“I still don’t like that you’re hurt.” Linus pouted.

“I’ll be fine.” Storm looked into his eyes. “Hey, about earlier. I said some shit to Dert. You don’t actually have to serve me, you know. I just said it to get on his nerves.”

“Oh. I know that. But I don’t mind serving you, either.” Linus curled his fingers into Storm’s shirt and blushed. “I would do anything you asked.”

Storm’s gaze darkened. “You might not want to make me an offer like that.”

Linus shook his head. “No. I know you, Storm Greenfield. You wouldn’t ask me for anything terrible. And so I would do anything that youdoask.”

“Including sucking me off?”

Linus huffed. “How is that different from all the times you’ve bred me?”

“I guess it’s not so different.” Storm grinned, pinning Linus to the wall with his warm, strong body. “It’s just breeding through another hole except you can’t get pregnant from there.”

“I didnotexpect to walk in on that,” Varrick said from the doorway.

Storm and Linus both jumped. Linus’ face burned. “Oh, gods.”

Varrick waved away their embarrassment. “Don’t worry about being ashamed. I’ve done things so ridiculous, you’d laugh if you ever heard about them.”

“Like what?” Linus blurted.

“Boned some donuts through a glory hole. Helicoptered my nether parts. Fucked a ghost.”

Even Storm looked surprised. “How?”

“Ah.” Varrick smirked. “For that, you’ll have to read Niall’s book. Emmy made him promise to write a book about us. He’s naming it A Daddy for the Stowaway Omega.”

“I’ll set a reminder on my phone,” Storm said, remembering Jag’s author omega. Then he paused, looking up. “Do you think Niall would write a book about us?”

31

PREGNANCY

Linus couldn’t believehe was nervous about this. Storm stood next to him, squeezing his hand encouragingly.

“Um, Mom?” Linus said.

“Yes?” Mom bustled around the kitchen, heating up different pans of food. Storm’s family was visiting, and they were all strung tight with anticipation.

“Storm and I kind of... have some news?”

“You’re moving into a new place?” she guessed.

Linus shook his head. “Uh, something more... permanent.”

“You’re buying a house?”

“No! I mean... It’s not about our living arrangements.”

She looked up from the three pies she had set out to cool. “You’ve already bonded, so it’s not that, either. Spit it out. We haven’t got all day.”

Linus gulped. “We’re expecting.”

He held his breath, wondering if she would have something to say about their age difference. Storm wrapped his arm around Linus and squeezed.

“Oh.” Mom glanced at his belly. “Yeah, I knew that.”