I sigh. “Truth be told, I haven’t been following their progress as closely as I should. I’ve been… distracted by other things.” Honestly, I don’t much care whether they find other Omegas. I have mine now. I want to focus all my attention on her.
“That’s a shame,” Khan says lightly. “Emma will have questions. She still begs me not to allow it.”
“Allow what? More Hoo-man females to be brought here?” I scoff. “That is none of her concern.”
“She would disagree with you there,” Khan says. The fond tone in his voice whenever he speaks of Emma is undeniable. “Surely you would rescue fellow Ulfarri, should you deem them to be in danger?”
“We treat the Hoo-mans well,” I say. “They are not in any danger.”
Khan rubs his chin. “Not from us, perhaps,” he muses, “but would you vouch for all the other kings? Even the ones who do not make up the Council Nine? Could you guarantee that none of the Hoo-mans would be in danger should they find themselves out in Ulfarian wilderness? Or amongst rogue Alphas?”
He has a point. “But we must bring more in,” I argue. “We have an entire army to rebuild and sustain. Never forget, Ulfaria has many enemies. It has been decades since we’ve been badly attacked, but the warning systems have flagged up unusual activity in Chitin territory.”
“Then we need to make sure we are prepared,” Khan says. “Call the council to alert the kings. If the Chitin dare enter our atmosphere, they will face the wrath of the Brutal Ones. If they even can get close. Our planet now has more defenses than ever.”
“And if those defenses fail?”
“I have my Sky Fighters. And you have your army. None can stand against the Aurum Alphas.”
It’s a blatant compliment obviously spoken to flatter me, but it works. “They are well trained,” I say proudly. “Still, we both know it is not this generation that lacks Alpha soldiers. It will be the next generation—unless we do what is necessary to change that.”
“And we will,” Khan promises, “but I wish to be more involved in that process. As does Emma. She knows Earth, she knows Hoo-mans. She is a great resource.”
“She will whine, or plead, or do anything else she can think of to stop us,” I counter. “I do not think involving her would be wise.”
“Leave that up to me,” Khan says. “Meanwhile, I think you should be more focused on Kim, and doing what you can to make her happy. I’ve come to believe that Hoo-man females are more likely to conceive when they are happy.”
I raise an incredulous eyebrow. “I suspect that may be something Emma told you in order to ensure she always gets her own way.”
His sudden outrage is visible in Khan’s tense shoulders. “She does not always get her own way,” he snaps, “but I do derive pleasure from seeing her content. If Kim is being unruly and refusing to submit, I would suggest you try giving her something she wants.”
“Like what?” My hackles are raised at the implication that I am not pleasing my Omega, and I’m struggling to suppress my fury.
Khan shrugs. “For Emma, it was painting. For Kim… who knows? Just ask her.”
“Perhaps I shall.” I get up from the armchair, signaling that our audience is over. My thoughts are full of Kim. It’s getting harder and harder for me to be apart from her.
Soon, I must give her the claiming bite and complete the soul bond. I want to feel close to her. I want to be inside her always.
My cock is throbbing in my breeches. “Please send someone to fetch Kim. It is time for us to go home.”
FOURTEEN
Kim
I’m bored.So, so bored. For some reason, I thought things would change after we visited Khan and Emma.
I was wrong.
As soon as we returned to Aurum, Aurus took me into his chambers and fucked me until neither of us could move. Then, at some point, I fell asleep, and he left.
I haven’t seen him since. I don’t know how long he’s been gone, but I’m alone in his chambers. Servants bring me food and drink, and in between mealtimes, I doze, I take baths in his vast tub, and I pace. I’ve cut off the bottoms of all my fancy gowns so I can stride unencumbered. Sometimes I do little workout routines, trying to recapture the fighting and acrobatic knowledge I seem to have. I wish Aurus would let me onto the training grounds, so I can really see what I can do. I only brought it up once, and he shot me right down.
I’m still his little Omega pet. Nothing more, nothing less.
My entire conversation with Emma replays over and over in my mind. They’re bringing more human women over to Ulfaria. We have to stop it. There are portals. I could go back… if I wanted. Emma persuaded Khan. Could I do the same with Aurus? Is that what I want?
I had hoped to get a chance to talk to him, to get a read on how he feels about it all. To maybe help him see my side. To at least convince him that it would be better to somehow get volunteers to sign up to come, rather than randomly snatching women off the streets on Earth.
