Bat barked a surprised laugh. “I didn’t realize you’d noticed.”
Bat notched the head of his cock at my already slick entrance and began to push inside of me, each ridge of his piercing making me gasp as he sheathed himself completely.
“I notice everything about you, Bat,” I said with a grunt as he began to slowly slide out, the piercing dragging against the twitching walls of my pussy as he did so.
“That’s what makes you the gold filling my cracks, remember?” Bat’s voice was tight as he spoke. His arms slid underneath my back and lifted me until my entire body had left the bed and he was hugging me against him.
His beard scratched deliciously along my neck as he pushed inside of me, his pace speeding up until his knot began to catch just inside of the entrance of my pussy.
I didn’t think it was possible to come so much in one night, but I found myself craving the feeling as much as I had the first time.
My nails dug into Bat’s back and I gasped, the intake of oxygen stuttering as Bat finally pushed his knot all of the way inside of me. One of his hands slipped down between the cleft of my ass, his fingers finding the tight entrance there and slipping inside.
“Doc told me that you are a naughty little omega who likes it in both holes,” Bat’s purr vibrated through my body. I pressed my face to the source of it in his neck, the scent of the ocean filling my nose as his shallow thrusting continued. “Come for me, Juneau, let me show you how you make me feel.”
I opened my mouth, to say what I wasn’t sure if I could, but then my body tensed and I came with a scream that echoed in the nest. I was pressed so firmly to Bat’s chest that I could feel every inch of his body lock up as he came, cursing into my skin as he collapsed with me underneath him.
Bat’s body weight was comforting, tethering me to the earth until I could come down on my own.
“I want you to stay with me forever,” Bat muttered drowsily as he rolled so that we were on our sides, the knot still connecting us and our legs tangled together.
I stroked his cheek, waiting for his body to completely relax into sleep before I whispered: “Me too.”
Bat was still snoring softly when the door to the nest opened and Rex stepped inside. He looked momentarily shell-shocked by the sheer amount of smells that must have been filling the small space, but then his icy eyes found us still tangled together. Bat’s knot had quickly deflated after he fell asleep, so we weren’t locked together anymore, but I was enjoying stroking his hair and watching him peacefully rest.
“Come in,” I said quietly, beckoning for the alpha to enter my nest. I could have waited for him to ask for permission, but my inner-omega was riding me hard to bring him inside and have my way with him. “Have you made a decision about what to do with me?”
Rex shifted uncomfortably, his stiff posture and eyes full of lust making for an interesting image as he stepped into the nest and I let him pull me out of Bat’s arms.
I no longer cared about being naked, so I sat in front of him in all of my nude, love-bitten glory. My hair had to resemble a bird’s nest at this point and I was half-surprised that the sight of me didn’t send Rex running for the hills.
“I have,” Rex said, his voice already rumbling with the beginnings of a purr. “I think I’ve known what my choice would be ever since you kissed me the night Bat was shot.”
“And what is that?” I prodded. I didn’t want to waste my time on someone who didn’t want to be with me.
Rex made a frustrated noise in his throat and pulled my face to his. This kiss was just as all-consuming as the first had been, and I could feel our magic brush against one another as he hugged me to his hard frame.
I pulled away, gasping as I glared up at him. “Your words, Rex. I want to know how you feel about me.”
“I love you, I think,” Rex’s voice was just as sharp as mine as he scrubbed a hand over his face in frustration.
There was a chuckle from Bat, who was most certainly supposed to be still asleep. I turned to look over my shoulder at him and found that his dark eyes were open and sparkling with laughter as he sat up.
“And Ithinkthat’s my cue to leave, I need some water and some protein powder. You about sucked my soul out of my body there, sugar.” Bat leaned over and pressed a light kiss to my lips before he crawled out of the nest, leaving Rex and me alone.
“You love me… you think,” I repeated his words, turning them over in my head like they were some kind of puzzle. “Excuse me, but what in the world does that even mean?”
Rex shrugged. “I’ve never,” he paused, his hands floating through the air as if he could pull his next words from it, “I’ve never had to reallydoromance. Podcast was my first love and that started under the pressure of the MC so I barely remember it. One day we were friends, and the next it shifted into romance and we just rolled with it.”
“What does that have to do with me?” I crossed my arms over my chest, ignoring the sudden heat cramp that gripped my lower abdomen.
Rex glared at me, his icy stare making me feel warmth rather than anger. “You are so infuriating, you make me want to rip my hair out and kiss you all at the same time.”
“The feeling is mutual,” I said with a little snort.
Rex didn’t rise to my bait this time. Instead he reached out and laid his hand on the top of my thigh, palm up, and waited for me to put my hand in his. I wanted to be a brat and refuse, but his expression had softened so suddenly that I found myself complying. His hand was bigger than mine, and his fingers enveloped mine as our conversation shifted into something calmer.
“When you first popped out of that mirror, it scared me. I grew up seeing things my entire life and convincing myself that they didn’t exist. You and your magic threw that into a tailspin and suddenly made me question every creeping shadow that I’ve ever seen in the corner of my vision.” Rex shuddered, his lips turning down into a frown. “And I’ll be honest, I expected you to cower with fright in your room for three months until we could return you to your time. Most women from your time would have.”
