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Cozy contentment coated me.
Carlos kissed my temple. “Sleep, Mi Reina.”
I was going to want them again soon. Already, I could feel that fire in my belly starting to rekindle, but for the moment I’ll allow sleep to take me until it woke me up and I fucked them both again.
And probably Saoirse, too.
Chapter Twenty-Five
Saoirse
“Thank you so much for coming. It was so nice to see you.” Katie waved and left. We’d caught her set on one of the smaller stages and I came over to say hi to her after.
Dusty studied me for a moment. “Is she an assassin, too?”
I laughed as we went back into the crowds of festival-goers. “No.”
“She’s from your village?” He took my hand, keeping me close.
I allowed him since there weren’t a lot of people around. “No.”
“Did you off her cheating husband?” He shot me a grin. At some point he’d lost his blinking Santa hat.
I ruffled his hair. “No.”
“Are you going to tell me how you know each other?” he pleaded.
“She worked at one of the clubs that Fiona and her academy friends used to frequent and cause mischief at. I’ve enjoyed hearing her grow as a musician.” I’d danced with Fiona to her music many times.
“Fiona and her omega academy friends causing trouble at a club? Gee, I never would’ve thought,” he joked as he waved to someone,but kept going.
“Oh, the academy friends are nothing compared to her assassin brunch buddies.” I rolled my eyes. The shenanigans that came out of those brunches could make even the most patient person break down. There was a good reason they had jokes about causing a war with Russia.
He chuckled. “Of course she has assassin brunch buddies. She’s a handful, but in the best way, isn’t she?”
“That she is. I… I love that girl so much,” I admitted.
Dusty nodded. “I can see that. Do you want to marry her?”
“Oh, I would. Though I’m not sure what her fathers would think,” I said softly as we continued to wander around the festival. “They really want to steer her toward a certain type of alpha. One day, one of them might catch her eye.”
“They could simply join your pack.” Dusty squeezed my hand.
“If they’re okay with me. I’m not afraid of the Gallaghers, though many people are,” I replied. While they were just businessmen, not mafia, they still had a lot of power–and a lot of money.
Though there were plenty of families with more money, power, and influence.
Dusty put an arm around my waist. “Hey, can deltas bond people?”
“We can, but it’s a little complicated. The omega has to bite us first. Once they choose us, we can bond them back–and very briefly bond someone else. Alphas can bond us, too, but we can only bond them back when charged,” I explained.
He put a hand to his heart. “They choose you. I love it.”
“While we’ve always protected and cared for omegas, deltas can be a comfort to traumatized omegas and gammas. Not being able to bond them unless chosen gives them some of their power back. We also can get some extra… abilities… after being chosen,” I told him.
“Oh?” His eyebrows waggled as his glasses slid down his nose.
“We develop more of the pheromones they need, though not as much as alphas. Delta males also, well, they don’t get a knot exactly, but they get a little more down there to help. Though I’m a female so I won’t exactly be able to help her through her heat the way an alpha male would, even if we bonded. Did you not learn all this in school?” My eyebrows rose.
