Page 31 of Ruffled Feathers

She huffed, and it was cute as hell. I couldn’t tell her that the main reason we didn’t have an Omega was because of her, though. That Sonny and I both had unresolved feelings for the woman beside me, who I’d lusted after and resented in equal measures over the years.

Crossing her arms over her chest, she gave me a grin. “Fine, but youcantell me if you find Strat Wilmington attractive. Actually, you don’t need to. I know you do; I’m not blind.”

That was debatable, considering that both Sonny and her new friend Lance looked at her the same way, and she was wildly oblivious.

“Fine, I find Strat Wilmington attractive. Are you happy?”

Smug little wench just smirked at me. “Yes, I am. You should pursue him. He wants you too. He kept throwing you longing looks.”

“Jesus, Otillie-James. I don’t need a matchmaker. I get laid just fine.”

Her eyes shuttered, and I wanted to bite off my tongue. She was silent for a moment, and then continued, her tone no longer teasing. “I just think you’d be good for each other. You respect his skills as a lawyer. He’s handsome, intelligent, and would push your buttons. Sonny would enjoy spoiling him, even if he doesn’t like to be spoiled. He’d be good for you both. That’s all.”

I was fucking this up.

Screw it.

I pulled over into the parking lot of a big box store. Shoving the car into park, I looked over at her. This was a bad idea, but enough was enough.

“Sonny and I aren’t looking for an Omega, Juice.” Sucking in a deep breath, I hoped Sonny would forgive me for what I was about to say. “We aren’t looking to add anyone else to our Pack. Because we’ve both been in love withyou, ever since you fell out of that damn tree and right into my arms. We don’t have an Omega, or a Beta or anyone else, because no one ever measures up to you.”

I was breathing heavily, my heart pounding in my ears as she stared at me, her lips slightly parted. She was frowning, like she couldn’t understand my words.

Leaning forward, I captured her lips with mine. Maybe she would understand this better. I poured every ounce of yearning into what might be my only chance to kiss her. I was going to make it memorable. I’d have to hang onto the memory for the rest of my life if this went badly, so I was going to make it worth it.

She was still beneath my lips for a moment. So long, that I began to panic that I’d fucked everything up. Just because I wanted her, didn’t mean she wanted me too. Maybe I’d misread everything.

But then she kissed me back, and it was with such fervor, there was no doubt in my mind. I unclipped her belt and grabbed her up, pulling her into my arms and onto my lap without removing my lips from hers. She had these sweet, soft curves, with skin so smooth, I had dreams about touching every inch of it.

“Truett,” she breathed, and I groaned. I’d dreamed of her saying my name like that. I reconnected our lips, plundering her mouth with my own. My Alpha was rolling around happily inside me, demanding we fill her up, knot her, bite her, make her ours, but I pushed all that down. She couldn’t take my knot, and I wouldneverhurt her. Never.

She was making breathy little moans, and I swallowed them down like the sweetest candy.God.I had to stop before I fucked her in a damn parking lot.

Drawing back, I tried to suck in air. She looked at me, wide-eyed and almost shocked, and I was at a loss of what to say. My dick was hard as a bar beneath her asscheeks, and I was hoping she was confusing it for the steering wheel or something.

I cupped her face lightly. “I’m sorry for the… ineloquent way I said all that. But I meant it, OJ. You’ve always been the one for us.”

She shook her head, and my heart fractured a little. “No, you’ve had girlfriends. You’re a Pack. I’m Unshown. You’ve never said anything. I don’t… I don’t understand.”

Blowing out a breath, I knew I should put her back in the passenger seat for this conversation. But I couldn’t, because this might be the last time I got to hold her like this. “You have to know that you being Unshown means less than nothing to us. We don’t want you for your designation, OJ. We’ve always loved you for your heart.” I’d just dropped the L word again. Sonny was going to kill me.

“At first, you were too young. And you were his stepsister. Then you seemed happy when we left, so we thought maybe it was one-sided. We couldn’t stay away, though; we had to move home. While we were gone, you turned into this strong, independent woman who didn’t need or want us. We decided not to say anything—we didn’t want to blow up your family, just on the off chance you might want us too.” It all seemed like such bullshit now.

Oof.I hadn’t expected her to punch me in the chest, though when it came to Otillie-James, maybe I should have.

“Are you telling me, Truett Heathstone, that thesix yearsI’ve been pining after you assholes, you’ve been pining after me too? Do you know howridiculousthat is?”

Now it was my turn to blink uncomprehendingly. “You’ve been pining?” The idea of OJ pining over any man, Alpha or not, seemed ridiculous. She’d barely liked Sonny when they first met, and honestly, everyone tended to like Sonny. I was more of an acquired taste, and I hadn’t thought it was a taste OJ ever intended to try.

“Uh, it appears so.” Instead of saying anything else, she gripped the back of my head and kissed me again. Her tongue battled with mine, and her sexy little body turned, so she could put a knee on either side of my thighs. Her breasts pressed against my chest, and I held her hips tightly against me.

This had to be a dirty dream. Everything about this night had been straight out of a fantasy. There was no way that Otillie-James was on my lap, grinding down on my cock.

Fuck.

I wasn’t sure how long we kissed for, but eventually, she pulled back, her lips pink and swollen, her hair messed up. Her wrap dress had slipped to the side, and her lace-covered breast was right there, in front of my eyes. Better yet, in front of mymouth. I leaned over and took her rose-pink nipple between my teeth, and sucked hard.

“Oh mygod,” she moaned, and I knew this was getting out of hand. With willpower I didn’t realize I still possessed, I pulled back and lifted her carefully back onto the passenger seat. Breathing heavily, I tried to get my Alpha under control. I desperately wanted to drag her into the back seat and fuck her senseless.

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