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I did as he asked and put in everything on his list to be delivered.
When we pulled up outside of the shop, I wasn’t sure what to expect.Cherished Memoriessounded like something a little more upscale than we were looking for, but from the website, this was exactly where we should be.
When we walked inside, an old woman was sitting behind the counter while two alphas were working on something at a workbench not far away. All three looked up as we walked in and gave us a smile.
The entire place felt warm and welcoming.
“Hello, can I help you?” she asked as we approached the counter.
“We’re looking for something for our omega,” I said before launching into the story. As I spoke, the other two alphas joined us, standing beside her as they took in the story.
“Oh, that poor girl,” she gasped, her eyes welling with tears. She fanned her face for a second while I finished the story.
“This is about to be our first heat together, and I don’t want him to be excluded. I know my twin’s scent, and I want to try to recreate it for her.”
“We have a few different ways you can do that. We have pillows, sometimes we can make it from the fabric of something they owned, or if she’s already got hoodies or something like that, we could do a stuffed animal. There are all kinds of options.”
“Let’s go for the stuffed animal,” I said since I didn’t have anything of his with me. “Do you have a black bear? He had dark hair, and she used to tease him for being a teddy bear.”
“Oh, definitely,” one of the men said. “Come on, son, I’ll show you.”
Drew hung back at first, but I reached out and grabbed his wrist, pulling him along with me. I didn’t want to be alone, and we might not be partners, but we were pack.
I needed him.
He looked happy to be included and I realized I should reach out more. Betas were sometimes the hardest ones to settle in a pack. Their role was overlooked far too often but he was important to us. He helped ground us and he calmed her in ways we couldn’t. He was always making his lists and making sure we were all on the same page.
As the alpha took us over to the bins full of stuffed animals, I started to get overwhelmed.
This was such a big deal and I didn’t want to screw it up by picking the wrong thing. Drew pushed himself forward so his shoulder was pressed into mine.
“Don’t overthink,” he said gently. “It’ll be fine. She’s going to love this.”
“Okay,” I breathed out as I stared at the options.
The man tried to help out by picking out the three black bears that he had oh hand, sitting them side by side. It was the one with blue-green eyes that I knew was the right choice. They reminded me of my own and of Everett’s, and his fur was so soft.
He was big enough that she could cuddle him, not just a small bear that she would sit on a shelf.
This was one that she could hold on her bad days.
I knew it was right the moment I laid eyes on it.
“This one,” I said. The man nodded before leading us back up to the counter.
The woman was sitting on a stool, and she had a bunch of glass bottles sitting around. There was a dropper in each one. A large bowl of tiny little beads was sitting in the middle.
She grinned up at us as we approached.
“Now, this is a fun part, but it can be a little tricky. You can’t rush it. We need to get it right,” she reminded me.
“Okay,” I said.
“What are the notes? I need to hear exactly what she said that he smelled like.”
“Cedar, Sage, and summertime campfire.”
She closed her eyes for a minute, thought it over, taking a few breaths before she started picking up bottles. She’d lift the lid, take a little sniff, and put it back or put a drop or two in the bowl.
