Page 65 of Knot Your Basic B*tch

Me: Can I come over?

This time his response was immediate.

Kain: Yes

Once again, I found myself standing in front of the Fanny pack house, filled with apprehension. Though this time it was somehow worse… before I’d been vaguely worried that I was about to meet an alpha who had to be hidden away in an attic somewhere to stop him from murderous rampages or something.

Now I was just worried that I’d gone and made the stupidest mistake in my life. Perhaps one that was unfixable, and that I would spend the rest of my miserable life alone… maybe working at a different dental office… never to find love again.

Great, now I was spiraling, again.

No, it was fine. Today I had a plan, and I hadn’t come empty handed.

I rang their doorbell, giving myself a mental pep talk and reminder that I could do this, and almost immediately the door was yanked open.

All three of my alphas stood in the doorway, crowding the space. My handsome, very built, verytensemen.

“Hi,” I said, holding the three bouquets in front of me likea shield. I’d made a pit stop in the middle of ride-sharing, stopping at the grocery store next to Brutus’ favorite salon, and ran in to buy them.

“Did… someone get you flowers?” Kain frowned at the bouquets.

Well, it had seemed like a good idea, in the middle of panicking on the drive over.

“No. I was an asshole. I needed to make it up to you somehow.” I handed a bouquet to each of my alphas. Sabien got the marigold and daisy one in bright yellow and oranges that reminded me of his fiery side. Sabien tilted his head at the bouquet, like he’d never seen a flower before and didn’t know what to do with it. I can’t read minds, but he looked like he was thinking, what do I do with this, eat it? For Kain I’d gotten bright pink peonies and hydrangeas in soft pinks and blues because they had looked romantic and lovely.

As I handed Brutus his dozen white roses, he grasped my hand along with the bouquet, brushing his thumb along my inner wrist… causing warmth to bloom all the way across my body. Then Brutus took the flowers and nodded like they were his due. He stepped into the house, rummaging around the kitchen cabinets before pulling out a crystal vase. After filling it with water, he deposited them, taking a moment to arrange them.

“You didn’t need to get me flowers,” Kain shook his head, stepping into the house and waving me in.

“But I did though.” I was wringing my hands now.

Was I defending the need to buy flowers in the first place? Well, Brutus clearly liked them, so it worked for one out of three. I don’t know, maybe chocolates would have been better for the twins… but I hadn’t known what to do. All I knew was that I couldn’t come here empty handed.

Kain’s gaze was fixed on the flowers in his hands, the cellophane crinkling in his grip as he placed his bouquetdown gently on the coffee table. “Does this mean that you’re coming back to us?”

“Uhh… yeah.” My voice went up high like I was asking a question, but I definitely didn’t mean it as a question. It’s just that I practiced a whole speech in the car ride over, and hadn’t even gotten a chance to deliver it—you know, how this was all a mistake. That I never should have left them in the first place… how I loved them.

Yeah, I never even told them that. I should probably get around to—

All of a sudden, strong arms wrapped around me, as I was tipped back and literally swept off my feet. Then Kain’s warm lips were on mine, kissing me hungrily.

I closed my eyes, lost in the kiss. In the heat and the delicious friction, in the sweep of his tongue as he deepened the kiss. In the way that he made me feel like I was coming alive. Like every single inch of my body was a stringed instrument, vibrating with tension and he was the musician ready to rock my world.

“I missed you.” Kain brushed his finger along my cheek, tracing the curve of my jaw. “I’ve been wanting to do that since the moment you left.”

I nodded breathless.

“Was there something else that was bothering you?” Kain let me put my feet back on the ground, but didn’t let me go. Those strong arms were still wrapped around me, keeping me safe as Kain dug deeper, asking me to reveal why—the real reason why I’d left in the first place.

I hesitated. My issues with their last name were my own problem and I would just deal with it. But bringing it up in front of my alphas was a whole nother story. It wasn’t fair to them, it was an integral part of them, and something that they had no control over.

Like what if they told me that they hated my hair color? How would I face that hatred towards something I was bornwith… besides maybe the need to buy some dye or something.

“It wasn’t anything you did…” I had to say it. From now on, I was going to commit myself to honesty and transparency. “I have to admit that I was a little freaked out when I learned your last name.”

“That’s fair,” Sabien shrugged. “Our last name is pretty freaking weird.”

I swallowed down the lump that had formed in my throat. Well… Sabien had taken that well.Extremelywell.