Page 16 of Omega Shattered
She sighed and it made me want to scoop her up and pull her against my chest while I purred. That would scare the shit out of her though, so I settled for stroking the leg my hand was still resting on.
"When will the storm be over, you think?"
I shrugged. "The weather expert said what, two or three days? I'm not sure anything will be drivable at that point, though. Might be here for a couple more days while we wait for them to plow the roads."
She nodded thoughtfully. "Okay."
There was a crash from the kitchen and River yelped, sending me jumping to my feet, with the omega bouncing up right behind me.
Chapter 9
Pizza Buddies
Ifollowed Archer as he ran for the kitchen.
River was swearing nonstop and as we entered the room, he looked up at us from where he was sitting on the floor. The oven door stood open and three frozen pizzas lay scattered around him. The oven rack was at his feet.
"What . . . happened?" Archer asked curiously.
"Fucking mouse in the fucking oven is what happened!" River looked completely undone, his cheeks red, his eyes wide. For the first time, I realized his eyes were blue, a very dark blue, but blue.
"What's going on?" Orion and Kade appeared right behind us.
"Apparently, our formerly fearless leader found a mouse in the oven," Archer chortled.
"It was a big mouse." River scrambled to his feet. "This house is infested."
He stormed out of the room, bumping hard into Orion as he squeezed past us.
"He's scared of mice?" I whispered to Archer.
"He had bad experiences with mice when he was a kid."
Frowning, I looked around the kitchen. There was nothing I could see to indicate a mouse was living there and when I peered into the oven, I didn't see any droppings. "Are we sure there's a mouse?"
"I can hear you talking about me!" River yelled from the other room.
Kade sighed, went to the fridge and pulled out a salad. It looked exactly the same as the salad he'd eaten for lunch. He carried it to the dining table, sat down and opened it, carefully adding his dressing.
"Should I put the pizzas back in?" I asked no one in particular.
"THEY'RE INFECTED!" River hollered.
"The heat will kill anything that got on them," I called back, feeling braver now that I knew the big bad alpha had a weakness. Not one I could easily exploit, but a weakness.
"Nah, let's toss them. I'll find a pan and we can put new ones on. Can you preheat the oven?" Archer grabbed the pizzas off the floor and tossed them in the trash.
"That's just going to bring in more mice," I pointed out quietly.
"Well, can you blame them? It's cold outside," Orion muttered before disappearing into the living room.
I dug out more pizzas while Archer found baking sheets and set the rack back in place. We laid the fresh pizzas out and popped them in the oven when it was done preheating, then he set a timer on his phone and we moved back into the living room.
When I went to take the armchair again, Archer quickly intercepted me and plopped me in between himself and Orion once more. They were both nice and warm, though Orion sat very stiffly beside me. It wasn't as terrifying as the first time since I felt like I knew Archer a little better.
Orion flipped the television to a horror channel where It was playing and River groaned.
"Not this stupid movie again."
