Chapter 88


    Chapter Eighty-Eight: I’m kidding… Mostly


    Tillie came into the dining hall holding two tes. She sat down a te in front of me that was loaded


    with two burgers and homemade french fries. It smelled amazing, I shifted in my seat, looking up at her.


    Her damp hair hung down her back and the soft scent of her shampoo and body wash mixed with her


    own unique scent.


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    It mixed with our scents in her and itforted my beast in a way that I hadn’t expected it to. It filled me


    with a happiness that I could see practically mirrored on my mate’s lovely face. The soft light of themps


    that Travis was turning on in the room to chase away the darkness of the early evening seemed to make


    her glow.


    She looked so good like this. Her face was scrubbed clean and there was a tiredness to her eyes but she


    was the most beautiful thing that I had ever seen


    It was confirmed for me. I was crazy about Tillie.


    I grabbed her hand. Stopping her from moving to sit beside Jason and Gideon as they came into the


    room. She looked at me, her eyes moving down to our joined hands before flicking back up to mine.


    “Ryan?”


    “Come here, baby.” I said, pulling her closer.


    Tillie let me pull her over to me. I brought my hand up to her cheek bringing her lips closer to mine. She


    moved her hand to my shoulder, bracing herself as I moved my fingertips over the side of her face.


    Tracing my fingers over her soft skin until her lips parted for me. I pulled back from kissing her and she


    looked down at me, her cheeks flushed with a pale blush.


    “What was that for?”


    “Just wanted a kiss from my baby girl is all.” I said, watching her lips tilt into a smile before she bit her


    lower lip.


    “Daddy.”


    “Mmm, I could watch him kissing you all day, sweets.” Travis said, making her look over at him. She gave


    my shoulder a squeeze before letting me go and moving to sit beside Jason. If I’d had my way, I would


    have sat her in myp and fed her dinner that way but I knew the others wouldn’t have liked it. I also


    needed to take care of myself so that I would be able to take care of herter.


    Tillie settled into ce across from me and I turned to watch Gideon sit a te down in front of Travis.


    His eyes shifted between me and Travis as he did so, almost like he was worried that I would get upset


    about it. He fidgeted with the hem of Jason’s shirt before he spoke. “I, um, I just wanted to say thank


    you.”


    “For what?” Travis asked, looking up at him.


    “For protecting me from Jamison out there.” Gideon looked down at the table. “Both of you... You didn’t


    have to do that-“


    “Gideon.” Tillie started to say, but I stopped her with a shake of my head.


    II


    “I’ve got this.” I said, leaning closer to the omega in front of Travis. “Gideon, you are part of our family. It’s


    what I would have done for Tillie. It’s what I would have done for any other of these guys.”


    He shifted from foot to foot, looking up at me. His eyes shone and his lower lip trembled. “I know, but I


    don’t know how to thank you for what you did out there. Either of you, you kept Jamison from iming


    me. You took him down when he went feral. Travis protected me, and now you guys let me im your


    mate.”


    “I can think of a few ways you can thank me.” Travis chuckled, leaning back in his seat to wink up at


    Gideon. I reached over, gripping his thigh in warning. If he wasn’t careful, he was going to scare him


    away and I had a feeling that it would piss Tillie off.


    He looked over at Travis, worried for a half a second. I knew that look. He didn’t understand that Travis


    was kidding… Mostly.


    “He’s kidding.” Jason called out, making Gideon rx. “You’lle to learn that Travis is, well, he’s


    Travis.”


    “He’s a flirt.” Tillje said.


    “I’m only kidding if he doesn’t want to.” Travis rumbled beside me and Tillie shot him a re. I tightened


    my grip on him and he looked over at me. I lifted an eyebrow at him and he let out a long sigh. “Fine, I’m


    kidding. You guys are spoiling all of my fun.”


    “I’ll make it up to youter.” Tillie said, smirking at him.


    His leg shifted beneath the table and I looked down, watching her toes trail up his leg. He let out a low


    growl, sucking his tongue behind his teeth as he watched our mate. “Promise, sweets?”


    “Mmm.” she said, picking up a french fry and biting into it. “I promise. You should eat though, if you arrive


    before me-” The threat hung in the air and I could feel the arousal that her words were making Travis


    feel.


    “Kitten.” Jason smirked. “It seems like you are growing some ws. I like it. If you want, I’ll cuff him down


    for you.”


    “I still feel like I’m being threatened with a good time.” Travis’ voice was husky, but what he said made


    Tillie giggle. “You should sit down and eat with us, little omega.”


    Gideon turned away from Travis and I. He hurried around the table to sit beside where Jason had put his


    te. He slipped onto the seat, tucking his leg beneath him before looking around at us.


    “Thank you.” He said softly and I gave him a smile.


    Jason picked up his burger, taking a bite of it and that was all the signal that we needed. The meal was


    had with flirtatious banter. It wasfortable and I looked forward to more meals like this with all of


    them. When the topic of Gideon’s brother came up.


    Tillie was open with us about her feelings and I could feel the need in Travis growing with her confession.


    Gideon looked like he was unsure of what he should say until Jason spoke up. “If you don’t want her to


    be with your brother, you can say it. We’re open with each other. It’s the only way that we will be able to


    make all of this work.”


    He rxed before tracing his fingertips over the wood grain of the table. “He’s my brother.”


    “He’s also sex on legs.” Travis said beside him and I reached over, smacking his inner thigh.


    “Do you think that might be why you want him?” I asked, looking over at Tillie.


    “What do you mean?” –


    “Do you think you wanting him is because of the bond you share with Travis or do you think it’s more


    than that?” I asked, soothing the spot that I’d swatted on Travis’ thigh.


    “I, I don’t know.”


    As things wrapped up, I heard the front door open and I knew that it was Tillie’s parents. Jason went still


    across from me, his eyes flicking to the open double doors. Tillie stiffened beside him, her foot dropping


    to the floor from where she had been teasing Travis with soft touches that had him squirming beside me.


    We turned to look towards the kitchen and I held my breath.


    I wasn’t sure how her parents were going to act towards us, but I knew that I wanted them to ept all of


    us.


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