“You have your own internal omega radar,” I reply. “Sounds annoying.”
“Not for me,” Nico shrugs. “The only time I feel better is when I’m near you.”
“That’s almost romantic,” Pablo murmurs.
“I don’t do romance, remember,tesoro? Merely finding peace for myself.”
“Deja de hablar, mi amor.”
My lips twitch as I listen to them bicker, knowing I’m going to have to start running again soon.
“If you promise to behave, you can join,” Nina grumbles. “It’s too early to deal with your bullshit.”
“You managed to piss off my usually sweet omega,” Riley chuckles. “That’s quite the feat. Cooper, can you promise not to eat them if they join in?”
“I’ll try,” Cooper rumbles.
“Then we’ll split up,” Cassidy decides, glancing toward the lake. “One lap around and then we’ll head back. We all need tostart our days soon. The sun rising is our sign that work won’t wait.”
The two groups easily break apart, and Nico, Dario, and Ciro step into the outer circle as we begin walking again. The first group leaves us in the dust, but I’m too tired to care. My muscles are pissed at me, and I need to keep moving so they won’t lock up on me.
“I want a bubble bath after this,” I groan, keeping my feet moving.
“I think I may end up in there with you,” Pablo grumbles. “I want to make pancakes after though.”
“I could really go for blueberries on those pancakes,” I groan.
“Food will always be orgasmic,” Nina giggles. “Make sure it actually gets eaten. It doesn’t always in our house.”
“Shh, Little Omega,” Cooper smirks.
I drop my head back as I walk, sucking in lungfuls of air. The Domino men are quiet as they simply exist with us, and I find myself relaxing. Their presence is normally stressful for me, but it’s really nice when they’re not speaking.
Soon, they’re walking us back to the house, and I wave off any concerns about the guys kidnapping us. They could have done that last night if they’d wanted to.
“Your hair looks pretty,” Nico says, his eyes on me as he watches me. “You still smell sad, but it’s almost as if it’s coming from far away.”
“Do you have any errands to do?” Ciro asks, trying to detract from Nico’s observations.
“I need new guns,” I say carefully, waiting to see what he has to say about that.
“I hear there are three places in town people recommend. Brooker, Looney, or Winston. Where do you want to go?” he asks.
“Are you offering to arm me?” I ask, blinking slowly.
“It’s an oversight I want to fix, so yes I am.”
“I have the remote in case he needs to be trained,” Vero mutters.
Ciro makes a barking sound, and my jaw drops.
“Bad boy,” Vero grunts, and he goes down on his ass with a gasp. It isn’t for long, a little shock that makes him grin once she releases him.
“Did you just…”
“Bad boys get punished, don’t they, Verona?” Nico asks, chuckling under his breath. “Work us over, girls. We can take it.”
“Masochists,” Pablo sighs. “Why is that so hot?”
