Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
I am swept up, roughly and wrap my arms, and legs around Cam as he runs and goes flying before we hit the bathwarm pool. My black dress floats around me. We come up and wipe the water out of my eyes. “You do know that you can just ask me to jump in right? The manhandling isn’t always necessary.”
“There’s no fun in that though, and you definitely hold on tighter this way.”
He winks.
“You know that I’m still mad at you right?”
“Yes, but I figure we should take advantage of when you are in a good mood every time we can.”
More splashing lets me know that more of my friends have joined us.
“WHOA SH*T!” Lil yells before hitting the water. She comes up and is flailing a bit before Oliver grabs her. She scrambles onto his back. “Don’t you let me go! I hate swimming. I’m like a brick and just sink.”
“Well, it’s nice to finally find a weakness. I was starting to feel inadequate around all of you ladies.”
Oliver laughs.
We swam around joking and laughing for a long time, then Sierra and I got another volleyball game going. Lil was more than happy to watch from the side of the pool and play ref. Somehow it ended up my warriors ve versus my guys which became a very playful but intense round of sh*t talking more than actual play. My guys have always been like a well oiled machine the way that they work together, but my team and I are no different. None of us actually have to talk to each other while we play, it just happens naturally. We anticipate the moves that are coming next. So of course that would make the game boring if no one reverted to cheating.
I set Jena up for a spike and Mateo grabbed her by the legs under the net to pull her into the water. Sierra was able to save it though and we kept playing, then someone grabbed my leg, but the guys were splashing so much I couldn’t see who it was.
After that the game turned into an all out war of dunking and splashing. Wyatt and Nathaniel ended up siding with the guys and Jena, Sierra and I were outnumbered being tossed around between all of them. There was so much noise and laughter. It’s been so long since I have laughed like this with these guys.
Then the most murderous growl erupts from one end of the pool and all play stops.
“HANDS. OFF. MY. MATE.”
Sam demands through clenched teeth. His pupils blown wide, his wolf is close to the surface. None of us move except for Cam who is holding Sierra.
“You mean this mate?” He says, a look crossing his eyes that I don’t quite understand. But he hugs Sierra tighter and she giggles. Oh man, Cam is playing with fire.
Sam lunges towards him, but Dakota moves in to snatch her up first, moving behind his brother. Now all the guys are in on it, but Sierra doesn’t seem to mind, she is either okay with the teasing or doesn’t feel it yet. Either way Sam is getting more and more pissed as time goes, but all the guys are laughing.
“How does it feel when someone else messes with your things asshole?” Mateo asks.
Now I get it. This is payback for all the flirting Sam has probably ever done in his whole life. They are making him earn his mate and Sierra is all about it, eating up every second of attention from all of them. “What are you laughing at?” Mateo asks Jena, swimming up to us.
“I was just thinking, none of you would have caught me to play keep away.”
“Is that so?”
“Yep.”
He lunges for her, but she dives and swims to the other side jumping out before he can grab her. He jumps out to chase her into the house. They are not coming back tonight. Another squeal pulls my attention to my most flamboyant friends. Sam finally caught her.
“It is about damn time.”
He kisses her hard on the mouth and I look away, not wanting to intrude on their moment. Who knows what they’ll do with the mate bond officially intact. I am outta here. I climbed out of the pool only now realizing I am in my dress from today and it isn’t light now that it’s soaked. I don’t even think twice about just ripping it off and draping it over a chair nearby.
“Oh f*ck no, absolutely not! What happened to you being shy?” Cam asks, throwing his button down shirt over my shoulders.
“Uh, I have lived in a communal co-ed living space and been on missions where sometimes we all have to share a single hotel room or worse. You kind of lose modesty after a while. And my scars aren’t an issue anymore. They aren’t the worst thing that has happened to me.”
I turn to look at him, sliding my arms through the sleeves, but not buttoning the shirt. “Besides, I wear warrior issued underwear. This is more sturdy and covers more than Sierra’s average swimsuit.”
“Hey! I heard that!”
“Nope, they are not here, you cannot talk to any of them right now.”
Sam pulls her attention back and I just laugh again.
“And Cam, your shirt is white, this is not actually helping any.”
I look down at my back undergarments soaking into his shirt.
“Yep, she’s still hot. You guys are all screwed!” Lil laughs, heading inside with Wyatt and Nathaniel.
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