FORTY-THREE
Sabs
The day after the volleyball game…
The weeks have sped by since I bonded with the Strike Pack. All of our bonding paperwork has been finalized, so in the eyes of the law, we’re officially one big happy family… And we are. Well, unless Adler and Drax are bickering about something, but even that’s kinda adorable.
“Aw, look!” I show Adler a text from Izzie, wishing me congratulations for winning my volleyball game. “Izzie sends her love.”
Since Izzie got in touch recently to ask me more questions about SVU, we’ve been in contact a lot, and she’s already planning her next visit here.
“I swear, you talk to her more than I do.” Adler rolls his eyes. “When I last called her, she wouldn’t shut up about how excited she is for this summer.”
On my parents’ insistence, we’re all going to spend the summer in Saltwave Bay. They found an amazing cottage for us to stay in close to the beach, and Izzie will be joining us for afew weeks. Days of sun, surf, and sexy alphas… Could life get any better?
“So am I.” I smile. “It’s going to be so much fun. Maybe we’ll have another volleyball re-match...?”
“After seeing you play yesterday, I don’t think any of us wants to go up against you again.” Adler wraps his arms around my waist from behind as we look out across the lake. “You were amazing out there, firecracker.”
“It helped that I had a fairy cheering me on,” I tease. “You make a cute Tinker Bell.”
He looked awesome with wings and a matching wand that he waved every time we scored—even if it was taken him off by the referee.
“I’m never making a bet with you again,” he groans. “But the look of determination on your face when you played was sexy as hell.” His lips nip my ear playfully, sending tingles down my spine as I sense his arousal through our bond. “Maybe we could head off somewhere and?—”
I spin to face him before he can say anything to tempt me away from the party. “The party just started.” I drape my arms around his neck. “I’m the team captain. I can’t go sneaking off this early.”
We’re at a party on Bonded Beach to celebrate my volleyball team winning the state championship. Music is playing, torches are lit, drinks are being served from a tiki bar, and the smell of delicious burgers wafts from a barbecue. Even Vi has left her sCream Queen truck, pulling in on an ice cream tricycle to serve ice pops.
“Who needs a party when we have your nest?” Adler murmurs huskily.
He has a point. We’ve all spent alotof time in the nest lately. Honestly, I don’t know how bonded omegas get much sleep. I mean, why rest when you have four hot alphas who are basicallypermanently hard and willing to give you multiple orgasms a day? It’s impossible to resist.
“We’re staying.” I giggle at his eagerness. “At least for a little longer.”
“Fine.” Adler adjusts his pants as he looks at a group that has started dancing nearby. “Remember what happened last time we were at a beach party here together?”
I lift my hand to my neck, grazing my bond mark as it tingles at the memory. “How could I forget?”
That night was the start of everything. An accident that ended up being the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
“Where have you two been hiding?” Luca comes over to join us, looking handsome in his khaki shorts and a shirt that’s completely unbuttoned to show off his tanned, toned torso, making me second-guess my decision to stay. “I thought maybe you snuck away behind the rocks.”
“I wish.” Adler blatantly checks out my ass. “Have you seen how good she looks in this outfit? She’s trying to kill us!”
I playfully bump him with my hip. “You can have fun taking it off later.”
He waggles his eyebrows. “Oh, I will.”
“You do look hot.” Luca kisses me on the cheek. “As usual.”
“Careful, with all these compliments, I might get a big head like Adler,” I joke, then look around for my giant alpha. “Where’s Drax? I thought you were together.”
The last time I saw him, he and Luca were waiting in line while chatting to Corbin and Nia. While catching up with her last week, she told me that they’ve decided to go exclusive. They make the sweetest couple, Nia seeming to be just as smitten as he is now. You’d never guess he used to be terrified to speak to her.
“Carmen bullied him into joining in limbo.” Luca chuckles. “He didn’t know how to say no, and I managed to sneak away just in time.”
“Drax? Doing limbo? He can barely touch his toes.” Adler snorts, eyes lighting up as he grabs his cell phone from his pocket. “Orin has gotta see this too.”
