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When I take my hand away from Angel’s mouth, his cheeks are flushed.

Then Angel’s lips tug into a smile. “Careful, handsome. Keep that shit up, and I may accidentally develop some self-esteem.”

“You better.” I grab him by the scruff of his neck and shake him.

I regret it when my back twinges.

Angel squirms free of me. “No manhandling the goods, on the doctor’s orders.”

“You’re going to say that it’s doctor’s orders there be no spanking either.”

“Depends whether you want to play that with Paige.” He waggles his eyebrows.

My damn back better not stop me from playing out the fantasies that the Omega has been craving.

Paige lost her first pack, and I understand how that feels. I would go crazy with grief if I also lost Luca and Angel.

I want to give Paige two weeks of pleasure. Everything that she dreams about.

I give a dark smile. “No bad back can stop me laying that Omega over my lap…in so many damn ways.”

As expected, Angel’s pupils dilate. His breathing becomes shallow.

When Angel takes a deliberate step out of my reach, I know that he’s about to tease me and reckon he can get away with it.

He doesn’t know that I remember every single time he deliberately dances close to the line. I have it written down.

It’s more fun when I take my revenge.

Angel’s eyes gleam with amusement. “Will you have the energy? I mean, at your old age, Alphas tend to get bad backs, right?”

“Say that again. I still have one good hand for spanking, brat.”

“Advanced old age.”

I growl. “Alphas age like fine wine.”

“Whatever you say, Grandpa.”

“I’m forty, you little smartass.”

Angel beams. “And you don’t look a day over fifty.”

I growl, deep and rumbling.

Angel twirls away to the door.

How does he still have that much energy this late at night?

Damn unfair.

“All that growling can’t be good for your heart, old man,” he teases.

I only growl deeper.

“I’m going to grab my phone,” Angel calls through from the Great Room. “I haven’t checked in on Luca since this afternoon. While you’re keeping your hand under that water, we may as well see where he is.”

“You mean the Alpha who actually respects the head of his pack?” I yell.