Eva’s friends walked down the long aisle of the theatre. This was happening.Fuck, this was happening, and I was with Tyler. I never imagined I’d be this happy.
They stood to the side, and I saw Esme looking toward the doors where her sister would appear, and it wasn’t hard to see the pain she wore like a coat. She was happy for us, but I understood how brutal it was to be so close to something you wanted.
The MC quietly took his place near us. The only warning we got.
A spotlight fell on Eva, and the rest of the world disappeared. Sheglittered. It was different here than out in the sun. My Omega was the most beautiful thing in this room, shining like she should be.
The one thing we’d decided about the ceremony was that while it was public, the words we said to each other would be for us alone.
She climbed the stairs, and I found myself there before I realized I was moving, helping her and making sure she didn’t trip. Bringing her with me until we stood in front of the MC. But I could barely hear what he was saying. I couldn’t look away from Eva. My Eva. My Omega.
Her smile was wide and her eyes were glossy with happy tears.
Esme stepped forward and took her flowers so her hands were free. And now it was just us, looking at each other. Ready.
“We’re gathered here to witness the bonding of Eva May Williams and the Feroce pack.” He looked between the five of us. “Do all of you enter this bond of your own free will?”
“Yes,” Eva said, the single clear word ringing out and lighting up my chest.
“Yes,” the four of us said in unison.
He gestured to me and flicked the microphone off. I stepped forward to Eva, bringing her close. Even without the mics, I leaned close to speak in her ear, so they couldn’t even read my lips. This was only for her.
“You are the best thing that has ever happened to us,” I told her. “We thought we were happy, but we were coasting. Then you bumped into Tyler, and we realized that our happiness was only a fraction of what we could feel.”
Eva gasped softly. A little hiccup of breath that told me she was on the verge of tears. “I was coasting too. Everything feltgray, and even though I was getting better, it was all cloudy skies. Not anymore.”
I pressed my forehead to hers, just like I had backstage. There were few things I loved than sharing breath with this woman. “I love you so fucking much, princess. May I bite you?”
“Please. I can’t wait anymore.”
Cradling her face, I tilted her head to the side and lowered my mouth to her neck, just below her jaw. I bit down, and the world felt like it changed color.Evaappeared in my chest. Her sweetness and light. It was like tasting the roses in her scent, but in my soul. The feeling of waking up to the smell of your favorite coffee.
The shock of feeling her soul brush against mine gave way to the joy she felt. Thelove. It felt wild and just as feral for us as we were for her. Desire dropped through us at the same time, and a cloud of perfume puffed out around us.
“You’re mine,” I said.
“I’m yours,” she whispered.
“I don’t want to step away from you. All I want to do is keep you here.” I pulled her closer against my body. “I love you.”
A single tear slipped out of her eye. I brushed it away. “See you soon?”
Eva nodded, eyes still watery. “Yeah.”
It was the hardest thing I’d ever done to step backwards and let Dylan take my place. I wanted all of us connected, but it didn’t erase the need to steal my Omega away from every pair of eyes and make us both moan.
I was just close enough to hear, still savoring the exquisite ache of love from Eva. I felt the way her feelings shifted between us. She loved us all differently and perfectly.
“I never thought I’d do this,” Dylan said with a soft laugh. “And in the moments I thought about it, I thought I’d be terrifiedof something so completely permanent. But I’m not. It’s the only thing that makes sense.”
“Know the feeling.” She really did. Awe and wonder flowed through our new bond, and I blinked. Feeling her like this was so fucking intimate, it wrecked me.
“I love you.” He kissed her lightly. “I’ll always love you. And I can’t wait to feel you.”
Dylan leaned in and placed his bite below mine, where her neck met her shoulder. Immediately, I felt him. Softer than the way I felt Eva, but distinct from her. The intangible flavor of his scent and his playfulness. His joy. His regret about having to separate from her matched mine exactly.
“Fuck that’s going to be an adjustment,” he whispered as he stood next to me.
