“If you’re sure…”
“Of course I want to hear all the details.” A giggle escaped me, not so much from amusement but from the ridiculousness of this all.
“No, about me going, because…” Mariska nudged me and gave me a guilty look. “I feel really bad about not being thereyesterday and then I slept in this morning, and you’ll be alone after everything. You’re my best friend.”
This was my sweet bestie. “And you’re mine. I love you, girl. Text me when you get there. If you need to stay two or three nights to work out your heat, do it. I know they’ll take good care of you.”
A huge gust of wind lashed at the porch and Lucian put his body between it and us. “We’ll definitely take good care of her.”
Mariska gave me one more hug. “All right, but we’ll come pick you up tomorrow to go visit Miss Eloise. I love you too. Get some sleep.”
“I know you won’t be sleeping, so I’ll get enough for both of us. Good night!” I waved and dove inside, nearly slamming the door behind me.
Sleep was the last thing on my mind.
I tore up the stairs and shed my clothing in the hall as I dashed into my bathroom. My body burned up. The second my panties came off, slick drench my inner thighs. I jerked on the spray, not caring about the temperature. No time to grab Rudolph. My fingers would be all I needed to make myself come.
That and my fantasy of being knotted by a pair of sexy Alphas in uniform.
CHAPTER EIGHT - Ozias
Jason snored on the cot beside me. It echoed in the small office so that it seemed there were two of him. We’d got stuck with a second shift because the team which was scheduled called in sick. It happened often this time of year, and Jason and I picked up a lot of extra time since Alphas rarely became ill.
We’d slipped away after our last shift and brought some dinner to Lyla. She wasn’t there, though, and Jason left dragging his feet down the corridor. He tried to convince me to go to Primrose House, but it was one thing to visit someone in the hospital while on the clock, and another thing to drive the ambulance to see a person at their house.
Jason gnashed his teeth, stuffed some food into his gut, and took the first nap. As much as he was pissed at me, I knew it was more because he didn’t get to see Lyla. Because even though I told myself she wasn’t for me, I couldn’t get her out of my head.
Her beautiful smile, her luscious long legs, curves going for miles. Fuck. I could still smell her. A honey-like fruity scent with the warm edge of bourbon and something creamy. I wanted to crawl up between her legs and let myself drown in her perfume.
My cock twitched, stiffening in my pants. Damn. The last thing I needed was to be walking around with a hard-on all night.
Maybe Jason and I ought to stop by Primrose House. The idea of sharing an Omega did appeal to me. It would strengthen our bond as pack brothers, and I’d know our mate would be taken care of when I couldn’t be around. He could occupy her mouth while I gripped her slender hips and…
I growled at myself. Lyla was not that type of woman.
Hell. Now I was protecting her from my imaginary horny self. This wasn’t good.
My cell vibrated from where I’d plugged it in on the desk, and I glanced over to see it was my mother.
Not to wake Jason, I nabbed my phone and took it with me into the garage before swiping the screen to answer. “Hello, Mama.”
“Good evening,gios.” My family always spoke Greek when it was just us. “How have you been?”
“Good, Mama. Just on an extra shift right now. A storm is rolling in. It’ll probably hit Chicago too, so make sure the pantry is stocked.” I leaned against the ambulance and stared out the garage window at the blowing snow against the night sky. It was going to be a big one. Hopefully folks stayed in, because the ambulance wasn’t the greatest at driving through snow.
“Always looking out for us, so sweet.” Mother crooned. Though I loved her, that tone meant she wanted something. “You’ll still be joining us for New Year’s Day, won’t you?”
“Of course. I wouldn’t miss it for the world. Jason and I took the day off so we could drive down and spend the whole day there.”
“Oh… Jason is coming?” Her voice got a little more tense. My family weren’t big fans of Jason, but no one else in the world got me like he did. He was my pack brother, and I wouldn’t leave him out of any aspect of my life.
“Yes, you knew that.” I’d told her last month. With our big family, it took a lot of planning to arrange a twelve course dinner, especially on a holiday like Epiphany. Most of my family only went to church on December twenty-fifth. Our day to celebrate was January first. We’d exchange gifts and eat a lot of food.
“I will have to seat him elsewhere at the table, because I’ve already made the seating plan.”
“That’s fine.” As the eldest son, I was seated near the head of the table to the right of my father. Jason usually sat beside me,but this meant my mother had put someone else there. I already knew what was coming and inwardly sighed.
“Good. The Alexpoulos family is joining us this year, and their youngest daughter, Thea has come of age.” My mother had good intentions, but she sounded like a car salesperson. “She’s a beautiful young Omega and smart as well. She speaks five languages and has studied art in France. I think the two of you would get along very well.”
