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“What’s wrong?” Valentina asked, making us all jolt. She’d come out of nowhere like she sometimes did. For a woman whose very presence was loud, she was sneaky as fuck.
Zaven swallowed hard. “Hazel had heat suppressants in her apartment that she was using. She grabbed them for Sienna and her friend’s stash of pot. She’s hoping that between the suppressants and the weed, she’ll calm her enough to get home. She said she might need help getting her out of here.”
“We can do that.” The rest of us murmured our agreement with Maximo.
“Wait.” I licked my lips, the realization hitting me. “If Hazel is giving her suppressants to her friend, that means…”
“That she’s going to go into heat and soon,” Maximo purred, expression shifting to one of pure possessiveness. Even Zaven’s cheeks heated at the idea.
“She said that while she has people who would help her through a heat, Sienna doesn’t,” Zaven said softly.
“Think we could convince her to stay with us until it hits?” I asked half-heartedly.
“No,” Valentina said ruefully. “Too prideful by half. But that doesn’t mean you can’t take turns watching out for her until it hits.”
Maximo grinned at his aunt, pressing a quick kiss to her cheek. “Exactly what I was thinking.”
“We need to let the twins know,” I said, pulling out my phone. “And I need to change the work schedule. I’d hate to have to kill my staff if this happens to her.”
“I’ll check on the omegas,” Zaven said firmly, hurrying over to the betas guarding the door. Betas might get the short end of the stick a lot, but in situations like this, I was grateful we had solid ones around.
He knocked, then a few seconds later, Hazel appeared. After exchanging a few words, Zaven was let inside.
“Sometimes I don’t think betas realize the privileges they get that we, as alphas, don’t,” I commented ruefully.
“I don’t think I’d be able to control myself if Hazel went into heat here,” Maximo said roughly. He cleared his throat before focusing on the customers around us. “Better to leave it to Zaven. He’ll make sure they’re all okay. Tell my brothers what’s going on, and I’ll get these drinks out.”
The tension in the bar slowly went down, the laughter and music starting up again once the alcohol was steadily flowing. I checked my phone and saw we only had an hour before closing time.Thank goodness.
I started a group chat with the twins, the best way to tell them anything.
Sutton:We have a situation.
Alessandro:A Family situation?
Emiliano:I can’t reschedule my appointments again so soon.
Sutton:No.
Sutton:It’s Hazel.
Alessandro:Where?
Emiliano:We will be there in ten.
Sutton:No, she’s fine right now. But one of her friends went into heat. Hazel is giving her suppressants from her own supply.
Emiliano:Which means she’s going into heat soon.
Alessandro:She seemed borderline when we met, to be honest.
Emiliano:She did.
Emiliano:Wait… how do you know all this?
Sutton:She called Aunt V because her friend got called into Neon Nights to work, but they were all high out of their minds. She needed help, so the three of us came with her to help out.
Alessandro:Maximo said not to include us because of the hot tub, didn’t he?
