Rayth pressed a soft kiss on my shoulder. "Cold?"
I assessed myself. I was sort of cold, but my feet were hot. I wiggled, brushing my hip against Rayth's cock. Desire fluttered through me, and that annoyed me too.
Awesome. I was going to be a pleasure to be around today.
"Coffee." Rayth sat up and slid out of bed.
I followed him downstairs after getting dressed. Asano appeared a few minutes later, looking rumpled and adorable.
"Morning." Asano kissed my cheek. "Sore?"
"Yeah, but for the wrong reasons." I pulled a blanket around myself and settled onto an overstuffed chair near the kitchen.
Asano frowned. "Poor lala."
"I'm okay. It just smells weird here, and it's too bright and I'm cold, but then hot and I'm just over this entire heat thing."
Asano snuggled up next to me. At first, I almost told him I needed space, but the pressure of his body against mine felt good. I sighed.
"Heat's a bitch," he agreed. "You need a real nest."
"My room at the sanctuary is fine."
"Like hell," Rayth said, mixing up some crepes. "It smells like too many different omegas, it's not yours."
I grumbled. He was right. "Apparently that's a perk of being wooed by alphas."
Rayth served us in the small breakfast nook, and I perked up after I'd eaten. I was smashed between them again, and it felt nice.
"I have a request." I dragged some fruit through the powdered sugar Rayth has dusted the crepes with.
"You can have as much sex as you want," Asano said. He was on his second helping of crepes and fruit and didn't show any signs of slowing down.
"I've got to go to the Temple of Barrisa with the other novices in a few days." I wrinkled my nose. "The girls are cute and all, but Priestess Melota implied I could bring some of my pack with me if I wanted." I blushed. "I know we're not...that we..."
"We'll come," Asano said with a smile. "I remember that field trip myself. It's one of the temples they used to redirect power to the Shrines, and it's a day's trip from here, so they just love bringing novices there."
I looked at Rayth. "You don't mind spending two days with me and a bunch of teenage girls?"
"It's fine." He kissed my forehead. "It will be fun, as Asano said."
I perked up and had gotten some energy back by the time Nikki picked me up.
I climbed into the carriage. "Good morning."
He was reading again and barely looked up at me. "Morning."
I let the first half of the trip pass in silence. Asano wanted me to throw myself at him, but I just couldn't bring myself to paw at him like the other omegas.
"Just as a reminder," I started. "I've got the trip to the Temple of Barissa in a few days."
Nikki didn't look up from his book. "Sure."
"It's an overnight trip," I added.
"Right." He paused and then looked up me. "Wait, what?"
"Priestess Melota wants us to have the experience of visiting one of the oldest standing temples," I said.