Chill out, Silva.It’s just a little makeup.
“Then what’s wrong?” Lexi asks.
“Decided I don’t want to be stared at all night,” I explain, blending everything.
With patting and a little elbow grease, it’s like nothing ever happened. Fuck. Breathing deeply, I will away the tears that are ridiculous. I’m not erasing my heat, simply giving myself a little privacy.
My phone vibrates in the pocket of my pants, and I sigh as I dig it out, checking to make sure I managed to color correct all the love bites.
“Hello?” I answer, leaving the phone on speaker as I find a spot that looks like a bruise.
“Can I kill whoever made you feel sad?” Izzy growls, making my lips twitch as I chuckle.
“No, you can not,” I murmur. “I’m in the office covering some of the lovely bites you left all over me.”
“Rude. That’s a work of art!” he yells.
“You’re dramatic,” I say, finding the pain in my chest easing.
“Please don’t kill my boyfriend,” Lexi says beside me, watching me.
There’s a scuffle for the phone, and I hear people punching each other as I roll my eyes.
“Oh my God,” my sister says, looking worried.
“They’re fine,” I say. “Are you going to beat each other or talk to me? You can’t do both.”
“The bloodlust is strong with this one,” Kyren says, wrestling the phone away from Izzy. “He was worried about you.”
“I’m alright, just sleepy. I ran out of the house without coffee or food,” I shrug.
“I can fix the coffee and food part,” he decides. “We need to go into town anyway. We’re a little light on food.”
“Hmm. Feeding a pack will do that,” I tease him.
That’s not entirely true. I stocked up knowing that I would be having people move in with me.
“Well, the pack just has to make sure they feed their omega, huh?” Kyren says, playing along as my cheeks flame. “We’ll be there soon.”
“I hear there’s a stabby omega in the bar. Don’t get tased,” I say easily.
Kyren chuckles, the rich sound making me sigh happily as he hangs up.
“Is that what foreplay sounds like for you?” Lexi asks, grinning as I stare her down.
“Foreplay leads me into some really interesting places,” I say instead, enjoying as the smile drops off and she sticks her fingers in her ears.
“Silva!” she groans.
Having sex outside after murdering Brad is definitely one of my favorite moments, not that I can tell anyone that.
“Don’t ‘Silva’ me,” I say, deciding that I’ll pass the club test. No one will see the results of my heat. “Tell me what I’ve missed? I’m not the only one with a pack that’s moved in, am I?”
“No,” she mumbles, biting her bottom lip. “They were going to get kicked out of Tea’s place. You know how she is, and everything is full.”
“That’s exactly how I got Isidro to agree to move in with me,” I snort. “Honestly, Lex. I swear we’re devious even when we aren’t trying.”
Relaxing, she shrugs. “It’s been going okay so far. I’m not used to having so many people in my space.”
