The door opens, and Devon walks in, smiling as he delivers the punch line of a joke to Mack.
“Oh, good, you’re here to watch the shop while I help Felix,” Sofia says in a high and loud voice.
Devon blinks. “I am…here. Yes. To watch the shop.” He puts his bag of food behind his back and glances at Mack. “And you are going to help.”
“Oh, no. I have to go see Grandma.“
“You can do that after, Mack,” Sofia says with a flutter of lashes.
I swear, his brain melts out of his ears. He gets a goofy smile and nods. “I can do it later.”
I rub my temples, frustrated with all of them. “Okay, let’s go, then.”
Felix leads me out of the store while Asher, Sofia, and Devon have a very loud hand conversation.
“Do you want to tell me what’s going on?” I ask flatly. Felix puts his hands in his pockets and gazes into the distance.
“Nope.”
“No?”
“No. I don’t. I want you to come with me because you trust that I would never do anything to hurt you. Because we are Sunshine Omegas, and that comes before everything else.”
I stare at him and then dip my chin. “Okay. You got it.”
“We’re also having a movie night tonight, which you will attend.”
I tilt my head back and groan. I don’t want to go to a movie night, but he is right, I do owe them some of my time.
“Where?”
“At your mum’s house.”
I think of all the edits I have to get done tomorrow to make up for this week and wince. I guess I’m not seeing my alphas any time soon.
“Why so suddenly?”
Felix blinks at me, it’s a real slow blink, one that is all silent and full of judgement.
“Fine, fine. I get it, we haven’t been hanging out much, and I kept secrets from you all.”
Sofia and Asher come bouncing out of the bookstore, laughing, and we set off.
I finish the edits and sit back, checking the time. It’s still early enough for me to go over-
“Hey, baby, you’re done?” Mum asks, poking her head into my bedroom.
“Yeah.”
“Oh, good. The flowers are ready to extract the dye. Do you want to help me?”
I hesitate but, in the end, nod. “Okay, Mum, I can help you.”
My phone rings. It’s Sebastian. I send him a message and say, ‘Not tonight’, then put my phone on silent and follow my mum downstairs.
I haven’t seen them for three days. I have no idea what’s going on, but every time I go to go over there, someone stops me. At first, I thought it was a coincidence, but it’s not. This is a planned and concentrated attack.
I tiptoe down the stairs and come face to face with Randall.
