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Shaye nodded once, then turned and rushed down the hall. We could hear something crash and things hitting the floor, and we all glanced at each other before running after her.
She was a storm, a building energy that was swirling through the room, grabbing everything soft and throwing it on her bed.
Some of her and Micah’s things were making it to the hallway, and we had to dodge from being hit by random books and items that she would regret throwing later.
Micah, being the sweet guy he was, was already collecting it and taking it to the other room and putting it safely out of reach.
Everyone jumped into action, taking things directly from her instead of letting her break everything. We became an assembly line as she turned her bedroom into a nest. I was a little impressed by how quickly she did it, but she had never done things by halves.
I honestly could not believe that I was about to experience a heat with my mate.
Hell, I couldn’t even believe shewasmy mate, and that she was willing to accept us.
The transformation she had made in such a short time was insane. She’d gone from a shell of a person to finally embracing her new life, finding things that made her happy, and not letting anything stop her.
At some point, Mia ran in to see what the chaos was, and somehow, that shook Shaye out of her panic long enough to look up at us.
“What about Mia? She can’t be here for this. We can’t take care of a dog and have a heat. We need a babysitter.”
“I’ll handle it, I promise. Drew and I are going to run and get supplies while Micah and Riven help you get this settled. We’ve got you, baby. You call us if you need anything.”
“Okay, thank you,” she breathed out before turning her focus back to her room.
Drew dodged into the chaos and snatched Mia up before following me. He gathered Mia’s supplies. I was useless, my head a mess as I realized she was missing something very important.
Everett.
She had a pack that was about to help her through a heat. But the one alpha she felt one hundred percent comfortable with, especially in a vulnerable state, was him.
How did I bring him into this nest? How did I make him a part of this heat?
“Drew, can you drive?” I asked as we walked outside. He didn’t hesitate to head for his SUV, loading up Mia as I tapped away at my phone.
“Ellie or your parents?” he questioned.
“My parents,” I said. Ellie had a baby. She didn’t need to deal with a puppy, and I knew Mom would be more than happy to take her on.
Drew ended up being the one to take Mia inside, giving my mom an update while I waited in the car, still trying to find something to help.
“What are you doing?” he asked when he got back in the car, sounding frustrated. I felt bad for abandoning him but this was too important.
“Listen, I was trying to think of a way to include Everett. She’s not going to be happy if he’s not part of her nest. He was her mate, the only one she’s had before us. We can’t ignore him during this. She needs his scent.”
Drew didn’t even blink before answering, “Well, what can we do?”
“I just found something. The shop is an hour away, and I think her heat is still in the early stages, so we should have time.”
“What is an hour away?” he asked, trying to keep me on track.
“There’s this person that specializes in making stuffed animals infused with scents. It’s meant for omegas who are separated from their alphas or omegas like her who have lost one.”
“Do you even know what his scent is? I don’t know what you guys’ scents are.”
He had a point. We could smell our scent matches and to a point, our pack’s, but theirs was just a mix of woodsy scents to me. I couldn’t pick out the particular notes that were mate-specific.
“I do, I promise. She told me once. It’s sage and cedar mixed with Alpha Musk. She said he always reminded her of campfires during the summertime. I’m not sure exactly what that means, but I have a feeling I could help pick it out. He was my twin, he’s not just a random guy or someone else in the pack.”
“Okay, put it in the GPS,” he said as he shifted the car into gear. “And put in a grocery order on the way, they can just deliver it to the house.”
