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Holy fucking shit.
Miller had claimed me during my heat.
His grip on me lessened slightly as I processed exactly what the hell had happened, but I didn’t want him to pull away either.
He wasmyalpha.
“I need a shower,” I said, turning towards Miller. “Help me?”
His lips lifted in a soft smile beneath his salt-and-pepper beard, and I felt his relief as he moved to get up before he lifted me in his arms with ease.
“I’ll get this bunch up and start the post-heat breakfast experience,” Cole said from below us, his eyes watching us with fondness.
“No driving anywhere,” I said suddenly, memories of our last heat together swarming me.
He stood up, crowding closer to where Miller still held me. “This isn’t the same, Shortcake. We have our whole pack here this time.”
A growl ripped from my lips. “Promise me.”
“I promise,” he assured me, sending a wave of comfort down the bond. “Plus, we made sure to have everything I needed to make your favorite when you came out of it.”
“Lemon poppyseed pancakes?”
“With citrus glaze, hickory bacon and sourdough bread,” Cole said. “I even got a jar of the blackberry preserves you love from Claire’s special stash.”
My stomach chose that moment to rumble as my mouth watered at the knowledge that Cole was going to make my dream breakfast. Sure, he had burned the pancakes the first time he tried to make it, but it was the thought that counted and I knew I could count on him now too.
“Let’s get you cleaned up so we can get you fed,” Miller said gently.
He leaned me closer to Cole so I could give him a kiss before moving away and heading toward the bathroom.
One thing I did remember is that I demanded the two of them kiss, and from the brief hesitation that had just happened, so did they.
Hopefully, that was something they could work out together with time. It was plain to see they cared for one another and I would never discourage them from exploring that, but I could also sense that their alpha tendencies were still riding them hard and they needed to take care of me first.
Miller carried me into the ensuite, looking between the tub and the shower before stepping into the shower and pressing some buttons on the wall.
“Shower this time so that we can get down and get you fed in a reasonable time. But if you want a bath after that, then I’ll draw you one,” Miller promised.
His hand wrapped around my side, reaching out to test the water with the other, before he stepped into the spray slowly letting me down until my toes touched the tile floor.
Miller kept me braced against him as he set out to clean my hair, working through the shampoo then conditioner, before he grabbed a wide toothed comb on the wall and began to comb through it, starting at the ends, while the product was still in.
“You’re good at this,” I told him.
“I’ve had practice,” he said softly, not stopping what he was doing.
I loved that Miller didn’t shy away from the fact that he’d had an omega before and that he was open and honest about it. That’s exactly what our relationship would need especially given the complex dynamics between the pack.
“It shows and I appreciate it,” I assured him.
He gathered my hair over one shoulder, his fingers brushing against the spot where he’d marked me.
“I wasn’t sure how you’d feel about it when you’d come out of it. Whether or not you would have changed your mind. I’m so much older than you and I lost control—“
“Did you not want it?” I interrupted, a flicker of worry coursing through me.
“Summer,” he said sternly, turning me around in his arms and making me look up at him. “Of course, I wanted it. I want you. Maybe too much. I told you that before I’d even scented you for the first time. I look at you and all my instincts flare to life. You’re mine. My little ray of Sunshine.”
