow and shaking his head.
“You weren’t kidding.”
I just hummed happily as I drank the warm mug of coffee, hoping it would chase away some of the fatigue still clinging to my bones.
I’d never been through a rut before. They can last anywhere from a day to several and part of me was disappointed it was so quick.
I’d never been fucked so thoroughly. Last night was fucking incredible. However, I was grateful it was short as well since it’s right in the middle of the season and us becoming a pack.
