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Chase sensed it at once and looked down at him. Something passed between them and when Chase looked at me next, I knew what it was even though I couldn’t put it into words. Something had changed or formed between us. The three of us were like… a unit? A team? I wasn’t sure but it felt like security, calmness and strength, and I liked the feeling.
Chapter Seven
CHASE
They wereboth silent in the back of my car. Just like that first time, my eyes kept flying to the mirror to see them. And every time I caught one of their gazes, my heart squeezed.
This was crazy.
I had only met them twice. But there was something in Wren’s eyes that looked like trust and something in Usman’s that looked like hope and I would be damned if I wasn’t going to do exactly the thing I’d spontaneously declared that I would.
These two were mine now and I was going to keep them as long as they’d let me.
“Those people back there,” I finally said, breaking the silence. “What did they destroy exactly?”
“Just our tent,” Wren answered ruefully. “They’d already stolen all our stuff.”
“When?” I asked, but I thought I knew.
“Last time we were with you.”
I had to grit my jaw and try to breathe. I was still angry over the scene I’d found; Wren and Usman surrounded by anaudience of street rats watching as an alpha harassed them. My hands gripped the steering wheel harder.
What kind of scumwatchedsomething like that? Were those the types of people they’d always been surrounded by?
I couldn’t stand that. Ihadtoshow them a better life.
“We managed fine,” Usman told me, like he was trying to calm me down, but anger rushed through me again, this time directed at myself. It was irrational but I was frustrated that I had left them in that situation while I had carried on with normal life.
“That’s not the point,” I gritted out.
They both fell silent until we were turning into my neighborhood and Usman gasped softly.
“Where are you taking us?” he asked uncertainly.
I glanced at him again in the mirror. He was looking outside, always so attentive, and now I knew why his eyes were so sharp. He was always on the lookout, aware at all times of the danger that they lived in.
“I’m taking you home,” I informed him, and my voice was firm, leaving no room for doubt.
His eyes widened.
“Holy shit,” Wren muttered quietly, following Usman’s gaze out the window. “In Riverview Heights?”
As we entered the esteemed neighborhood, I shrugged lightly. There was a reason that I had been so unaware of the lives they lived. So unfamiliar with street omegas in general.
Their world was one far removed from the one that I knew and had known my whole life.
I had been born into privilege, lived surrounded by the upper crusts of society, met my mate in high school, then inherited my father’s company when he was ready to retire.
In all ways, my life had been laid out for me from the start and I wasn’t the type to try to break the mold. Why would I? I had been happy.
It had taken losing Ariana for me to even consider branching out to something different, something I’d thought would pale by comparison. My gaze flew to them again. They weren’t less vibrant that Ariana was. They weren’t less deserving of love and happiness. Sure, they weren’t her, but that was perfect. A replacement wasn’t what I needed. No one would ever replace what I’d had with my first mate. And now, if this went any further, no one would replace Wren and Usman either. They were special in their own ways.
I didn’t know how it would work in the real world, but I had nothing left to lose and everything to gain.
I pulled into the long driveway of my home and shut off the car but didn't get out right away. The guys didn't move in the back seat, clearly waiting.
Finally, I turned to face them.
