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“Don’t. Fucking. Touch it,” he growls out, sounding angrier than I’ve ever seen him.
I’m confused about the sudden change in attitude until he grabs my chin and roughly tilts my head up. There, across the front door and written in what looks like blood, are the words, “You’re mine, Omega bitch.”
My breath catches in my throat and a growl I’ve never heard before sounds from my twin. “Call Benson. Right the fuck now. Quietly go through the garage and get Rook and Achilles, but donotlet Blake out here,” he hisses to Hades.
He nods and walks off to do as Kas asked when I hear a gasp from behind us. Whipping around, I see Blake staring at the door, white as a sheet and visibly shaking.
“Blake, Sugar, go back inside. You don’t need to see this,” I beg her. “The police are on their way, and it’s probably just a stupid prank.”
She’s shaking her head as her eyes fill with panicked tears. “No, this is him. I know it,” she whimpers.
Kas rushes up to pull her into his chest, turning them so he’s blocking her view of the door. “B, no. We don’t know for sure that this is anything more than Icky Vicky playing a fucked up prank because she’s jealous,” he murmurs just loud enough for me to hear. Despite the terror running through my veins, I have to hold back a laugh at his use of our childhood nickname for the spoiled Omega. She lets out the tiniest giggle, and it’s like the vise grip that’s been around my chest since we saw the door loosens for a second, allowing me to take a full breath.
“Icky Vicky,” she whispers. “I like that, even if it does feel mean.”
Kas and I both roll our eyes. “She deserves it, love. She was awful to you, and she’s always been a bitch to people she thinks are beneath her. Call her Icky Vicky all you want, or just try not to think about her at all. We sure as hell don’t.”
I smirk at her, walking forward to kiss her sweet lips. Her lips taste minty, and I assume she just woke up from another nap. Brushing her hair back behind her ears, I cup her cheeks and give her a kiss on the nose. “How are you feeling, Darlin’? Still tired?” I ask gently.
She’s been a little irritable since she had her last dose of the heat suppressants earlier this week. I’d rather not add to the stress she’s likely feeling after seeing the door.
She smiles widely at me. “I feel great, actually.” She’s practically bouncing on her toes, making me raise my brows at her in question. “Rook said we’re going clothes shopping today since we didn’t get to go when we were in England. I tried to tell him I didn’t need anything.”
I scoff, briefly interrupting her and earning me a side eye. She’s so cute when she does this. I have to fight to keep my face straight. Clearing her throat, she continues on as if I didn’t interrupt her and I let out a quiet chuckle this time, earning me an eye roll.
“As I was saying, I told him I didn’t need anything and he…uh…” she trails off, her cheeks flushing bright pink and her scent blooming around us.
I smirk. “What didDaddysay to that, hmm?” I ask.
Hades let that little nickname slip earlier this week after hearing her say it in London. While most of us haven’t said anything out of respect for Blake, it’s pretty fucking funny to realize stoic, serious, stubborn Rook Beaumont enjoys being calledDaddy. Honestly, though, it kinda makes sense. Rook has always been the one to keep the pack in line. He’s the oldest, and he likes things done a certain way. The more I think about it, the more I’m sure it was a natural progression for him with our sweet little Omega.
Shaking off my thoughts, I cross my arms and widen my stance a bit, not budging.
Blake sighs, covering her warm cheeks with her tiny hands. “He said I needed more than the bare minimum. If I don’t let him take care of me now, he’s going to take me over his knee later and give me something I need him to take care of.” As she mumbles this, her perfume gets stronger than ever in the warm mid-morning breeze.
My mouth opens slightly, a choked laugh escaping. “You like the thought of your Alpha taking you over his knee, Sugar?” I ask darkly, grabbing her hips to pull her into the borderline painful erection straining against my slacks. She looks mortified, so I pull her against me, hoping to reassure her.
My purr starts up in my chest, and she melts against me, losing some of the tension that had been lining her delicate features. I use a finger to tilt her face up so her eyes meet mine, and my breath catches at the potent mix of adoration and terror shining in her light green eyes.
“I love you, Kai,” she breathes softly. “I know you’re my pack and we’re bonded, but I’m still so worried I’m going to wake up one day and all of this will have been a wonderful dream. When you guys say things like that, it brings back memories of the many times Phil would go on rants about how Omegas are nothing but sluts who are down for anything but really only good for one thing. Iknowyou don’t think that, but I guess when you grow up hearing it, it skews your perception…” she trails off, lowering her head again. My heart is aching for this darling girl and the shit hand she was dealt in life.
“Blake, look at me, Darlin’,” I murmur, pulling her chin up again and planting a soft kiss on her forehead. “There are stigmas that follow every designation. Sometimes we hear them from really loud people, but that doesnotmean they’re true,” I say with conviction.
“You’re not a slut because you enjoy sex, Sugar. Or because you like things that aren’t necessarily conventional in the bedroom. It is nobody’s goddamned business but ours what we do in our pack. It’s like Hades bonding Achilles. Did you judge them or think they were weird because they weren’t afraid to touch or because they bonded?” I ask quietly.
She shakes her head aggressively. “No, of course not. I would never judge them for doing something they wanted, especially when they did it to make me happy,” she growls out. And I’m gonna have to remember to tell the guys about that, because it was really fucking cute.
The side of my mouth kicks up just a millimeter, and I kiss her deeply. Coming up for air just as we hear the detective’s car pull up, I finish making my point in the same quiet tone.
“Exactly. You wouldn’t judge us, and we will never judge you. We love you, Darlin’. Trust us to have your back and protect you from any more loudmouth assholes who are jealous they don’t have a gorgeous, sweet, sassy Omega like you.”
She beams at me, and I lean down to kiss her again when we both startle at the sound of a dramatic slow clap. Turning my head, I see my asshole brother and Rook standing there staring at us. Kas is smirking while Rook just gives us a small smile.
Kas walks over and ruffles my hair, and I let go of Blake so I can punch him in the side, forcing a gust of air and a groan from him. “Serves you right, bastard. Ruining a perfectly sweet moment with your sarcasm and poor timing,” I say with a playful growl.
He flicks me on the nose with a smile before tossing his arm around my neck and turns me to face our pack mate and our Omega. He’s nearly bent over in half so he can brush his nose back and forth across hers.
“I heard what you said, Kai,” Kaspian murmurs softly. “I hope you know how proud I am of you and the way you are with her. I always knew things would change when we found our Omega, but I never expected it to be likethis.You’re so calm with her and you’re so attentive to her needs. Not that you were a selfish ass before her, but sometimes you were so loud with your own feelings you kind of forgot about others.”
