Page 141 of Choosing Their Omega

“What do you want to eat?” Cruz pulls out his phone. “We’ll get whatever you want.”

“I’m really feeling Mexican.”

Cruz grins at me. “Mexican it is.”

I stand up and help Ben and Winston get inside, watching as my men settle back into the house and order dinner. It almost makes me dizzy with relief. I can’t believe that it’s done. It’s over. The only time my men will have to deal with the Grizzlies again is on the ice, where the other team can face my Alphas like actual men instead of assholes.

Otherwise, none of us has to actually deal with them ever again.

Dinner is relaxing, although quiet. Ben is tired from his big day having a playdate with his friend, meanwhile my Alphas and I are just recharging after all the adrenaline and concern we just went through. I don’t want to go to bed just yet, I just need to kind of enjoy the silence and reset.

After dinner, the Alphas insist on cleaning up, while I take Ben and tuck him into bed.

“I’m not sleepy!” Ben insists as I carry him up to his room. “I promise!”

“Okay, that’s fine.” I set him down in his room. “How about we brush our teeth together and wash your face, and I’ll tell you a story. After the story, we’ll see how you feel, okay? Sound like a fair deal?”

Ben nods and I smile. “All right, let’s start with our teeth.”

We brush our teeth together, and I get him ready for bed until he climbs in and I settle next to him. Ben frowns. “Where are your books?”

“I’m not going to read from a book this time, I’m going to tell you a story from my head. Sound good?”

Ben nods, looking curious and excited. I help him settle back against the pillows and clear my throat.

“Okay. So. Once upon a time…”

I tell Ben a story about a lonely Omega who has nowhere to go, and is taken in by four wonderful Alphas, and their adorable kid. I’m pretty sure Ben can figure out that it’s about me, and our family, but I add in a little something at the end as his eyelids droop.

“And the Omega was so very happy,” I tell him softly. “With her wonderful Alphas. And because she and her Alphas love each other so much, they spend a lot of time cuddling, and sometimes they did an adult kind of cuddling, that made the Omega realize she was going to have a baby.”

Ben’s eyes are drooping and tired, but they still obviously light up. “A baby?” he murmurs.

“Mm-hm. The little boy was going to get a baby sibling to play with, and he could be a big brother.” I pass my hand through his hair.

Ben smiles, and settles into sleep. I exhale slowly. He doesn’t give any more of an answer than that, clearly off to dreamland, but his response tells me I think he’ll be happy to know I’m pregnant.

That’s a huge weight off my chest, one I didn’t even have time to think about until we dealt with the Grizzlies issue. Ben lost his mother and so there was this… this fear in me, that maybe he’d feel he lost me, and his uncles, to a new baby. He might have attachment issues.

I’d hate to have either Ben or our new baby feel jealousy or anger. But it looks like Ben is happy with the idea. I can breathe.

I tuck the covers around him and make sure he’s all set up, then I get up and turn toward the door to leave.

But I’m not alone. All four of my Alphas are standing in the doorway, watching us with small smiles on their faces. They all look as unbearably happy as I feel, and it makes something light up in my chest.

I let my feet carry me forward, moving toward them instinctively. I step out of Ben’s room, meeting them in the hallway, and by some unspoken agreement, we all head toward my room. My strides get a little longer, my pace picking up as we near my bedroom, need building inside me with every step.

The four Alphas follow me inside. Knox closes the door behind us, and as soon as it clicks shut, the men are on me, all the tension between us popping like a delicate bubble.

Hands and mouths are everywhere as they surround me in a cocoon of hard male bodies. Cruz kisses me before turning me to face Lawson, whose mouth finds mine immediately. Then Miles, then Knox, before I find myself being kissed by Cruz again.

I lose myself in it as the four of them carry me to the bed and lay me down, never once taking their hands off me. And as our clothes are peeled away and discarded, tossed carelessly on the floor until there’s nothing between us at all, I feel more treasured and protected than I ever knew was possible.

This is more than love.

It’s pack.

And I know in my heart that these men will be mine forever.

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