I nod my head. “I thought I wanted you here specifically for Ezra and Ian, but you make me feel lighter. It’s easier to be myself and show what I want since you’ve come here.”
She gives me a watery smile, and I hold her hand.
“It doesn’t hurt that I think you’re beautiful, and your scent drives me crazy. For the first time in a long time, I want to take care of someone, if you’ll let me.”
“Will you let me take care of you too?” she asks, and I nod.
“You really think we can make this work? Two Omegas and Ian being my stepbrother?”
“I think if anyone can make it work, it’s us,” I tell her.
She bites her lip and looks up at me, then looks around the greenhouse. “This is all really impressive.”
“Thanks, I don’t let people in here often.”
She shifts on the table and looks up at me. “James?”
“Yeah?”
“Will you please kiss me?” Her hands glide up my shirt, and my hand is on her jaw in an instant. I’ve been wanting to kiss her, even though kissing is something I reserve for sex, and I’m not sure why. These small intimacies are slowly becoming more natural to me, even if extremely slow.
Her lips are soft, and the small gasp that leaves her lips when we deepen the kiss has me moaning. Like heat ripping through my body. It’s unlike any kiss I’ve ever had before. It’s frantic and borderline feral the way that we’re touching each other. Like we can’t get close enough, like we can’t get enough of each other’s taste. Her hands are tangled in my hair, and mine are on her hip and jaw. Luna grinds on my torso as we kiss, and she feels so warm, so perfect.
I feel like my head is fuzzy, and that’s when I force our lips to part. She whines, and when she looks at me and I see her blown pupils, I try to calm my breathing.
“Luna, are you all right?” I ask her.
“I’ve never felt like this,” she says, rubbing the back of her neck. She drops her hand from her neck and grabs the hem of my shirt. “I need more.” She crashes our lips together, our teeth smacking and her tongue tangling with mine. This want, this need, is convulsing through my body. I feel it too now, the fever.
Fuck.
I break our kiss, and Luna whines again. “Luna, I think you just kick-started both of our heats.”
“What? No, I haven’t had my first one yet. We’ve only just kissed. This is too soon,” she panics.
Grabbing her face, I kiss her forehead. “It’s going to be okay. We’re all going to take care of each other, all right?”
“I’m scared,” she whispers.
“You have nothing to be scared of. Ian and Ezra are the best during a heat. You could ask for literally anything, and they will give it to you,” I assure her.
“What about you?”
“Well, I’ve obviously never been with another Omega during my heat. But the way you smell right now and with how ravenous both of us will be, I’m pretty sure we won’t be able to keep our hands off each other.” She furrows her brows. “Luna, if this isn’t something you want, Ezra will take you to the hospital, so they can sedate you.” I hope that’s not what she wants.
She threads her fingers in my hair again and licks her lips. “No, I want this more than anything. It’s just fast. I literally just lost my virginity to Ian yesterday.”
“What?” I question, and she shrugs.
“I guess I’ve been waiting for this pack.”
I push her hair from her face; touching her feels so easy. Touching someone has never felt so natural, and I can’t decide if it’s because this Omega has made us both go into heat or if it’s just who Luna is as a person.
“I’m going to take such good care of you,” I promise her.
She’s pulling me close to her, and her skin feels so hot as we touch. “Please, James. Please make it feel better.”
“Okay, but let’s go to the nest first.”
