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“Thane…” Miles trails off, but it’s my turn to give Miles’ hand a squeeze. What Thane is asking for I can give. And to be frank, it’s the only way this will even work. I can’t live in a house with four Alphas if I’m not on heat suppressants and actively using the scent blocking body wash. We wouldn’t be able to coexist without our instincts getting the better of us. He’s being careful.
I can appreciate caution, even if his tone stings.
“It’s okay,” I assure Miles. “I’ll do as he says.”
“Then the matter is settled for now.” With that, Thane leaves the room, disappearing into a hallway and out of sight.
I want to go after him, to chase him down and ask him what the hell his problem is, but I don’t. I can’t, not if he’s repulsed by me. Instead, I turn to Levi with a tired smile. “The Blue Room?”
“Yep,” he says with a strained grin, cocking his head toward a nearby staircase. “We’re like Buckingham Palace. We’ve got fancy names for our bedrooms.”
“Yeah, like yours is ‘the Blue Room,’” says Fox, already running up the stairs two at a time, “and mine is called the Fuck Palace of–”
“Just ignore him,” Miles interrupts, leading me upstairs with an arm around my shoulder. It feels so warm and comforting, but at the same time, I’m so tired that I don’t think I could’ve made it up the long flight of stairs without support.
The three Alphas lead me to the Blue Room, which is aptly named. The walls are a soft cerulean blue, and the rest of the room is accented in pinewood and silver. A king-sized four poster bed stands in the middle of the room, facing a set of floor-to-ceiling windows that look out onto the woods outside of the house. A window panel is slightly ajar, letting in a cool breeze that smells like pine, warm earth, and the flowers in the garden. But under the obvious scent of the outdoors lingers something far more powerful.
Even if it’s muted, the scents of all the Alphas in this house are imprinted on this room, and that somehow just makes it all the more delicious. My skin tingles, prickling with goosebumps that make my hairs stand on end and my core tighten.
The Pack is named after their head Alpha of course–the Woods Pack–but even if Thane weren’t part of it, I’d still call this the Woods Pack. There’s something mysterious and strong about the forest outside my window, and I want to learn all its secrets, just like I want to learn the secrets of every Alpha in this house if I’m being honest. Even Thane.
“Would you like anything to eat?” offers Levi as Miles leads me to the bed, and I sit down, suppressing a groan at the pillow softness of the mattress.
“No thank you,” I say, trying not to laugh at the way Levi looks instantly dejected at my refusal. I’m just too exhausted to even think about eating right now. “But I’ll want something in the morning.”
That perks him right back up again, affirming that some Alphas just want to take care of an Omega the very best they can. They aren’t all power-hungry assholes who can’t control themselves. I just never thought I’d find one, let alone three. Unfortunately, they aren’t very common.
Fox bends to his knees at my feet, startling me, making me bite my lower lip with apprehension as his hands skate up my calves. “Don’t worry, sugar,” he says with a crooked grin. “Just taking your boots off. We can explore other ways you can have me on my knees another day.”
I bite the inside of my cheek to keep from moaning at the thought. There are so many things I could do with Fox Anderson and still never be satisfied. And yes, many of them would have him on his knees in front of me. I try to force the thought away, taking small swallows of air as I curl my hands into the plush covers to keep from plunging them into his hair.
“I’ll go get you some clothes to sleep in,” says Miles.
Fox finishes with my boots, surprising me as he bends to press a hot kiss to my ankle before placing my foot back on the ground.
“Come on, Fox,” Miles says with an exasperated smile even though there’s a genuine smile on his lips now. He’s glad his brothers have taken a liking to me. Even if his pack Alpha hasn’t.
“I’ll go grab her some water,” Levi offers, hesitating at my side like he might reach out, but thinks better of it, following Fox and Miles out of the room.
I sag into the mattress, curling onto my side with a sigh. I try to stay awake until Miles returns with my sleep clothes, but my eyelids grow heavier and heavier until they shut completely, and I’m lost to warm Alpha-scented sleep, the ghost of a purr on my lips.
SEVEN
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F O X
By the timewe came back with some sleep clothes, Riley was already out cold. I blame the others for making what should’ve been a quick chore into an overthought-out discussion. We wound up settling on sweats from Levi since he had the smallest waist measurement, a t-shirt of mine that she would be swimming in but was the softest one I owned, and a robe that belonged to Miles in case she got cold. I knew what it was really about, but none of us said it. We were offering our scents to her. Tempting her. Trying to lay claim.
I was fine with Miles just grabbing her something from his room… at first.
Then Levi offered his sweats and something curled tight in my chest. Hot.
I wouldn’t have her cocooned in their scents and entirely without mine. They saw the way she reacted to me.
Me to her.
Fuck.
