“Yeah?”
“In the interest of our transparency talk I need to confess something. Last month I ate your imported cheesecake and lied when you asked me about it and blamed it on the house keeper.”
Owen gasped, “You bastard! Iknewit!”
36
The rest of the day after our family meeting was uneventful. I took a nap in the hammock that was in the conservatory with Ric who looked as if he hadn’t slept in days and was awoken hours later by Gage telling us that dinner was ready.
Link had hung around after our talk and I was surprised to find him in the living room playing a video game with Owen. It was like he’d been in Pack Russo for years rather than just having met them. When we all went to the kitchen to eat he surprised me even further by bickering with Ric about something that had been on the news yesterday and teasing a silent Gage.
I wanted this all of the time. The lively family life that I had never gotten to experience growing up. It was strange having several people that you could rely on to catch you when you needed it and despite our imperfections we oddly complimented each other.
After dinner Link left, promising with a kiss on my forehead that he would be back tomorrow after he got off of work.
Dominic, who’d been quiet all day after our discussion, disappeared into his room after dinner and Owen and Leon had followed up to Leon’s room after saying something about ‘trying something new’.
Gage and Ric were finishing cleaning up the kitchen now as I stepped back inside after watching the sun set over the bay. I’d been thinking about my next move with both of them while I sat and I was a bit nervous that they would say no.
“Hey sweetheart, enjoying the view?” Ric greeted me with a kiss as he put the dishes into the dishwasher.
“Yes. Hey I was wondering… would you both like to be my first bonds?” Just rip the band-aid of Eloise. Great plan.
Ric dropped the plate that he was putting into the dishwasher and it landed in the rungs with a CLANG! He whirled around to look at me, his eyes wide, “Come again?”
“I’d really love it if you were both my first bonds in this pack.” I repeated. I had been thinking about it for the month as we all grew closer as a pack. It had all started with these two bringing me from the academy. They were my glue to the pack and the packs glue to me. It only made sense that they were my first.
“Right now?” Ric looked at his sudsy hands with such a panicked expression that I couldn’t help the laughter that bubbled out of me.
“I mean, I figured we’d finish cleaning the kitchen first and I’d like to be in my nest for any kind of bonding…” I trailed off wondering if I was completely screwing this up.
“Fuck that.” Gage growled, “Screw the dishes, Ric.” Within the blink of an eye I was up in his arms and he was heading for the stairs.
“Shut the dishwasher and let’s go.” Gage called over his shoulder.
I couldn’t see Ric but I heard his reply, “Aye aye captain!” Followed by the dishwasher door slamming shut.
“I’ve never seen this room setup before.” Ric commented as Gage deposited me on the edge of the alcove that led into my nest, he gave me a chaste kiss on the lips before pulling his shirt off and tossing it to the ground. While Ric was nervously looking around the room it seemed that Gage was of a one track mind.
“Dominic put it together for me.” I said, giggling when Gage’s facial hair tickled the side of my neck as he began to press kisses to the column of my throat right above where my pulse was beating wildly with anticipation.
“Oh?” Ric looked like a man in an art museum, his hands behind his back as he looked closely at a black and white picture of the house that was hung on the wall.
He was nervous about the whole thing and heaven help me if it wasn’t the most adorable thing I’d ever seen. “Eric Zhao, get your ass over here or we’re going to start without you.” I called and grinned when Gage grunted his agreement and his hands began to slide underneath my sweatshirt.
Suddenly Ric was there lifting my shirt over my head from behind and baring my breasts for two sets of eyes to see.
“Gorgeous.” Ric breathed as his hands came around my front, running along the gentle curve of my stomach and up to slide underneath the underwire of my bra and cup my breasts, giving my nipples little pinches as he explored. Gage watched with burning eyes as I leaned into Ric’s chest with a moan.
“Get into your nest, love.” Gage rumbled and I scurried to comply, pulling the thick curtains back and climbing over the ledge and into the dimness of my nest. I situated the pillows and blankets that had been messed up by Dominic and I’s activities last night. His scent still lingered in the folds of my blankets and it was a comfort as I prepared my nest for the two alphas waiting for me.
“Throw the rest of your clothes out here, sweetheart.” Ric’s voice came through the thick folds of the curtain and I quickly stripped out of my bra, leggings and panties, pushing them through the curtain and onto the floor.
I peeked out of the curtain and my jaw nearly broke off from my gaping. Gage and Ric were standing just outside of my nest completely nude. My eyes took them in, Gage was tall and hulking with powerful thighs that were covered in fine brown hair. His chest was equally furry and my favorite part of him, the trail of dark hair leading down to his quickly hardening cock, yummy.
I turned my perusal to Ric, while shorter than Gage (but really, who wasn’t?) He had a broad chest and tan skin all over which told me that Ric had more than likely spent some time suntanning in the nude. His hips were tapered into a pair of long legs with thick calf muscles.
“I take it she likes what she sees?” Ric asked Gage who chuckled.
