Her eyes went wide as the dark bond command locked in.
I felt Sin’s gaze fixed on me, but Karma chuckled.
Whatever, what I felt from her in the bond was happiness, not irritation. And I wouldn’t have our omega feeling like she didn’t belong. In fact, she didn’t have to feel guilty about using every soft item we had in this room if it meant a comfortable nest.
I didn’t give a fuck.
It was hard not to notice that even with all the bedding in the room, it still looked pitiful. Maybe I could barter with another pack for pillows. We should probably save our leverage for staying alive, but my chest tightened to think of her having to settle.
“Do the Emerald pack have a nest?” I asked the room at large. “What do they do? Did they just trade for more pillows?”
I’d never paid much attention. There had never been a reason to. Sin had never been big on nesting.
“Actually… it’s perfect,” Crescent squeaked, hugging her pillow closer and grabbing one of the ones I’d put my scent all over.
I had to bite back a pleased growl. Vandle walked out of the bathroom, still damp and rubbing a towel down his bare chest, his sweats slung low on his hips.
The room exploded with decadent cocoa and soft velvet roses, Crescent’s lips parting on a breathy sigh. My cock went rock hard in an instant, and Karma let out a pained sounding grunt, adjusting his pants.
Vandle only looked at Crescent with a smirk, flexing his muscles as he tossed the towel behind him into the bathroom.
“Do I get to visit your nest too, Princess?” he asked.
Visit?Oh, fuck no. I mean… that was athing? Wasn’t she settling in?Wehadn’t visited, we’d only scent marked?—
“Visit?”Crescent’s glittering eyes were wide, and another purr stumbled to life. For a moment, she looked nervous, shooting me a look, but she didn’t stop it this time. “If you want to.”
That bastard.
I glared at him as he slid in behind her, pulling her to his bare chest. These beds were fucking tiny—no one else was going to be able to lay down with her.
Not unless he got up, and it was obvious he was settling in for the long haul.
He was proud of himself too, for pulling one over on the rest of us. I just knew it.
He’d be conscious for half a day, and I was already clocking what a cocky prick he was.
I begrudgingly sat down beside Sin on a different bunk, this one completely stripped bare of all its bedding. Her nest was still frustrating me, almost more than the fact that my packmate had claimed the only available spot in said nest.
She needed more.
I needed toprovide hermore—whatever she needed. Whatever she wanted to create the nest of her dreams.
How had I never felt like this with Sin before?
I prodded him in the bond, side-eyeing him, too.
He shot me a glare as if knowing exactly what was on my mind. “I’m fine.” He grunted. “But I can see if there’s spare bedding to trade for.”
“No.” I straightened. “We’ll manage it.” That was our job—plus, he needed all his leverage open to keep us safe.
Our appeal day couldn’t come fast enough, but even with that, there was so much fucking uncertainty, and we haddaysto wait until the Leo pack’s appeal call.
I’d feel better once they’d successfully taken their omega to the other side.
I had to believe in that, because I couldn’t picture Crescent surviving down here for long.
I had to believe in it because we were so close, and I was sick of damp stone walls and always having to look over my shoulder.