“You know that’s not it.”
More whines come out of her, and she tries to pull my face to hers. “I answered your question. Fuck me!”
“Auryn!” This time, I put all my alpha rage that I’ve been directing at the dead Orions into my voice, all my authority as leader of this pack. She freezes, and her whines change. They’re softer now, more docile. Less demanding.
“Tell me. I won’t think less of you. I just need to hear you tell the truth.”
By now she’s trembling, but I can’t tell if it’s from fear, her heat, or something else. Tears well in her eyes, and she buries her face in my chest. “Fine,” she mumbles. “They raped me, okay? They tortured me. They used me. They shot me full of shit and tried to turn me into something I’m not, and I don’t know if I’ll ever really be me again.”
She’s rambling, not making sense, but it’s enough of the truth for now. I descend to her mouth and kiss away the sobs before they can escape. I thrust against her, letting my cock finally have what it wants more than anything. Even through the thick canvas fabric of my tactical gear, I can feel how warm and wet she is, feel how needy she is.
“Are you sure, Auryn?” I mutter against her lips. “If you say ‘yes’–and only if you say it–I’ll fuck you. I’ll fuck you so sweet and tender that you’ll forget who you are, or who you were before the Orions. You might not remember your own name for a while. But I’ll take care of you. I’ll ease this heat of yours, take away the pain and discomfort, and I’ll give you everything you want right now. Just say it.”
Her breath hitches in her throat, and she tilts her head to expose her neck to me. “Yes, Gage. Yes, yes, yes.”
I lick the soft, warm skin of her neck. Nibble along her collar bone to her shoulder and back, and she moans. While she’s relaxed enough for me to get my hand between us, I quickly unzip my pants and pull out my cock, letting the fabric fall to the floor.
When I slide inside her, it’s like coming home for the first time ever.
Auryn sighs with contentment, and, as promised, I start to fuck her slowly. Sweet and tender. I let my knot build inside her, let my hands explore her body. The round curve of her ass. The gentle swell of her breasts. She cries out as I pick up the pace, and her pussy clenches tighter.
And tighter. Andtighter.
Holy fuck, what is this?
It’s not bad … In fact, it feels fucking amazing, but–What is it?
“Auryn, what–what are you doing?”
Her legs squeeze my sides, and she whimpers. “I don’t know, but with your knot … Fuck! I’ve never done this, never–But I’ve never been knotted.” She buries a hand in my hair and holds my head to her neck. “Fucking mark me, Gage. Mark me as yours.”
Does she know what she’s asking? If I mark her … I’ve never been that intimate with another omega. Never been bonded, never marked. That’s forpermanence.
Even as I hesitate, my cock swells more in response to her pussy’s hold on it. I couldn’t pull out now if I tried. I’m locked tighter than Fort Knox.
Fuck it.
I growl and kiss her neck, preparing to mark her. To bite just hard enough to break her skin, hard enough to leave a mark that will rival the scars that pepper her body with reminders of the Orions’ torture. A new scar, a better one, one that tells anyone who sees it that she ismine, that she belongs tomypack. A scar to let her know she has a home now, a pack of her own, a place in the world beyond what value she holds as an omega.
When I bite down, I time it with a hard thrust against the door, hoping that the pleasure of my cock diminishes the pain of the mark. Her spicy-sweet blood hits my tongue like a hit of the most delicious, most addicting drug there is, and when combined with her fucking gorgeous screams, I know that’s it for me.
There will never be another omega for me. Another woman. I’ll never knot anyone else, never stray, never want for anything so long as I have this pussy to come home to.
So long as I haveAurynto come home to.
In the back of my mind, I wonder about Diego and Emmett, even Olly. They’ve all formed bonds of their own with this woman, and we’ve all had our own flavor of bond before she arrived. What will happen now? Will things change for the worse, or will they only get better?
Then I hear something that makes all my concerns melt away into oblivion.
“Gage!”
My name,myname on her lips as she comes undone on my cock, as her sweet pussy drenches me from the waist down. She spasms uncontrollably, inside and out, and I hold her close, chasing her orgasm with one of my own. I lick the blood clean from her neck and purr into her.
I don’t know how long we stay locked in place like that, how long before a soft, rhythmic knock on the door signals Olly’s arrival and wakes me from a light doze.
I fell asleep fucking? I never fall asleep fucking! What kind of alpha am I?
“What?” I grumble, not wanting to be disturbed. I’m comfortable right here, surrounded by Auryn.
