Once she was done eating, Blossom made a few tentative hops. Her leg was already looking much better. Felix and I watched her, mesmerized. After a few minutes, she hopped back to me and curled up in the crook of my neck. Everything I’d read about wild bunnies said that they were scared of people, so I had no idea what to make of her behavior. All I knew was that I wasn’t ready to say goodbye.
Felix curled up against Blossom’s other side, nuzzling his face against her little ears before falling asleep. I carefully pulled out my phone and took a selfie of the three of us. If these were the only moments we would have together, I wanted to remember them.
41
Leo
“You just have the moststunning flowers. I keep telling my grandson to come get a bouquet for his girlfriend. That is, if they stay together. I’m always telling her she’s too good for him, but she won’t listen.”
“That’s very nice, Mrs.Cassini,” I said. King gestured wildly behind her, and I shot him a look. What was I supposed to do? Throw Starlight Grove’s oldest resident out of my shop?
“Well, it was nice to see you—” I started.
“She’s just so lovely and my grandson is quite useless. Are you single? I think you’d like her.”
King let out a loud, strangled noise.
“Are you all right, dear?” Mrs.Cassini fixed the alpha with her piercing gaze.
“Actually, I think I’m having an allergic reaction. Leo, you should probably take me to the hospital.”
The wild look in his eyes really sold his story.
Mrs.Cassini gasped. “Oh no. What are you allergic to?”
“Flowers,” King deadpanned.
I masked my laugh with a choked cough. “That sounds serious. I’m sorry to cut our visit short, Mrs.Cassini. I hope you have a good rest of your day.”
“You, too, dear.” She leaned in. “Keep an eye on that one. Doesn’t seem to be very bright.”
I nodded sagely. “I certainly will.”
We held our breath as she took her bouquet and left the shop.
King let out an exasperated sigh. “Fuck, I thought she’d never leave. Where’s Wilder?”
The door swung open, revealing the alpha in question.
“Ready?” he asked.
I’d been ready to track down Lucy’s friends right away, but Wilder had gotten a call about an urgent issue at the fire station. Part of me wanted to track down Lucy’s friends without him, but that wasn’t right. If this was going to work, we had to commit to being a pack.
King had stayed with me at the shop, a move he may have regretted when Mrs.Cassini arrived and proceeded to talk nonstop for thirty minutes about town gossip.
But now we were ready.
“So…where do we go?” King asked.
“Let’s check Summer’s bakery.”
Wilder grunted, which made King groan. I chuckled and led the way down the street. I kept a firm grip on my cane, not wanting to risk falling again. Earlier today when I fell, I’d snapped at Lucy again. That was unacceptable. I needed to get my shit together, because so far it wasn’t my cane pushing her away—it was my insecurities.
My lips twisted when we found Summer’s bakery empty.
“Maybe she’s getting coffee?”
We headed back down Main Street in the direction of Beans ’n Bliss. The coffee shop was bustling but no omegas to be found.
