I shudder, as he continues to work his finger in and out, rubbing the feathers teasingly across my cheek.
Yet in my dazed, sated state, it hits me that something was wrong about what Zero said.
What is it?
My mind feels scrambled. I can’t think.
Finally, Zero pulls away from me with a final, loving stroke across my pussy. He licks over my lips, before he raises his slick coated fingers to his mouth and sucks them into his mouth with a moan.
I stare at him.
He looks at me with half-hooded eyes, licking his fingers. “I must serve my beautiful Omega. And your slick tastes delicious.”
He pulls the feathers down my body, while Piper wraps his arm around Zero’s waist.
Piper humps against Zero, using him to drive his own pleasure. Piper looks over Zero’s shoulder, never dropping his gaze from mine.
My breathing picks up.
The Omegas are the ones with the power in this nest.
It hits me hard then.
Piper says it without needing to use words. Not only does everyone in this room have consent, choices, and freedom. But in a nest, no matter how dominant an Alpha, the Omega is in charge.
And that almost makes me come again.
“Why did you send Grace on a mission when she was so close to heat?” Lionzio narrows his eyes at Icarus.
Icarus grabs Lionzio by his bow tie, before unraveling it. “I don’tsendGrace on anything. Isn’t Pip your boss? Well, I have only temporarily been Grace’s boss. Really, she has always been the rightful owner of this entire hotel with her Omega dad. Plus, she is my best friend. This mission was us taking back her rights and those of every worker here. I didn’t know that it was time for her to go into heat. Don’t you know about pregnant Omegas?”
Lionzio shakes his head. “Assume that I know more about cage fighting, illegal betting, and how to manage a mafia business empire.”
Icarus coughs like he’s forgotten just who he has been manhandling.
He pats Lionzio on the shoulder. “Well, I am quite skilled in health and safety regulations, you know. Look, it takes a different time for each Omega’s heats to come back after every pregnancy. It is nature’s way to ensure that their bodies have a break between becoming pregnant and bearing children. Otherwise, breeders in certain cultures would be kept permanently heavy with child until it wore their bodies out. Post pregnancy heats can be extreme and even deadly if an Omegadoesn’t have their bonded Alpha to help them through it. At least my Sweet Sin will have two bonds, which will help protect her even further.”
I had become too used to not having heats.
My body has a wicked sense of humor.
Except, now panic spikes through me.
Deadly?
Did Maya always intend for me to die in my first post pregnancy heat?
“Meeting her scent match probably triggered the heats to return this Christmas.” Icarus gives Lionzio a pointed look like it’s an accusation.
Lionzio hunches his shoulders.
“Are you sure that you want me here as well, mio tesoro?” Lionzio checks in, holding onto my hand tightly. “I put your life at risk. I swear that I will do my best to make up for that. I have never been with a woman before but I will do everything that I can to meet your needs. I can’t believe that I have this honor. I will do everything that I can to redeem?—”
“Nothing to redeem.” I rasp. “Need you.”
Lionzio smiles. His pale blue eyes gentle.
He sits on the edge of the bed next to me. His hand settles on my thigh, maddeningly just below where I am desperate for him to touch me.
