“Raney, I think it might be personal,” Simona says.
Raney shakes her head, “No, honestly, it’s not. If it were King, I’d be saying the same thing.”
“Ohh, is King here?” Tris teases, because she knows how much Raney hates her talking about her dad.
“Don’t. No shit, Tris, I will cancel lunch if you keep talking like that.” Raney stomps her foot.
It’s so unlike Raney to be acting like a hormonal teenager, it’s pretty funny. Being amazing friends, we push to see how far her breaking point is.
“Raney, do you want us to wear gasmasks so we can’t scent your Alphas too?” I ask, saccharine sweetly so she picks up on it.
“Can you?” She stops, her eyes squinting maliciously.
“What?” I recoil, suddenly offended that she’s serious about us putting on gasmasks.
“Can you actually smell my Alphas?” She talks slowly and growls threateningly after each word. And then the snarky bitch flips me on my ass. “Ho, how would you feel if I could smell any of your Pack Alastor? I mean, Pack Lowly, no thank you, but the colour of Kai’s eyes…”
I stare her down as rage races through every vein in my body. She does the same to me and the air crackles dangerously between us. I want to claw my bestie’s eyes out and plug her nose with dirty underwear at her suggestion. Cheeky bitch pushes our friendship to make a point, but geez I love her for it too as she unwittingly forces me to really and truly admit Pack Alastor are mine. I mean, I knew it, but now I understand it.
I reach over and squeeze the shit out of her, hissing in Raney’s ear. “Don’t you even mention his name or the colour of his eyes again. I love you so much.” Before I spin around and face the rest of our girl gang. “Okay, that’s all settled. We’re not going inside and no one can smell anything, can you?”
“Knew it,” she says before rushing back in for another cuddle. “I needed to know I wasn’t losing my marbles, and you guys are the only ones to tell me I’m being insane. I swear pack life is amazing, but I need you guys too. Never stop giving me shit, and I’ll return the favour. Trust me, you need it, or you’ll turn into an overly sweet Omega who eats cupcakes and shits fairy floss.”
She keeps her arms around my waist as we make our way up to her new rooftop terrace where we enjoy a couple of hours of Scorned Girl love, and an Italian feast fit for royalty. Of course, we have Alphas watching over us, only those approved by Koz though.
“I have to pee,” I growl. In truth I need a break because I’m still rattled by how much rage I felt before, at anyone possibly looking at Kai, Dare, or Ramses, or scenting them. I race away from the girls, needing a moment to compose myself. I swear the lack of suppressors are making me overly sappy and needy.
Raney, Tris, and Sim wave me off, but I still get followed by one of Koz’s security guys to the bathroom. Since it is my third time using it since we arrived, and he’s checked it the other two times, he waits at the top of the corridor. Luckily, too because Darius is holding the door to the cubicle open when I push open the door with a wicked smile on his gorgeous face.
He still surprises the crap out of me; my mouth opens to scream, and he fills it with his tongue. He locks the door behind us and kisses me breathless, before leaving hundreds of soft kisses over my face.
“Little moon, Ram finished with Koz. He’s travelling with me back to the airport and we’re following behind you. Kai and Allan are good, although your dad is going a bit full on in his testing, he’s got my bro doing agility testing without any mirrors for Kai to watch himself.”
“Everyone is okay?”
His eyes are a murky hazel colour and hidden behind glasses, he’s wearing a wig—his disguise is good but he scents like a mug of warm chai latte. He also glares at my question until I laugh. “I’m allowed to double check. Turn around, I have to pee.”
And then Darius starts laughing. “Heidi, I’ve come in your pussy, your ass, and your beautiful mouth more than a few times, I’m watching you piss.”
A knock on the door has Darius bristling up and drawing weapons I didn’t know he had.
“Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Siderno has advised we need to leave,” the guard calls out before you can hear the clip of his shoes as he retreats.
I lean up for a quick kiss before Darius grabs the back of my shirt, stopping me at the door. “You be careful, little moon, our contacts at the hospital let us know Pack Lowly have spent lots of time talking loudly about being fucked over by my mate. We’ve got eyes on you, but I don’t trust these fuckers.”
“Is Ayden with them?”
He shakes his head, glaring at me for saying his name before he kisses me gently.
“Don’t get your knickers in a twist. Pack Lowly haven’t mentioned him, he hasn’t been at work or even sent a shitty text since he got evicted from the car when I was at Birdie’s for Raney, Dare. He’s either in deep with them, or he’s missing.”
“Not sure I care, little moon.” I go to step away but Darius crowds behind me pressing me to open the door. “Your scent is changing, Heidi.”
I press my butt back and grind shamelessly against him. “I feel like everything is changing. Is it bad? I don’t have any blockers on me?”
“Slight changes to the rest of the world but loud signals for your Alphas. I swear to fuck, little moon, you better have a nest sorted out at Verdune because…”
The sound of someone approaching makes a growl rumble against my chest, and his arms band around my waist. “Let me go, Dare. And we can go."
