from the previous owner’s estate or something. I didn’t understand all the legal speak and I didn’t want to discuss our details if we weren’t even going to be interested.”
“We can’t afford an island,” Carson said sadly.
“If we like it, Brody and I will buy it,” I assured him. “You can live on it as caretakers. I want to build an Omega sanctuary even if we have to leave it open for other wolves.”
“Let’s go, everyone!” Slate called out from the top level. “We’re only an hour or so away from the island. Let’s get moving and you can swim there all day if you want.”
“Why do I have to be invisible to him?” Sampson muttered from in front of us as we swam over to the ladder to climb back up.
“Well, I guess we have to play matchmaker this Valentine’s Day,” I chuckled, shaking my head.
“Yeah, other people’s love lives are so off my fucking agenda right now,” Carson practically snarled as he grabbed the first rung. I shot Tristan a glance and saw we were in complete agreement. We were very, very worried about him.
Chapter 5
Colin
“Are you sure you Navy boys looked at the map right? That can’t be the little island we’re heading to,” I drawled as we got closer to the massive place. Well, I guess massive was a relative term. “How big is it supposed to be?”
“Wesley said like thirty square miles but forty from end to end or something,” Bay muttered as he moved closer to the window. “That place looks huge.” He smirked and glanced back at Slate. “Want to stop and ask for directions, sailor?”
“Fuck you both,” the man snarled at us. “I’m not reading a fucking map. Wesley handed us the coordinates Lord Ellys gave him. As long as everything on the ship’s GPS is working right and the displays aren’t broken, which they seem fine, this is the place.”
Everyone had been giving him a hard time about why he didn’t go for the little Omega who liked him, Sampson. He took it all last night and even a few hours this morning. Nice to know he couldn’t hold out forever without breaking.
“And we’re fucking Marines,” Carter bitched. He’d taken the late shift of driving and with all the drunken men around acting like idiots or bawling their eyes out I didn’t blame him for being cranky.
“Well dock us in. I want to let my wolf out. Apparently the myth about wolves on water is true,” I snickered.
“We could have told you that,” Lief drawled. “Try a three-month tour. We had to douse ourselves with tranqs at the full moon if we couldn’t get to land. It was horrible.”
I shivered. “Better you than me.”
I left the control/steering room or whatever it was called and went in search of my mate. He’d been quiet last night when I’d checked up on him and I was starting to worry. Half the group was having mating issues and half seemed to be fine. I thought we were on the fine side but I didn’t want to risk being wrong and have it blow up in my face.
“Don’t,” Blaine warned me with a shake of my head as I made my way down the stairs. I glanced at him in confusion before having to quickly dodge a flying suitcase. “I apparently pestered him until he broke and told me what his comment meant yesterday. You made a joke about having to track him down in Florida again and he’s not happy about it.”
“That’s what he meant? He said nothing was wrong so I assumed he meant to say if I had hurt his feelings,” I replied, moving out of the way again. “Is he throwing our stuff up at us or what?”
“He’s working on his telekinesis,” Rowan drawled from the other side of the boat. “I made things worse by saying he was overreacting and got a carry-on bag upside the head. Now he’s helping us unload since we’re almost to the island and playing a little dodgeball as well. Good to know his temper has improved.”
“I heard that!” Edric bellowed from below. “I can hear you from the room we were in. I’m not sending
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