Page 13 of Omegas Need
“Come now, there’s no need to fight,” he said. The words were innocent. But there was a sleezy slur to them. Even the way he spoke made my skin crawl.
Chancing a glance up didn’t help when I caught his gaze and that creepy smile.
“Next time you go searching for an alpha, remember, I’m right here.” He leaned closer. “I don’t want either of you going looking for someone else. Got it?”
He winked and turned to Shae.
“Come,” he ordered, and Shae followed at once.
I felt like I was going to be sick the moment he walked away.
Manny waited, made sure I was following and then hurried to our tent.
The moment we entered, I knew we had been robbed.
I shifted back into my human form, cursing.
“Fucking jerks!” I shouted.
Manny shifted at my side, looking beyond worried. Our tent was barren of all the small comforts we’d had. Blankets and pillows all gone along with our bags.
They hadn’t held much; toiletries, our other clothes, the book Manny had found recently. But the contents didn’t matter as much as the fact that they wereours.
His hands reached for me, trying to calm me, but my heart was racing, and I moved around the small space, trying to decipher the scents of whoever had been in here but the smells had already faded to a light whisper and I couldn’t recognize them.
Sighing, I flopped onto my butt, hugging my knees.
“Taking our blankets was low,” I said.
“Yeah,” Manny agreed. “You’d think we weren’t all in the same boat.”
“We could go tent to tent, find who took them.”
Manny was already shaking his head.
“We’ll just buy new ones.”
“That’ll take forever to save up for.”
“In the meantime, we’ll just have to keep each other warm...”
I glanced up at him, warmth billowing through me at the solidarity in his gaze.
Somehow, a laugh bubbled to the surface, and I chuckled.
“I guess whoever it was didn’t know about that part,” I mused. “We don’t need blankets to get through winters, do we?”
I crawled over to where he was sitting at the edge of the tent and snuggled into him. His arm went around me, holding me tightly to his side.
“You’re warmer than any bit of fabric.”
I could feel his smile in the kiss he pressed to my hair.
“Or maybe theydidknow and were jealous,” he said.
I looked up at him, mesmerized by those soulful eyes, as always.
“Maybe,” I agreed. “Who wouldn’t be? They’re all alone out there and we have each other.”
