Page 86 of Beta Lies and Cursed Lives
“Brief us,” Willow says, looking back at us apologetically before leaving for another room.
“That doesn’t sound good at all,” Colt says with a sigh.
We all agree, but there’s something different now. Something that wasn’t true before.
“We’re going to fight back,” I say. “I bet we’re going to take down that facility, too.”
“And any others we find,” Rai adds.
Aubrey puts his arm around my shoulders. “And then, we’ll take the fight straight to the GBE.”
Miranda
One month later…
“Keep your eyes covered!” Colt says excitedly.
“No peeking, or else,” Aubrey says from behind me, close to my ear, making me shiver.
My Alphas had found me with my aunt—it’s easier these days to use the title for Willow—and told me they had a surprise for me. I was immediately excited and suspicious, especially when Rai took one of his old blindfolds from his pocket with a devious grin and tied it over my eyes.
After a very frustrating few minutes of them taking me up the stairs, shouting, “Step!” in unison every time I needed to take a step upward, my face flaming with embarrassment, we finally arrived at the floor where their secret was located. I had lost count.
They’d steered down a hallway until they stopped me by the shoulders.
A door opens in front of me, and I’m guided through it, then stopped when the door closes behind us.
“Close your eyes, and keep them closed until we tell you.” Rai’s smooth voice comes from in front of me as fingertips grip the blindfold and pull it over my head. I hear footsteps circle behind me, then all three of them say, “Open your eyes!”
My heart thumps as I do as instructed, my breath catching immediately.
It’s a bedroom.Ourbedroom. The walls are freshly painted a pale gray, decorative paintings and photographs hang on the walls. There are dressers, four of them, and at the center against the back wall is an enormous bed, a canopy draped over it hung from the ceiling, made of layers of sheer fabric in a rainbow of colors. And the pillows—they’re everywhere! All sizes and shapes, looking plush and fluffy. And it’s all I can do not to leap onto the bed and bury myself in their softness.
I don’t realize I’m crying until I sniffle, and my Alphas embrace me together, kissing me one by one.
“Do you like it?” Colt asks tentatively, like he actually needs to. All of my Alphas feel what I feel, just like I feel them. It’s part of our bond.
But they want me to say the words. “I love it.” My voice is an airy whisper.
“Good,” Aubrey says before putting his hand out in front of me.
I look at him in question.
“Socks,” he says.
I frown and back away from him. “They’re my socks.”
He sighs as Rai’s laughter fills the air. “You can have any of our clothing you wish,Hime.Anything at all for your nest.”
“Yeah, you don’t want months-old socks stinking up the place.” Colt’s nose wrinkles.
I pout at them. “But...memories…”
Aubrey puts his hands on either of my shoulders. “We’re going to make more memories, Miranda. This I swear to you.”
“In fact,” Rai sings, “we should start now.”
“Absolutely.” Colt’s smile is wicked.
