I was so on edge I barely noticed anything around me as we headed into the orchard. We stopped at the beginning of a row of apple trees.
“Baby?” Easton’s voice was hesitant as he ran his hand down his arm. “Are you okay?”
I blinked and took a deep breath before forcing a bright smile. “Yeah, of course. Let’s pick some apples.”
The guys looked at each other.
“If you’re wondering about…” Finn trailed off, rubbing the back of his neck.
“We went on a couple of dates with Aurora last year,” Lars said,saving Finn from trying to complete his sentence. “But that’s it. It didn’t work out. We don’t want her. We only want you.”
I nodded, hoping the movement looked more natural than it felt. “Makes sense. I mean, it’s a small town, so this was bound to happen eventually, right? It’s not like I’ve never dated anyone.” Well, I didn’t know if I could call my hookupsdating. Some of the guys I’d hooked up with several times, though, so… close enough.
A loud growl burst from all three of my alphas’ chests, and I frowned. “Really?You’regoing to be possessive?”
Easton tugged me to his side. “Won’t apologize for feeling possessive of you when you’re my everything, baby.”
I swallowed hard, a bit of warmth seeping into my chest. “I guess it’s fine if we’re possessive of each other,” I said.
Finn’s fingers twisted in my hair as he pulled my head back and kissed me. “Good, because it’s impossible to not be possessive about our omega.”
I whimpered at his tight hold. Some slick trickled into my tiny thong that would do nothing to mask my scent. My guys’ scents deepened in response.
Lars’s hands landed on my hips from behind and squeezed. “Should we do some apple picking?”
“Fiiiiine,” I said with more than a little bit of sass. “But I better be fucked within an inch of my life by the end of tonight.”
Easton groaned, Finn’s hold on me tightened, and Lars purred against my back. I grinned, loving the power I had over them.
I turned around and grabbed the baskets, handing them out to Easton and Finn before I took Lars’s hand.
The hand that brushed against the other omega.
I may have clenched it a bit too tight, but Lars just squeezed me back and tugged me close to his side as we headed down the tree-lined aisle.
I laughedas Easton picked me up by the hips so I couldreach a higher apple. Once it was in my hand, he dropped me back to the ground but didn’t let go.
“Thanks for the boost,” I said, turning my head to look at him. His fingers dug into my hips, and I pressed my ass back against him.
“What are the odds?—”
I didn’t get to hear the rest of his sentence because a woman’s voice cut through the air.
“Oh my god, Finn!”
I turned to see a small group of beta women—all gorgeous and perfectly styled like they were out of a fall catalog—walking towards us.
“I thought that was you,” a brunette at the front of the group said, her eyes fixed on Finn. “I didn’t take you for the apple-picking type.”
The woman went in for a hug and my vision turned red. Finn managed to shift it into an awkward side hug, but my skin flushed and I was teetering right over the abyss of turning feral.
“Sarah,” Finn said as he disentangled himself. “Let me introduce you to my omega, Olive.” His words were pointed, and Sarah’s expression fell.
She recovered quickly and smiled at me. “It’s nice to meet you. You’re very lucky to have this one.”
Finn put his arm around my shoulders. For the briefest flash of a second, I had the urge to shove it off. But I didn’t, like the very reasonable omega I was. Although, when I scented Finn’s stress, the petty part of me was filled with a tiny bit of satisfaction. Why shouldn’t he be stressed when I had to meet another one of their fucking exes?
“I am,” I said with a smile that was only a little forced. Sarah seemed perfectly nice. It wasn’t her fault my omega was a possessive little creature who wanted to hoard her alphas away like a dragon.
