It’s true. I’ve never sought out omegas for their heats, and on the only occasion where I helped out a friend in college, I foundthe experience difficult to process. Messy, exhausting, and too intimate for the loose bond we shared, it wasn’t something I thought I’d ever repeat. Until we met Dash, and even then, it was the person and not the biology that I was drawn to.
With Kate, it is that and more, for I can already feel a bond humming under my skin. Her scent calls to me in a way I didn’t think was possible for someone with my brain chemistry.
“Do you really?” she asks, biting that raw bottom lip that feels like a bruise on my soul. “Love and cherish me?”
I place a gentle kiss on her tormented mouth, stealing the ragged sigh that slips past her lips. She presses against me, eager for more, but I keep it soft and tender. Because that’s the feeling she inspires in me, as if my chest has been hollowed out and filled with orange-scented blossoms. “I love everything about you,” I tell her, kissing the tiny tremble at the corner of her mouth, “and it will be my honor to cherish you until the end of my days.”
A tear trickles down her cheek, and as I lean forward to chase it, she gives a soft gasp. I only realize she’s drawn the tip of my cock into her body when she slides down my shaft, her back rippling under my fingers. “Kate.”
Although, I can’t exactly scold her when I’m shuddering in pleasure.
“My alpha,” she whispers, rocking over my lap. She might have caught me off guard, but we quickly fall into a rhythm, her tight channel clenching around me as I thrust up into her heat. “I want you deep inside me. Always. Even a-after…”
Her words stutter out and I sweep her hair back, rolling my tongue over her scent gland. She shivers, and as the zest of her scent dances on my tongue, I nibble the delicate shell of her ear. “I’ll wake you like this every morning. And then, at night, you will drift off to sleep warming my cock. I’ll make you so addictedto me, you’ll be begging me for naps, just so I can fill you again. And again. And again.”
I punctuate each promise with a kiss on her scent gland, and her head falls back, her sheath fluttering around me. My knot has swollen into an impatient, hungry thing, but as it presses at her opening, I draw back. For a moment, I consider bonding her without it, but she grinds down on me, those gray eyes snapping like storm clouds. “I want it, Corbus. Now and always.”
I am helpless to resist, the most demanding part of me thrusting hard against her tender flesh. But she gobbles me up greedily, and lights pop behind my eyes as she cries out her release. It washes through me on a scented wave, my own cum splashing inside her as she milks me with her eager walls. There’s no language for the sounds I’m making as I cradle her head, my mouth at her throat. We’re both still tumbling through our release when I bite down, inches from her scent gland.
“Corbus!”
The wonder in her voice resonates in my soul as our bond snaps tight, binding us forever.
I don’t know how much time passes before I slip from her body, my muscles trembling and my mouth full of coppery spice. My knot is slick with our fluids, the blankets a tangled mess beneath us, but the only thing I can focus on is the bond fluttering in my chest like a hummingbird. It darts around Dash’s bond – a swan, or maybe a peacock, as confident and graceful as the man himself – and it takes a moment for the moisture to clear from my eyes.
For a man who never expected one,twoseems like an impossible dream.
Except that there arethreelying in front of me, their limbs tangled together as Dash and Lachlan lap at my newest matingbite. I feel it in my bond, the rasp of hungry tongues and the tickle of warm breath, Kate tracing the outline of my teeth with possessive fingers.
“Time to switch?” Lachlan asks, smiling against her lips. “Can you take one more bite, or has your poor little throat had enough?”
Kate pushes herself up on her elbows, her cheeks flushes as she looks between me and Bram. “I think the question is, are our alphas up for it?”
Bram’s eyes glow as they meet mine. I can’t tell if it’s eyeshine or just his rut, and I look at him more closely as I try to make sense of the strain in his scent.
Do I feel guilty for bullying him into accepting the role of pack alpha? No more than I do for letting Kate fall into the hands of the bastards who stole her from us. Being close to me will always put my packmates in the spotlight, and if I hadn’t given Kate such an extravagant ring, perhaps she never would have been put in harm’s way. And while I am glad our pack alpha has unleashed his true nature, I will forever regret what Kate suffered in that warehouse.
I pause, watching Bram’s gaze pass over our pack.
“I have always been partial to cocky quarterbacks,” I murmur, earning a startled glance from Lachlan, and a happy hum from my omegas.
But Bram is studying Kate intently, his eyes dark with shadows. “Corbus, will you stay close to me?”
Ah. Even now, after claiming both Dash and Lachlan, our pack alpha is wary.
“Always,mijn broer,” I assure him, moving across the nest to press a hand to his cheek. His skin is hot, a vibration just below the surface.His rut, or the lure of our precious jewel?
Kate is watching him with a thoughtful expression, despite the haze that is no doubt muddling her mind. “What’s wrong, Bram? You smell like you want to escape.”
His mouth drops open, more flustered than I’ve seen him. “I just want to make sure it’s good for you.”
She rolls to her knees, her skin gleaming with slick and cum as she crawls towards us. “I told you in your office, I want to take advantage of everything you have to offer.”
I cock a brow, because he clearly paraphrased their conversation. “Do tell?”
Kate smirks, the picture of feminine seduction as she leans back on her hand, her body laid bare. “I told him I wanted to train myself to take his knot. In case it became harder after my heat.”
Bram squirms, while the rest of us look on with rapt attention. “You said this happened in his office?” Dash asks, his eyes dancing. “Was that before or after one of his fascinating board meetings.”
