Chapter Twenty-Two
“I think… I’m… gonna pass out,” I hear a scratchy, rough voice struggle to say between gasps for air. “Just because I can rebound so quickly doesn’t mean I can go four back-to-back rounds. It’s enough to hold her off while you recover, but she needs a knot and an alpha’s cum.”
“We are all about to pass out, Kai. She’s fucking our brains out and exhausting our knots,” Benson grunts, and through the bond, I can feel each of them. They might be exhausted, but I can feel how happy and content the three of them are.
“She hasn’t been fucking your brains out since four rounds ago.” Kai snaps back. “Without a knot, you know she won’t get the rest she needs. Fuck, also I can’t get it up again yet. Four is my dick’s rebound limit.”
“Is she okay?” Benson asks; the panic in his voice is enough to get me to open my eyes. I’m curled up in a ball on a bed, but they must have brought all of my nest up here for me, since the items are scattered around us. Awe, that's sweet.
The alpha grabs my hip and scoots my ass backward as we continue to lie on our sides. When he slides his hard length into me, I sigh.
He’ll knot me soon, and the pain will pass.
“Have another sip of water, and I’ll tease your clit until your alpha knots you again,” Kai says, still panting, holding a bottle with a straw up to my lips. I lift my head just enough to reach the straw and take several long swallows. “Such a good girl,” Kai praises, and I smile, eyes too heavy to keep open. Benson fucks me harder now, as Kai fulfills his promise.
“We both recovered from our ruts two days ago,” I hear Nick say sometime later, but everything is too foggy.
I can’t figure out where I am or what we’re doing. Who is Nick talking to? When I start to whimper, I feel a thrust, the knot inside me pulsing as pleasure replaces the pain.
“If her fever doesn’t start to go down soon,withoutice, then we have to take her to a clinic or call a doctor. She barely eats and growls like a gremlin when we try to make her drink more than a few swallows,” Nick says behind me, his knot the one inside of me.
“Okay,” Kai agrees, and part of me understands that they are worried, but the other part is already pulling me back into a fog.
“Ouch.”I wince. My muscles are tender, and my skin is sensitive and sticky with sweat. “So hungry,” I add when my tummy growls. You know it’s time to wake up when your body is stiff, your neck is kinked, and your stomach is demanding to be fed. How long did I sleep?
“Plum?” My pillow yelps, sounding much too worried and loud. I wince again. “Nick!” the pillow, who I have realized is Benson, shouts, once again too loudly. “Kai?—”
“I’m here. Stop hollering,” Kai hisses. “She’s sensitive right now. There’s some shuffling, and I hear the movement as well as feel the bodies all around me.
The buzzing energy in my chest is new. Worry, relief, confusion. None of it belongs to me.
Holy shit! We really bonded! I gasp and shove away from Benson, sitting up as I look around at the absolutely wrecked bedroom.
The door to my closet nest sits open, with pieces of clothing and fabric making a trail to Nick’s large bed in the center of the room. All of the blankets have been pushed to the edge of the mattress, with t-shirts and sweatpants tucked between. Lamps have been knocked off the side tables, empty water bottles sit on the dresser, and the trashcan is overflowing with protein bar wrappers.
“Wow,” I whisper, momentarily distracted by the mayhem. “This is a disaster…”
“Oh, thank fuck.” Nick sighs loudly, dropping down on the bed dramatically, flopping his arm over his eyes. “Her heat finally ended.”
“I’m so glad you’re okay.” Benson sits up, grabs my head between both hands, and kisses me before flopping down as well.
“Here, drink.” Kai shakes his head at the other two, handing me a bottle of water that I quickly finish in one go. I can feel their relief and Kai’s amusement. I’m clutching a hand to my chest, where the bond feels like an almost physical presence.
“Holy shit,” I say, and Kai grins, nodding in understanding. He can feel me the same way I can feel him. “We’re a pack.”
“We sure are.” Kai nods.
“Pack Lead.” I turn around and press a kiss to Nick’s lips. He moves faster than I expect for an exhausted alpha, hugging me to him.
“Pack Omega,” he murmurs, kissing me back. “You did so well.” I melt against his chest, purring for him. When he releases me, I hug Benson next.
“You’re all mine,” I whisper.
Benson smiles, keeping his eyes closed as he holds me against him. “All yours, my pretty omega.”
“You’re not disappointed, right? That we did it for the first time and then bonded right after?” I ask, feeling a little insecure.
“Fuck no. Even if I was still inexperienced right now, I’d bond you all over again, Sweet Plum. There’s no one else for me but you,” Benson growls, holding me so I have to look at him as he says this, and I nod.
