“Hello, dearie. You scared us for a second there.”
I turned towards the voice to see Bjørn step next to me to pull me into his arms too. Damn, he was freaking beautiful, in a definitely-not-from-anywhere-near-this-world kind of way. He squeezed me, and his love for Natasha rolled over me like a gentle wave. Knowing how much he also meant to Natasha, I returned the hug.
He was almost like a father to her.
“Damn, lucky Isis…”
“I know, Bitch. I’d like to be banging that too each night. And morning. And after?—”
“Starlight…”Dante chastised through the link, clearly not amused.
“On the bed. On the sofa. On the kitchen count?—"
The clearing of my throat ended her sex rant, and I offered a small smile to the sexy Fae Viking once we ended the hug. “I’m fine. Sorry that I scared you all.”
“As I knew you would be.” He winked at me fetchingly, and Star swooned inside me.
It was so surreal seeing them all face to face now, touching them, feeling them after being trapped inside for so long.
“That Viking can ravage and plunder my virgin lands whenever he wants.”
Laughter escaped Hannes, but he swiftly covered it with a cough.
“Really? Out of the three guys, the Wolf Shifter is the one who finds it funny?”I wondered.
“I like a confident man, Bitch. I mean, Beast. I mean, Wolf Shifter.”
“Wait. Why is he in our mates’ shadow link too?”My brows furrowed.“Is he…?”
“He is our mate too! I remember now. Three mates. We have three extra hot mates, Bitch.”
“Huh, the sexy Wolf Shifter is ours too?”My appreciative gaze roamed over him for a moment, remembering the deliciously hunky lumberjack who greeted me before he transformed.
Hannes’s beast narrowed his eyes at me playfully, apparently enjoying our discovery.
Didn’t it bother him that we had only now recognized him as our mate? That was confidence. I guess he knew Natasha was his no matter what Star and I remembered.
His gaze softened, a gentle smile stretching over his muzzle.
“Damn, Bitch. That smile of his is dangerous even as the Beast…”
“Agreed.”
“Isthat why you were so fast to claim him? Instincts?”
“Sure.”
“I wonder if he’ll be naked once he transforms back into a man.”
“I’d be willing to pay for that. Also, he didn’t just ‘transform’. You forced him into the Beast when you touched him. Goddess only knows what it was you did to him at the boathouse…”
I internally grunted. “Fine, but there’s no need for you to be a bitch.”
“Right, that role is reserved for you.”
“Enough, Starlight.”André’s growl echoed through our minds, and she became quiet.
Not that I needed him to defend me…
