I met were cool sheets. I glanced at the clock on the nightstand and realized it was almost noon.
I had definitely overslept, and my mate was nowhere to be found.
I pushed myself up into a sitting position, scrubbing a hand over my face as I blinked away the last traces of sleep.
“Babe?” I glanced around, half-expecting her to be in the bathroom.
“Aw, missed you, too, honey,” Rhodes drawled from the open doorway.
I smirked. “Asshole.”
“And here I thought our love was stronger than that,” he mused, coming into my room and handing me the mug of coffee in his hand.
I took a sip, grimacing at the bitter liquid.
“How’d you sleep?” he asked, dropping into the chair by my bookshelf.
“Too long,” I answered, taking another drink.
“You’re not a superhero, Rem. You need sleep, too.” He frowned at me, looking a little concerned.
“Where’s Skye?” I set the coffee on the table.
He smiled slightly. “Downstairs with Larkin and Katy.”
“The twins?”
“School. Katy made them go. Dax was pretty pissed.”
I frowned. “That sounds about right.” It was easy to forget my little brothers weren’t so little anymore.
“Nikolai and Dimitri are on their way here. They just got confirmation that there’s three planes full of shifters coming to help. They want to know how you want to handle things. Plus, Michael and Dante have a list of packs that want to join sooner rather than later.” Rhodes ran a hand through his shaggy hair. “You’ve got a lot of decisions to make, Alpha.”
I exhaled hard. “You guys shouldn’t have let me sleep in.”
Rhodes snorted and stood up. “Take it up with your mate. She threatened all of us with bodily harm if we woke you up.”
That sounded about right. “How does she seem today?”
Rhodes sighed, thinning his lips for a second as he considered the question. “Better, honestly. I think what happened in Long Mesa was cathartic for her. That and whatever you guys did last night.”
“Excuse me?” I started to reach for my coffee and froze.
He chuckled as he headed for the door, lightly tapping the wall. “You guys definitely need your own place, man. Or better soundproofing.”
“I fucking hate you,” I grumbled, my chin dropping to my chest.
“Love you, too, babe,” he returned with a grin as he ducked out of my room.
A second later Skye appeared, her green eyes narrowed. “Did he wake you up? I swear to God, Rhodes is like a little kid sometimes.”
“Sure you actually want some of our own?” I teased, appreciating the way her jeans and t-shirt effortlessly molded to her curves. Her hair was tied back in a long braid that would look amazing wrapped around my fist.
With a grimace, I shifted in the bed, glad Rhodes hadn’t mentioned that my body wasn’t finished with whatever Skye and I had been doing last night.
She smiled as she sat down on the bed in front of me, and the image was so stunning that I forgot to breathe for a second.
“I think if we can handle Rhodes and Ryder under one roof, we could easily handle a dozen toddlers.” Her teeth lightly bit on her lower lip and I surged forward with need to kiss her, sucking her bottom lip between mine with a needy pull.
She ducked away with her eyes sparkling. “If my dad wasn’t on his way here …”
Yeah. Mentioning her father was the fastest way for my dick to deflate.
I cleared my throat. “Yeah, well, apparently it’s for the best since everyone is awake, too.”
She tilted her head to the side. “What does that mean?”
“That the walls in our new house need more soundproofing than what we have here,” I replied with a laugh.
It took a second, but her cheeks instantly flushed pink when she realized what I meant.
“Oh, no.” She covered her face with a self-deprecating laugh mixed with a groan. “That’s … awkward.”
I pulled her hands down, not wanting to miss a second of her smile even if it was because she was embarrassed as hell.
“Babe, it’s fine,” I assured her. “And if they heard anything, it’s because they took an hour off from doing exactly what we were doing.”
She gave me an exasperated look. “And if Sam and Dax heard?”
I winced. “Luckily their rooms are at the other end of the hall.”
Her head fell, but her shoulders shook with silent laughter. “I take it back. We’re so not ready to be parents.”
“We can still practice, though.” I grinned and pulled her forward until she was sprawled over my lap like a decadent buffet