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Lavender
We spent the next twenty minutes lazily cleaning each other. Theo wanted to ensure there wasn’t a single inch of my skin left unwashed. It felt so natural and comfortable. When I had imagined how it would be with alphas I had imagined it would be a touch more awkward. Theo made everythingeasy.
That was how we found ourselves downstairs getting a late night snack, me wearing only Theo’s T-shirt, and Theo only wearing a new pair of grey sweatpants. Between the deep clean and the body spray I had lathered on no one could tell what we had just been up to.
I had to resist the urge to blush at Theo every time he glanced my way, but I wasn’t ready to discuss everything that happened with anyone else.
“Grab me the bacon out of the fridge, Lavender,” Theo asked, his eyes never leaving the pile of celery he was cutting. He had decided he was going to make us a salad to go with the frozen pizza cooking. Theo was skilled with knives. Every movement was precise and even, his hands never wavering. He didn’t let me near the knives for food prep.
I nodded even though he couldn't see with his back to me, pushing myself off the counter and going over to the large two door fridge. With every step the soreness between my legs made my face heat with memories.
Most of the food once opened was stored in glass tubs, making the fridge look sleek and aesthetic inside. Archer had told me about it, and when I’d asked why he’d said they “didn’t want to be a dick to the environment”.
Reaching up on my tiptoes I grabbed the bacon from its spot on the top shelf. I had to strain to reach, I wasn’t as tall as the permanent occupants of the house. As I turned towards Theo, bacon in hand, my vision tilted and I was momentarily unsteady on my feet. The glass tub slipped from my fingers and shattered on the floor.Crap!The dizziness had only lasted a brief second, I was already feeling far more steady. I cursed myself. Freezing I looked around, opening my mouth to apologise and leaned down to start grabbing the larger shards.
“Don’t move!” Kane’s aggressive bark from behind me made my spine turn to steel and I froze in place. His voice had held so much power. I could feel it deep in my spine—a sensation I had never felt before. He had barked at me… no one had ever barked at me.
I couldn’t move.
Iphysicallycouldn’t move.
My muscles refused to respond.
Kane came up behind me, grabbing me roughly by the waist and lifting me from my crouch on the floor, depositing me on the nearby kitchen island.
“You’ve got bare feet,” he muttered in a way of explanation. He didn’t even give me a second glance before bending down and gathering the broken glass.
My stomach felt cold and I didn’t know what to say… I started to shake.Why does my stupid body let me shake but not move?
“Kane!” Theo growled, making me shrink back further. Well, hunch away slightly as that’s all I could do. My body was screaming at me to leave. Get out. Escape. Get away from the angry alphas. Go to the nest. Nest wassafe. Only my body wouldn’t listen, it was firmly stuck on the counter, unable to move.
“What?” Kane growled as he discarded some glass.
“Don’t fucking bark at Lavender!”
Kane’s head shot up, taking me in. He muttered a curse, standing up and coming over to me. His normal leathery smell was dirty. Like he had been running around a busy city in his absence.
“I’m so sorry.” He sounded upset, not at me, but at himself as his face twisted in displeasure. “I would never force you to do something. I was worried you would hurt yourself…” He trailed off. Looking around the kitchen at the last piece or two of glass.
“That doesn’t fucking matter, Kane. You can’t talk to her like that!” Theo growled, grabbing a broom and helping clean away the glass.
“I’m sorry, all right!” Kane yelled.
“The fuck is happening here?!” Gage asked from the doorway, taking in the scene in front of him, confused and obviously annoyed at the shouting. He looked exhausted. He really should have been resting with his bruises. His nostrils flared. Crap. Could he tell what Theo and I had been up to?
“Kane fucking barked at Lavender!” Theo shouted, and Gage’s face turned thunderous.
“I didn’t mean to! I just told her to stay still so she didn’t step on glass!” Kane reasoned.
Gage made a beeline for me. “ Are you okay, Lavender?” he asked, eyes trailing over me sitting on the counter, his voice soft. I was shaking and there were unshed tears in my eyes.
I tried to move, but it was like there was an invisible force keeping me on the counter, Iphysicallycouldn’t move myself from that spot. Tears overflowed and I stuttered. “I can’t move.”
Theo frowned, “The glass is gone, it’s safe to move.”
“No. I can’t. Kane told me not to move… and now I can’t move at all.” More tears spilled over and I berated myself. I felt so weak, literally glued to a goddamn counter simply because I had been told not to move.
Every alpha’s face in the room dropped at my words, and Kane let out an uncharacteristic, strangled sound.
