“I like that. I want to make this work.” Kai’s voice broke. “I missed you so much and I wasn’t sure if I should miss you this much, but I do.” Their eyes teared.
“You’ve got us. We’ll spend the whole weekend with you and then we can start figuring things out if that’s what you want,” I reassured.
“I can’t believe you just showed up–like you won the finals and then you flew to Hawai’i? I’m happy you’re here, but what? The flowers are so pretty, thank you.” Kai gave us a cute little look.
“We're here because we love you and we want to share this huge moment with you,” I said.
“Exactly. We love you and want you to know it. We’ll take care of you. It might be a little early to check into the hotel, but we’ll see what we can do. You’re really warm. Do you think you’ve got a cold? Maybe you ate something bad?” Steven asked.
“I think I have a fever and I hurt.” Kai looked up at us. “This is going to sound really silly, but I feel so much better simply being here with you.”
“No, it’s not silly,” I replied. “I feel so much better being here with you, too.”
Maybe we were scent matches after all.
I held her close, breathing in her lemony scent, trying to see if I could determine what wasn’t right about it.
Kai made a needy little whimper.
“Yes, let’s go see if we can check into the hotel and we’ll get you some medicine, maybe some soup. We’ll pile all the blankets on you, cuddle you, and watch TV,” Steven suggested.
I took another sniff. It was very sweet. They whimpered again.
“Let’s get in the rental car,” I said softly, the urge to get Kai someplace safe growing inside of me.
Yeah, hopefully the hotel would have a room for us. I didn’t think Kai had a cold. No, I was pretty sure Kai was going into heat.
Chapter Thirty-Six
Steven
Ashton threw me the keys to the rental car. “You drive. I’ll sit in the back with Kai.”
“Okay.” Worry pulled inside of me. There was something off about Kai, but I couldn’t quite figure it out.
He sat in the back with her as she curled into him, still whimpering.
“It’s okay, Starshine.” I set the navigation on my phone, and I saw that Ashton had texted me.
He was in the backseat. Why did he text me?
Ashton
I think Kai might be going into heat.
What? But omegas did have heats every few months. It would make sense. Though Ashton said that she was on suppressants–he’d mentioned the conversation they had about us being her partners over the off-season.
Wait. Could finding your match cause a breakthrough heat?
Shit. Hopefully the hotel was equipped for a heat. It was a nice hotel so the odds that they had a heat suite or something of that nature were pretty high.
In the backseat Kai kissed Ashton like she was starving.
Yeah, we were going to rack up the frequent flyer miles, weren’t we?
Her lemon candy scent and his woodsy one, along with their need and desire, filled the car, making my cock strain against my pants.
We got to the resort. It had a beautiful view of the ocean, but didn’t look like it had much beach, but that’s not why we were here.
