I wanted to get to know them all, but I understood that they needed to rest. They were probably tired after their flight andoverwhelmed by meeting everyone. I was kind of tired myself, although I was trying hard not to show it.
A small wail came from the back of the house, and David stood up. “Sounds like Ollie’s up from his nap.”
Elliott’s face lit up. “Oh, you have a baby? May I go with you to get him?”
“Sure,” David said, and they headed for the hall. Upstairs, we could hear Kate and Jeremiah laughing as they played.
When David and Elliott came back with Ollie, all the new omegas oohed and aahed over him. I watched them, interested in everything about them.
Ren and Riku were beautiful young men, ine-boned, and almost delicate-looking with jet-black hair and eyes. They took turns bossing each other around, which was funny.
Keane seemed reserved, holding himself back from the group, while Camp appeared to take charge of the others, gathering them together so they could follow Laura outside.
With them gone, I was able to concentrate more on the three therapists.
Dallas had been with the omegas almost as long as Laura, and when I asked if the brothers were similar in nature, he laughed.
“No. They both have good hearts and are very intelligent, but that’s where the similarities end.”
“I don’t know if I’ll be able to tell them apart,” David said worriedly.
“When I met them, they’d get irritated when I’d mix up, so I soon found a way to tell them apart by studying their mannerisms. Riku talks with his hands. He has a habit of biting the corner of his bottom lip when he’s thinking and blinks rapidly when he’s lying. He’s mischievous and trouble always finds him, much to the annoyance of his brother, who is both irritated by and very protective of his twin. When Ren eats, he often sighs softly and takes time to chew his food. Oh, and Renusually wears his hair slicked back while Riku’s is messier and falls over his forehead a lot.”
That last part was the only helpful thing he said. I couldn’t wait for them to be eating or lying to figure out which was which.
“We’d better get home, we have chores to do,” Angus said. “I’ll bet Ben wants a nap, too.”
“I don’t,” I said, and then blushed when I immediately yawned widely. Everyone chuckled.
“Ben’s expecting,” Angus said proudly.
Gail smiled. She looked to be around Laura’s age, her ebony skin creased at the corners of her eyes and laugh lines beginning to develop around her mouth. She wore her dark-brown hair in elaborate braids wrapped around her head, and a pair of colorful beaded earrings hung from her ears. Over a white t-shirt, she wore a pair of bright cotton overalls the same color of orangey-red as her lipstick and the Crocs on her feet. She regarded us with frank brown eyes from behind turquoise glasses with square frames.
“And he’s your mate?” she asked.
“Mate and husband, and so is Colt.” Angus gestured to Colt as he stood up from where he’d been sitting on the couch.
“Oh, my. A polyamorous mating. How interesting.”
“You sound like Laura,” Colt said, smiling. “So, you’ll probably be interested to know Angus and I are both alphas.”
“I thought so! That’s very unusual,” Gail said. “I’m in the process of getting my doctorate, and my dissertation is on biological character classification. I would be grateful if I could interview you three sometime in the next couple of months.”
“I suppose we could do that,” Angus said, after looking at me and Colt to make sure it was okay with us.
It had been so exciting to meet the omegas, but once inside Colt’s car, I gave in to sleep before we could even get home. Iwoke up when Colt picked me up out of the back seat and started carrying me to the house.
“I can walk,” I said, surprised at how out-of-it I sounded.
“I like to carry you,” Colt replied.
Next thing I knew, I was on our soft be,d and my alphas were stripping off my clothes and tucking me in.
“Come to bed with me,” I murmured.
“We will directly,” Angus said
I sighed. “What does that even mean?”