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“Alcohol, karaoke, nachos, and we can get her something extra to wear like a boa and tiara,” I said excitedly. “She’ll protest, but she loves being extra.”

Hazel parked in front of the party supply store before texting furiously. She had just climbed out when notifications started beeping. “Loki and Bane are in. Bane said he’ll grab the food if we take care of the rest.” She grinned, proud of the way the plan was already coming together. Eliza might be the mother hen, but Hazel was very much the older sister who would bully everyone into making events like this perfect.

We’d hit this store once before, but it was for Hazel’s bachelorette which obviously had a very over the top sexy theme.

Eliza would literally murder us and hide the bodies if we did something embarrassing for her birthday, especially in front of Loki and Bane, who she was very obviously in love with.

“Has she said how living on the compound is going?” I asked while we walked the aisles. For a moment, I felt a pang of guilt about not reaching out to check on her, but I didn’t let it take hold. I was just as busy after being displaced and shouldn’t beat myself up over it.

Hazel rolled her eyes as she looked at a display of balloons. “You know how she is with those men. I think she’s lying to herself about them for some reason, but as far as I know, she has her own room there now.”

“We both know why, but I just wish she’d stop punishing herself for a fertility issue she can’t change,” I said with a sigh. Our bestie deserved a pack who would do anything for her, and Loki and Bane were already there and willing.

“Oh my god, look!” Hazel sprinted down the aisle toward a huge neon display of birthday decor. “Tell me she wouldn’t love a rave theme!”

“Valentina would supply the brownies to get everyone in the mood to party,” I added. “Oh shit, what about a cake?”

“Valentina said she would handle it,” Hazel said with a hint of nerves.

“Are we sure she isn’t going to do anything crazy?” I asked. We both knew the woman would do something no less than over the top. The main question was whether it’d reach the level of insane.

“Absolutely not, she’ll definitely do something we might regret, but at this point, we’ll take all the help we can get. Teagan should be flying in by late morning, so she’ll be able to catch a nap at a hotel before joining us.”

Hazel’s phone rang, which was the only thing stopping her from grabbing another handful of streamers.

“Hello?” She listened for a few minutes, and from the frown on her face, I worried it was something serious. “We’ll come by Saturday afternoon. Thank you.”

“What was that? Where are we going?”

“The apartment. Apparently, I was listed as the primary contact still since Teagan is always traveling. The fire marshal cleared it for us to gather anything salvageable before the cleaning crews go back in. He’s not promising we’ll have an apartment again, but at least we might be able to grab a few things. I doubt our clothes survived, but you never know.”

My thoughts immediately went to the necklace from Mom that I’d left there, and I sent a prayer out to the universe that it would be one of the things I could take home with me.

As far as the apartment went, I had no desire to go back. It was probably a bit crazy, but Yuri and River’s place was officially my home now. We hadn’t spoken about it beyond them providing me a place to stay, but with the entire pack now living there, I had a feeling that wouldn’t be changing.

“Now, we have one more stop,” Hazel said triumphantly. “And don’t worry, we aren’t shoppingjustfor Eliza at the Naughty Peach, Sienna.”

Oh shit. I might be in trouble.

ChapterNineteen

River

The moment that Nash opened the paint can, I wrinkled my nose. I might have the most style of our little pack, but this type of work wasn’t for me.

“Look, I’m not the painting type. I’m going to run out and do something else for Sienna. I’ll pick up food on the way back. Deal?”

I didn’t wait for their responses before I was power walking out of the room and scheduling an Uber to pick me up. I’d ordered new tires for Sienna’s car and had it towed to a nearby shop. While Sienna and Yuri were busy at brunch, I got a text saying it was finally ready. It was the perfect excuse to avoid painting or fighting over furniture assembly directions.

If I thought Sienna would ever allow it, I’d have bought her a new car, but she’d likely cut my dick off for even attempting it.

The moment I climbed in and greeted my driver, my phone went off. I figured Yuri was trying to bitch at me for bailing, but to my surprise, it was King.

King:Really? You’re going to leave us to do the painting?

River:Trust me, this is not where I’m needed today. Plus, I’m handling something else for our omega.

King:Oh yeah? And what’s that?

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