Page 100 of Talk About… Dramay
“I’m sure he understands. That man loves you,” Hudson reassured me. “We can plan dinner soon so you can face them with us around.”
This alpha was perfect. He was always so damn calm and reassuring. It felt like no matter what he’d always be this strong force behind me and it gave me so much more confidence to face everything.
Even when I was angry about them hiding our scent-match from me, I never wanted to run.
That and when he was fighting with Cameron over me.
I never had to guess if he would fight for me or stay for me. They explained everything and stood up for me with Cam. It got a bit ridiculous on that dock, but I had no fear that I’d have to walk away from any of them.
We finally reached a cute little town called Lillydale. It was one of those picturesque towns like Rockwood Valley, just with a whole lot less to it. The main drag was tiny, but ahead of us I could make out the shopping center Hudson read about.
It was an adorable strip of brightly colored buildings. They all seemed like small businesses and that was something I would always support. This was the kind of shopping I was used to growing up. Living in the city had been so strange, even years later.
“Where to first?” Hudson asked, though the smirk on his face told me he knew exactly where I’d choose.
“Pet store,” I said, hopping out to wait for him.
Before I could close the door there was an alpha standing near me. I backed up with a squeak and the mountain of a man grinned down at me.
“What are you doing out here all alone, little omega?” he asked, apparently an idiot because I’d climbed out of the passenger side of a car. Which, clearly meant I wasn’t.
“She’s mine, back the fuck off,” Hudson’s voice cut through, fierce and deadly. It wasn’t a yell, simply a calm warning that was laced in enough ice to make me shiver.
The alpha chuckled like he’d told a joke.
“And you let her step away from you for a second. Better watch out, she might want to come home with a real alpha.”
“Ew, absolutely not,” I said, wrinkling my nose. “My alpha is plenty alpha enough for me. And I think you’re confusing alpha with creepy.”
I never did know when to not open my big mouth.
“Come on, Love,” Hudson said, shoving past the asshole and wrapping his arm around my shoulder. He was tense as he led me away, watching behind us to make sure we weren’t followed.
I tried to look back but his arm tightened around me.
“Love, I need you to go inside the closest shop and wait for me,” Hudson said. That deadly calm was freaking me out this time but I didn’t argue. When he opened the door to the shop, he closed the door after me and turned.
There were three alphas following us now, I hadn’t noticed the others. What I wasn’t going to do was stand inside while he got his ass kicked, but I didn’t want to distract him and get my alpha hurt.
Panicking, I glanced around. An older alpha was stalking toward the door.
“Are they bothering you?”
“Yes, he tried to flirt with me and didn’t back off when my alpha said I was taken,” I said in a rush. “He’s alone and there’s three of them now.”
“Don’t you worry,” he said before shoving the door open. I watched the other alphas square their shoulders and face off with Hudson and this old man, worry only growing.
“Don’t worry, my alpha is no joke, either,” a woman said. She had gray hair and a kind smile. “We’ve had trouble with that pack before.”
“Should I call the cops?”
“No, I already called my sons,” she chuckled, pointing to the bookstore across the way. Five huge men came pouring out, a range of weapons in their hands from bats to a crow bar.
The shouting continued, but one statement caught my ears and I winced.
“Maybe tell your bitch of an omega to keep her mouth shut. Acting like she’s better than an alpha,” the guy who had hit on me sneered, glaring at me through the window.
The old woman next to me flipped him off, distracting him as Hudson’s fist slammed into his stomach, then his jaw in quick succession. The man fell to the concrete.