“It’s you?”
All I could do was hold him closer and nod into his neck.
“You alright, Cam?” Theo asked from the van entrance.
“Is this real?” Cam asked again.
Theo hopped into the back of the van, clasping Cam on the shoulder. “It’s real,” he said, the first hint of a smile I’d seen on his lips. “But we should get going. Josie, love, are we supposed to do anything with the van?”
“Amirah said to just leave it here.”
Cam groaned as he sat up. I tried to move off of him to make it easier, but he wouldn’t let go of me. “Where the fuck are we?” he asked.
“Near an Alliance safe house,” I said, examining his face. He was pale and his jaw was shadowed by a bruise that was already fading. I finger-combed his hair and used the hair tie on my wrist to pull it up in a bun. His eyes never left my face, his expression filled with awed reverence. He leaned into my touch with a slow breath.
“How did we get here?” he asked, pulling my hair out of its bun and running his hand through my long waves. “Fuck, you’re so beautiful.”
He looked so bewildered, and I couldn’t imagine how disorienting this was for him. I pressed the gentlest kiss to his lips. “I rescued you and drove the courthouse transport van here.” My voice was a whisper. Seeing Cam so weak was unsettling. I felt my omega taking over, insisting I get my alphas to safety. How was Cam going to make the walk? Were Ben and Theo more injured than they let on?
“You what?” Cam growled, sounding more alert and startling me out of my thoughts.
“What?”
“You commandeered this van and drove it here by yourself? Who let you risk yourself like that?” Cam asked with a scowl.
Theo snorted behind me, and I wrapped my arms around Cam’s neck, hiding my smile in his chest.
“You can keep scolding on the way,” Ben said, “But let’s get going.”
I pulled myself off of Cam, who reluctantly released me.
“Can you walk?” I asked him.
“Of course I can,” he said. He made his way to the edge of the van and jumped down, but his legs collapsed from under him when he hit the ground.
“Fuck,” Theo said, throwing his arm around Cam and helping him up. “Lean on us.”
Ben came to Cam’s other side and slung his arm around him.
“This is fucking stupid. I don’t need help,” Cam growled.
“That’s fine, but let us help anyway,” Theo said.
I met Cam’s gaze, blinking quickly to keep my tears from falling. I needed to fix this.
“Please let them help you, alpha,” I said, standing on my tiptoes and kissing him on the lips.
Cam huffed out a sigh but didn’t argue.
“You sure we’re just supposed to leave the van?” Ben asked, eyeing it skeptically.
“Yeah. We’ll need it tomorrow night,” I responded.
“What’s tomorrow night?” Ben asked as we started down the narrow path to the safe house. I led the way, trying to pick the easiest path for the guys and keeping my eye on any tree markers.
Shit.I didn’t want to get into this out in the open.
“I’ll tell you once we get to the house,” I said.
