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He smiled. “Thera has already put your number into her phone.”
“Good. Those little dudes will be fine, but I am still going to miss them.”
“Right, second, I wanted to apologize for any discomfort my cancellation of our original date caused.”
She sipped at her soda. “No problem. Meeting you kicked my heat on again, so I had a rough few days, but apparently, getting shot will shut that right down.” She smiled. “I would not recommend it as a cure for horniness, but it did work.”
He blinked. “I missed your heat?”
“Yup. I have never had a triggered one before. It was rough. I kept most of it at bay by being Alfred.” She shrugged. “It’s fine.”
He was still staring. “Well, this explains why Lady Fen changed her mind so suddenly. Is it true that you are an omega?”
“Ah. That. I was going to be. I was in foster care, and the woman who ran the group home decided she could make a lot of money from giving me a hormone shot to stop my development before the slick came online.” She turned her left wrist and pulled the cuff back. “She got four million for me, an artist came to the home to mark me, and I was sedated and stuffed in the trunk of the car that Rhymbia was in. Elspetha and Alter were in the other one.”
He looked at the bar code. “You... were the one that got away.”
“Oh, from that trafficking group? Yeah.” She smiled. “They came after me a bit, but I lived a while as Alfred, so things just faded out.” She sipped her drink. “So, who does Lady Fen have lined up for you? I spend a lot of time with socialites, so I might know one of them.” She smiled and then grinned as some of the food arrived. The bamboo steamers made her so happy, and a small carrier full of chili sauce was set on the table as well.
Thanatos blinked and shook his head.
“So, I will share if you will, but your vegetables are pretty safe.”
He nodded. “Deal.”
She opened the steamers, lifted her chopsticks, and wiggled a dumpling out of the container. She hummed as she added chili sauce. He took a dumpling from the container she was eating from.
She took a bite and covered her mouth as the steam tried to creep out her nose.
He winced, and she giggled with her mouth full before finishing the other half of the dumpling.
They sat and finished the first three steamers before his food began to arrive.
“How much chili sauce do you put on stuff?”
She smiled. “First bite has none, and after that, just enough to bring out the subtle flavours. Plus, I just like chilies.”
She smiled and reached for one of his dishes with her chopsticks. “Oh, is this okay? I can use the spoon if it’s weird.”
He smiled. “Go nuts. Tasting you in my food won’t be a turnoff.”
She paused, shrugged, picked up fish, beef, and the vegetables accompanying them, and tucked them into her small bowl lined with rice. She took a few bites, added some more hot chilies, and then kept eating.
Ming cleared the dishes as they emptied, grinning and saying, “You really are hungry.”
“I really am. Post-heat nutrition is important.”
Thanatos snapped his chopsticks.
Ming looked a her, and her eyes went wide. “You’re a...”
“Mostly. Slightly damaged.”
Ming looked at Thanatos with a smile. “Wow, cousin. You got lucky.”
He shook his head. “Not yet, I haven’t. Lady Fen has been poking her nose into things, and I missed the chance of a lifetime.”
Ming winced. “Ah. Right. She does that. She tried to set me up with the son of our meat supplier. He’s gay. It was an awkward date.”
