I was officially in my new favorite place, waking up as the center of an alpha sandwich with Griffith on one side, his chest against my back, and Falkan on the other, with his back against my chest. Our scents all mingled together, our bodies were warm, and our limbs were tangled. It was perfection.
When I’d left for this work trip, all I could think about was getting home and not having to travel for a while. My, how that changed the second my beast took over, recognizing these two men as mine. It didn’t take him a second to see what Fate had given us. It had taken time for my human side to catch up, but now that it had, I couldn’t be happier.
I tried not to move, not wanting to wake either of them, loving this cocoon of love I was in. I stayed like that for a long time, listening to their even breaths, remembering the night we’d just shared, and luxuriating in their scents. It was everything.
Falkan’s breathing changed slightly. No longer was it the peaceful rhythm of sleep. He’d woken up but lay still, just as I had.
“Have you been up long?” he whispered to me.
“For a while,” I admitted. “I was enjoying where I was.” So very much.
“I’m enjoying it too.” He leaned in to me with more of his weight. We’d already been touching, but this was better, as hard as that was to believe.
“Me three,” Griffith said.
We were all awake. We stayed in each other’s arms, a peaceful quiet. But all good things had to come to an end, and in this case, it was because I needed to use the restroom.
“I want to stay in here all day, but I gotta excuse myself.”
Crawling down the bed, I got out without climbing over anyone and padded into the bathroom to take care of business. I half wondered if they would close the distance when I was gone and be cuddled together. I loved how we three all had a connection with each other. I’d heard of triad where they functioned more like a V with the omega in the middle, connected to them both but the alphas not really feeling each other. This was a million times better.
When I came back, they weren’t snuggled together, the two of them sitting up. Falkan was hanging up the hotel phone.
“We just ordered room service galore.” He smiled sweetly and patted the bed between the two of them.
I climbed over him and into the spot I was in before, snuggling under the blankets and lying down. I was both cold and tired. “What did you get?”
“I decided that ‘one of everything’ was a safe bet.”
Small moments like these reminded me he was loaded. Room service was expensive. Full. Stop. I hadn’t seen the menu, but this place was far nicer than the one I was staying in, and I knew that “one of everything” entailed a lot more than a day-old muffin.
“Did they say how long it would take?” Because my eyes were already drifting. We’d been busy last night, and it was going to take me a while to catch up on my sleep.
“An hour.” He lay down at my side.
“Good, then let’s go back to sleep.”
I snuggled back in, pulling them to me, neither giving a hint of resistance. I closed my eyes and let sleep take over, this time, my dreams filled with breakfast food.
When I woke up the next time, I was in bed alone. Griffith was at the door, talking to room service delivery, and Falkan was coming out of the bathroom.
I threw on a pair of boxer briefs, and the three of us sat in the living room area with six carts full of trays. Six!
“How am I supposed to decide with all this?” I teased as I grabbed a plate of waffles, the butter all melty on them. The struggle was real, but as long as waffles were there, they would always get my attention first. “I guess I’ll start here.”
Every time I moved my head, my mate marks tugged slightly. I was glad they didn’t heal up as quickly as most shifter injuries did. I liked feeling where they had been.
What I liked even better was seeing my marks on them. I must’ve burned a lot more calories than I thought the night before, because one plate of waffles turned into a plate of waffles with a side of oatmeal, fresh fruit, and an omelet.
And it wasn’t only me who plowed through multiple plates. We put a far bigger dent in the food than I’d have thought possible. There was still some left, and we decided to keep it around in case we got hungry a little later.
“What should we do today?” Falkan asked. “Stay here? Or do you have to work?”
“No work for me this second. Honestly,” I said, “even though I have been assigned work at Animals, I shouldn’t have been sent here. No one should. They don’t need us.”
“Do you have regrets about coming?” Griffith asked.
“No, I don’t have regrets. What I mean is, Animals didn’t really need me. I was kind of confused by the whole thing and sort of asked Zevo about it. He said something about Karma told them to have me come.”
