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Ambrose

I stir slightly, waking up to feeling Lyle against my back and Seraphina curled against my chest. Callum is kneeling on the other side of her, gently brushing her hair from her face to place a kiss on her cheek. My gaze drops to his bruised knuckles and the darkness in his eyes that’s slowly clearing being in her presence.

“Is he dead?” I shouldn’t ask but there’s a spark of hope.

Callum shakes his head. “No, but I fucking wish he was. We’re pretty sure he’s behind everything, including the fire that broke out tonight. It spread too fast and it smelled like turpentine in there. Harrison is handling it. I would have killed him if Harrison had gotten there.”

I let out a little chuckle, staring down at our Omega who’s finally asleep. It took her awhile to calm down, Seraphina begging us to fuck her until I finally plunged my fingers into her pussy. She fell apart so easily, that tortured look in her eyes dissipating slightly. “For the record, I’m glad you didn’t. Not sure there would be much of a pack without our big strong Alpha to keep us in check.”

That draws a smile to Callum’s face as he sheds his shirt and then saddles up against her back, placing a firm hand on her hip. She tries to mold herself to us both, a little grunt of frustration falling from her before she settles again. “Yeah, I much rather be here than in a jail cell. Besides, we’re going to be dads soon and no way in hell am I going to be missing that.”

Lyle groans behind me, his tongue dragging up the back of my neck before he’s nibbling on my earlobe. “Jesus Christ, would both of you go to sleep? I’m glad we’re alive, not behind bars, and all in our Omega’s nest. If Seraphina wakes up, I’m taking her into another nest and locking you fuckers out.”

I’m about to argue when Seraphina leans forward and digs her teeth into my chest. “Ditto. What Lyle said. I love you all. Sleep please.”

I know for a fact she didn’t hear most of our conversation but the casual ‘I love you’ falling from her tongue needs to be said again. And again. And again. I don’t get that far, Lyle tugging on my ear again, his threat loud and clear. He absolutely would lock us out of one of her nests and I’m not having that. So, tonight I’m going to hold our precious cargo in my arms and tomorrow, we’re going to deal with the fucking bastard who tried to steal what wasn’t his.