Page 38 of This Pack of Ours

“I think I need a drink,” I said, and headed over to the bar.

I needed alotof drinks.

JUNIPER

It was tense after Vander stormed out, but things at their table slowly settled back into a comfortable mood.

Eventually, Kit stood and stretched, drawing three pairs of hungry eyes to his navel. Plus mine. I looked away as another shot of heat and a cramp made me shudder.

Kit grinned and practically skipped over to me. I could tell he was a little tipsy.

“Okay, so don’t be mad, but I agreed to go to their apartment. Oh, fuck, not to like, stay over Juni, but Ez said he had this really rare figure of Kaizi Kai and I like,needto see it. We’ll just stop by, ‘kay?”

I frowned at him, but his puppy dog eyes were frighteningly powerful.

“Fine.” I slipped my laptop into its case. “See the figure. Then we’re going home.”

Kit nodded happily, before leaning closer to whisper.

“I mean, maybe I’ll fuck them a little bit in between," he snickered, and I raised my eyebrows. Okay, maybe he was more than a little tipsy.

“You can do that when you’re sober, Tiger,” I said, taking his arm.

“Aw. Juni. Please?” he pouted.

“I did not sign up for this.” We started walking back to the pack.

“I’m just saying, if you’ve got to suck Jhin’s?—”

I stepped on his foot, hard, and he yelped, before sulking again. I’d told him thatbeforeI knew he was going to meet them all. Hopefully, he didn’t mind that mental image.

We reached the pack, and I raised my chin, making sure to look at them as though everything was fine. Because itwas.

“Kit said we’re stopping by your place for abriefvisit?” I asked firmly.

“I’d definitely like to visit their briefs,” Kit mumbled, and I kicked his shoe. Ez gave a laugh that he turned into a cough with Jhin’s side eye.

“Yeah, our van’s over here," said Adrian.

Vander was sulking in the back of their white minivan, and didn’t even look up as they piled inside.

Kit and I followed them through the streets in my car, slowing finally when we started down Avalon, and then into a tall, grungy apartment complex. I pulled into a guest spot and locked the doors.

The pack met us and took us in through the stairs.

“Do you guys have an alpha suite?” Kit asked as we got into the dingy elevator.

“Yeah, but we split it with another pack,” Ez said. “It’s still a lot of space now though, compared to what we had before.”

The elevator dinged, and we walked down the corridor. Kit had slipped his arm through Ez’s, head resting on his shoulder. Jhin was just starting to turn the key in the lock when the door was yanked open. A young, skinny alpha with messy brown hair and baggy clothes slipped out, tugging the door mostly closed behind him. For some reason, his clothes were quite wet.

“Hey, Jhin! Funny thing, I was just about to call you—” He stopped as he saw me and Kit, eyes darting between us.

Kit was still leaning against Ez.

“Hey. ‘sup, I’m Travis McKracken,” he said, leaning back against the doorframe and giving me a casual nod. “Or you might know me as MC Kracken.”

I opened my mouth to tell him to fuck off, but before I could, Adrian’s hand slipped into mine, his cinnamon and pear scent flaring a bit. He stepped between me and Travis, giving him a dark look and making my cheeks heat a bit.

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