"That's it, sunshine," Kade encourages, his voice dropping into that low register that makes both of us shiver. "Just like that. What feels good?"
She rocks against him again, seeking friction. Her breathing grows heavier, small sounds escaping her throat that are less pain and more pleasure. The cramps must still be there, the need for a knot building with every passing second, but she's finding relief in the movement.
"More," she whimpers, her hands tightening on his shoulders. "I need more but I don't know how..."
"Tell me what you want," Kade prompts gently. "Use your words, sweetheart. What does your body need?"
I can see her struggling to articulate it, to put words to needs that are purely instinctual. "Inside," she finally gasps out, her hips moving restlessly. "I need you inside me. Please, Alpha."
The title falls from her lips so naturally, her Omega taking over and recognizing Kade for what he is. My chest swells with pride and affection watching her finally accept what we've known since the moment I first caught her scent—she's ours, and we're hers.
Kade's hands tighten on her waist, his control visibly fraying at the edges. "Good girl. Such a good girl for telling me what you need."
Chapter twenty-two
Solana
I move forward, sliding against his length, and the sensation that shoots through me is electric. Pleasure blooms from that point of contact, spreading outward through my body in waves that make my toes curl. More slick gushes from me at the feeling, coating both of us and making the slide easier.
My head falls to his shoulder as I continue the movement, seeking that friction that feels so impossibly good. The cramps are still there, a dull ache low in my belly, but they're being overshadowed by the pleasure building with each rock of my hips. This is what I needed, what my body has been crying out for.
"In, in, put it in!" The words tumble from my lips in a desperate rush, my hips moving faster now as I chase the relief I’m hoping is waiting for me.
Kade kisses the top of my head, the gesture tender despite the tension I can feel thrumming through his body. His hands move from my waist, one sliding between us to grip his length as he positions himself at my entrance, the blunt head of his cock pressing against me.
"I've got you, sunshine," he murmurs against my hair. "Just relax and let me in."
I try to relax but my body is wound so tight with need that it's difficult. Kade's free hand comes back to my waist, guiding me slowly as he pushes up and I sink down. The stretch is intense, my body opening for him inch by inch. I gasp at the feeling, at the fullness that keeps growing as he slides deeper.
I've never felt so full in my life. The few experiences I had before Harmony House were rushed and fumbling, over before they really began. But this is different. Kade is thick and long, filling me in ways I didn't know were possible.
My mind starts to slip away, rational thought giving way to pure instinct. My heat-addled brain takes over completely, my Omega rising to the surface and pushing everything else aside. I clutch at Kade's shoulders, my fingers digging into the solid muscle there as he holds me in place. We're not moving yet, just staying locked together while my body adjusts to having him inside me.
And then I feel it. Euphoria crashes over me like a wave, pleasure so intense it borders on painful washing through every nerve ending. I clench around him involuntarily, my body recognizing on some fundamental level that this is exactly what it needs. An Alpha inside me, filling me, completing me in a way nothing else can.
Suddenly, a memory comes back to me with startling clarity. My best friend at Harmony House, before she was chosen and I never saw her again. We'd found this book hidden in the library, tucked behind some medical texts where the Wardens would never think to look. It was about an Omega living this dream-like life, her pack surrounding her and catering to her every need. Alphas who worshipped her instead of controlling her, who found pleasure in her pleasure.
I remember reading it with such longing, such desperate hope that maybe something like that existed somewhere in the world. But my friend had just laughed sadly and told me it was fantasy, nothing more. The Alphas that came to Harmony House were looking to break Omegas, not give them new lives. They wanted compliance and submission, property they could control.
But this... this feels like heaven. This feels like those pages come to life, like maybe that book wasn't fantasy after all. Maybe it is possible to have Alphas who care about what I need, who want to make me feel good.
I feel almost drunk on Kade's scent, cedarwood and leather wrapping around me until I can't tell where he ends and I begin. My nose presses against his chest, breathing him in deeply as slurred words fall from my lips. "Move. Please move."
Kade gently wraps one hand around the back of my neck, his fingers threading through my hair and holding me steady. The other hand clutches my waist as he starts to move, pumping up into me with slow, controlled thrusts that have me seeing stars.
Each thrust hits something inside me that sends sparks of pleasure racing up my spine. I'm falling apart already, my body wound so tight from the building heat that it doesn't take much to push me over the edge. I come with a cry, clenching around him as waves of pleasure crash over me.
But Kade doesn't stop. He keeps going, working me through the orgasm and building toward another one. It feels amazing, better than anything I've ever experienced. More slick gushes from me, coating both of us and the obscene wet sounds as Kade thrusts up into me, filling the room. I should be embarrassed but I can't bring myself to care, too lost in the feeling of him moving inside me.
That's when I feel the ring of muscle pushing inside of me, expanding at the base of his cock. My eyes fly open in confusion and a hint of fear, my fingers tightening into his shoulders hard enough that I’ll probably leave marks.
"What is that?" My voice comes out higher than normal, panic creeping in at the edges of the pleasure.
"Breathe, sweetheart," Kade commands, his hand on the back of my neck applying gentle pressure. "It's my knot. It's going to feel good, I promise. Just breathe through it."
I try to do as he says, forcing air into my lungs even as I feel his knot starting to expand inside me. It's stretching me even more than I already am, pushing against my walls in ways that are almost overwhelming. Memories of Harmony House’s warnings about knotting flood back. They said it was dangerous, that it could hurt, that Omegas needed medical supervision if an Alpha ever tried to knot them.
But even as the fear rises, so does the pleasure. His knot swells up inside of me, the cramps from earlier dissipating completely. A whimper tears from my throat, my body caught between the fear of the unknown and the building pleasure that's threatening to consume me entirely.
