Page 14 of This Pack of Ours

“What is it?” she asked, placing a hand on my shoulder. My skin was still burning.

“I’m done,” I said, catching her eye in the mirror.

She pursed her lips. “Juniper?—”

“I’m fine.” I said, forcing a smile.

“Need me to get security?”

“No. They’re good. Just… I need Kit.”

I needed to talk to him, because he always made me calmer, and I was freaking out right now.

The pills had dissolved, washing through my bloodstream, and I could feel my skin starting to cool, the pain beginning to fade.Thank fuck it worked.

Daisy grabbed my phone for me, and I sat in the bathroom as she talked to the pack.

I dialed his number, splashing some water on my face.

“Morning. You okay?” I asked, keeping my voice quiet. He hadn’t come, and I was anxious to hear his voice.

“So much better. Sorry Juni. I finally stopped puking and slept for like 24 hours, but I feel so bad for leaving you! I’m literally getting dressed and I’ll be on my way.”

“There’s no need. I’m done,” I said. My mouth was starting to feel dry, and it seemed I’d traded heat cramps for a splitting headache.

“Already?” His surprise was evident in his tone. “Okay, I’ll come pick you up then. How was it?”

I gave a shrug he couldn’t see.

It was amazing. For a second, I felt like a normal omega. All I want to do is crawl back into bed with them all and pull them close and never let them go. I lost my mind and told them my name and risked everything?—

“It was, um, fine.”

“Fine?” There was a lift in his voice, and I could picture his cheeky smile. “Juni, are you in love?”

“Shut up,” I said, mortified. “I just meant, I think you’d like them.”

He would like them. They were nice.

“Really?” Kit asked. “Juni, youmustbe in love or high.”

“Try mental breakdown. Kit, I told them my name.”

I could hear his sharp inhale of breath. “No way.”

“No, Kit, this isbad. Pretty sure they’re going to hate me.”

“I don't think that's possible.”

Kit was too sweet. And na?ve.

EZ

She’d been amazing. Fuck. I didn’t know if you should get addicted to an omega from one heat, but I sure as fuck had.

And she’d told us her real name. It made every cell in my body light up with warm fuzzies and shit when I thought of it.

She’d seemed so pissed as she’d told us, like she was jealous ofher own fake name.

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