Page 129 of Knight Life In Vegas

“Autumn is more than capable of taking the reins I’m leaving behind.”

All of their faces brightened.

“We get a full omega team?” Sienna beamed. “Autumn’s going to kick ass. I’ve thought for a while she was a CEO in the making.”

We discussed some of the details, forming a more cohesive plan. Once Autumn had signed the paperwork, we would announce it to the rest of the company. I also gave them a brief update on my personal life, which seemed only fair since that was the reason I was stepping away.

“Are you going to take Las Vegas omega housing by storm?” Caroline asked.

“That’s the current plan. I’ll be partnering with a local company to continue our mission.”

“You know,” Chelsi said, “I was a little bit suspicious when you first hired me, but I’m glad you proved me wrong at every turn. So many alphas just want to talk the talk when it comes to omega rights and protection. It’s nice to see someone actually put in the work and give a shit.”

“You’re not allowed to become a stranger,” Autumn insisted.

“I won’t. I’m sure we’ll speak soon, but I do need to go pick up my sons.”

Once the meeting ended, I headed over to the school where Sammy and Ollie spent much of their day. Charlotte had added the entire pack to the authorized pickup list, so they let the boys race right to me. They crashed against me like little torpedoes.

“Did you two have a good day?”

They chattered away while I got them secured in their booster seats. Now that Charlotte was working at the arena, it would be more difficult to do family dinner right after school. Our whole lives had changed so quickly. A lot of adjustments would need to be made, but that was the beauty of being part of a pack: we could figure all of it out together.

Our first beginner class was ridiculous, but also cute as hell. Charlotte had already taken them through the equipment basics and now we were moving on to one student at a time per instructor actually getting on the back of a horse. She glowed. Passing on a love of horses to a new generation had her practically skipping around the arena. The kids oscillated between nerves and excitement.

I had Ollie on Sugar Snap since he was our smallest student, and he was practically vibrating with how jazzed he was.

“How are you doing on Snappy?” I asked Ollie.

He grinned at me, showing off the missing tooth he had lost last night. His first baby one to go. “I love her.”

Parents watched from the sidelines, Beau front and center to watch our boys even if he wasn’t quite chill enough with the horses to participate. Charlotte was working on him, but even though I adored them, I could see how someone might be intimidated by these giant four-legged weirdos.

I had still been braced for Charlotte to recover from her heat and panic, but I got less worried with every hour that passed. She was so relaxed in the bond. The horses brought her peace and she blossomed around us. Consistency really paid off when you were trying to heal someone. It wasn’t even hard to do. I’d wanted her from the start and that had only gotten stronger since the bond.

My omega was a warrior. The pain she’d been carrying might be there forever and I caught whispers of it every so often, but she was getting stronger than it. The bond let her lean on us in a whole new way. Insecurity could hardly win when every time we noticed her starting to slip into it, our own emotions about her blasted it down like a fire hose.

Charlotte walked by me with one of the students on Applesauce, leaning over quickly to kiss me. Affection from her lit up like a sun in my chest. She loved me. She lovedallof us even if the words hadn’t officially left her mouth. I felt them on repeat every moment she was with us.

I managed to get through the rest of the lesson before I broke down and dragged her into my arms. “How am I supposed to get through the day when you’re running around the arena, shining like a little star?”

“You managed.” She smiled up at me and laced her fingers in my hair to pull me down for a much more thorough kiss than before.

“Not easily,” I groused. “Do you think you love this enough to keep doing it?”

“Couldn’t stop me if you tried. I love everything about it.” Her hazel eyes were wide, and nerves tripped down the bond. “I love you too. I’m sorry I didn’t say it back right away. It’s still kind of scary, but I’m working on i?—”

I swallowed up her last word in a kiss that had her moaning against my mouth. “I’d wait a hundred years to hear you say it.”

“Mommy, stop kissing Daddy. It’s gross!” Ollie yelled.

My heart squeezed. “Today is the best. I get an I love youandan induction into Ollie’s Daddy Hall of Fame on the same day?”

I scooped Ollie up, spinning while he shrieked with laughter. “Daddy, quit it! I’m gonna get dizzy.”

“My apologies, Sir Knight.” I popped him back on his feet.

“Quit hogging Dad.” Sammy latched onto my other side. “You got him the whole lesson.”

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