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“You would do the same in my situation.” I shrugged at the grumpy giant.
“Oh, I’m not complaining,” Theo interjected. “I like her fire. Though Kane would never resort to something so normal as a lamp. He’d be all fists.”
Gage ignored Theo’s words and answered me, “Regardless, you’re not going anywhere right now and you need to rest. We gave you some pretty strong drugs and you can’t be feeling all that good.”
He was right, I was feeling lousy, but didn’t want to admit that. Everything felt overwhelming and I just wanted to be curled up in my nest, ignoring the rest of the world, only my nest was nowhere in sight, all I had was that sterile, cold bed.
“Yeah, I still feel a touch dizzy,” I admitted, cursing myself for letting that slip. Why did I just tell them I was feeling weak? Stupid, moron move.
Gage stood up and strode over to a mini fridge on the far side of the room, grabbing two bottles of water and a protein bar. “You need to eat,” he told me gruffly.
“I did try to bring her food, but thanks to her stunning moves, it’s all over the bedroom floor,” Theo whined.
“I’ll get Archer to pick it up,” Gage said.
“Where is Archer?” I asked with a frown. It hadn’t even occurred to me that he wasn’t in the room, I had been far too distracted by the adrenaline rush that was my escape attempt.
“He’s around,” Gage offered simply. Archer had dragged me into this, and I wanted to avoid him at all costs, but a small part of me was keen to see him again. “Working on some computer things. I thought it best he stayed away for a while, knowing you were likely mad at him.”
“I am,” I agreed. I was fuming, he had gotten me into this situation. If he had never looked at my profile I would still be safe at home, going to exercise classes with Fawn.
Gage nodded. “You’ll see him because this house is only so big, but we’ll try and keep our distance. We are all on scent dulling meds, and we gave you some but still…”
“Yeah, they don’t really seem to be working well, I can smell all of you.”
Gage did a double take. “Wait, you can smell us?”
Theo’s giddy laugh almost drowned his voice out.
“Yeah, it’s weak, but I can easily distinguish you. You smell like whisky, kinda smoky. Kane is leathery, Theo is pine and lemon and Archer smells like fucking gummy bears.”
Gage looked shocked, his eyes widening further as I listed each of their scents.
“Well…uh.” He scrambled to gather his thoughts. Could he smell me? I picked up the bottle of water and cracked it open, taking a few slow sips. “Okay, we’ll keep out of your way, and hopefully the scents shouldn’t be too much. Kane? Can you escort her back?”
Kane just nodded in lieu of an answer.
* * *
Kane followed behind me as I made my way back to the jail cell of a room. It wasn’t difficult to recognise the path I had run down. Kane was carrying my half drunk bottle of water and protein bars so I just hugged myself with one arm and chewed my fingernail in stress.
Fawn would slap my hand if she caught me chewing my nails, but I was on my own and besides, I think in this situation she’d forgive me.
As we reached my doorway I noticed all the spilled food was already picked up. Taking a step into my room I turned back to Kane.
“Tell your packmate, Theo, that I’m sorry I clocked him with the lamp.” I looked up at him with a frown. “I didn’t really hurt him did I?” I grimaced. As mad as I was at these men, I didn’t want to hurt anyone. I liked watching shows about serial killers chopping people into itty bitty bits, but I cringed at the thought of killing a bug.
“Why are you apologising?” Kane questioned with a raised brow as he placed the snacks on my bedside table.
“Karma is real, and that little stunt probably earned me some negative juju.”
“He’s got a thick skull, he’ll be fine,” Kane grumbled. “And don’t feel bad for protecting yourself. It’s impressive you got the drop on him.”
“Thank you.” I smiled gently at him. He didn’t reply. He didn’t seem like one for conversation and he was clearly done with this one.
The remnants of the lamp had been cleared away; all evidence gone. Kane merely walked me to my door, closing and locking it behind me once again. With a sigh, I sat on the bed next to a pile of clean clothing, men’s T-shirts and leggings. There was only the faint smell of laundry detergent on them, no alpha scents, though I couldn’t decide if that was a blessing or a curse. Despite my urge to get away from these alphas, some deep buried part of me wanted to roll around in their scents, curling into them and resting my head in the crook of their necks, drinking in the delicious smells—part of me was getting wet just thinking about it.
If I didn’t know better I would think I was already entering pre-heat, but luckily I had at least three weeks to go. I was like clockwork with my heats.
