Hudson: What if we don’t get the results right away?
I grinand let my thumb fly across the screen.
Me: Not to sound cocky, but you can buy just about anything with the right amount of money and that includes bumping a test result to the front of the line.
Something fluttersdown the bond and my heart thumps harder in my chest.
I’m playing a dangerous game. I want him. I want him in a way I don’t have the right to want another person.
We can’t simply promise one thing to then turn around and rip that promise away.
Even if our pack lead did bond him to Pack Anders until further notice.
Regardless of how I feel, it’s still our responsibility to ensure the omega isn’t merely safe but happy. How happy can he possibly be if he’s left home alone all day. He doesn’t have a job, so he can’t go see his coworkers, and his friend Ella can’t spend every waking moment at our place.
We have to find a way to be more attentive, to give him what he needs to keep his instincts from going all haywire.
We’re not rejecting him, yet I felt that darkness inside him throughout the day. I never want him to think there’s anyone or anything more important to us than him right now.
I simply have to figure out a way to juggle our increasing workload, remaining committed and loving toward my mates, while making our omega feel cherished.
Shit. I just called himoursagain.
I’m so fucked.
CHAPTER 25
Hudson
My phone is still clutched in my hand, but no other texts have come through.
They’re coming home. They’re coming homeearly. Forme.
My omega instincts preen, and I sprint through the house, stripping out of my clothes as soon as I hit my room.
I need to shower. I need to wash the smell of chlorine from my hair.
And I need to make sure they can scent me without any interference, whether scented body wash, cleaning products, or even the hints from the staff who work in and outside of the house.
Not sure what I’m expecting, but even a puppy pile would do at this point. If I was at home, I would have called someone over by now. I’d have begged Ella to spend the night so I could spoonher, give my impulses what they need to keep my instincts from unraveling.
Pretty sure I’ve been unsettled for a while. First with waking from my heat to discover one of the alphas marked and bonded me to being alone for nearly two weeks while wondering whether or not we were successful in creating a child.
I want that so badly for them, to see them holding a tiny bundle that’s half them, half me.
But I’ve realized I want that for myself just as badly.
And it’s not only the child I want.
Maybe it’s the bond. Maybe it’s instinct. Maybe I simply recognize that they’re good men. Either way... I’m dreading the day I walk out of this house and return to my old life.
I’ve been single for years. Have rejected any and every offer from alphas and packs to become their omega.
And isn’t it funny the first time I’m interested, the alphas aren’t?
They even checked whether they could dissolve the bond before discovering if I was pregnant.
They’re planning for exits, not futures.
