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Holding back my chuckle at her shyness even after what we just did. “You can cover me in your slick anytime, Blake. And I do meananytime,” I say, waggling my eyebrows at her.
I’m expecting another one of her sweet giggles, but instead she furrows her eyebrows. She sits up on the bed and her eyes widen at the mess on the sheets underneath her. Glancing up at me nervously, she says, “I’m so sorry. I’ll clean the sheets, I promise. I didn’t know I would do…that.”
Leaning forward to grab her chin, I bark out, “No,” in the firmest voice I can manage without yelling.
The tone of my voice causes her to jump, which instantly makes me feel like shit. I curse. “Shit, I’m sorry, Sugar. I just meant no; you’re not going to apologize for making a bit of a mess while giving me such an incredible gift. You trusted me with something so personal and intimate, and as your future Alpha, I feel like I’m on cloud fucking nine being able to help you like that, Blake. Your body producing slick when you’re turned on is completely natural, and I never want you to feel guilty for that, baby. Okay? Your slick lets me know I’m doing my job and pleasing you, andI love it.”
My sweet girl looks so relieved when I explain I feel like punching myself for scaring her like that. She doesn’t linger on it or make me feel bad, though. Instead, she just crawls into my lap and hugs me tight, kissing me on the cheek.
“Thank you, Alpha,” she says sweetly.
I take one last deep breath of her scent before standing up with her in my arms. She wraps her legs around my waist, laughing, as I take her into the bathroom and turn on the shower. I gently set her down, giving her a sweet peck on the lips. She reaches for the band on my shorts, but I gently push her hand away.
“No, Sugar. This morning was just for you. And honestly, if you touch me right now, you’re gonna miss your appointment and D will murder me.”
Her light giggle is music to my ears, and the pout she aims my way just about melts every last resolve I have.
“Aww, don’t worry, babe. I won’t let big bad Hades hurt you. I promise.”
“Oh thank goodness. I feel so lucky to have a tiny warrior defending my dishonorable actions,” I say, smirking at her and loving that she called me babe without even realizing it. She rolls her eyes and yelps when I smack her cute little ass. “Get in the shower, tiny. I’ll wait for the doctor downstairs, so just come down whenever you’re ready.”
She salutes me sarcastically, and I fuckinglovethe sass on this girl. “Yes, Sir,” she says mockingly.
And even though she was kidding, I think I may have just found a new fantasy for us to try.
ChapterNine
ROTTEN
Rook
Blake said her appointment this morning went well, and she seemed really excited as she walked the doctor out. I didn’t ask for specifics, even though I was dying to know why she wanted to see someone before we left. She spent the last few hours helping us pack up the house and was surprised when we didn’t deep clean until I told her we hire a local cleaning company whenever we use a rental. Leaving their tip on the table with the house keys, we hop in the car and begin the two-hour drive to the private airstrip.
Achilles and Blake are in the very back of the SUV since they’re the smallest, and after spending the first hour staring wide eyed out the window, she faded fast. Now she’s leaning against his shoulder, fast asleep. I know she was up late last night, and after her and Kai’s… activities this morning, I’m sure she’s exhausted. The flight is about ten hours nonstop, so she’ll have plenty of time to sleep on the plane too. I want her to get enough rest since we’ll touch down at Heathrow in the morning and head straight to HQ.
Kai is in the seat next to me and keeps turning to look at her, and I finally decide to bring up this morning.
“Dude, did you not get a good enough look this morning?” I ask him, smirking.
He looked like the cat that got the damned canary when he came down smelling of thick strawberry syrup this morning. I was jealous for a few minutes, but the look on her face when she walked down the stairs nearly knocked me on my ass. Blake wasglowingand any momentary jealousy I felt went out the window. I would give anything to always see her that happy.
Turning back to me after looking at her again, he’s got this dopey smile on his face that makes me grin.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been this happy in my life.” Kai turns around in his seat to look at Hades. “D, I know you always told us she was the one, but I’m not sure I believed you until I met her. That girl is too sweet for this world, and there’s so much she’s been sheltered from in her life. I just want to wrap her in bubble wrap and never let her go,” he says, looking more concerned by the second as he no doubt thinks back to what happened this morning.
Earlier that morning
Kai comes bounding into the kitchen in only his shorts and we all let out groans at the intensity of Blake’s scent that is absolutelypouringoff of him. He’s smirking as he pours coffee for himself and grabs another cup for Blake, setting it in the fridge. Kaspian introduced Blake to flavored iced coffee over breakfast yesterday and she’s been drinking it like water since.
Kas gets up from his seat, scowling at his twin. He shoves him roughly out of the way. “Don’t you think you’ve done enough for her this morning? Let me make her damn coffee how she likes it.” As Kairo opens his mouth, likely to bicker back, there’s a loud thud on the front door. He glances at Kaspian, who looks around at all of us, before shaking his head and sighing. “I’ll go get it.”
Kai turns back to us and smiles softly. “Y’all know how he gets when he feels left out. We’ll just need to make sure everyone gets to spend some one-on-one time with her while we’re in London. And we KNOW Kas is gonna call dibs on taking her on the Warner Brothers Harry Potter tour. I don’t know if she’s seen the movies or not, but he’s gonna beg her to go with him since none of us will.” He laughs.
Suddenly, we hear Kas growling and cursing loudly before he shouts, “Guys! Get the fuck out here,now.”
He’s not as expressive as his brother when it comes to his emotions, so the terror in his voice gets me moving. I make it to the door first, gagging when the smell of rotten fruit reaches me before the sight does. Smeared across the door and the steps of the porch there are dozens of rotting strawberries with a piece of tattered cloth smashed into them. Covering his nose with his shirt, Hades’ eyes widen, and he grabs the edge of the cloth to unfold it.
“That motherfucking piece ofshit. I’m gonna kill him,” he snarls out, a vicious growl building in his chest.
