Page 94 of Aries
“So, details,” I demanded as I dutifully took bites from the fork Nikolai offered.
Luca spoke up, running a hand through his curly hair. “There have been several operations that have been traps. At least four, but maybe more. Our men show up and get ambushed.”
My chest tightened. “That happened last night?”
“Yes,” Nik said. “But we’re obviously fine.”
I studied Luca, then Ronan, then finally turned to Nik, my eyes raking over their skin, taking in any scrapes and bruises there. When I didn’t find any, I turned back to Luca who was hiding a smile.
“We’re okay, we promise. I figured this out before we arrived, so we flipped the script on them.”
“Good,” I growled. Nik chuckled and offered another bite, which I took a bit too aggressively, ignoring the amusement echoing in the bond.
If I had all their bites, I’d be able to tell if things went south.
My omega was satisfied with that thought and I shoved it away. This pack coming together was already far too fast.
“A bit more digging, and I narrowed down the digital signature of this person, and it has to be someone close to all of us. I need my damn setup from back home.”
“Could we go and get it?” I mused. “Or recreate it at the very least.”
“Do you have space for me to set something up?”
I thought over the possibilities before settling on a few options.
“I’ve got an attic. It’s not huge but we could probably renovate and sound proof. Otherwise one of the guest rooms or my empty nest.”
The room went still, except for Leon who already knew my nest was nonexistent. I made somewhat of a nest in my bed but never felt compelled to have one of my own, even if the house had space for it.
“You don’t have a nest?” Nik asked, setting the fork down and turning me around to face him.
“No,” I said with a shrug. “Haven’t really needed one.”
“How did you get through your heats?” Luca asked.
“I didn’t,” I snorted. “I chose suppresents. My shot lasted through the last heat. I have an appointment for another next week since it’s a couple weeks away.”
“I’m trying really hard not to alpha out here, baby. Do we need to take you to a nesting store?”
“I mean, if I wanted that I’d have gotten my own things,” I pointed out. For the first time, my inner omega seemed to protest, a feeling of unease rippling through me.
“It might be different now. You have a full pack that you didn’t have before. And two bites,” Leon pointed out.
His point had merit.
I snatched another piece of bacon just to have something to do, chewing it as I considered what they said.
“I wouldn’t even know where to start,” I finally mumbled as I wiped the grease off on a fresh napkin.
“Then we go to a store and you follow your instincts,” Luca said. “And no, I won’t be taking that space for this. Maybe I can just set up in the attic. How much work does it need?”
“It just gets stuffy in there, but we have some amazing men around town that are good at this kind of thing. I can have them install some kind of vent or fan up there.”
The alphas grumbled at the thought of another man coming in.
“Just convert one of the guest rooms down here,” Ronan concluded. “We can bunk together when we’re not sleeping with our omega.”
“I’m going to need a much bigger bed if that’s the case,” I pointed out. “My king bed isn’t going to fit all four of us.”
