Page 7 of Our Haunted Omegas (Moonscale Heirs Duet #1)

Ambry

Alone with Odell inside the car felt less claustrophobic than when the four of us had settled down inside its belly.

I could breathe without inhaling Indigo’s scent again and again.

Neither of us said anything for a long moment but listened to what sounded like two-thirds of the conversation our mates had.

“Do you think they know we could hear them talk?” Odie asked when they fell quiet.

“Maybe. I’m not sure. They don’t seem like the type to keep secrets from us. I hope not anyway,” I bit my lip.

“Are you okay?” Odie asked me.

“I should be asking you that. You didn’t have to come in tonight.

I’m glad you did because of Cobalt and everything but…

It’s like I have whiplash or something. One minute I’m ready to lay down the rules with him.

With Indigo. Ready to tell him that he better make his life fit around both of us because I’m not putting up with him trying to chase you off and the next thing I know – BOOM!

Cobalt! Cobalt and you! Is he nice? Indigo seems nice.

Sort of clueless about stocking the shelves but nice enough. I don’t know.”

“It’s hard to think straight. That’s why you don’t know but Cobalt is nice. He smells good. He’s protective. He—Do you smell the war on me?” Odie asked, sniffing his own armpit.

I sniffed his neck, chest, and belly but he didn’t smell like the war.

“You just smell like Odie to me. Well, you and Cobalt now. Though, he smells good. Not quite like Indigo but close,” I said.

“I told him I think he’s an empath or something,” Odie shrugged. “What did you want to talk about or did you just need a break?”

“I wanted to check on you and yeah, I think I did need a break from his scent. I can smell him from here but it’s not too bad.”

“Maybe we tell them they can both sit up front. I don’t know if it’s safe to leave the car here.

It’s really nice. Hell, I don’t know if it’s safe to leave the car in the parking lot at home.

Somone’s going to thump it for its ruling family license plate.

We might have to write on it that it’s Teal’s.

I know that’s a lie, but everyone likes Teal. ”

“I don’t know that people dislike them,” I said, jerking my head in the direction of our mates. “They just…. Get around a lot?” I bit my lip and let out a long, slow breath.

“What?” Odie asked. “You look like you thought of something horrible.”

“Not horrible. Just a bump in the road, probably. I mean, they should be sex-educated, right? You don’t think they’ll freak out if we say they needed tested before we mess around. It’s not that I---”

Odell reached for the door handle and opened the wing before I could stop him.

Both of the alphas turned towards the car ready to be attentive.

Odie waved Cobalt over and whispered something in his ear.

I turned bright red without even hearing what he asked his mate.

Without speaking, Cobalt moved to open the glovebox and slid a box into Odie’s hand before disappearing from the car again.

“What is it?” I asked as Odie settled back into his seat.

“An over the counter STI test,” Odie whispered. “Apparently, Teal keeps them in stock. He went to medical school.”

He handed over the box with a photo of a smiling throuple on the front. I crinkled my nose and turned the cardboard box over in my hand. The information on the back looked real enough.

“It is real. We carry them at the store,” Odie pointed out.

“Are they accurate, though?” I pondered.

“I think so. Teal went to medical school and I don’t think he wants his brothers walking around with crotch rot but also Ambry, I’m pretty sure most STIs have a scent. Like when someone is ill with a cold or something. I’ve never smelled one but I’m pretty sure crotch rot has a stench.”

I laughed because I couldn’t stop myself. It was too much. From his nightmares to sitting in a Moonscale Wing holding an STI test was too much. What the fuck had happened to our lives? Was this a dream? Was—

“It’s not a dream,” Odie shook his head.

“You’re calmer about this than I expected.”

“They’re triplets, Ambry. When Teal first told me about you and Indigo I worried about what I’d do but they’re inseparable.

I mean at the worst Teal meets his mate and they’re a total twat gagger or something and we’re stuck with them.

This is a good thing. I don’t think we could’ve gotten luckier. ”

“I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.”

“They’re going to hate our apartment. That’s going to be the other shoe,” Odie said.

“That’s one we can handle, though. I love the apartment but even if they were wolves we might not fit and what if we have babies.

Are we going to have babies? Is it even safe to have pups right now?

What about eggs? Where would we put a nest?

How would we make sure someone doesn’t boil our eggs or something because they got confused? ”

I put my hand on his chest and the wing of the car lifted at the same time.

Cobalt’s hand shook as it found his shoulder.

Seeing his massive fingers shake from Odie’s anxiety made the whole situation seem that much more unreal.

Maybe he was an empath or something. Maybe he just tuned in too much on Odie and didn’t know how to tune out.

Cobalt had a reputation for being selfish and dick-centered but those traits contrasted with the man who lifted my best friend from the car and sat him on the trunk.

