Page 69 of Dodging Bullets

“It’s not much, but it’s yours. Anything you need, we can get for you.” It wasn’t soft and girly like Polly’s, because although August was an Omega, he wasn’t feminine in any way.

He turned, his eyes glassy with tears. “You guys did all this for me in one night?”

I stroked my fingers over his sharp jaw. “More or less. Polly and I had been discussing making this a second Omega suite for a while, and we’d cleared out most of the furniture, but with all hands on deck, it went pretty quickly.” I kissed his cheek. “You’re worth every ounce of effort.”

He launched himself forward and kissed me. Wrapping his strong arms around my neck, he held me tightly as his teeth scraped against my lip. My arm around his waist, I walked him backwards, before halting. We had to do this right.

“Omega, can I enter your nest?”

“Fuck yes,” he breathed, pulling me down onto the soft mattress with him. I chased his lips with mine, kneeling between his thighs. His strong hands held me tightly, and I groaned into his mouth. He was addictive, and I was losing myself to the haze of the rut. It was only the sweet scent of jasmine and vanilla that reminded me we weren’t alone.

My Pack stood at the door. Kissing my way from the corner of August’s mouth and down his jaw, I used these few seconds to regain control of my Alpha. “Omega, are you in heat?”

“No,” he groaned, though his temperature wanted to tell me otherwise.

“You need to eat, and maybe have a nice cool bath before your heat hits. There is an eternity to kiss you senseless in your nest, but I would be a bad Alpha if I didn’t take care of you in your preheat.” Sitting back onto my knees, I looked down at him, all flushed pink with hooded eyes, begging me to fuck him. I sent a prayer up to the Patron Saint of Sexual Restraint for a little control.

Max, bless him, took pity on me. Appearing beside us, he gripped August’s hand. “Come on, let’s go and carb load, because I intend to fuck you every which way, until you’ll feel like you’ve run an ultra-marathon.”

August laughed softly, but let himself be pulled to his feet. I watched them go, sucking oxygen in through my nose. Fucking mistake, because all I got was a lungful of Omega pheromones. My knot was throbbing.

Rio, the fucker, laughed at the expression on my face as he came over and helped me to my feet. “I hope to god their heats sync, because I’m not sure I could do this alternate months without my dick falling off and dying of dehydration.” He grinned. “But what a way to go.”

Forty

August

This had been the most perfect day of my life, but I swore on my collection of original Tolkiens that if I didn’t get one of their knots soon, I was going to fucking lose it. My body throbbed, and I whined, even as Max hand-fed me my favorite dumplings from the dumpling house near my apartment.

He leaned closer. “Are you full, Omega? Or just anxious to be full of something else?”

I moaned, and the noise set off Polly, because she abandoned her own food and climbed onto my lap. Her skin felt normal to me, which was definitely a sign that she was feverish, because I was burning up.

“Does she feel hot to you?” I breathed, even as she nipped her way down my throat, her teeth pressing hard into the pulse point on my neck. “Fuck.” I gripped her hips, grinding up into her soft warmth. I needed to be inside her.

Max’s hand reached between us, and he grunted. “Yep. You’ve definitely knocked her into heat with you.” He grinned. “I don’t know if I should be excited or terrified.”

Bothwas the intelligent response.

But I couldn’t tell him that, because the Omega in my arms was kissing me. She tasted like heaven, and I found myself climbing to my feet and carrying her down the hall to my nest. I was on the same side of the house as Rio, and his scent was stronger in this hall. I didn’t like that all their scents weren’t there equally, but there was time to fix that. What I didn’t have time for was delayed satisfaction.

I wanted, and I wantednow.

I stepped into my nest with its perfect hidden door, and smiled. Llew might’ve been the Alpha who’d known me the shortest amount of time, but somehow, he understood me. The rest would come. I was as enamored by the big, damaged Alpha as I was with the sweet little Omega in my arms.

I laid her down in the middle of my nest, then sat back on my knees. She looked perfect here. I wanted her to stay, become part of my nest forever. I wanted to fall asleep and wake up beside her.

I felt Max’s hand roam down my spine. Besidethem.

Rio and Llew had gone to prep for the heat, taking the pets to OJ’s sanctuary and grabbing food from the Omega supply place. It was just me, my Beta, and my Omega, and I was going to taste them both.

“In the nest, Max,” I rumbled, like I was a damn Alpha. He grinned and crawled into the nest, naked like this was some full-moon ritual. Maybe it was. It was an act as old as civilization itself. He leaned over my Omega and kissed her, and I caught my breath at how fucking hot they looked.

I wanted to be in the middle of them. “Can you satisfy two Omegas all by yourself, Maxie?” I purred, and his eyes sparkled with the challenge.

“I’m going to try,” he said cockily.

I knew what I wanted, but I wondered if he’d submit to it. “What if I told you what I wanted you to do?” I asked, raisingan eyebrow. Rolling onto his back, he pillowed his head on his crossed arms, making all the beautiful skin stretch, and his muscles flex.So beautiful.

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