I felt guilty when we came down the stairs. I know my mates had all agreed I could have Nicks help when I went in to heat, but I still felt bad. My face must be like an open book I swear, as always, they read me easily. Jax grinned when I sat beside him and kissed my cheek, Romulus had come back and was sitting on my other side, and he kissed my other cheek. Even Fenris leaned across the table, making me do the same so he could kiss me on the lips. It was sweet they had waited for me to come back, of course, the same could not be said for the kids, and they were already finished and playing in the playroom with some of the other kids in the pack. Fenris sat down, frowning and asked, “don’t you kiss when you’re intimate?” He must have been expecting to taste Nick on my lips, but he had

