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I’ve never had a love I could remember, but if I had to guess…this is it. This feeling of absolute certainty that I would burn the world to nothing more than embers, just for this woman.

Her blue eyes are locked to mine as my breathing picks up, and I finally take a step into the nest. Our nest?

Yes, our nest…

My home. Tatum is my home. Her heart is where I will always find my place in this world.

Tatum

Easton wraps his arms around my waist as he lifts me into the air and kisses me until I’m delirious.

My giggles can’t be contained as he spins me in a quick circle, making me squeal.

“I love you. I love you, Tatum, I love you…” He says it over and over as he peppers me with kisses.

Happiness like nothing I’ve ever known before fills every inch of my being, and this time, I let the tears fall freely. The three Alphas are apparently done being patient because they close in on me and Easton, their growls sending shivers down my spine.

“I don’t want to stop my heat,” I announce, making every one of my men freeze.

“Thank fuck,” the four of them say all at once, and then I’m scooped off my feet.

Easton

I’m downstairs in the kitchen with the three Alphas while Tatum showers. She was adorably huffy about being left alone to wash up, but… I think the Alphas could sense I needed a moment alone with them.

Their acceptance of me wasn’t something I was expecting.

Neither was the way Kodiak vowed to protect me, or the way Declan offered the same, but with less aggression.

Or how incredibly happy all of it made Tatum. Her eyes lit up with every word they spoke. Every declaration.

She wants this.

I’m still nervous, and it’s not as if I’ve forgotten they’re Alphas, but… They aren’t the men I assumed they were. They’re the men Tatum fell in love with. The ones who built her the most incredible nest I’ve ever seen. Something I never let myself dream of.

“Sorry, I tried to kill you,” I say, clearing my throat when their heads all turn to me. “And that I was planning to kill you. My uncle thinks I’m using Tatum to lure you to your deaths. Tatum still thinks he’s hunting us, and we needed to hide here. I wanted answers. Didn’t expect to get them so easily, but…” I shrug, looking up. They’re all staring at me. Oh.

“Figured as much. The luring us to our deaths part, I mean.” Kodiak chuckles.

“Tatum loves you, that's all I needed to know.” Hayden grins at me and heat rushes through me, lighting up in my core. My cock throbs.Oh…He is hot. It’s easy to see why Tatum finds them so attractive.

The tattoos and muscles. The gentle way they care for her, and the brutal way they take out threats…

“We’re going to bond with her tonight,” Declan says, as this dreamy look passes over his face. I snort. Cute. “She won’t be satisfied if that bond doesn’t include you.” He turns to me, looking me up and down. The heat I felt for Hayden doubles as Declan licks his lips.

“Are you asking me to join your pack?” I ask cautiously. I never thought I’d have a pack. Never even considered it. But for Tatum? Yeah, I’d not only join their pack, but I’d fuck them too.What a burden.Images of me fucking Tatum, as Kodiak slides inside me flood my mind. The three Alphas all groan as my scent hits the room.

This might actually be fun…

Chapter Forty-Two

Tatum

I huff, flattening the blanket across my body once again. I’m lying in the big blue bed, staring up at the canopy, wide awake.

After I announced I didn’t want to take the heat suppressants, the guys were very excited. I kind of expected them to strip me naked right then. They did not. Instead, they shoved me into a shower. Alone. Left me to get dressed. Alone. Then fed me. I know, the horror…

But, all day long, they have been slipping me little touches. Holding me, hugging me, pulling me in for little kisses. On my lips, or neck…

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