I just about convinced myself to make my way back out to the street -closing the security door firmly behind me, thank you very much- and drop it off with his dads when the faintest of sounds came through the closed door.
Straining my ears, I barely picked up the next muffled sob and bristled, the bear snarling in the back of my mind. Steeling myself for the possibility that I wouldn’t be welcome, I again raised my hand to knock but froze again when the nextsob came, clearer and more audible and very, very definitely my name.
“Otto!”
The distress in Dex’s tone had me reaching for the doorknob instead of knocking, the flimsy metal giving way easily under my hand.
“Dex? What’s wrong?” I called out, tossing his coat onto the closest piece of furniture as I strode into the apartment, dread shooting through me. “Dex? Where are you?”
Before he could answer, I was standing in the doorway to the small bedroom, staring dumbstruck at the sight before me.
Dex was naked on the bed, his skin flushed as he writhed against the sheets, one hand wrapped around his hard, weeping cock as he stared at me through fever-bright eyes. The room was so thick with pheromones that my cock hardened instantly.
“Otto?” Dex’s voice was raspy, disbelieving, as though he thought I might be an illusion.
“Yeah, baby,” I growled. “It’s me. Are you…what do you need?”
“You,” Dex whimpered, shuddering visibly and raising one shaking hand to reach for me. “I need you so bad.”
I kicked off my shoes and reached for my belt. “Then you’ve got everything you need.”
ChapterFive
Dex
Flash or false heats, while uncommon in mated Omegas, can occur and do so more often in the case of unmated Omegas lacking proximity to the sire.If you experience one, contact your medical care provider at once.
“Fucking hell,” I groaned, tossing my copy ofWhat to Expect When Expecting: Male Omega Editionto the floor beside the bed.
Taylor tucked me in after we ate, suggesting that catching up on my sleep might help me get back on even footing. I agreed hesitantly, aware that the increasingly erotic dreams that haunted my nights were more likely to keep me from sleeping peacefully but willing to give it a try.
I wasn't prepared for my temperature to spike. Or for the desperate, clawing ache of the false heat to grip my body and fog my mind, leaving me desperately trying to get myself off but unable to reach that final peak.
I was so far gone that I even thought I heard Otto’s voice calling to me before an apparition of him appeared in my doorway, all burly muscle and delicious Alpha musk that made my dick throb and my mouth water.
I moaned his name, reaching for him even though my feverish mind knew he couldn’t be there.
“Yeah, baby. It’s me. Are you…what do you need?”
His voice was clear, sorealthat I questioned it for a second before the fever pulled me back under and I whined, “You. I need you so bad.”
My eyes fell closed as another wave of heat rushed through me. I tried to focus on breathing through the searing pain, but it was nearly unbearable. Vaguely aware that I needed help, I reached blindly for the nightstand in the hopes that I could drag my phone over by the cord and manage to dial before I got any worse.
Instead of the charging cord I was aiming for, my hand landed on warm skin, the hair rasping against my palm as my hand slid along it.
I forced my eyes open but couldn’t focus them. “Otto?”
“Yeah, it’s me.” My Alpha’s voice was deep and rough, broken glass tumbling in rough river water. “You’re in heat.” I could hear the confusion in his voice. “I thought you were pregnant?”
“False heat,” I managed to force out. “Need help.” Even in my fevered state I realized the absurdity of asking a mirage to call nine-one-one, but I was too far gone by that point to help myself.
A large hand landed over mine on dream Otto’s thigh, dragging it up until it covered a very hard cock.
“This kind of help? Or a doctor?”
Oh, hell. If I was going to die anyway, I might as well go out with an imaginary bang, right?
“This.” I wrapped my hand around the hard flesh and squeezed lightly, shivering when my dream Otto growled, sending pleasure spiking through my body.
