“How can you not be?” She bounces on her knees, shaking the bed. “Today is the day you officially get your freedom!”
I blow out a breath, leaning my head back and closing my eyes. “I’d hardly call agreeing to Thane’s requests, freedom.”
“Fine,” she sighs. “Then at the very least, get excited about getting a car.”
I peel one of my eyelids back just in time to catch her throwing a pillow at me. I snatch it in my hand before it has a chanceto hit me in the face and toss it back at her with a wicked grin. Sienna lunges forward, grabbing a hold of my wrist and pulls me to the edge of the bed.
“Alright! I’m up, I’m up.”
The two of us make our way into the bathroom to freshen up, and I’m amazed at how natural it all feels with her. Even last night, it was like we had known each other our whole lives. We stayed up until 5 a.m. just talking and laughing like little kids. I’m pretty sure I would’ve stayed up all night if she hadn’t begun stroking my hair. She said it was a wolf thing, and it felt so good that I didn’t even feel the desire to stop her. I never had a mother to play with my hair while I fell asleep, but something about Sienna doing it, healed a part of me.
“Last night was so fun!” Sienna squeals. “I’m so glad you’re back.”
I flash her a genuine smile in the mirror. “I’m actually glad too.” I gasp, suddenly remembering something she told me last night.
“Oddio!” she breathes, placing a hand over her heart. “What?”
I turn around and slip my butt onto the counter to face her. “You had sex with Kieran!”
“Shh!” She looks around frantically, even though we’re the only two around. “I told you that in confidence!” I throw my head back laughing as I replay the conversation. “It was just because of the eclipse. And if I don’t remember it, then did it really happen?”
“Well, I mean waking up in his arms naked seems like a pretty good indicatorsomethinghappened. Besides, wasn’t it you that said, ‘sex is just a basic animalneed’?”
She rolls her eyes at me for using her own words against her. “I was just saying that so you wouldn’t ruin Halloween with some internal shame spiral.”
My jaw nearly unhinges. “So you’re telling me what I did actuallywasa big deal?”
She pauses, looking at me like she regrets saying anything, but a moment later, she bursts into laughter. “You rode Alpha’s lap until you orgasmed, Fallon! In what world was that not going to be a big deal?”
I melt onto the floor, drowning in embarrassment. “Fuck, why did I do that?”
Sienna kneels down and pulls my hands away from my face with an apologetic look. “Well, for starters, Alpha is like really freaking hot. Plus, you both have the bond of the bite, which I’m pretty sure is intensified because he’s a hybrid or something. But besides all that, it happened almost two months ago. I’m pretty sure he’s forgotten all about it by now.”
“Stupid bond,” I mutter, picking myself up off the floor.
“Stupid bond. Stupid eclipse,” she agrees, and we both grin at each other.
“At least the lunar eclipses don’t happen too often. How am I supposed to rein in the overwhelming lust I feel when he bites me?” She flashes me a smirk in the mirror before biting her lip to try and hide it. “What was that look for?”
“Nothing,” she dismisses with a shrug. “You wouldn’t like my idea anyway.”
“If it keeps me from losing control with Thane, then I’m all ears,” I insist.
“Well, you could always hook up with Kole to scratch that itch.”
“Jesus, Sienna!”
She shrugs again. “Told you, you wouldn’t like it.”
Unfortunately, that’s not completely true, though I won’t be admitting that to her anytime soon. Nor will I be telling her about what happened with Thane on the night of the eclipse. Instead, I’m going to take a page out of her book and act like there’s not some connection pulling me toward Kole, and the only thing that happened between me and Thane the night of the eclipse was a bite. If she can convince herself that Kieran and her just woke up naked together and nothing else happened, then I’m going to do the same.
I give Sienna a pair of my clothes to wear, and the two of us head downstairs. It feels weird being able to roam free, but it’s a feeling I’m more than happy to get used to.
“Hey, I was just coming to get you guys.” We both turn around to find Kole standing behind us.
“Please tell me breakfast is ready,” Sienna pleads. “I’m starving!”
“No, I was just coming to tell you guys breakfast isn’t ready,” he teases, tossing an arm over her shoulder.
