“You’re in me now, in my lungs, in my nose, my whole body is awakening and tuning to the scent of you. Whatever happened in the past was the past.”
“Ha!” She throws her head back and laughs. “You rejected me.”
“We did.”
“And I’m just supposed to ignore that?” Her voice is shrill and angry.
“No. It will be a story we tell our grandchildren.”
“Grandchildren?” she splutters, and the look on her face is one I’m going to remember forever. “You are never touching me.”
“Aw, sweetheart, we can go slow. It doesn’t have to be all right now.”
She lets out an outraged noise. “What is wrong with you alphas? Do you really expect me to forgive you? Don’t you need to grovel or something?”
“We don’t grovel, sweetheart. But you will forgive us.”
“And why would I do a stupid thing like that to myself?”
“You would do it because we are your scent matches.” I smirk, cocking an eyebrow knowing it will get under her skin faster than any words I could say..
“You were.”
“Are.”
“Were!” She stomps her foot in outrage, not backing down.
“Are forever and ever.”
“Why are you being so annoying? You are the sane alpha.”
“None of us are sane. Fair warning. But we’ll be yours.”
“Oh, and when did you have this discussion with yourselves?”
“I don’t need to discuss it with them; I can feel how they feel. Bonded, remember.”
For a second, devastating sadness flickers in her eyes, but then it's gone.
“You are mad.”
“For you.”
Her mouth is open, her lips rosy red; she looks so offended and so fucking alive. She’s turning my world to colour, to 3D, and I don’t ever want to go back.
I reach up, and before she can stop me, I boop her on the nose.
“Boop.”
She recoils. “What the hell is wrong with you, Cyn? Did you hit your head?”
“Nope. I inhaled my omega’s scent, and now I’m drowning in her.”
She hops down, but when I jog towards her, she backs up fast, picking up a branch and wielding it in a defensive attempt to keep me back.
“You are so cute when you’re trying to stay away from me.”
Her eyes get really big, and she tries to say something, anything, but the words won’t come out.
