Page 60 of Stella

My last pack had wanted to have sex all the time. They thought being in heat meant nonstop sex.

For me there would be a time, soon, when it would become a marathon, but I wasn’t there yet.

“We could read?” Jerrick asked, and I could have proposed to him on the spot. “Have some nice cuddle time, with snacks?”

I smiled. “That sounds great.”

“Excellent.” Simon stood up and began arranging the pillows around us. “Do you need any other nesting materials?”

Something crossed his face, but he looked away.

“What?” I bit my lip.

“Ava…” he started. He stopped for a moment, before pressing on. “She nested in between wanting sex, and when she did, sometimes she didn’t want me around.”

“I want you guys here.” I snuggled against Evan. “My last pack wanted to have sex all the time.”

Evan grumbled. “You’re not a human sex doll.”

“Wish someone had told them that,” I snorted. “We could watch movies?” I suggested.

A movie day sounded nice.

“Anything you want.” Evan kissed my cheek. “I’ll pop us some popcorn.”

“But first.” Simon handed me my phone. “Go call your sisters. You’ll feel better.”

I bit my lip. “It’s not that you’re not enough for me.”

Simon smiled, for once with no trace of seriousness. “You love your family. We would never come between that. Go talk to them while we get the movie day set up.”

Something in my chest squeezed. I nodded, pulling a robe over myself and heading outside into the garden.

As I walked out the back door, I overheard Evan and Simon planning a pillow fort, gourmet popcorn, an ice cream sundae bar, while Jerrick went around gathering every pillow in the house.

I called Raina, knowing she would either be with my sisters, or group dial everyone.

Rain picked up on the second ring. “How are you? Do you have enough food? What about some new pillows?”

I smiled. “I’m good. Really great.”

“Good. Hold on.”

A few buttons pushed, and Raina had grouped Luna, Sunshine, Holly, and Ember into the call. “Stella says she’s good.”

“I hope you’re having awesome heat sex,” Ember said.

And that was why we stopped group chatting with Zephyr and Terran. They sent me mail delivery chocolates and left me to my sex life like good cousins.

“It’s amazing.” I sighed. “Much better than my vibrator.”

“Obviously,” Holly snorted. A little girl’s voice piped up in the background.

“Are you at Cole’s?” I asked, whispering for some reason.

“We’re having a book club.” Holly answered primly. “None of you are caught up on Daggers and Designations.”

Holly might have packed up with Aiden and Noah, but she was circling Cole, a sexy alpha who owned a garage and we were all waiting to see who would crack first.

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