Page 66 of Tempting Fate

“I don’t… Is he okay?”

“Oh, he’s fine. But you upset him the other day, didn’t you?”

Ah, fuck. “I didn’t—I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to. I just—”

“Take your problems elsewhere. We don’t want to hear it.”

He goes to shut the door, but a hand comes around the side and holds it open. “Adam,” Drew says, and he sounds a little irritated, but mostly unbearably fond.

“Little wolf,” Adam says. The sudden danger is gone as he leans up into Drew’s space. I can see them both now, and Drew gives me a small smile before he looks at Adam again. “You know I don’t like it when you get upset.”

“Shouldn’t have put that film on the other night then, should you?”

“That’s not—I didn’t know the dog died at the end. That’s Sam’s fault! I told you.”

Drew chuckles. He looks at me again, properly this time. “You want to talk?”

“I—Yeah. I mean, I’m sorry. For the other day.”

“It’s fine.” Drew hooks his fingers through the belt loops on Adam’s jeans and tugs him aside. “Come in. Adam was just going to talk to Lucien.”

“I was?” Adam scowls up at Drew. “No, I wasn’t.”

“No, you weren’t. But Patch deserves some privacy.”

“If he upsets you again…” Adam whirls on me, which is a little clumsy, what with the way Drew has his arms around him now. “If you upset him again, it will be the last thing you do.”

Drew sighs and shakes his head. I don’t know if he doesn’t believe Adam will do it, but I certainly do. “Yeah, okay. I won’t upset him.”

“Go,” Drew says. He ducks his head and kisses Adam’s neck, but high above his mating mark. “Sam probably needs a distraction anyway. Kieran’s been bugging him all week.”

“Fine.” Adam sighs, then slams a hard kiss on Drew’s mouth. “But if I feel anything I don’t like through our bond, then I’m bringing Sam back here with me too. Got it?”

I think the last part is for me, but Drew nods all the same. He presses his own soft kiss to Adam’s lips. “I’ll be fine. Go.”

Adam shoots me the occasional glare as he pulls on his trainers, then shoulders past me before he makes his way down the hall. Drew lets out a heavy sigh when the door to Kieran’s flat opens and shuts. “Sorry. He took it too far.”

“No, I—”

“Come in.” Drew doesn’t seem to care that he’s cutting me off. I nod and follow him inside, careful to kick my shoes off by the door before I make my way over to the sofa. “Do you want something to drink?”

“No. Thank you, but no.”

Drew nods. He wanders over to the kitchen anyway and pours himself a glass of juice, then joins me on the sofa. “What’s going on? I would have thought you’d go to Dax if you needed advice.”

“I don’t think he can help me with this.”

Drew stares at me for a moment. “Because you think both Em and Jamie might be your mates?”

I’m taken aback, even if I shouldn’t be. It’s why I’m here, isn’t it? The thought I don’t dare allow to take shape because if it’s true…

I don’t know what it means if it’s true. Aside from Drew—who I don’t know well, all things considered—I don’t know anyone with two mates. I’ve never heard of it happening before him, and I didn’t come from a sheltered pack even before I moved to London.

“What’s holding you back? Is your wolf unsure?”

“I don’t…” I take a breath in and hold it. “I don’t know.”

“Have you tried asking him?”