Page 77 of Pack Baines

Stretching as I wake, I smile as I feel every delicious ache, groaning softly as my back cracks after sleeping for hours trapped beneath an insatiable Creek. The moment we bonded, it’s like he couldn’t control himself, and we found ourselves close to rutting long into the early hours of the morning. Not once were we interrupted, and it makes me wonder now if they knew what happened between Creek and me for them to stay away from the nest.

Looking around the nest, I smile softly as I find my alpha sleeping soundly beside me, his arm slung over my waist as he snores softly. With my grin, a shadow of one appears on Creek’s lips, and I bite my lip as a wave of love washes over me, his subconscious feeding me his emotions even as he sleeps.

Pressing a kiss to his forehead, I sneak out from beneath him and gather his shirt, tugging it over my head before slipping out of the nest with a glance back at the first alpha to bond with me. On the tips of my toes, I silently rush to the bathroom, going about cleaning myself up and emptying my screaming bladder before washing my hands and face, brushing my teeth, and finger combing my wild, purple hair before leaving the bathroom with a smile that looks out of place on me. I like it, though. I like it a lot.

With a little pep in my step, I make my way downstairs, pausing when I hear the guys’ voices from below.

“—definitely think they bonded last night?” I hear one of them ask, pretty sure it’s Leylan, the soft tones of his voice making me shiver and smile.

“I’d bet my life on it,” Lowie laughs, before I hear him sigh. “Lucky bastard.”

I’m grinning at the round of laughter that brings, and I make my way down the stairs, sure to make myself heard. I’m not even off the last step when I’m rushed by three alphas and a beta, all with varying expressions but each one notably happy to see me.

“Morning, Angel,” Lowie greets, yanking me into a toe-curling kiss that almost sets me on fire from the inside out. When he pulls back, he offers me that cheeky smile he only gives me and asks, “You have a good night?”

Biting my lip, I nod, taming my smile while keeping the details to myself and aware that my hair is covering Creek’s bite mark on the crook of my neck. If they want to know, they can ask me, and I’m all too happy to let them squirm.

Lowie’s grin grows like he knows what I’m doing, and he leans in and makes a show of inhaling, and I swat him away with a laugh when he says, “You smell different, Angel. Pretty sure you never used to smell so strongly of Creek before.”

I shrug, playing his game. “I mean, we fucked. A lot. So much that his come-”

I’m interrupted swiftly by Evron, who yanks me from Lowie and into his embrace, cupping my jaw before tugging me into another kiss that tastes like pancakes, oak and hazelnut. Only when he’s satisfied, a deep, rumbling purr vibrating his chest and a dopey smile on his face, does Ev pull back and blurts, “So, did he bite you?”

“Christ, Ev,” Geo snickers, rubbing his hand over his face, a flicker of something in those hazel eyes appearing for a moment before it disappears just as quickly. “You’re like a bull in a fine china shop.”

“What? It’s just a question. I want to know who I have to fight to be next in line, is all,” Ev volleys, and if it weren’t for the teasing glint in his eyes, I’d almost think he was being serious.

“You don’t just blurt something like that, you dumbass,” Geo points out with a laugh, avoiding Ev’s shove before offering him one in return. It takes very little time from there before they’re both playfully squabbling, pretend fighting and throwing some really bad smack talk at one another.

While they’re distracted, Leylan steals me away, opting for the more subtly direct approach. Smiling warmly at me, Leylan presses a series of sneaky kisses to my lips while his hands crawl up my throat to cup my jaw. From there, the little shit scoops my hair from my face and neck, pulls back, and his sky-blue gaze drops to my neck instantly.

“Damn, that looks good on you, Juju,” he quips before I even realize he’s talking about my bond mark, and I can’t help breaking out in a beaming grin the moment it clicks in my mind.

Leylan gathers me against him while Ev and Geo continue to bicker and jab at one another, his body completely at ease as he smiles down at me. Lowie takes the opportunity to take up position at my back, one of his arms hooking under my unrestrained breasts, while the other wraps around his brother, effectively trapping me between their hard bodies.

Leaning in until his minty breath brushes my ear, Lowie murmurs, “I like seeing our marks on you, Angel. My brother is right, it looks good on you.”

“Mmm,” I hum, leaning my head back and dropping it onto his shoulder. With a twitching lip, I say, “Thank you. Can’t say I don’t like being marked by my pack.”

I receive twin groans and Lowie leans in to run his nose along the still tender bond mark on my neck, right before he rasps, “You say the word, and Leylan and I will give you two more.”

Ley nods rapidly, eyeing the mark on my neck, an obvious wanting plastered over his face. I grin, loving that they all want to bond with me as much as I want to bond with them, and I tell them both honestly, “As soon as the moment presents itself, I want them all. I want each of your marks, so consider this all ofthe approval, content, and willingness you need. Don’t wait for me to say it, just do it and I’ll be happier than a kid in a candy store.”

It’s Leylan that breathes out harshly, cupping my jaw to pull my face up to his. He drops a lush kiss to my lips before pulling back and whispering, “If it wouldn’t make you late for school, I’d have you upstairs and begging for my teeth in your flesh before you could blink. Consider that my promise that I’m marking you the moment I get you naked beneath me.”

Holy shit.

Blinking rapidly, I can do nothing but stare up at the usually shy and timid alpha with appreciation, sure my cheeks are tinted pink with a heated blush. I’m pretty sure I’m perfuming, too, which would be more embarrassing if the twins weren’t groaning with a need they can’t sate this morning.

Instead, they release me with more kisses and promising winks, before disappearing up the stairs to finish getting ready for school. That leaves me, Ev, and Geo, who are both standing there grinning and panting, having spent their time wrestling by the looks of their mussed hair and the red marks over Ev’s bare chest.

“You’re both ridiculous,” I snicker, before walking right by them to find something to eat.

“But you love us,” Geo growls in my ear, nipping it playfully as he bands his arms around me and carries me into the kitchen.

I sigh as though I’m put out by the notion, nodding sullenly. “I do. I really do. It’s tragic, really.”

“You’re such a shit,” he laughs, depositing me into a stool as Ev produces a plate of warm pancakes and a bottle of syrup.

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