“What do I do about my job? What I mean is, right now.”
Seth leaned back and rested his arm across Bram’s shoulders. “What do you want, Bram?”
“I can give notice. But I don’t have any savings.”
“Is that what has you worried? Money?” Seth asked.
I added, “Because you don’t have to worry about that with us around.”
“I left my pack so I could be independent. Be who I want to be.”
“We understand,” I began.
Bram kept talking over me. “I was just getting used to being on my own.”
Seth pulled Bram closer to his body. “I’ll do anything for you. It’s our alpha nature to take care of you and each other. We can’t help it. But if you’re uncomfortable—”
“I’m not,” Bram interrupted. “I am comfortable. This is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. But if we’re going to see your families, is it just a trip? Or what? Because I love you both. And I love being taken care of.” He pointed to himself. “Omegahere. Through and through. I respond to that alpha caregiving like it’s candy.”
“You’re permanently in our lives now,” I assured him.
“Are you asking us, then, if it’s safe to quit your job?” Seth asked.
“I am.” Bram lifted his head and glanced from Seth to me. “But I don’t want to be seen as taking advantage in any way.”
Through our bond, Bram’s emotions washed over me. He was happy. Content. In love. I felt no deception, no pressure. “We love you, Bram. You wouldn’t be taking advantage. You’d be our omega as Fate decided it. We want you.”
“And as I said before,” Seth continued, “we’ll do anything for you. Including move to this city. But it would be a hell of a tangled mess to do it that way.”
“No, I love you both so much. I don’t want any mess.” Bram wiggled a bit between us. “I’m not married to this city. I was just saying I’d finally gotten on my own and it was a new experience. Then this happened with all of us. And it’s another fantastic experience I never would have had if I hadn’t left my pack. I want to be with both of you. Forever. And it can be anywhere you want.”
“Are you sure?” I asked.
“More sure than I’ve ever been about anything,” Bram replied.
“We want you with us when we go home,” Seth said softly.
“Then I’ll quit tomorrow,” Bram said. “I love Animals, but if I’m going to leave San Diego to go with you two, it’s a done deal.”
No more words needed to be spoken. We joined in a three-way kiss that had us writhing together on the bed for the next hour.
Chapter Nineteen
Bram
I worked later than I wanted to last night, covering a shift for someone whose little one wasn’t doing well, and I was feeling it this morning. But we weren’t going to be here much longer, and I didn’t want to waste any of that time sleeping—not unless it was in my mate’s arms, and they were already up.
I rolled out of bed and into a shower. I kept the water intentionally cool in the hopes of startling my body into being fully awake. It worked-ish. When I came out, my mates had breakfast on the table for me.
“You didn’t need to do this,” I said, kissing each one before taking my seat.
“We didn’t need to, but we wanted to.” Seth put a cup of coffee in front of me, and I bit back a yawn. “You should go back to bed.”
“We have plans.”
“There’s no set time.” We were going to pick up our art today. “They’re open all day.”
I scooped up a forkful of eggs and put them in my mouth. The taste wasn’t quite right, but I didn’t say anything. They went out of their way to make it for me, which made it the best scramble ever.
