Her tongue slides across her teeth. “And you think this will be better?”
I nod.
She smiles. “Alright.”
Parker laughs but doesn't say anything.
Genie pushes the sweatshirt off of her shoulders and down her arms and drops it onto the floor. Now she actuallyismostly naked and my body immediately reacts to the sight of her bare skin. Then she puts on my shirt and I understand why Parker laughed. Genie's tits aren't huge, but they aren't small, either. My shirt comes midway down her thighs, completely covering her shorts, but her breasts push against the material. Her hard nipples are clearly visible, if I look hard enough, I can even make out the shape of her areola.
“Didn't think that one through, did you?” Parker says, his eyes now trained on her chest like mine are.
At least she will smell even more like me.
“This is ridiculous,” Genie hisses between her teeth. “I am leaving. I have things to do today. I am going to my room to change, no you cannot go. You,” she points at me, “go back to your room and get your shit together. I don't know why you're acting like this, but I don't have the patience for it. And you,” she levels a glare on Parker, “shut up.”
Then she steps around me and I let her because I have done just about enough this morning to make myself seem deranged.
“Well, that was fun,” Parker says, leaning his head back against the couch.
I bend down to pick up what's left of the sweatshirt. “Which part?”
He laughs. “The part where you're a crazy person.”
I fold the shirt in half and drop down onto the couch next to him. “You could have helped.”
“You were doing great on your own.”
I cut my eyes at him. “I thought she told you to shut up.”
“I don't have to listen to her,” he says. “She's not my mate.”
“She isn't mine either.” As the words leave my mouth, it's like a bell of understanding rings inside my head. “That's what it wasabout. She isn't mine. She's just supposed to be. I didn't mark her. She's still unclaimed.”
Parker shrugs. “She's wearing your shirt. That's always been good enough to keep dudes off of me. Women don't care, though. It's like a challenge to the women, but I don't think that's what you have to worry about with Genie.”
No. No it isn't. Damn. My shirt is going to be a green flag for females to challenge her because while she has my attention, she doesn't have my mark. And for the males? I didn't put my mark on her. Her wearing my shirt is a beacon for unmated males to stalk her and challenge me to exhaustion. I should have marked her, but it was too soon. I didn't even… We didn't even –
“Fuck.”
Parker glances at me. “What?”
“I didn't kiss her.”
He laughs again. “You definitely didn't. But you did other things.”
“I should have kissed her.”
“Yep.”
“Have I always been an idiot?”
He nods. “For as long as I've known you.”
“Are you okay with everything? Last night went farther than I thought it would.”
He sighs. “I told you I would be. I need balance and stability. We all do, and by we I mean your pack and hers, all of us. We need our Alpha.” He pauses to drag his fingers through his hair. “And our Luna. I need you to do what you need to do to bring her home. I told you I'd be here, and I meant it. I'm not going anywhere.”
We need to get going. Genie isn't the only one who has things on her schedule today. Neither Parker or I have much, but I don't think we can hang around in this suite all day. I'm reluctant to leave it, though. It smells like us, the three of us. AllI want to do is go back into the bedroom and roll around in those sheets.
