Page 74 of Blizzards and Brews

Then he shocked me by letting out a low breath and forcing himself to relax. He nodded once at Spencer and glanced at me.

“What can we get ready for you?”

My brain stalled for a second. I wasn’t expecting this turn of events. Holloways were absolute, but I never expected the first time Spencer used one would be for me to have alone time with Lindsay. Yet, I also knew I wasn’t about to protest.

We would have all afternoon and evening to ourselves. No sharing, no drama, just me and my mate.

“I can grab some snacks,” Adam started to say but I cut him off. We both know that his version of snacks never matched ours.

“She likes road trip snacks,” I said quickly. This needed to be perfect for her. “We’ll stop for those on the way.”

Adam groaned at my words. “Can you at least make sure to feed her properly?”

“I always do,” I said, giving him a grin that said I absolutely did not. At least not to his standards. “Some days just happen to be junk food days, brother. I still can’t believe you’re standing on that hill.”

“I’m not giving up until you realize that green vegetables are not the enemy. They make you healthy,” he said with a growl that was half-hearted.

Just like that our joking had defused the tension lingering in the room. I don’t even think Adam realized it, but from the waythat his shoulders unclenched, that the tight lines of his jaw had loosened, and his features softened I knew it worked.

It was funny how triplets could be so very different. Not only was it rare to have different designations, but our builds were different, and our personalities were stark opposites in every way. Yet, we worked perfectly as a group… a pack.

Spencer added to the mix just rounded us out further.

I was surprisingly grateful for Spencer walking into the bar that night, finding Lindsay first, and then subsequently the pack.

Our lives had changed drastically in only a few short weeks. Lindsay had mentioned before that she didn’t want Spencer coming in and our relationship changing to seem like she was choosing usbecauseof him, but I didn’t think it was a bad thing at all.

If he was the missing piece that helped her find us, then how could I be mad?

At the end of the day, a pack without an alpha that could give Ollie what he needed would never work. She knew that, and even we knew that, but we weren’t willing to let her run from us because we knew she belonged here.

Now everything was falling into place, and I would be damned if I let the asshole who took advantage of her set us back again.

“I’m going to go tell her the plan,” I said, clapping Spencer on the shoulder as I walked past as a silent thank you.

He was the voice of reason among brothers, and that, in itself, was a feat.

When I got upstairs, her door was open. Lindsay was sitting on the edge of her bed, staring at the pile of things that she’d gathered from her tiny home. She didn’t even notice me walking up. Her eyes were blankly focused on nothing as she was lost in her head. Spencer was right, she needed a Holloway in the worst way.

I knocked on her door frame and she startled, looking up at me with wide eyes. I offered my best reassuring smile.

“It’s Holloway time. Get your ass in the car.”

Her face lit up like she was drowning and I’d just tossed her a life vest. She didn’t hesitate to jump up from the bed, shoving a few things in her mini backpack and slinging it on her back before following me to my room.

I swapped out of my hoodie into a fresh one, knowing damn well she’d want those windows down, before snagging a second and handing it over to her.

“Adam will kill me if I let you walk out without one.” Her smile softened as she shrugged out of her backpack and slid the hoodie on before putting it back in place. The sweatshirt definitely swallowed her, but she looked so damn cute I couldn’t help but lean down and brush a kiss across her lips.

“Come on, let’s go scream out lyrics until we can’t speak. We’ve got a gas station to hit for snacks and an open road waiting for us.”

“Hell yeah, we do,” she said, putting her sunglasses in place and heading for the door.

The guys were still waiting where I left them. I waited patiently while she said goodbye to them, trying to offer reassurances, but they didn’t need it.

We could already see the change in our girl.

Lindsay and I climbed into my car. I waited until she was buckled in before I started it up. We didn’t bother with music as we headed to the closest gas station, which was about a five minute drive.