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Perfect. I smiled at that as my eyes fell shut. Yeah, I could work with that.

Chapter48

“Uncle Nash?”

Fuck! My head jerked up off the pillow and I noted several things at once. The light wasn’t too bright, so I hadn’t slept through my alarm again. This was also not my bedroom, and then there was the feel of two sets of muscular arms around me. I was not in my bed. Then there was the third thing. That voice was familiar, sounding like Maddox, and right then I looked over to see the door knob turn.

“Nash!” I hissed, elbowing someone hard.

“Wha…?”

“Nash, we’re out of milk,” came the muffled voice behind the door.

“Pantry, second shelf,” he replied, leaping out of bed and grabbing his pants. He went to pull his shirt on, saw it had no buttons on and then tossed it to one side. “Plenty of long life stuff there.”

“Only long life? That stuff tastes like shit.”

“Only long life,” Nash confirmed in a very calm, reasonable tone, grabbing up a pillow with undue vehemence and then pegging it at Lin’s head. The man’s head lifted up off the pillow and then he blinked wildly. “But tell ya what, get your bloody brother ready early and we’ll do a Macca’s run.”

“Fuck yeah!” The sound of feet stampeding off let us all take a breath.

“Get up,” Nash growled at Lin.

“Nope, don’t want to.” The blond bear shifter snuggled into my side, ready to go back to sleep, only to groan when I pulled free.

“I need to get to work. Nope.” I looked at the dress on the floor. “I need to get home and then get to work, without the boys seeing me. Why did we end up here?”

“To say I wasn’t thinking with my big head is an understatement,” Nash said ruefully. “Cole will need to take you home.”

“What? Fuck no.” Lin grabbed me and tugged me back down on the bed. “I licked Ellie, so she’s mine.” I remembered just how well he had licked me and flushed. “Maybe I could lick her again…”

I shoved him away.

“I have to be at work—”

“And we’re due at that site in the city,” Nash snapped. “Cole’s already gone AWOL painting Ellie’s place, so he can take her home and—”

“Fine…”

Lin was like a big house cat, but right now he was one that had his tail tugged. He threw the covers back, revealing a whole lot of golden brown hotness, his cock rigid. He winked when he caught me staring, the ghost of that monster still felt inside me.

“Sit tight,” Nash told me. “I’ll get the boys out of here and on the way to school for some breakfast. Cole can break land speed records when the need arises. You’ll get to school on time.”

I thought this was the point when the two of them would turn to go, but they drew closer instead. Morning breath apparently was no deterrent to bears, because one kissed me long and slow, then the other, until Lin’s idea of spending the day in bed seemed like the only reasonable option.

And maybe that’s why I felt a wrench when they pulled away.

“We’ll come look for you after work,” Nash promised, hand on the door.

“Nash, are we really getting Maccas?” Knox shouted.

“Or maybe I should come around here and help the boys,” I whispered. “That’s how all of this started, remember?”

“Yeah?” The two of them shared a look, seeming inordinately pleased by that idea. “Just tell us when and we’ll be here.”

And with that they were gone, the sounds of masculine voices getting louder, then trailing away, the front door slamming. It felt like I was all on my own as I scrambled out of bed, putting my bra on and hunting around for my underwear until I remembered Lin still had them. It was in the midst of that memory, when the door swung open.

“Oh, fuck yeah.” Cole said as he stepped into the room, quickly shutting it and locking it behind him. “Those little pricks… They said you were here, but they didn’t tell me you were like this.” His boot shot out, stamping down on my dress, stopping me from yanking it on.

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