“Should have said something anyway,” Cam grunted. “No one gets to talk to you like that.”
My cheeks heated. When was the last time someone cared about me like this?
“Do you really think they could force me to be with another pack?” I whispered. This morning I had been terrified to move in with these three unknown alphas. Now I was terrified of someone taking me away.
Cam growled. “Fuck no. We won’t let that happen.”
“You’re stuck with us, beautiful,” Ben said. “Now that they’re gone, what do you want to eat?”
“Oh, um, I’ll just have coffee. I don’t usually eat breakfast.” I could still hear my mother’s voice in my head.Alphas don’t want a fat omega.
“We’ll need to change that,” Cam muttered, to my confusion.
Ben handed me a cup of coffee, and I took it from him with shaking hands. The three of them stared at me intently. I avoided eye contact and took a sip of the coffee. A sickeningly sweet taste hit my tongue, causing me to almost choke in shock. My eyes watered from the piles of sugar I had just consumed.
Ben looked alarmed and took the coffee out of my hands so I didn’t spill it.
“Are you alright?” Theo asked, running his hand up and down my back.
I tried to keep my voice judgment-free as I cleared my throat. “What is in this?”
“I prepared it the way you said you took your coffee in the questionnaire. Is it not right?” Ben asked.
Oh. My. God.The questionnaire. With the stress of the interviews, I had completely forgotten the questionnaire answers I gave in my tipsy state. I could practically picture the glee on Clementine’s face when I told her about this. The ridiculousness of the situation overtook me, and an unbidden giggle bubbled out of my chest.
“What is so funny?” Theo asked with a smile.
I laughed harder. Now that I’d started, I couldn’t seem to stop.
Theo picked up the coffee and took a sip before grimacing. “What the fuck is this?”
“Seven creams, seven sugars, and a shot of caramel sauce,” Ben listed defensively.
Theo started laughing, and I thought it might be the best sound I had ever heard. Cam still looked bewildered, but I could feel him growing hard underneath me. I knew it was an involuntary reaction to my scent filling the room, but part of me wanted to pretend it was because he was attracted to me.
“Hmm, I think our girl may have lied to us,” Theo said, wrapping my hair around his hand and pulling lightly so my face turned towards him. “Did you lie to us, angel?”
“Maybe,” I said, feeling playful.He called me our girl. My inner omega jumped with happiness. The feeling evaporated instantly when Ben looked down at the coffee like it had insulted him.
“Are you mad?” I whispered, freezing. Was this the moment they turned on me? Was my prank too much for them?
Ben looked up, shocked. “What? No! But now I am wondering what else is a lie on your questionnaire.” He smiled warmly and squeezed my leg.
I relaxed into his touch. Maybe Ben liked me being playful with him? A lifetime of having to second guess all my actions out of concern for others’ responses had left me unsure.
“I guess you’ll just have to find out,” I said softly.
Ben grinned. “How do you actually take your coffee?”
“One cream, two sugars.”
Theo and Cam snorted.
Cam shifted me closer to him on his lap, and I could still feel hisrather largehardness under me. “How’re you feeling about being here?” he asked, pressing his face into my hair.
God, being pressed against the three of them made me want to purr. I clenched down on the urge before I let a purr slip out. Growing up, I was taught it was something an omega should only do for a bonded partner. I had tried it once when I was younger, and my mother’s eyes had flashed with rage before she slapped me hard across the face. I never heard her purr for Richard or Jericho, but then again, why would she? There was no affection between them.
I realized Cam was waiting for an answer. I took a deep breath. “It’s… just a lot to take in. Thanks for being so nice to me.”
