Page 76 of Knot His Reality

“You do nothing wrong. I do not like he upset you. You are kind beta. Always friendly. No reason for anyone to be mean to you. We will not accept.”

My eyebrows are so high at this point, they’re likely hiding behind the hair falling across my forehead. “Ummm…thank you?”

Camila is full-out laughing now, almost falling out of her chair. “Welcome to my world, Milo. They are a nature unto themselves.”

“What’s so funny?” Victoria asks, her hands landing on my shoulders. She digs her thumbs into the muscles at the back of my neck, and I feel the last of the tension I was holding onto fall away.

“It seems I now have two new protectors.” I moan as she continues her ministrations. My alpha is so damn good with her hands. It won’t be long until I’m putty in her hands.

Eric grunts. “And why do you need more protectors?”

“Rhys was rude to your beta,” Nikolai spits, although it’s clear his disgust is with Rhys and not Eric. “All because he knows what he doing is wrong. Not fair to Milo. He is sweet man.”

“Awww.” Victoria leans down, rubbing her cheek against mine—totally scent-marking me. “Have you been adopted by the twins?”

I shrug, turning my head so I can kiss her. “Hey, if two hot men want to be my protectors, who am I to say no?”

“Now that everyone has joined us.” Remington’s voice ends the teasing as we turn toward him. “I’d like us all to come together and get to know each other. I have some ice-breaker questions we can all answer and then we can just spend the rest of the day relaxing.”

It takes a bit of shuffling around, but we push the tables out of the way and form a circle with the chairs.

“Before we get started with the icebreakers, I wanted to let you know how you can expect the week to go with the dates. Tomorrow, I’ll be doing a solo date with Daniel. Tessa and Bree are ready to help you with planning as soon as you need them. On Tuesday, Pack Hawthorne, you’ll be up. On Wednesday, it’ll be Nikolai, Alexei, Rhys, and Gracie. Santiago, our solo date will take place on Thursday, and that leaves the last group for Friday as Riley, Carter, and Taylor. After we’re finished here, you’re welcome to get with each other to make plans.”

Remy is holding a stack of papers that he turns to face us. It says favorite childhood memory on it. “Now, you always have the option to skip a question, but remember, the more you skip, the less we learn about you. I’ll go first.”

I hang onto his every word as he talks about a summer he and his sister spent with their fraternal grandparents’ pack. The look he gets on his face when he talks about his sister is breathtaking. He clearly loves her. Honestly, I think he could talk about anything, and I’d be happy to sit there and listen to him.

For the next hour or two, we all go around the circle, answering the questions Remington gives to us. We each talk about our family and growing up. We talk about our favorite colors, books, movies, and food. We even cover sexuality, and my poor alpha, she’s the only one who isn’t bisexual. Some answers I already know since we’ve been here since day one. But I’m surprised by more than one answer.

My favorite answer is when Nikolai admits his passion for reading romance novels. Who would’ve thought that the grumpy alpha spends his free time reading? Certainly not me.

Once we wrap up the questions, Remington admits he needs to get out of the sun for a bit and invites us to join him in the basement pool. I love the sun, but I’d much rather be near Remington than out here without him.

I’m not even surprised when everyone relocates to the basement with Remy. As we head down, I catch up to Gracie and Rhys.

“You need to talk to him.”

Rhys grinds his teeth as he glances at me. “I’m aware.”

“Stop it, Rhys,” Gracie admonishes, smiling sweetly up at me. “Thank you for looking out for Remy, Milo. You’re a good man. We will talk to him now, I promise.”

I nod, falling back as Rhys sneers.

Damn, he’s like a completely different man than the one we met on day three.

“I will kill him,” Nikolai tries to push past me, but I block his path.

“Ummm, yeah, let’s not do that, okay?”

Nikolai’s exasperation is clear as he gapes at me. “He was rude again. He cannot do that.”

“He can, and he did. It’s not worth it. You know you’ll be kicked off the show if you hit him, right?”

“Fine. I will not hit him.” Nikolai doesn’t look happy to be agreeing with me, but it makes me smile.

Once we’re all resituated in the basement, I dive into the water. It feels amazing against my skin. When I pop back up, I see that Gracie and Rhys have pulled Remy aside.

At least they kept their word.

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