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It’s not until the third day that she has her lucid moments.

She shies away at first, but that wall has been thoroughly demolished.

I wake up in the middle of the night, yet again, with her stroking me.

Except that her eyes are focused and clear.

A slow smile spreads on her face, and I return it.

My girl.

The sex then is slow and sensual, and so unlike the demanding omega in the midst of a heat.

Things that night are different for all of us.

Whatever veil we’d been hiding behind ignites and burns to ash.

If she needs to pretend, we can pretend.

For now.

It proves she wants more from us.

The rest we can work on.

Chapter Fifteen

Izzy

“Twenty-two, huh?” Mason asks.

“It’s a perfectly acceptable number of eyeshadow palettes. Think of it like a collection. I need range. I need hues.”

Mason rubs his thumb up and down my wrist where our fingers are braided together. He’s facing me, with the three of us still stretched out in my bed, but his focus is on where our hands meet.

“I’ve never really thought about what it takes for you to doll it up,” he says.

“That’s such a guy answer,” I say with a soft laugh.

Vin’s arm around me tightens. He’s been snoozing on and off since the alarm sounded an hour ago.

The alarm is a reminder that we have to return to normal life out in the real world, and we all seem to acknowledge that we don’t want that.

“What did we tell Coach we had again?” Mason asks.

“Mono,” Vin says.

“Couldn’t we have said we were doing something fun, like going to Italy or Spain?” I ask.

“That’s random. Why Italy or Spain?”

“I’ve never been out of the country. They seem so exotic. Tuscany looks peaceful. Everyone deserves a break, even big, strong hockey players.” I pout my bottom lip at them.

“As fun as that sounds, it’s not something Coach would consider a valid reason to blow off practice for several days,” Mason notes.

“Mental health is important, and doesn’t mono take weeks to clear?”

Vin grunts. “I didn’t know that at the time. At least people will leave us alone. It’ll explain why we’re all distracted.”

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