Her scent is calling me like a siren, and I don’t think I've ever been harder than I am right now.
Devon, the smug bastard, gave her his courting gift, and she’s fingering the beautiful shell bracelet now. When she sees me watching, she stops.
“It’s okay to have a good time,” I mutter.
She cringes. “I’m, yes, it was a good time,” she murmurs quietly, looking at the kitchen where Sebastian and her parents are waiting.
I sigh and reach out, touching the back of her hand. She startles and spins to face me.
“Sorry, what were you saying?”
“Do you want to head down there? The event should start soon, we can get some space from all this.”
Sebastian snarls something that has her cringing.
“Yep, let’s go.”
I scoop up Danger and hold my hand out to her. She hesitates, staring at me long enough that I almost drop it, but at the last moment, she puts her small hand in mine. I lead her out the front door and down the steps.
I catch a whiff of bitter in her scent and wonder what the reason is.
“What’s wrong?”
“I, uh, I don’t know how things work, and I know we…” she trails off.
“We’re a pack, Sofia, we share.”
She stops walking, her mouth falling open as she stares at me, shocked. “Share?”
“Why are you stuttering over that word? Your mother has two bonds.”
“But it’s you three. So, you’re all right with me and Devon doing,” she clears her throat, “that?”
I lean in. “I am dying of jealousy, but, other than wishing it were me, I am fine with it.”
Sofia lets out a squeak of sound, and her scent loses the bitter notes and turns sweet.
It’s really hard not to stare at her. She’s wearing white denim shorts and a black shirt tied at her midriff. Her legs look like they go on forever, though they are paler than I remember.
Mack joins us, whistling a tune and tickling the puppy in my arms. “So, are we ready for this?”
“The group date? No,” Sofia snorts and runs her fingers through her loose hair. It reaches her lower back in a wave I want to touch.
“It will be fun. We can just enjoy it.”
“I just don’t want anyone to figure out that we are circumventing my mum’s plan. If she finds out, we’ll all be dead. You saw what she and Sebastian are doing.”
I wince a little. Devon’s still inside trying to help Milton and Franco find peace between them.
“I still can’t believe he deliberately chased off his match,” Mack says with a laugh.
“Oh, I can. His determination level puts him right up there in terms of competitiveness. His deal with Mum is solid; he’ll get out of this, but she will probably kill him before the end of it,” Sofia explains.
“What did he do to the omega?” I ask.
Mack and Sofia turn to me.
“Do you remember people taking you to Old Booties field?” Sofia says with a waggle of her eyebrows.
