Page 21 of Their Alpha

Not babies, my inner omega whispered to me. Hisbabies. Artemis’s babies. He’s the one.

“No, he isn’t,” I whispered back. “Gideon is.”

“Fletcher, you’re obviously in pain,” Artemis said, his voice so gentle it was like a lover’s caress down my back. “Let me help.”

I’d been deliberately ignoring the volume of slick I was producing, but I was suddenly aware of it as it spilled down my thighs all the way to my knees. My hole pulsed and fluttered, opening on its own but yearning for Artemis’s thick cock to spread it farther. I went so far as to shuffle my feet apart and brace my hands on the bureau as I felt Artemis coming closer to me.

As soon as I realized what my body was trying to make me do, I snapped straight and turned to face him, gripping the edge of the bureau behind me.

“I can’t do this,” I said, pleading breathlessly with Artemis.

Artemis, amazingly, kept perfectly calm. “Okay, I respect your worries.” He stopped a good distance away from me, which I was certain took effort, since his body was flushed and sweaty, and his cock stood aggressively out in front of him, beaded with precum. “Let’s talk about what we can do here.”

“You’ve gone into heat, Fletcher,” Gideon said from the bed. He’d gathered up the sheet and clutched it in front of him like a shield. His eyes were glassy with awe and worry. “You can’t fight heat. You have to just go through it or it’ll hurt you.”

I sucked in a deep lungful of air, but didn’t have any answer to that. I knew he was right.

“The way I see it, we have a couple of options,” Artemis said, swaying slightly, his body tense with his efforts to maintain control. “Gideon is still in heat, and now you are, too. I hope you don’t mind my asking this, but do you thinkthat maybe you went into heat several hours ago but didn’t really notice until now?”

Fuck, he was right, I had. It was all so clear now. I wasn’t usually so aroused while helping Gideon through heat. Not by the alpha I’d found for seed. I’d been tasting, then outright drinking Artemis’s cum for the past few waves. That had to be why I’d dropped to my knees to suck him off without even realizing what I was doing earlier.

“I think I have,” I admitted in defeat. “My heats always start out weak. Sometimes I don’t even notice. Sometimes I can get through heat without any help.”

“Okay,” Artemis said, like we’d figured out one piece of the puzzle. “It looks like you’re feeling it stronger now.”

I grimaced and made a sound of need. I hadn’t felt a heat wave this strong in years.

“I need to control it,” I said. “This needs to be about Gideon, not me.”

“I’m fine, love,” Gideon said, softening a little, even though he still held the sheet to protect himself. “I can’t stand seeing you like this. You’re in heat. You have to have an alpha.”

“Which brings me to some of our other options,” Artemis picked up from there, as if the two of them were a single, smooth unit. “You already have a Heat Lightning dildo, so you could use that.”

I winced, not just because I thought the word “dildo” was too sordid, but because my body and soul found the idea utterly distasteful. That made me wonder, for a second, if Gideon also found the Heat Lightning system gross and distasteful even though I’d been using it on him.

I would have to worry about that some other time.

“Other options?” I asked, panting and sweating as the wave turned more demanding.

Artemis shrugged and spread his arms, momentarily glancing down at himself. “You have an alpha in rut standing right in front of you, willing and eager to serve.”

The way his voice went gravelly and the barely contained fire in his eyes was another hint that he was exercising incredible willpower to stand his ground instead of jumping me and taking me by force.

The idea of him taking me by force had my inner omega shivering with lust. My knees went weak, and I fought not to cry.

“It’s okay, Fletcher,” Gideon said, shuffling to the side of the bed like he was surrendering the space to me and Artemis. “You do what you need to do. I still love you with my entire heart and soul. It’s okay.”

That was the crack that broke the damn. I burst into a sob, holding my hands to my face to hide the shame of the need I couldn’t control.

Then I gulped for breath and pushed away from the bureau, flying into Artemis’s arms.

The reaction between us was instant. Artemis let go of the control he’d been showing with a growl and pulled me into his arms as soon as I reached him. He slammed his mouth over mine, holding my neck with one, large hand so that my chin was tilted up. I was instantly at his mercy. I could feel the strength of his body as it pressed against mine, and it made my inner omega sing.

“It’s okay,” Artemis rumbled, his voice and demeanor entirely changed to be the alpha I needed instead of the one Gideon needed. “I’ve got you.”

I opened my mouth to thank him, but it turned into a cry of need. I threw my arms over his shoulders and leaped onto him, wrapping my legs around his waist. It was humiliating,but I wriggled and thrust my hips, trying to find his cock so I could impale myself on it.

I don’t know if I actually managed it or if he reached down to hold it and push it into me, but after a few tries, he actually slotted home. I cried out wildly with the pleasure of being filled and moved frantically to get him as deep into me as possible. The fact that Artemis could remain upright, holding me while I bounced on him, was a testament to his incredible strength.

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