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Cassian seems less certain about how he feels. Something pinches the space between his eyebrows. He grunts, shifting away from me.
Embarrassed because I felt him? Or mortified by having me as their omega?
I smell Damon’s pumpkin spice just before I feel his hand on the back of my head, petting my hair softly. When I turn my head, he’s smiling. “You two have met before?”
It takes a second for me to register his question as a joke. It must be obvious Cassian and I have met before. I mean, my thighs were almost clamped around his hips.
Cassian doesn’t turn his head as he replies, “This is Remi, from the group home. The one I’ve told you about.”
chapter
fourteen
I’m a dick.
After spending ten years telling my packmate he was either crazy, pathetic, or some morbid combination of the two…
Shit.
I’d wait ten years for her, too.
This fact obviously stuns Remi. She blinks at Cassian in complete shock. The scent of honey-cakes gets richer, the lavender even more of a tease.
Good sweet God.
“You—I?—”
She shakes her head, her dark curls bouncing. “I don’t understand,” she whispers. “We were just friends. I… I thought I irritated you. You were always annoyed with me, telling me I wasn’t being safe.”
I watch Cassian’s gears grind in his skull. His lips part, but the only sound that escapes is an unintelligible huff.
I laugh. “Classic Cass. Let me guess, he snarled and grunted at you all the time?”
“Yes,” she giggles. “It’s not his fault, though. I was… annoying. I followed him everywhere when he was at the home. And I woke him up most mornings before the sun even came up.”
Oh my God, she is so cute. I want to rip her out of Cass’s arms and cuddle her forever. Instead, I lift my hand to touch her cheek.
“I can’t imagine you ever annoying any of us, sweetness.”
Her perfume is perfect. And knowing that burst of sweet sin came from something I said? My knot swells, ready to fill her until neither of us can move.
Drawn by forces beyond my control, I shift closer, not stopping until my shoulder is pressed against Cass’s. Our quietest packmate snarls softly, his face pulling into a pained look.
“Can’t let her go right now,” he mutters to me. “Sorry.”
Then to her, “Sorry, butterfly. I know you must want Damon, too. But it’s taking all I’ve got not to claim you right now.”
She looks startled again, but her scent stays purely sweet. “I’m so confused,” she whispers, looking back at him. “You… want me?”
Cassian is fierce when he wants to be. Fire snaps in his eyes as he stares back at her, scowling. “Not just that. I want to take you home. The same way I wanted to take you home every single day when neither of us had one.”
Part of me wants to pout. Leave it to Cassian to be a grumpy asshole, and yet somehow kick my ass in the romance department.
I don’t think I even care. Because Remi’s beautiful face softens in awe. And the tears shimmering in her blue-gold eyes make me weak.
Her lip trembles while she blinks at Cassian. “Y-you did?”
He did. I can vouch for him.
