Page 48 of Their Knotty Pack
Kieran rolls his eyes and then they give me a look like they're expecting me to also answer Damien's incredibly invasive question.
"Well…" I trail off, clearing my throat.
"Don't act like you didn't want to throw them down on the pavement right then and there," Kieran needles, pushing past me to head upstairs.
I kick my shoes off and take a deep breath, ignoring Damien's muttering of "barbarian alphas". I'm not going to let Kieran goad me. "I didn't, actually."
Sure, my cock got kind of hard, and they were both breathtaking, but the feelings of arousal weren't there yet. I'm not the kind of guy who will stuff his face with delicious looking cake just because it's sitting there.
Kieran turns around to give me an appraising look. "I didn't take you for a liar, detective."
"I'm not lying." Another deep breath. I can feel the vein in my forehead start to throb, but he willnotdraw a reaction out of me. I won't allow it.
"You're telling me that you're the singular outlier? That out of all the alphas in the world, you alone are not overcome with lust for your true fucking scent match?" Kieran takes a step towards me, tilting his head. "You know what? You didn't want to come with us to the heat clinic, so maybe you just can't get it up. Did we make an impotent alpha the leader of our pack?"
My fist flies out before I can stop it, landing square on his jaw. His head snaps back, and his hand comes up to cup the red mark left on his skin. In the next instant, both Damien and Brody have hands on me, trying to hold me back like I might try to go after him a second time.
Kieran rubs at his jaw, a gleam of satisfaction in his eyes that he managed to make me lose control. "Hit a nerve, did I?"
Fucking prick.
I just need to tell him and get it over with.
"Not that it's any of your business," I snap, shaking free of Brody and Damien's hold. "But I can't feel any sort of sexual attraction to someone unless I have an emotional connection first. So, it wouldn't have mattered to me either way if our omega was male or female, that has never played a role for me."
Kieran only purses his lips, his eyes looking over me questioningly. Damien sounds shocked. "How did I not know that about you?"
I shrug as Brody gives me an affirming pat on the back. Somehow, telling them that, I feel lighter. I suppose I've saved myself the trouble of explaining my reasoning for not taking the omegas to bed at the same pace as the rest of them.
If that even happens.
"Actually, that could work in our favor." Kieran's states looking pensive.
I arch a brow. How the hell could my sexual orientation work in our favor?
"Bethany obviously has some damage when it comes to packs. You, needing that emotional connection…well, it will assure her that we're not just using them for sex. The fact that we're all true scent matches doesn't mean anything to her."
"You need to lay off her," Brody says suddenly, glaring at Kieran. "She's been through enough shit without you being a dick to her all the time."
"Me?" Kieran's eyes widen, "Dude,shebitme! Besides, she needs someone who can dish her bullshit right back to her."
Shaking my head, I go to my room and change out of my work clothes. It's time to pack a bag and face the music of what the little omega has done to us.
Chapter 21
Miles
"It's going to be fine, nymph," I tell the love of my life as I park my car at home. Gods, I've missed this place. The heat clinic was nice enough, but nothing beats home.
I have no idea how my cock isn't sore after the last five days. I've never had that much sex before in my life. Those alphas, that beta…having them right in front of me, watching them wring every ounce of pleasure from my mate that they could was the hottest thing I've ever seen. I had honestly thought I'd be jealous, or want to rip someone's head off. But instead, feeling her pleasure through the bond just put me in a constant state of need, one that she was all too happy to satisfy. But what would it feel like if we took an alpha at the same time? I bet for sure Damien is into ass play. He could fuck her, and I could fuck him…or, I could fuck her while an alpha fucks me, or she could suck my dick while—
Dammit. There are too many combinations to even think about. And really, I shouldn't evenbethinking about it. These men are going to have to fuckingwoous if they want a place with Bethany and me.
She deserves nothing less.
Bethany gets out of the car and immediately starts fussing over the plants hanging on the porch. "I hope Lanie didn't overwaterVeronica." Ah, yes. Veronica the Verbena. I've learned that whenever Bethany gets a new plant, the name she gives it has to start with the same first letter of the plant itself.
Patty the Petunia.
