“Well, I don’t have a ranking system.”
“You better not,” he says as he grins and gives me a kiss. “See you tonight,mon sucre d’érable.”The nickname still makes me shiver as he leans down and gives me a kiss.
“However many goals I score tonight is how many times you’re getting knotted tonight,” Eli whispers, and Piper groans next to me. Eli doesn’t care as he leans forward and gives me a gentle kiss.
Anders, my most patient Alpha, waits for his turn and grins when he has me all to himself. Piper, no longer wanting to hear any dirty talk, and the others go to the locker room. “Have you thought anymore about your next heat?”
I blush and shake my head. “Maybe not this next heat,” I say. He grins and nods his head.
“We will just practice then.”
“Lots of practice.”
“Can’t wait,Kulta.”
I grin and tug on his suit lapels and crash his lips against mine. He smiles into the kiss, and I know that one day I’m going to give this man as many babies as he wants, but I’m just not ready yet.
“Get ‘em, tiger,” I whisper, and he laughs as he leans in for a kiss.
He kisses me one more time before he heads to the locker room with Anders and Eli.
“You all are like feral animals,” Piper says, and I laugh, hooking her arm in mine.
“Let’s go eat and drink on the Foxes’ dime.”
“Now you’re talking.”
Our neighbor is taking Hank home. She’s been such a big help when we’re on the road, and Hank loves her to pieces. I kiss his head and give him a pat for being the bestest boy before heading off with Piper.
The game is pretty anticlimactic, and this time when I sit in the box watching the game, I don’t feel fear at all. All I feel is excitement. Now that I’ve traveled with the team and have become a staple, I’ve met so many more of the players’ partners, and I actually feel like I belong. Jim always works box security when I’m here, and he’s become part of our little hockey family as well. I make sure to invite him and his wife to dinner at least once a month.
The second period is over, and the kids come out to play a quick ten-minute game. “I fucking love Kits with Sticks!” Piper says next to me, and I nod my head. The kids look so small as they try to skate on the ice. They look so tiny in such a big stadium. About ten of the kids fall on top of each other when they all try to get to the puck. Some of them get up right away while others have a hard time getting back up. That’s when one player gets a break away. The stadium and the box goes wild as we cheer for the small child. It takes them a while to get to the goal, but they swing back and take the shot, scoring a goal and ending the small scrimmage.
The child is taken to the Foxes’ bench and interviewed by Opal, the commentator for the games. The child takes their helmet off and I smile to myself as I realize it’s a little girl.
“Abby, how does it feel to have the winning goal of the game tonight?” Opal asks her.
“Um… great,” she says.
“Do you have a favorite player on the Foxes?”
“Eli Beckford because he has a dog, and he scores lots of goals.”
My ovaries explode on the spot, and I can feel my Alphas down the bond wondering what has me feeling this way. I try to shake it off, but can’t help the grin that stays on my face the rest of the game.
The Foxes wind up winning, and Mikael only gets two penalties.
I wait patiently in the box for them to finish all their post game stuff. Piper goes home to study for her exams. I’m on my phone when they all walk into the box wearing their suits, looking delicious, and I’m all turned on again.
“Mmm, she seems happy to see us,” Eli says.
“She seemed happy all game,” Anders says.
“I think she could be happier,” Mikael says.
“The only thing that would make me happier is if my Alphas took me home and kept their suits on while they fucked me and fed me fruit after.”
The three of them grin. “That can definitely be arranged,” Mikael says.
