Poisoned Poppy.
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I’m beaming with pride as Jac turns to face me, her confidence swells as she looks at each of us before looking down at my father.
“You can finish this business with Anderson another day Callum, for now, I’d like my newly bonded pack to head home.
” She steps around the chair and snatches Luke’s hand as she moves towards the door.
I stand there in shock that she served the loss to my brother without stabbing his eyes out like I’ve been thinking about doing the whole time. If he looked at her one more time.
“Guess that’s our cue.” Taylor says, spinning on his heel to follow Luke and Jac out of the room.
“Just one moment.” I say, steeling my spine for what I’m about to say.
“Father, as of this moment, I am now the CEO, correct?”
“Yes. That was the deal.” He states, giving me a quizzical look.
“Great. Trent you’re fired. My Omega doesn’t need any further trauma at your hand.”
Trent sits there, mouth wide open. I step around the chair where Jac was sitting and reach forward, placing my fingers below his jaw.
I shut his mouth with gentle force, narrowing my eyes on my brother.
His face is almost like looking in a mirror, only he has this wired edge to him at the moment that has my Alpha instincts roaring with pride that Jac picked me.
“Don’t. Come. Back.” I bark at him before turning and leaving the room, Monty following behind me as he chuckles.
We enter the hallway near the elevator; Luke has his arms around Jac’s waist as she looks over Taylor’s phone. A smirk graces his face as he glances up to see us leave the office.
“Our Omega has a quick stop she wants to make before the trek home. Does that sound good?” Jac smiles at me as Taylor asks the question. I look at Monty for his approval.
“You know I’m not going to say no Sugar,” Monty says, wrapping his hand around the back of her neck.
Several minutes later we are loaded up in the car headed to a suburb outside of the city.
There’s a row of shops as we pull into the parking lot, making it unclear what we’re doing here.
It’s when we pull up in front of The Poisoned Poppy Tattoo Parlor that I know what our Omega has up her sleeve.
“So hear me out...” She says from where she’s cuddled between Taylor and Luke in the backseat.
Twenty minutes later we have all signed our consent forms, and designs are drawn up. We all decided on the same small tattoo, but I might have overheard Jac adding a surprise second tattoo at the last minute.
I sit next to Jac as I watch Taylor and Monty get their tattoos first. We all selected four bowling pins with a black bowling ball knocking them down for the backs of our left wrists. Nothing better to symbolize how quickly the four of us fell for our Omega at a bowling alley.
Luke and I go next, with Jac being the last to go. As she’s getting her wrist finished, I hear the artist ask her to lower her shirt, to expose her skin above her breast placing some plastic wrap over the open space.
“Luke, can you come here for a second please?” She squeaks from where she lays on the table. I wander over behind Luke and try to keep my chuckles to a minimum knowing he has no idea what’s about to happen.
“You okay Angel?” Luke asks, reaching for Jac’s outstretched hand.
“So I have a surprise, but I need your help.” She says, “I want your mark too. I know your bite wasn’t permanent but I want it to be.”
Luke stands there in stunned silence, staring at Jac’s collar bone. I tap his shoulder, bringing him back to the moment. Jac chuckles, and tugs him closer.
“Luke, will you please bite me?” She asks softly, tapping the space right above her heart.
Luke doesn’t answer, he closes the distance between them and kisses her deeply before leaning back down and biting into her plastic covered skin.
Jac gasps, a sound that makes you think she is in pain but all of us know better with the way her scent surrounds us.
Several hours later all of us and our fresh ink are back on the road to Lake City. Monty and I are up front while the other three are in the back, sleeping and maybe snoring. We still have a lot to sort out for our future, but for now, we will enjoy knowing we have our scent matched pack.