Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
“What?!” I ask letting go.
“Don’t tell me you’re faster now. I’m really f*cked if you are.”
He whines.
“We’ll have to test the theory later.”
I look down at my hand, like I’ve never seen it before.
“Are you all faster?”
“I hope so. I’m tired of being completely out maneuvered by her.”
Dakota laughs behind me.
“Well, you boys have had her for a couple days now. She’s ours!” Sierra grabs my hand and starts to drag me away.
“You do remember that she was unconscious right?” Cam asks. “Technically speaking, we have not had as much time with her as you got with Sam when you first mated.”
“Yes, but you were also dumb enough to bring her down here where we could snatch her.”
Sierra shrugs her shoulders. “You all do realize ‘her’ is right here right?”
“Yes, but they wouldn’t let anyone up to see you while you were recovering, so now I need girl time. And your Gamma needs time to bond with you anyway, so suck it up boys, she’s ours.”
I laugh as she drags me away. And by ‘drag me away,’ we went out to Ava’s garden in the back and straight to the hammock. It didn’t take long for Jena and Lil to join us.
“Okay, tell us what actually happened, because those boys aren’t saying much and I need details like I need air!” Sierra squeals at me.
“Uh, a lot happened since I saw you last, you’re going to have to be more specific.”
I shy away from her maniacal look.
“You all came storming back from the bunker and then we didn’t see you for days and the tattooed triplets only came down one at a time. It took hours to figure out it wasn’t just Oliver coming and going, by the way. I don’t even think they realized at first. They even all smell the same. Actually you smell like them too, but I guess the scent thing makes sense since you are mates, but I’ve never seen anyone change physically. I mean Cam and Kota are covered in tattoos and Oliver grew an inch taller and filled out to match them. Even you grew!” Jena’s excited voice sounds dangerously like Sierra’s mom.
We spend the rest of the afternoon just sitting and talking. I told them about the mating and how I kind of lost control and threw Cam around. I got pointers on what to try with them when I get alone time with each of them and for once all the sex talk didn’t make me blush or shy away. I am no expert, but I also lost any trepidation I had surrounding the idea of mating and being mated to three guys. They were right, I wouldn’t be satisfied with anything less than the three of them.
The afternoon floated by and for a little while I forgot about being an alpha princess hybrid witch conundrum and I was just a girl talking with her friends about being a mate. It wasn’t until the sun was setting and Ava came looking for us that I realized we had been out here all day. We each took small breaks to grab snacks and go to the bathroom, but we didn’t leave this spot the entire day. I don’t even remember the last time I did that when we weren’t doing some kind of recon for a job.
“Skylar, I need to see you and the boys. Can you meet us at Brett’s house please?” She didn’t wait for an answer, just turned around and walked away. I looked at my friends confused.
“Why did she seem afraid to talk to you?” Lil asks from my right.
“No idea, but now I’m curious. Maybe she has information that might help?” I say it like a question, cause if something bigger was going on, she wouldn’t want to meet at a house, she would want action. I think.
We all stand and stretch as we speculate what it could be about. I feel like there are so many moving parts and people in the pack and a majority of our pack members aren’t even here. I have to trust that everyone is doing their job, but at the same time, I feel like I have been so caught up in myself and what I have been going through since I returned that maybe I have missed crucial things. The thought makes me feel terrible, like I am already failing at my job as a part of the leadership of this pack. I used to focus on everyone and now I have become no better than Kaley. Self absorbed and self important. I have to fix that, immediately.
“What has you this miserable, mate?” Cam scoops me up from behind. I know it’s him without looking or even his scent, I just know, but I didn’t hear him approach either. Strange.
“Just a personal observation, no big deal.”
I try to brush it off as his fingertips grip my waist and he catches a bare spot between my shirt and leggings. The minor skin to skin contact sends flames through my body have got to get this attraction under control, otherwise am liable to catch fire or turn into a glow stick or whatever happened to me when we mated, but in public. It’s bad enough the fire lets everyone know about my intimate endeavors, which my friends were so helpful to point out as we talked. Sierra was at least impressed with my stamina and that I couldn’t give her a count of how many org*sms they gave me, because I was too out of my mind to count.
“When you are this torn up about it, it is a big deal. And you seem to be bouncing between two distinct emotions. One I don’t like and the other I like a lot.”
Oliver slides up next to us, pulling me out of my lustful thoughts with his sexy half smile.
“Any strong emotion is a big deal. What’s up Smalls?” Dakota flanks us on the other side as Cam settles me into a more comfortable bridal carry.
I huff out a sigh, I really can’t keep anything from them now. I don’t particularly like lying, but sometimes feelings are just meant for the person feeling them, nothing to be shared. It’s a way of processing, nothing more.
“Ava came to get me and asked that we meet her at Brett’s house and she wanted to talk to the four of us, which shouldn’t be a big deal, but the look on her face said it might be. She almost shied away from us, which isn’t like her at all. I just feel like I have been so concerned with my own things that I haven’t been paying any attention to the people around us. I don’t want to be self absorbed.”
I let my chin drop to my chest.
“I guess it’s good she came to you. She has been avoiding us since we mated.”
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