Page 21 of Snowed In Sucker
“Oh fuck,” I find myself murmuring, all of this hitting me like a ton of bricks. How could I have completely blocked all of this out? How could I forget how my own body works?
Inside of me, an egg or possibly even multiple eggs are being formed. Our children. Landon’s children. Oh gods! Are we ready for this? Does he even want children? Would he want childrenwith me?
This is all so overwhelming but at the same time, my instincts take over. My inner octopus knows what it wants, it knows exactly how this will all go. I cling to that certainty, letting it wash the worries away. This is all so much but at the same time, I can’t help but feel like it’s destiny.
None of this even matters until I sit down and talk to Landon about it. I shove all of the worries and excitement and everything in between into a box, focusing on finishing this conversion with my sister and then getting to my mate as soon as possible.
“Sounds like it, yeah,” Himari says with a little chuckle. “From what you’ve told me, this doesn’t have to be the end of the world. Just talk to him, Jett, I’m sure he’ll understand.”
“Fuck,” I say again. I stand up and start bundling myself up. “Thank you for the talk, but I have to go.”
“Go get your man!” I hang up the phone and step outside, planning to do just that.
Chapter Nine
Landon
I let out along groan, feeling like absolute dog shit that’s been frozen over and then dethawed. My head is spinning, my body is weak, I’m somehow sweating while being frozen at the same time, and my stomach keeps cramping up. The only thing that’s helping is having Jett’s jacket shoved against my face but I can’t live like that!
There’s a knock on my door and I call out, letting them know the door is open. There’s some shuffling and some things dropped on the floor before my dads are walking into the living room and looking down at me.
“Oh, Landon,” my omega dad says, frowning. Immediately he’s on his knees beside me, brushing my hair away from my face. “Sweetie, you look awful.”
I give him a little smile. “Thanks, Dad. Good to see you too.”
“Don’t sass me. I’m worried about you,” he says, his hand pressing against my face. “You’re burning up.”
“Do you think he needs a doctor?”
“I’m not sure, Teo.” My dad looks back at me. “Tell me everything so we can get to the bottom of this. When did this all start?”
I explain as much as I can. It’s hard to focus but I think I get everything out. I tell them about my run. I tell them how I ended up at Jett’s house. Then I explain our weekend together and how magical it all was.
Teo, my alpha father gives my omega dad, Zac, a small smile. “It reminds me of our first weekend together.”
“Now is not the time. Wait, you might be onto something,” my omega dad says slowly. “What you’re describing, it’s very similar to what I would describe as a heat.”
“But I’m an alpha,” I say, my voice breaking. “How could that be?”
My alpha dad picks up my wrist, breathing in my scent. He shrugs. “You smell like an alpha who’s going through withdrawal.”
“We have to call Jett.”
I fumble for my phone but freeze when there’s a knock at the door. It’s loud, like the person is desperate to get inside. We all look at each other.
“Well, I certainly can’t get up,” I say, making the two of them finally move. They run to the door and pull it open. I can hear them talking but my head is still quite foggy, unable to really focus on what anyone is saying. If I’m honest, I’m still trying to process the conclusion my dads had about what’s going on. Could this be because I’m away from Jett?
“Landon.”
I look up, my eyes meeting Jett’s. Gods, were his eyes always so pretty?
“Jett,” I breathe out, the tightness in my chest loosening for the first time since I got home. I open my arms and Jett is there, somehow squeezing his big frame onto the couch alongside me.
“I know what’s going on,” he says into my hair. I keep my face against his throat, just breathing in his salty, ocean scent. With every breath, I feel a little better, my head growing a little clearer.
“What? How do you know?”
“It’s because of me. I’m so sorry, Landon.”
