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“Will you?” he challenged.
“Look,brother, don’t be a brat,” I grumbled.
“You know, Nash is actually my brother?” he mused. “Half. We have a… complicated history. But he’s a good guy.”
“Nash is great,” I agreed. He gave me alooklike I was purposefully being dense, but he didn’t press me. Bane was not the sit down and chat about feelings around a campfire type, and neither was I, so I appreciated the mercy.
“I’ll keep your secret,” he said, “but don’t let it eat you up, or I’ll kick your ass.”
With those words of wisdom, he drove off, leaving me on the sidewalk feeling both touched and amused. As I walked inside to get the food Eliza left out and some much needed sleep, I checked my phone. No missed messages from Sam.Thank goodness.
I needed a break before the next emergency hit.
ChapterFour
Sienna
“We need three pitchers of mimosas today,” Hazel told one of our favorite waitresses. Crystal had taken care of us enough times to not question the seriousness in her tone. She just tossed her blonde hair over her shoulder and readied her pencil over her order pad.
“Rough week, huh?” she teased. “So what’ll it be?”
“Classic orange juice, of course,” Hazel ordered.
“Oh, and pomegranate,” Teagan added before Hazel could choose for us all.
“And blood orange,” Hazel finished. “Plus the usual breakfast spread.”
Crystal took the menus and ran off to put our order in. The moment she was out of earshot, they were like hounds on a trail.
“Details. Now,” Teagan demanded. “Tell me about this Rent-An-Alpha.”
“Was he hot? Was hebig?” Hazel asked, holding her hands apart as if I didn’t understand the question.
“Was he nice to you?” Eliza finished the round of questioning in her usual sweet mother-hen way.
“His name was King,” I started. “He was nice to me. In fact, I was shocked at how great he was. Though I don’t remember most of it, obviously, I do remember he was a fine specimen of an alpha, chiseled but not overly bulky. And his knot was what dreams are made of. I’ll never look at my heat the same.”
“That’s all you’re giving us?” Teagan complained playfully.
I snorted. “Well, seeing as how I was desperate for his knot and remember only half of it, yes. It’s not like I’ll see him again anyway. It’s a fairly anonymous service. I mean, he said his name was King, but I doubt it’s even his real name.”
“Could be short for Kingston,” Teagan mumbled, tapping away on her phone.
I gasped. “Don’t you dare look him up!” Part of me felt like it was an extreme invasion of privacy to seek him out, and another part of me just didn’t want to share King with anyone. There was something in me that hoped I’d see him again one day, but it was a delusional pipe dream. He was just doing his job, not giving me a second thought.
“So what’s the job, Teag?” I asked. She laughed at my obvious subject change, but she gave in. She loved talking about her work.
“Apparently, Dad is trying to get involved in some big music scene, so he’s scoping out venues for a festival. That means I get free merch, tours, and a stipend for travel expenses.”
“She’ll be laying on the beach after work every day, living her best life,” Eliza said. “I’m not at all jealous.” I was right there with her. My anxiety could never handle what she does, but I’d kill for a vacation and some extra money just for myself.
“It’s okay to be jealous,” Teagan joked.
“So you’ll never guess what Valentina did,” Hazel jumped in. “We went out last week because she was dying for a burger. She bags three phone numbers in the first twenty minutes.”
“I’m not even surprised. The woman has style!” Eliza laughed. “Is she really giving alphas she finds at burger joints a chance?”
Hazel snorted. “You think we went to fast food?”
