“Hey.”
Sarah turned to smile up at Rick, surprised the Wolf had sought her out. It wasn’t that she and Rick hadn’t spoken before. She’d actually done what she could to make sure he knew how bad things had gotten for Belle before he whisked her off to the Poconos. She gave him a silly, exaggerated bow. “Your Alphaness.”
He snorted. “Cute.” He nodded towards Gabe and Chloe. “You have nothing to worry about, you know.”
Sarah stared at him, shocked. “Um, okay?”
His lips twisted. “He’s not into Chloe that way.” His entire face relaxed as his gaze came to rest on Belle. “He looks at you the way I look at Belle.” Rick grinned down at Sarah. “Trust me, the only thing on his mind right now is how quickly he can get you back to your room and get you naked.”
Sarah blushed. “Are you sure about that?”
“More sure than I want to be, trust me.” He took a sip of his wine with a grimace. “I…can hear him.”
Sarah blinked. “You mean…?”
Rick nodded. “Not sure what exactly that means, but yeah.”
Sarah was fascinated. Belle had told her about Rick’s psychic connection with the rest of his Pack. She never thought it could extend outside of it. “Can you hear anyone else?”
“You, Sheri, Adrian, Max, Emma, Becky, Simon… Do you people think of anything other than fucking, by the way? And they call us dogs.”
Sarah nearly choked on her wine. “What about the rest of the Pride?”
He frowned. She could just about feel the force of his thoughts roaming the party. “Faintly, but they’re there. If I was far enough away I doubt I’d hear them at all.”
“Do you think it has something to do with Belle?”
All of that energy suddenly focused on the Luna, who tossed a sultry look over her shoulder at the Alpha Wolf before returning to her conversation with Emma. “More than likely. She’s the first Puma Luna, after all. For all I know our kids will be Wolves with retractable claws.”
“And amazing psychic powers?”
Rick shrugged. “If it’s meant to be.” He grinned at something he saw over Sarah’s much-shorter head.
“I’ll see you later, Omega.”
“Later, Wolfman.”
He huffed a laugh, shaking his head as he wandered off.
Sarah looked up, startled at the fireworks suddenly going off overhead. She wasn’t the least surprised when strong arms circled her waist. Soft lips brushed against her neck, the prickles of her mate’s five o’clock shadow sending delicious shivers down her spine. And in the darkness and the magic, Gabe claimed her again, his teeth sliding beneath her skin and marking her for everyone to see, in or out of dreams.