“Shut up. It’s a special morning.”
He nudged me with his shoulder and snuck a piece of bacon. “Every one from here on out.”
“I hope you’re right.”
I went on cooking a little bit of everything. Waffles. Pancakes. French toast. By the time I was done, I had prepared a buffet and just in time. My wolf hearing picked up Harper getting up in her room. Her breathing changed and then the shower turned on.
Tingles broke out along my skin. She was safe now. Warm. Secure. She ate last night as though she’d endured years of hunger.
It made my wolf happy and my pack brothers as well.
“I warmed up those croissants you bought last night,” I said.
Lev polished off his bacon and coffee. “Thanks. I’m gonna go shower and wait for her to eat.”
Laughing, I shook my head. “Except the bacon.”
“The bacon was a snack.”
Thirty minutes later, everyone had come in, and I took the breads from the oven where they’d been keeping warm.
“What in the world?” Rowan wore a long-sleeve black T-shirt with thick black sweatpants that sat low on her hips. Her hair was braided over her shoulder. Goddess, our omega looked good in everything.
“I might have gone overboard.”
She looked over my offerings. “You could say that. Is this breakfast every day? I can pitch in for food since you won’t let me pay rent.”
“Nope.” Miles came in and headed straight for the coffee. “No payment of any kind, Harper. For anything. Not food. Not rent. Not electricity. Not water. Should I go on?”
She shook her head. “No, I get the point, Professor.”
Miles stopped what he was doing. His body stiffened. He leaned in to whisper in her ear. “Calling me professor is playing with fire, omega.”
Her perfume filled the room, so powerful it almost made me dizzy.
“Oh. Um, can we eat?”
“Of course. Eat your fill. Oh, and I got your prescriptions last night.”
She took the bottles from me. “Perks of living here?”
“Something like that.”
We sat around the island and began to eat. Lev walked in last after his shower and lightly rested his hand on Harper’s back before sitting down.
“Harper, I wanted to tell you that stopping the new medicine and starting a new one might have some temporary side effects.” I hated to interrupt our meal together, but this couldn’t wait. “Can you…can you tell us when you last had a heat?”
Her gaze darted around the room.
Miles put his hand over hers. “There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. Would you like Lev and I to step out while you two speak about this?”
“No. No, it’s okay. I suppose I have to talk about this soon enough.” She made eye contact with me. “What are the side effects?”
“You may experience some heat-like symptoms. Cramping. Fever. Mood swings. Hunger waves. There is also a chance you may go into a full heat.”
“It’s been almost a year. They didn’t—my old pack didn’t know I was taking heat suppressants. I got them from one of the maids in our house. She snuck them to me.”
“Why?” Miles posed the question we all wanted to ask.
