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“Dibs,” Flint grinned, leaning forward to give me a peck on the lips.
He winked at the double meaning when he pulled back, then sauntered toward the shower, stopping to undress along the way.
I couldn’t tear my eyes off of him. First, he ripped his shirt up over his head, making his back and rib muscles flex and ripple under his tight, smooth skin. His straight black hair cascaded around his upper body. Then he toed off his moccasins outside the bathroom. As he went through the door, he turned, unzipping his jeans, his eyes on me as though he knew what he was doing to me all along.
His eyes were heavily lidded, and as he pulled off his pants, his cock sprang out at half-mast. Then he grinned and closed the bathroom door. Only then did I inhale, realizing I’d been holding my breath the whole time.
“Definitely soon,” Heath muttered.
When I glanced at the other two, their pupils were blown wide as they stared at me.
“What?” I crossed my arms. “I can’t admire my sexy mate?”
Ignoring my question, Gage put a box on the table, opening it to reveal a small handgun.
“This should feel lightweight and easier to wield for you than the type of weapons we usually carry.”
He pulled it from the box, checked the chamber, then handed it to me. Crowding into my personal space, he showed me the trigger safety, the sight, and how best to grip it.
Heath was grinning when I returned the gun to its case.
“Aww, you bought her presents, too,” he cooed in a sugary sweet voice.
“Called in another favor?” I guessed, looking at Gage.
“Oooh, I love calling in a goodfavor.” Heath raised an eyebrow on the last word, making me wonder just what favors he was referencing.
Gage glared, and if he’d been in wolf form, I knew I would’ve seen his hackles rise. “Trina wants to see all three of us to talk over a potential job. I don’t want Freya anywhere near them.”
Heath’s voice and demeanor instantly changed.
“Is that why you got us a place way out here?”
He gestured to the front door. The nearest building was at least twenty car-lengths away.
“The less anyone smells, the better,” Gage answered. “And no wolves live on this side of town.”
The bathroom door opened to reveal Flint towel-drying his long, dark hair, which meant the rest of him stood proud and naked. Somehow, his hard-on hadn’t gone down at all.
“There’s probably enough hot water left for one more quick shower,” Flint glanced between the three of us.
“Freya, do you want a quickie?” Even the cocky innuendo in Heath’s voice couldn’t get me to tear my eyes off Flint’s amazing body.
If the other two weren’t here, I’d—
“Go ahead,” Gage told me. “We need a game plan going into this.”
I knew a dismissal when I heard one. Not bringing me with them into the middle of town, where I might draw unwanted attention, made sense. But I couldn’t help but feel the sting ofrejection when I closed the bathroom door and heard the three of them start talking. The message was clear: I wasn’t part of the pack and they didn’t need — or want — my help. Until my heat ended, the only thing I contributed was more trouble and the only part they wanted me to play was staying out of their way.
But with Flint as my mate, I would become part of the pack. How could I ever prove my worth as a packmate if I was always sidelined? I had to be able to serve some use, even without my wolf or my magic. My mind circled that problem as I quickly showered, not yet arriving on a solution.
When I got out of the shower, I suddenly realized I had brought none of the new clothing Heath had bought into the bathroom with me. I toweled off, listening to the rumble of their deep voices. It sounded like they’d moved over to the living room, which meant I could sneak out and snag some clothes.
But when I opened the bathroom door, I froze when Flint’s words hit me. “If her heat really is that close, maybe we shouldn’t take the job after all.”
“We need it if we’re going to stay one step ahead of Ironwood,” Gage pointed out.
Flint was the only one in my line of sight from the living room, and he poked his head up when he noticed me. “You okay, moonbeam?”
