“You’re doing so well for us, Baby Girl. Ben is going to start moving. Are you ready for it?” he says. I can only nod. Ben slowly starts to move, building up a rhythm that has me holding onto Parker and Keelan for dear life. Then all of sudden Parker starts moving too. I can’t keep it in, moaning long and loud. It feelsamazing.
Keelan is there, kissing me as they work faster, fucking me in tandem until I’m begging for something. I don’t even know what because there’s so many sensations. Someone rubs my clit, sending me over the edge and triggering Parker and Ben as well. Feeling them come together inside me is something I can never forget.
Now I really do collapse on Parker, spent. The energy used to hold myself up has been fucked right out me, I’m a limp noodle. Keelan kisses my temple. No. I have it in me, my last mate tonight, but first bonded. Keelan eyes me appraisingly. He has to see my resolve.
He lifts me off Parker, and I look down. He looks absolutely wrecked. In one quick motion, Keelan sits me on his massive cock. I barely feel the stretch this time. Huh, I guess taking two cocks made the transition easier. He flips us so I’m lying down. Small mercies. “This will be quick, Baby Girl. Watching you have so much pleasure has me on the edge. You were amazing tonight and throughout this heat. Truly our perfect match, our omega.” His praise triggers my purring again, which seems to send him over the edge he said he was on. I feel his knot enter me and his hot cum fill me up.
After we catch our breath, Keelan rolls us so I’m lying on top of him while we wait for his knot to go down. I hear some conversations but they are a bit of a blur. Liam, based on the scent, takes my temperature. “It’s the lowest it’s been since we started. We may have broken the heat.”
“Thank the fucking Gods,” I say with exhaustion. The guys all laugh at that. Sex with all of them at once was intense and we’re just getting started. Who even knows what my heat will look like a full year into our bond, or five, twenty years in. So much time to grow together in every sense.
Please, let us have that time.
19
THEA
Well, we nearly broke the heat. A couple more rounds happened the morning and early afternoon of the ninth day before it officially was over. I ended up taking a nap.I think about half the pack did as well. We’re all exhausted.
By the time I make my way downstairs for the first time since my heat started, the sun is starting to set. Everyone is in the kitchen, and Ben and Micah are cooking. I even catch Micah laughing at something Eli says. I think that might be the first time I’ve actually seen him genuinely laugh. His eyes crinkle at the corners, his smile big and unconscious. His perfectly trimmed beard normally hides his face, but seeing it light up right now…nothing could fit him more.
“Spying on your pack?” Taz whispers behind me, making me nearly jump out of my skin. I forgot he and his pack are here. I clutch my chest as he laughs lowly to not alert the guys to our presence. I’m thankful because I don’t want to interrupt their moment. Though I make sure to smack Taz’s chest for scaring me.
“Why aren’t you joining them?” he asks more seriously. My gaze returns to my pack filling up the large kitchen in more waysthan one. Eli, Parker, Jake, and Liam are sitting at the large island, laughing and making conversation with everyone. Micah stands opposite them, preparing something for us to eat. Ben is at the stove cooking but occasionally tilts his head back, adding his two cents. Keelan is pulling out the dishes and utensils for us all.
My eyes go back to Taz, whose eyes are still on me. I’m usually honest with him, so I say, “I don’t want to interrupt their pack bonding moment. If I walk in there it’ll change and ruin it.” As soon as the word leaves my lips, I feel blindsided by it. I don’t think I’ll ruin it, not really. It’ll just change into something different. I don’t know how to explain this feeling.
“You’re part of the pack too, so that bonding includes you. There’s nothing wrong with letting them have time with each other but don’t even believe you’re somehow inconveniencing them. I guarantee you no one in that room feels that,” he says sternly. Then he’s pushing me into the kitchen. I stumble in, caught by his surprise push. I glare back at him, to which he smiles and gives a thumbs up before turning away and leaving. Asshole.
The loud conversations quiet down. Turning, I see them all looking at me. I feel so awkward. How do you act after a heat? Especially one where we bonded? I still feel some of that anxious energy rushing through me, but the all-consuming need is gone. I feel like I could run a mile before it’ll subside.
A devious idea pops in my head, definitely fueled by the many romance books I’ve read. But I know a few of them will bite. Though realization hits me as I look down at myself. I’m only wearing one of Keelan’s shirts. They’re the only ones that actually feel big on me and cover me for the most part thanks to my stomach.
“Sweetheart, you feeling okay?” Liam asks, moving to get up. I nod my head, deciding to do this. A small smile forms on mylips as my excitement ramps up. I look towards the doors that lead to the partially enclosed deck, the same one Eli used to look at the stars with his telescope. Someone, likely Eli, left boots next to the door. They’re going to be huge on me, but I’ll make it work.
I walk over and put the boots on, lacing them quickly and making them as tight as possible. “Baby Girl, what are you doing?” Keelan growls out, knowing full well what I’m about to do.
I stand straight, my hand on the door knob to the deck. Varying expressions look at me. There’s concern, amusement, and pure lust. I’m not an idiot, though. I know it’s freezing out. There’s even an inch or two of snow covering the ground, and I’m not dressed for the weather. But I also know one of them will find me quickly.
“I get a full one-minute head start before any of you can come after me,” I say but Keelan is already moving in my direction. Micah grabs his shoulder, holding him there. They exchange looks; I’m on a clock so I don’t linger, opening the door.
“One minute, then chase me,” I remind them before running as fast as I can out the door and down the steps into the woods. The cold air bites at my cheeks and bare legs, that remaining energy from the heat fueling me. Excitement courses through me at the prospect of one of them catching me.
20
MICAH
She has a fucking death wish. She must, since running out in this weather wearing just a T-shirt is crazy. But when she said to chase her, I knew deep inside, I would accept her challenge. I’m going to be the one to find her. Keelan is pacing closest to the door as Parker starts the timer. Forty-five seconds left.
Liam went to grab a coat for her. It’s clear he and Keelan will be going after her. None of the others have made a move to imply they will too. I run to grab my shoes from the front door before I return to the kitchen, the timer now showing twenty seconds.
The door to the deck is wide open, letting in the chill. Positioning myself there. I hear Parker ask someone, “Not going after her?”
“Nope, they got it,” Eli says with pure amusement in his voice. Jake of all people counts us down from ten. The three of us, Keelan, Liam, and myself get ready.
“One!” Jake yells, breaking us free from Thea’s imaginary constraints. I’m first out the door, not paying attention to who’s behind me. There’s snow on the ground but also multiple sets ofboot prints. Fucking Harrison’s team patrolling today is going to make this harder than I thought.
I pick the tread that seems freshest to me, but who the hell knows. I assume that’s what Keelan and Liam do as we each go in different directions. Anger is fueling me. That damn omega is running like that in this cold. Flashes of our brief moment during her heat last night run through my mind. We hadn’t interacted at all sexually during her heat. Only when I tried to get her to eat and drink. Seeing her take the entire pack made me move to her side without thinking. The only thing repeating in my mind wasmy mate, my omega.After scent marking her and making her come on my fingers, I knew that was it. The final domino to fall. I’m tired of fighting it.