I crawled out of the car after him and let out a long, slow breath.

Indigo wrapped his arms around me from the back and I leaned against him, letting him take on some of my weight.

It was a short night at work but the middle of sleep wakeup call from Odie’s nightmare made it feel twice as long as a normal shift.

“Have we decided where we’re going or how we’re going to get there?” Indigo asked me, as his brother stood between Odie’s legs and held him close.

“No clue. We got as far as STI testing talk,” I said, glad I couldn’t see his face.

An engine rumbled in the distance.

“Teal,” Indigo whispered seconds before the baby blue truck came into view.

I turned in his arms for a proper hug as Teal pulled into the parking lot.

If anyone else saw us they would probably have guessed something horrible had happened from all the hugging.

Teal got out of the truck and stood between us and the others.

He looked back and forth as if he didn’t know what to do with any of us.

He probably didn’t because to be fair we didn’t know what to do with ourselves either.

“Where to?” Teal asked a second later when Cobalt finally resurfaced from staring into Ambry’s eyes.

“The apartment,” I said. “I know, I know. It’s small but it’s a place to start. We’ll get some sleep and figure out what to eat.”

“I have the food taken care of or will if you don’t want something I’ve already gotten.

It’s mostly sandwich stuff, premade dishes, and fruit and vegetables that are easy to eat raw.

You know, matingmoon foods. We can stop and pick up pizza or Chinese or whatever, though on the way there.

I’ll come back and pick up the Wing after I get you four settled in. ”

“Do they know?” Indigo asked.

“Which them?” Teal shot the question back at him.

“Our parents? Grandparents?” Cobalt filled in the gap.

“Yes to all the above. I’m supposed to tell you that all of you are welcome everywhere and our grandcarrier says the Spain house is currently unoccupied and ready to live in if you want it,” Teal said.

“Not the Spain house,” Indigo groaned. “Do not tell our carrier about that. You know how he feels about that place. It’s the one he said Medwin tried to stuff him and dad into when they first met.”

“You’d like our parents,” Cobalt said.

“Dad was an only child for a long time. Our carrier has two brothers who he still lives with. Yes, they’ve found their mates and all that too. They all live together. That’s just how it goes,” Indigo continued his thought. “I don’t think they’ve ever lived apart. They even travel together.”

I let out a long breath and met Odie’s gaze over Cobalt’s shoulder.

“We could go to your dad’s place. He wouldn’t mind,” Odie pointed out.

“Maybe later. We’ll take them to meet him, of course. After we get some rest. After we get to know them.”

“After someone takes that test you’re clutching like it’s your baby?” Teal pointed out.

“Oh, that,” I shoved it inside my blue apron pocket and laughed to cover up how embarrassment tickled my face with a blush.

“Don’t be embarrassed,” Teal said. “If you all need something, I’m the one to call.

I’m going to be a lot more good natured about all tests that come in little cardboard boxes than some of our relatives.

I don’t believe in slut shaming or sex shaming or whatever and I come with a portable ultrasound machine too.

I also have privileges at the local clinic.

So, flu shot, heat shot, back up shot? I’m your dragon.

Also, I know where all the bodies are buried because I’m the guy everyone calls to help bury them. ”

I almost asked if he was joking but decided I didn’t want to know if he wasn’t. Teal seemed good natured enough and everyone liked him but most of London was filled up with dragons. Maybe what they liked was different than what we wolves thought they’d like.

“And I can medicate a hangover too,” Teal added on when no one laughed. “I can medicate most things. So, call me. Seriously, anything. You two are family now too. So, we’re going to the apartment? I don’t want to assume but if so Cobalt and Indigo you’re riding in the bed.”

“We are,” Indigo nodded before anyone else could say anything.

“Yeah, if one of us falls out, we’ll be fine,” Cobalt laughed.

“That was one time and to be fair I told you to hold the fuck on,” Teal smirked. “It’s not my fault you decided not to. I think you wanted road rash on your ass.”

Odie pulled him a little closer and I quit laughing. His worry was palpable.

“We’ll be fine,” Cobalt whispered to him and something inside me melted because Odie was melting on the trunk of the car.

“Let’s get going. I don’t mind a show, but the rest of London might and it’s going to be sunrise soon enough. I’ll get you four settled. Figure out what to feed you and walk back for the car. Then I’ll swap it out with the truck and leave you to it,” Teal said.

Indigo and Cobalt insisted on helping us into the truck and ensuring we were fastened in as if we’d never taken care of ourselves in our whole lives.

I would’ve decked anyone else we’d dated before but since I wanted to tie them to the bed of the truck, so they didn’t fall out, I gave them a free pass this one time.

“Take care of them, Teal,” Cobalt warned before shutting the door.

“You’re not even a foot behind us!” Teal called back. “Seriously!”