Page 47 of Dodging Bullets

I kissed the top of her head, and she purred for me, but it was a sleepy sound, and soon enough she was lightly snoring.

Without a shadow of a doubt, I knew my decision to allow the Barrie Pack to court me was the correct one. Hell, they didn’t have to court me at all; I knew deep down in my chest that this was right. But part of me wanted to show Polly what to expect, what she deserved.

How to be coddled and loved properly. Protected. I knew that the guys wouldn’t court me and exclude her. If they were doing it for me, they would do it for Polly too. That was part of the reason I knew they were the Pack for me.

A soft knock at the door had me looking over my shoulder. Max stood there, his cheeks flushed and a crooked smile on his face. “How is she?” he whispered, stepping into the room.

There were hardly any bubbles left and the water was starting too cool. “She’s perfect.”

He sat on the edge of the tub, reaching over to run a finger down the soft curve of her cheek. “On that, we can all agree. Heat symptoms?”

“She was ramping up in the nest, but I managed to ease her enough that she could get some rest. But today is definitely the day. How are you?”

He looked wild, his eyes shining and filled with anticipation and worry. “Stressed that I’ve forgotten something. Worried that this will somehow be traumatizing for her despite the fact that none of us would do a single thing that she didn’t want. Excited to be a part of something so primal that it makes my dick hard if I think about it for too long.”

I huffed a small laugh. “So all the usual things then. And the Alphas?”

“Wearing a hole in the carpet. Even I can smell your combined scents from the hallway, and it's a heady damn elixir. You could bottle it and put Viagra out of business.”

Polly whined softly, squirming beneath my hands. Our respite was over. Her skin was beginning to heat up all overagain, and I knew that the moment she got out of this bath, the sweet scent of her slick would flood every crevice of the room.

I looked at Max, my face serious. “I think the carpet will be safe. Tell the guys to get their shit under control because our Omega is about to go into heat and it’ll be a long, exhausting few days. Carb load while they can.” I traced my fingers across her cheekbones. “Omega? Polly? Time to wake up before you turn into a fish.”

Her eyelashes fluttered open, and she looked up at me, then at Max. “You’re back.” She smiled, then curled into a ball with a groan as a heat cramp hit. She was breathing through her teeth by the time it released. “That was… not fun. Is it supposed to cramp like that?”

I nuzzled her head. “Yeah, remember the miserable part? Welcome to the heat, my sweet Omega. Don’t worry, it won’t be for long.”

Max reached into the bath and lifted her into his arms, only putting her down briefly to wrap a towel around her soft curves. He hesitated at the door, like the idea of leaving me behind felt wrong. Smiling, I shooed him back into her suite. “I’ll only be a minute.”

He left, and I pulled myself out of the bath. I took a moment to breathe before the air was so thick with pheromones and nothing but the need to be inside her.

This was the first night of the rest of my life with my Pack. I knew that much in my soul.

Twenty-Seven

Polly

Oh god.August hadn’t been exaggerating about the way the heat would be a terrible balance between pain and pleasure. As a wave of pain did its best to shred my uterus, Max placed me gently in the middle of the nest, then walked away to stand outside the doorway once more.

I mewled pitifully, and he gave me a soft smile. “Can I enter your nest, Omega?” he asked quietly, and I growled at him.

“Yes! But your clothes have to stay out there.” I grinned, before the next cramp had me curling up like one of the little wood bugs that we used to roll down the paths as kids.

Max must have shed his clothes in record time, because he was right there seconds later. He sucked on my nipples, which took the edge off the pain, but my Omega was screaming at me that what wouldreallyhelp would be a big knot from one of my Alphas.

I had to agree, but Max felt so nice between my thighs, and I wanted him inside me. Right now. I wrapped my legs around his so he couldn’t disappear, and when he slid himself inside me, my body went lax.Yes.This was what I needed.

His nose bumped against mine, and he swiped a kiss across my lips, before gripping my thighs and pressing back up to hisknees. He spread me wide, moving his hands up to my hips to hold me tight, and then hefuckedme. There was no other word for the sweaty slapping of his body against mine, the way I could feel every inch of his cock pounding inside me, and I adored it. I’d been the fortunate recipient of Max’s lovemaking, and that wasn’t this. This was raw and carnal, and oh soperfect.

“Max!” I screamed, my fib starting to flutter, ready to catch him and hold him inside my body. But he wasn’t done, my beautiful Beta. He pulled almost all the way out, fucking me in shallow thrusts that seemed to hit just about every nerve ending I possessed. I came with the force of a tsunami, and my slick gushed across his body, running down onto the bed.

But my Beta, he wasn’t done. He pushed back inside, and this time, he didn’t hold back. He fucked me until I was coming again, my fib gripping him inside me as he came, and he collapsed on top of me.

He groaned, his face pressed into my hair. “Fuck, Polly… You have no idea how good that feels,” he grunted, and I grinned, wrapping my arms around his waist.

“I might have some idea,” I teased. My body felt hot, and my mind was increasingly foggy, but I wanted to get this out before I was too far gone. “Max?”

Pushing up onto his arms, he looked down at me. “Yeah, baby?”

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