I got out of the car and stretched, arching my back. Ben came up behind me and grabbed my ass.
I snorted as I whirled around. “You feeling better, or are you still mad at me?”
He grinned as he backed me up against the car and kissed me, pressing his body tight against mine as his hand cupped my face. The kiss was all heat and tenderness.
“I was never mad at you, precious, even though you took years off my life.Youmake me feel better. Having you here, our pack together. It’s all I’ve ever wanted.”
I melted into him, returning the kiss. The cold night air whipped against my skin, a contrast to Ben’s heated body pressing against my front.
Cam cleared his throat. “It’s too cold to be out here,” he huffed.
“Jealous?” Ben asked, giving me another kiss before throwing his arm around my shoulders and walking me up to the cabin door.
“Yes,” Cam growled. I looked up at him and he winked.
Theo held the front door open for us, but instead of going in, I threw my arms around him. I didn’t ask him if he was okay, and he didn’t ask the same of me. But as we made our way into the cabin, I felt more sure than I ever had that we all would be someday.
ChapterFifty-Nine
Josie
My heart pounded so loudly I was convinced my alphas could hear it.
“Why haven’t we heard anything?” I asked, not for the first time.
It was midday and no news had broken about the government.
Theo sat next to me in the cabin’s kitchen, one hand firmly planted on my thigh and the other one refreshing his news app every few seconds.
“Something’s gone wrong,” I said, my chest seizing. I moved to get up and start pacing again, but Cam’s arms encircled me from behind.
“You’re okay, little omega. We’ll hear something soon,” he said.
“You don’t know that,” I responded, struggling against his hold.
Ben put the apple pie he was making into the oven and came over, lifting me onto the counter.
Earlier this morning, Ben had convinced me to help him bake, but a few minutes into prep, he’d pulled the knife out of my hand with a shout. Apparently, I had been about to slice my fingers without realizing it. He’d wrapped a warm blanket around me and relegated me to the role of pie-making supervisor.
Ben widened my legs so he could stand between them, hugging me tightly to his chest. Cam stood beside him and cupped the back of my neck, his thumb running up and down my skin in a soothing rhythm.
“We’re all together no matter what happens,” Ben said, settling his hand on my breast and pressing against my bond mark.
“You cannot do this in public,” I said sternly, but I couldn’t help smiling into his neck as I nipped his bond mark.
“Shit,” Theo said, standing up so abruptly that the kitchen stool clattered to the floor behind him. I whined, terrified of what he was about to say.
“They did it,” he continued, eyes wide as he held out his phone for us to look at.
Breaking News: The Overthrowers Overthrown: Governor Jacoby, Senator Leader Jericho Porter, and other Designation Government Officials Arrested by Alliance Coup.
“The Alliance presented evidence of the facilities to the legislature, which convened in an emergency session at three in the morning,” Theo said, his fingers furiously clicking through various articles. “They moved to arrest Glen and the rest of the fuckers.”
“What took them so long?” Cam asked, voicing my exact question. My throat felt too tight to speak.
“Glen barricaded himself in his house and ordered his guards to fight to the death,” Theo said with a grimace.
My mind briefly flickered to Dave and I wondered if he’d made it out.
