Secrets in the Snow by Anna Wineheart

Author:Anna Wineheart [Wineheart, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-20T05:00:00+00:00

17

Ben

Ben grew increasingly anxious as they drove into Meadowfall. There had been no word from Temmie, or the rest of their family. He clutched his phone, dreading the moment it would ring with bad news.

Alec reached over, squeezing his thigh. “Maybe she isn’t telling them. No one’s calling me, either.”

Ben stared at Alec’s silent phone on the center console. It was a new device, its dark screen smooth like a mirror, not a single scratch on it. Alec’s car was nice, too⁠—spacious, tidy, so big that Izzy looked small in the backseat. Alec had everything that Ben wished he could provide his son with.

“Are you sure you aren’t hiding the snake?” Izzy asked, fiddling with his banged-up phone. “Caleb’s gonna be so sad. I told him I’d get a picture of it.”

Ben exchanged a look with Alec. They were definitely lying about this. “We’ve searched all over, hon. It’s disappeared. Maybe it was a magical invisible snake.”

“Snakes have magic?” Izzy’s eyes widened. “Can they do special things?”

“Why don’t you ask Caleb?” Alec suggested. “He knows all about them, right?”

Izzy nodded eagerly, searching up Caleb’s number on his phone. The call connected. Izzy put the phone to his ear. “Caleb! My daddy just said that snakes are magic.”

After a moment, Izzy asked, “Uncle Alec, is there a snake in your pants?”

Then he craned his neck for a look at Alec’s pants.

Ben choked. What? “Izzy!”

“What?” Izzy looked genuinely confused. “Caleb says snakes like hiding in alphas’ pants.”

Alec froze; the car swerved slightly. “No, no snake.”

“Oh.” Disappointed, Izzy said into his phone, “No, he doesn’t have a snake.”

Ben sighed, rubbing his temples. “This will never stop, will it?”

“At least he didn’t ask if there was a size-changing snake,” Alec muttered.

Ben flushed. He wasn’t going to think about Alec’s snake. Not right now, especially when he’d just sprayed himself down with scent suppressant.

“What’re your plans for tonight?” Between watching the road, Alec shot him a dark look.

Ben’s insides tingled. “We’re having dinner with Mom and Gran. They’ll probably want to know all about being snowed in.”

Alec laughed. “What’re you telling them?”

Gods, Ben hadn’t even thought about that. “We’ll need to get a shiny new toy for Izzy. So, uh, he won’t mention this.” He flicked his finger between Alec and himself.

Alec’s smile widened. “Do you want more of... this?”

And he flicked his finger between them, too, except more slowly, in a way that suggested how his finger might move inside Ben.

Ben’s insides grew hot. “Alec!”

“I’ll take that as a yes,” Alec growled.

Ben covered his face, embarrassed by how his entire body reacted to his alpha. Just because of a single gesture. “Yes.”

Alec gave a husky laugh. “All right, we’ll get a toy for Izzy, and maybe something for you, too⁠—”

“No, you aren’t!”

“Since you’re busy tonight, what about the day after? I’ll be on duty the whole of tomorrow.”

Ben bit his lip. “Maybe not. I’ll be busy with the bakery.”

“Next week?” Alec looked hopeful.

“I think I’ll have a couple of evenings free.”

“Come over for dinner,” Alec murmured.

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