Page 66 of Packed in the Fire house

Walker’s bunk probably wasn’t comfortable enough on its own for her.

I may have also added in sheets and duvets from mine and Rune’s beds.

What could I say? Her scent was amazing.

“This is overboard,” Sunny muttered as Walker carried her into the den, adding her to the little makeshift nest. “I can walk.” She gave him a disgruntled look, but it was adorable.

“Nope,” Walker said simply. “Rest.”

“No point fighting him, sunshine. He’s stubborn.” I smirked at her adorable little frown.

“I need to look after Luka,” she said weakly.

I shook my head, keeping a grin plastered on my face. “Luka is having a great time with Papa Rune and the fire engines. For the next few hours, you’re mine, sunshine.”

As I spoke, I pulled one of the blankets over her. Despite her protests, she snuggled down into them, getting comfortable.

“So, the question is, what do you want to do with me? I am your manservant for the day!”

Sunny gave me a curious glance. “Manservant, you say?”

I gasped, a fake, overdramatic sound. “Sunshine! I am a pure and innocent soul, that look on your face suggests dirty things…”

Sunny snorted lightly before shifting so she was next to me, wrapping an arm around my waist and snuggling into my side. We both lay on the sofa bed, lulled into a quiet peace.

Everything was lemony and delicious smelling, and despite my declarations of being innocent, I had a boner that was harder than steel.

I didn’t have to worry about that for long, though, because mere minutes later, Sunny was snoring lightly, wrapped around me like an adorable little koala. As much as I had been looking forward to a day of video games and chatter with our stunning new pack mate, snuggling with her was pretty fucking fantastic.

Walker appeared in the doorway, as he had every hour almost on the dot since this morning, gazing at the omega curled up in my arms in a deep sleep.

“How is she doing?”

“Still sleeping. A regular sleeping beauty, this one. I’m almost tempted to kiss her and wake her up.”

Even though I was smiling and joking, a deep, painful feeling of guilt was gnawing at me. How had we been so blind to Sunny’s health declining? No matter how much I was beating myself up about it, I knew Walker would be taking it a hundred times worse. He was the leader of our pack and our captain; he took our health and well-being seriously. Missing that his bonded omega was struggling? That had to hit extra hard.

Walker nodded. “She needs to sleep for as long as possible. Rune is with Luka. We shouldn’t get any calls in the next few hours before the extra men get here.”

“Do you know who the extra men are going to be?” I asked.

“Elliot and Samson. Considering Elliot is working with us on the arson investigation on Sunny’s building, anyway, and Samson is his pack mate, it seemed like a good option. Their station is overstaffed at the moment, so they won’t miss them.”

Elliot was a good man. A little bristly at times, but he cared about his men. His pack mate just so happened to be my cousin, Fitz.

“Good, do you think that’ll be enough?”

Walker grimaced. “If it was up to me, I would have six extra men here. That way, all three of us could take some extended time off to focus on her.”

“We’ll have to make do, one of us with her at all times.”

Walker nodded. “I’ve got to go finish some emails—you okay there? I hate to leave…”

I beamed at him. “I’m going nowhere. I assume we are all off wildfire watch?”

Walker nodded. “Yeah, we need to be able to take care of things here first before we assist there. Station Three has it pretty well handled.”

“Good!”

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