Pulling back, he gazes at me with something akin to confusion on his face.
“We should go on a date,” he murmurs.
“Okay,” I agree, enjoying how his emotions change. He’s projecting all over his gorgeous features. Brushing his red hair back, I grin up at him. “When?”
“Tomorrow during the day?” he suggests.
“Do you ice skate?” I ask.
“Kind of. It can’t be too hard to figure it out, right?” he asks, making me chuckle.
Oh, this should be interesting.
“Of course not,” I tease him, pushing him back so I can collect my keys and open the front door. “Good bye, boys.”
“Bye, Princess,” Kyren calls after me as I walk out the door.
Harlan follows me, his breath huffing out in front of him as we walk to my SUV. He works quickly to scrape off the ice on my windows as I get into the vehicle, and I get situated.
Warmth that has nothing to do with my seat warmer fills my chest, making me sigh. Harlan, Kyren, and Izzy have infiltrated my life, and I’m no longer angry about it.
Harlan waves at me once he’s done, and I blow him a kiss as I pull out of the driveway. My mind is full as I think about what my life could look like as I drive through the streets. Our snow plows have been through by now, and the roads are well salted. We always want to make sure people can get home safely, but as Syrus has told me, sometimes that’s not always possible.
Parking is easy since we aren’t quite open yet, and I rush into the club to find my sister is behind the bar.
“Hey, Lex,” I say, rushing past her to dump my things in the office down the hallway. Blowing out a breath, I make my way back. I didn’t expect her to work behind the bar tonight with me, but I’m so tired, I’ll appreciate the help.
This town has one of the best grapevines for gossip anywhere. Once they hear I’m at the club, people are bound to come in for a chat and to make sure I’m okay.
“Hey, Firefly,” Lexi says, amused as she watches me. “You okay?”
“Me?” I ask, thinking about the whirlwind my life has been over the course of the last four days. “Yeah. I’m really good.”
“Bite marks, huh?” she asks, turning me so she can examine me. “Who?”
“Isidro and Syrus,” I reply. “I’m not ready for alpha bites yet.”
“Did they do something?” she asks.
“Did who do something?” Emmett asks, coming closer.
“No one,” I say, rolling my eyes. His gaze returns to Lex and I can’t help but grin as she smiles at him.
I’m glad they’re together. She seems so much happier nowadays. Lex was originally worried about his age because he’s so much younger than us, but it’s just a number. He’s so protective of her.
Emmett pulls his eyes away from my sister to look at me again, blushing when he sees one of Izzy’s bites on my collarbone.
“Damn,” he mutters.
“Ugh. I have makeup in my bag,” I sigh. “I’m going to cover it up.”
“Silva,” Emmett begins, but I flick him off and leave, rushing for my bag. I have a cover up that’ll work just fine.
“He didn’t mean anything by it,” Lexi says, finding me in front of a full length mirror in the office, using a sponge to blend the makeup into my skin.
I’m an old pro at putting my face on at work.
“I know,” I say, watching the bites disappear. Blinking hard, I start to panic because it feels wrong. Pressing on the underside of my breast where Syrus bit me, I use the pain where it’s healing to ground myself as I keep my breaths even.
