The least of which was not figuring out why the Alpha fem should be grumpy. She was gorgeous, had a mate, and three cubs, and a totes perfect life from Nica’s point of view. The other females sighed in commiseration, But Nica just blinked.
“Well, what do you expect since this little mama still isn’t allowed to have coffee?” Lucy grumbled.
“Oh,” Nica muttered.
That made sense. Still, Nica grinned as she looked at one of the reasons the horribleno caffeine rulewas in place. The pretty little cub was currently suckling from Lucy’s left boob, while Ariella and Gwen bounced the other two reasons,er, cubs, in their arms to calm them while they waited for their turn to eat.
It was a sight, but it still did not explain why any of the women were in hers,um, Thor’s bedroom. Nica cleared her throat and clutched the sheet up higher to hide her naked breasts from the crowd.
“We’ve already seen those tatas. Good for you, by the way! Oh, just a word of advice, get your man to shave or at least moisturize before he chaps them raw with that scruff of his,” Ariella informed her with a sage nod.
Tracey and Gwen murmured in agreement, and Nica just stared. Were all the men in this Pack as randy as her own sexy as sin mate? Lucky women if they were. Ariella seemed to be waiting for a response, and the Lioness truly was exquisite with her mane of wild curly hair, not unlike Nica’s, but that was where the similarities ended.
“Oh, I don’t think I could say things like that to Thor. Besides, I like the way his scruff feels when he,er,” she trailed off.
“Nuzzles you in your most sensitive places?” Ariella suggested.
“What?”
“She means when he’s going down on thatpoonanie,” Lucy supplied.
That did it. Every female in the room started snickering and giggling at the Alpha fem’s use of that word. Even the babies gurgled. Nica wiped her eyes and tried to calm down before asking them what she really wanted to know.
“Well, that was fun. But ladies, why are you here?”
“Oh, well, the boys are going over that bit of paper that big nosed Crow brought with him, and it looks like the Council has reason to side with that horrible man seeing as how you and your mother signed it—”
“But I didn’t know he had two other mates waiting back home. And I didn’t love him. He didn’t even like me! Jack Branwen is a dirty liar,” she replied vehemently.
“Mm hmm, that is what Thor said, but Derrick isn’t sure that matters. He is consulting with a Shifter lawyer on loan from the Macconwood Pack. Meanwhile, there is a little something we would like to do while the boys handle this business.”
“Shouldn’t we stay and help?”
“Nah. They’re only just getting through the posturing portion of their meeting. Then will come the brainstorming, and I sure as hell don’t wanna be here for the mansplaining,” Ariella told her, and Nica had to admit she had a point.
“Okay, then, what do you want to do?”
“Well. After Lucy here is done feeding the triplets, we thought we’d go into town and have a real ladies' day out!” Ariella squealed.
“A what?”
“You know, we’ll go into town and have a girls’ only day. There is this new place called Heavenly Bodies and they have a full treatment spa. I already called and booked us the bridal party treatment package—”
“Bridal party? But I am not getting married,” Nica replied, stunned.
“Oh, honey, it doesn’t matter. You just got mated.”
“No, I mean, I guess so, but we haven’t had a chance to talk,” she tried to explain.
But Nica could not get a word in. Those women ran roughshod right over her in the best possible sense, of course.
“Of course you didn’t talk. Words still have no place in mine and Weylin’s bedroom,” Gwen mused, her eyes taking on a dreamy look as she spoke of her mate.
“Look, Nica, Thor gave you his bite mark, don’t you know that means you are as good as married?” Sheila interrupted.
“It’s true. Besides, mated is better,” Tracey told her with a soft smile.
“I guess, I mean, Crows seem to throw that word around a lot, and even though I am a Raven, I hardly remember what my parents were like together when dad was alive. With Jack, it seemed like Mama picked him before I even had a chance to make up my mind. Everything happened fast, and I was confused, but I am not confused now. I want Thor. He’s the only man I ever really wanted.”
