“What are we going to do with you two?” he asked, affection suffusing his voice.
“Feed us, tell us we’re pretty,” Ben responded, digging through the bag until he found his breakfast. “Yes! Pancakes! One of these days, I will figure out this recipe.”
“Have you always been this insufferable?” Cam asked Ben before turning his gaze back to me. “We can kick him out of the pack, sweetheart. You just say the word.”
I grinned. “Let’s keep him for now.”
I took a bite of a waffle and did a little happy dance at how good it was.
Cam grunted and grasped my hip to still my movements.
“Oh! Sorry. I’ll get up so you can eat breakfast,” I said.
“No,” he grunted.
“No?”
“No. Want you here.” He punctuated his words with a small thrust of his hips into mine, showing me just how much.
I rolled my eyes at his possessiveness, but a warm flush bloomed across my body. The breakfast in bed and courting gifts were amazing, but nothing could compare to just being wanted.
“We’re not going to Jewel’s shop?” I asked. “Wouldn’t that be easier?” I loved being in my nest, but I also felt a little antsy. My omega also loved the idea of being out with my alphas... of showing them off and maybe even them showingmeoff.
“She’s going to bring everything here,” Theo said, a soft smile on his lips. “That way, you don’t have to leave your nest.”
“She’s going to come inhere?” I asked, my chest feeling suddenly tight.
“Yeah,” Ben said, swallowing a massive bite of food. “Concierge shopping service.”
I stiffened, my omega unsettled by the idea of another person, especially anotheralpha, in our room. What if she touched my nest? Even if she didn’t touch anything, her scent would be in the room. Right now, it was the perfect combination of all our scents—rich and sweet.
But the guys were looking at me, so pleased with themselves, I didn’t want to ruin it.
“That sounds amazing,” I said, trying to inject my voice with as much enthusiasm as I could muster.
“Why are you stressed?” Cam asked, pressing his face into my neck.
“I just… don’t want you to think you have to spend money on me.”
I wasn’t lying—money was a concern as well. Somehow, it felt easier to speak that worry out loud. Admitting that my omega was on edge about scents felt high maintenance. I needed to prove to them I wasn’t a nuisance, wasn’t ruled by my omega instincts.
“Baby girl,” Cam admonished, his lips brushing my ear. “We want to provide for you. We need to get you everything you want. It makes us happy.”
I sighed, forcing myself to relax again. Everything would be okay. And so what if Jewel’s presence made me feel stressed? I could get through it to please my alphas.
* * *
Iwas not okay.
After finishing breakfast, I dressed while the guys cleared the food. I’d tried to go downstairs but Cam stopped me, insisting I relax in my room because “omegas need their nests after heat.” A little prickly feeling started building under my skin and only intensified in the intervening hours.
Jewel arrived, her very presence commanding and pure alpha. She must have been over six feet tall with jet-black hair down to her waist and almost black eyes. Her scent was pleasant, like springtime flowers, but there was an unusual hint of metal mixed in, which gave me pause. I breathed through my mouth, trying to calm down and suppress my territoriality.
Jewel, to her credit, didn’t touch anything in the room and gave me space. She ordered the guys to bring everything she’d brought from her store up to the room, which was how I had ended up surrounded by pillows, blankets, lighting, and decor. The guys kept pulling more things out, asking what I thought about each item.
I was so fucking overwhelmed.
Theo decided I had to have anything I glanced at for even a moment. Previously, my possessions had fit into a couple of small suitcases. Now they were trying to buy me an entire store. It was too much. The cruel voice in my head kept up a steady monologue.One day, they’ll wake up and realize they don’t want you anymore and take all the stuff away. It’s not really yours.
