Page 55 of Talk About… Dramay
“Because I want you to be mine.”
Her confession lanced right through my heart. The longing there would have ended me if I hadn’t already known she was mine.
“More dancing!” Sidney announced.
Just like that my omega let out a squeal and climbed off my lap fast enough Roman and I both had to help her. They stumbled out there, Maverick following behind to avoid disaster.
He was like an angry bouncer, standing vigil out of the way of flailing limbs, arms crossed and scowling when anyone got too close.
“Shots are done,” I said, realizing it was nearly midnight now.
“Let’s drag them to the diner. Avery’s alpha is on his way now,” Nash said.
“I could go for a greasy burger and I only had three shots,” Lane said. His face was flushed and his eyes locked onto our girl.
Roman had less than Lane but nodded in agreement. He was also watching her like a hawk. Her presence was magnetic, drawing us to her with an awareness I was growing to love.
From time to time Roman eyeballed us like he suspected something was off about us, but he didn’t push it yet.
Getting three completely wasted omegas out of the bar was… an experience. They were laughing and slurring, but after two more glasses of water and the cold air outside, they were starting to sober up a little.
Thankfully, the diner was close and fairly empty. The waitress was an older woman and seemed amused more than anything at their constant joking and laughter.
Starlight diner itself was adorable. The nostalgia and the scent of food was enough to make me love it.
“I need a big cheeseburger. Oh! And cheese fries!” Ori said. “God, I’ve missed this place.”
“You have to let us show you around downtown again, see all the changes,” Avery gushed, the pride in her voice loud and clear.
The bell over the door rang and an alpha walked in. He was tall, dressed in slacks and a sweater. His golden-rimmed, round glasses fogged up and he tugged them off to clear them before spotting us and striding over.
“There’s my girl,” he said, leaning down and pressing a kiss to her head. “You guys smell like booze.”
That sent them into a fit of giggles and he looked at the rest of us with amused exasperation.
“Yeah, they got carried away. Sorry, Arden,” Nash admitted sheepishly. “Hudson made sure they had water and Mav watched over them.”
Arden relaxed at that and sat down, tugging his omega into his lap. Then he turned his attention to us.
“Nice to meet you guys. I’m Arden, one of Avery’s alphas. You are?”
“Lane, Roman, and Hudson,” Lane said, introducing us all.
“You guys sticking around?” Maverick asked. He’d been fairly quiet so far, but that seemed to just be his style.
“We are,” Oriana said, glancing at Roman only. The others didn’t seem to notice. If they did, they’d probably write it off as a tipsy mistake.
The conversation paused temporarily as our food arrived.
“So, what have I missed around town? Give me all the good gossip,” Ori said as she dug into her burger and fries, groaning at the taste.
My cock hadn’t been soft since she started dancing and that was definitely not helping. Especially since I would never touch her more than a cuddle while she was intoxicated.
But when our scents were no longer blocked and she knew? Then all bets were off. I wanted her more than anyone I’d ever met before. She had so quickly already become the center of my world and I couldn’t wait to see how much more intense that was when everything was out in the open.
The omegas might be more sober, but they were still tipsy enough to fight for a sleepover. However, we managed to talk them into planning one properly and dragged them off to their respective packs.
Ori was quiet on the way home, eventually asleep by the time we turned down the driveway. She was gorgeous and I hoped this was a turning point for her. She deserved to be home and find her peace in Rockwood Valley.