“Deal,” I said. “Let’s get ready, we’re rolling out in ten.”
Who were we kidding? We were all changed and in the cab of my truck within five minutes flat. Thoughts raced through my head as we made the drive to the bar, heading in through the back and saying a quick hi before Adam Beckett came over himself to take our drink order.
“Hey guys, can’t say I’m surprised to see you here tonight, what took you so long?” Adam laughed.
I couldn’t help the smile that curled my lips, pleased to know that people knew that Autumn was ours. But wait—
“How did you know we were heading here?”
“Lindsay asked for the night off to go out with Autumn, Claire and Riley. It didn’t take much to put two and two together. We’re the only place to get a decent drink around here.”
“Uh huh sure,” I said, narrowing my eyes. “And you have no other staff who could work the bar tonight so allthreeof you are here doing it yourselves. Something you haven’t done in years.”
A rumbling noise rolled out of the alpha. “You want a drink or not, Sheriff?”
“Two Hollow Harvest Brews and one Pumpkin Pale Ale, please,” I said, stopping him before he could move away. “And Adam… I clearly don’t have any room to talk, I’m sitting here aren’t I?”
His tension broke, a grin across his face as we understood each other.
I was a bit surprised at how protective he was over Lindsay, and I wasn’t sure that beta knew what she was in store for.
Our beers arrived a few minutes before their group did, and I swear every eye in the place drew towards them, their bright smiles full of happiness, laughter peeling from their lips as they marched their way to the bar with linked arms.
I couldn’t take my eyes off of Autumn as she drank with her friends, feeling a sense of satisfaction at seeing her joy. She deserved this, and being close to her, ensuring she was safe was enough to quiet the panic that had raged inside me.
All I could think about now was joining her back on that dance floor like I had the first night I saw her here. The two of us danced and moved together as one, and then we did it all again at her place naked, and I never had a better night than I did that night. I’d never laughed or felt as much satisfaction from a partner before.
I shifted in my seat, my thickening cock growing uncomfortable as I thought about the taste of her on my tongue and how she felt around me, so tight and hot and wet.
Her heat was coming up, and I desperately wanted to be part of it. Even if it was only to make sure she was taken care of.
Fuck, I loved her.
I fucking loved Autumn Cedarwick.
I would do anything for her. I’d be anything for her. Even if that meant she might break me.
I’d rather be in pieces knowing her touch than be whole and empty without her.
A tall alpha cutting through the crowd with a purpose towards my omega caught my attention, a face I’d never seen before.
When he stopped right behind her I was up and out of my seat, making my way towards them. I didn’t know what the fucking he was thinking, but it better not be a single thought about my Autumn.
I heard my name being called out from my brothers behind me but I didn’t dare stop.
Autumn was mine. And I was going to make damn sure she knew it.
Chapter23
Autumn
“How did I not know your bosses were so hot?” I whispered to Lindsay as she stood at the bar and passed more drinks back to us.
The alpha behind the bar chuckled. “I don’t think your pack would take too kindly to you checking me out. But any friend of Lindsay’s is a friend of mine.”
“Well I don’t have a pack, sugar, and may I say, you are looking mighty fine tonight, Ollie,” Riley said, simpering at the man in front of him and giving him a full up down.
“If only I swung your way,” Ollie shook his head forlornly. “I’d eat you all up.”