“Maybe. But I haven’t been around anyone when I’m like this. What if I do something to make them mad? What if I say something that hurts their feelings? What if I’m too much, too demanding?”
“Hey, hey.” I stop him. “Baby, breathe. No matter what happens during your heat, it won’t change how we feel about you. It’s our job to take care of you in any way you need. We know that you can’t help your feelings and urges.”
“She’s right.” Aiden’s voice has Emmett’s head snapping up. “Nothing you can say or do will change how we see you. Just give us the chance to take care of you. It’s in our blood, but we also really want this. Getting to share this with you is a big deal. We’re honored.”
“Also, I kind of like it when you’re grumpy. Makes my cock hard,” Sloane pipes up, peeking his head over Aiden’s shoulder.
“Of course it does,” I laugh, rolling my eyes. “See? You have nothing to worry about.”
“What about you?”
“We both know you don’t have it in you to be annoyed with me.” I grin. “As for the needy stage and the horny stage, I’m excited. I love cuddles, and we both know I love sex.”
His lips twitch in a smile, some of his nerves ebbing away.
“We should get to the cabin now.” Emmett gets to his feet. “I know my body, and it’s not going to be too long before the needy stage kicks in.”
“Cabin is already ready to go. We just need to head back to the house and grab the snowmobiles,” Aiden says.
The drive back to my place isn’t easy. The snow is coming down hard, but thankfully, we get there safely.
Silva is already busy dealing with her own heat, so I’m Briar’s main point of contact if anything goes wrong. Hopefully, nothing does, because I don’t think we’re going to be getting much reception.
It’s a good thing Emmett stocked up on firewood, because we’re going to need the fireplace. I don’t think the generators are going to be much help.
Emmett and I head inside to grab anything we might need, while the Alphas head to my backyard to get the snowmobiles ready.
“Fuck!” Emmett growls. The sound of something hitting the wall has me running to his room.
He’s not there. Frowning, I hear his grumbling coming from the guys’ room.
“What’s wrong?” I ask, stepping into the room. He’s standing in the middle of it, clothes thrown around. “Uhh.”
“Everything is clean.” He looks at me helplessly. “I can’t smell them. I can’t use any of this.”
It takes a second, but then I understand what he means.
“You have them. The scent right from the source. We can have lots of cuddles in the nest when we get there, and soon everything will smell like them.”
“I don’t want everything to smell like them. I need your scent too.”
I step up to him, wrapping my arms around his neck. “Don’t worry, I plan on rubbing myself all over you and your nest, scent marking all of it. You’re going to be drowning in our scents.”
His nostrils flare, cock thickening against my stomach. I grin. “You like that, don’t you?” I play with the hair at the back of his neck. “Us scent marking you, your nest. Your safe place.”
“You’re my safe place,” he rasps, and fuck me, my heart nearly explodes.
“And you’re mine.”
“I like them, Lexi. I like them a lot. I want to keep them,” he says, almost in a panic.
“Good. Because I wasn’t planning on letting them get away,” I laugh. “They’re stuck with us for life.”
“Don’t let them bite me,” he requests, switching the subject. “Not yet. I want their bites when you’re ready for them.” I’m not quite ready yet anyways, but I don’t tell him that.
“I’ll let them know. And I'll make sure they don’t.”
“Even if I beg for it?” he asks me.
