“We’re not under any misconception that it’s going to be easy and we won’t let anyone come into our lives that doesn’t understand that.” Russ’s calm confidence always made it easier for me to see it would work, and Tanner seemed to relate to it as well because he started nodding.
“Alright, but I am going to talk to Jonah about this.” Tanner’s tone made it clear he wasn’t going to give immediate approval, but that wouldn’t help us anyway, so I wasn’t worried. We both wanted Jonah to know exactly what he was getting into. Maybe one day we could live out in the open and it wouldn’t matter, but for now, we had to be careful.
“So you’re really thinking about telling the family once you get serious with an omega?” Shane wasn’t assuming it would work between us and Jonah, but it was nice he wasn’t questioning the general point.
“Probably.” I shrugged, trying not to look worried. “The family loves me. It’s just going to take some time to make them see that it’s what I want.”
Forcing the mood lighter, I grinned. “Maybe I’ll just wait until you two slip up and your mom figures out you’re torturing your sweet omega.”
Shane groaned dramatically as Tanner grinned. “Don’t say that. My mother is going to have a cow. And if she finds out about the BDSM club, she’s going to lose her mind.”
I chuckled. “Yeah, I think that would be the perfect timing to tell everyone about my relationship with Russ and our plans.”
Tanner gave us another curious look. “I shouldn’t ask if the threesome relationship is the only kinky thing you’re into, but I’m going to anyway.”
Russ laughed. “Not pulling any punches, are you?”
Shrugging, Tanner didn’t back down. “He’s family.”
And with their group, that was the most important thing.
“Let’s just say we’re open to things and we’ve got a few things to mention to Jonah.” Then his grin widened and he winked at Tanner. “And we’re definitely going to look at getting a membership because I’ve seen the plans for a few of those themed rooms.”
Tanner nodded, but the smile on his face said he didn’t mind the answer.
“Any other bombshells you want to drop?” Shane’s smirk said he was teasing, which was a relief. Teasing meant we were back to normal.
“Nope, you’re kinky and we’re kinky. I think that about covers it.”
I thought my response was fine, but Russ and Tanner both laughed. “What?”
Russ glanced at Tanner before looking back and forth between me and Shane. “You guys are going to end up belonging to the same BDSM club. Unless you’re planning on working out some kind of weird schedule so you never see each other there, I can guarantee you both that there will be other things we need to talk about.”
Shane had the exact same thought I did and our voices rang out at the same time. “Fuck.”
Tanner laughed. “Oh, and I can guarantee Austin will have more questions. Two alphas? Oh yeah, manymanymore questions.”
I thought it was going to be my mother who gave me a heart attack. But no, it was going to be Shane and the new family of omegas he’d found.
Chapter 6
Russ
“Stop pacing. You’re going to make me sick.” I grinned when Graham shot me a dirty look.
“You don’t get motion sick.” He huffed and kept pacing as I finished getting dressed.
“How about you just take a deep breath, then? It’s going to be fine.” He’d been so calm, even while talking to Jonah earlier in the week about the plans for our first date, that somehow it hadn’t occurred to me he’d have a mental breakdown on Saturday night.
I got another dirty look, but he tried to stop. Rocking back and forth while I tied my shoes didn’t help, though. He needed a distraction. “Come here.”
Heading over to the small door that looked like it should be a linen closet, I started sorting through options. “Perfect.”
“You can’t be serious.” But Graham followed me over to the bed, so I knew his protest was just for show. “We’re going on a date.”
“And?” I gave him a firm look as he huffed. “We’re going on a date with a kinky omega who wants to submit. Nothing I do to you should shock him, and the chances of him seeing you naked on the first date are slim to none.”
“An alpha submitting probably isn’t what he’s expecting.” I knew we were finally getting to the root of some of his issues, but when he let me release his pants without protesting, I knew he needed the reminder he was mine.
