37. Chapter Thirty Seven
Chapter Thirty Seven
I don’t know how many days pass until clarity finally returns to me. The nest feels abnormally hot as I attempt to move but a weight holds me down.
Opening my eyes, I find myself wedged between both Jax and Ledger who are fast asleep.
Looking around, I find Theo sitting on the edge of the sunken nest, scrolling on his phone. His arms rest on his gray tracksuit-covered legs as he scrolls through his phone. He must be able to feel my eyes on him as he looks up, his phone instantly forgotten as he smiles at me.
“Good morning, love. How are you feeling?”
“Hot,” I chuckle, looking at the two Alphas who are undoubtedly out to it.
Theo laughs quietly as he makes his way towards our cuddle pile. Carefully he moves each of the Alphas' limbs so I am able to escape their hold. He pulls me up into his arms, carrying me towards the bathroom in a bridal style hold.
“How many days has it been? ”
“Six,” Theo replies as he opens the bathroom door before setting me down on the vanity.
Reaching into the shower, he turns on the taps, allowing it to heat up.
My eyes widen in disbelief. Six days for a heat is completely unheard of. Normally heats only last three days, four on an occasion, but six?!
Theo must feel the panic through the bond as he steps between my legs, “It's okay, baby. I contacted Maddox and he said with the way that your heat was delayed, he's not surprised that it was this long. But if you want to be sure, we can organise an appointment to see him?”
I nod, relaxing at his forethinking, “I would like that. I just want to be sure that everything is okay after... well, everything.”
Theo agrees, as he sheds his sweats, “I was hoping that you would say that. Maddox has already been sent through the details of the drug given to you. I think as a safety precaution, it would be best that you get a check over.”
Theo picks me up again, this time my legs and arms wrap around him as he steps into the shower.
The water burns but it feels perfect against my skin. I have no doubt that my Alphas would have taken excellent care of me through my heat but it's nice to feel the sweat, cum and slick washed off my body.
I rest my head on Theo’s chest as we embrace each other, neither of us wanting to let go. Instead, we breathe each other in.
It's just him, the water, and me.
It feels peaceful after so much chaos. Where everything is quiet. There's no outside pressure.
It's just an Alpha and his Omega .
Eventually I drop from around his waist, turning to collect some of the body wash I know he likes. Taking a few pumps, I rub my hands together before returning them to his chest. I rub the soap suds over his either body.
There is nothing sexual about the move but I can feel just how much I need to do this.
He has cared for me so perfectly that I now need to return the favour.
Once I am done, I pull him under the spray, washing him off. Not giving me a chance to reach for my own soap, he takes a few pumps from the soap I have come to adore before running his hands over my body. I have to ignore the way that his touch feels on my skin. The movements are featherlight and teases me endlessly. I ignore all of my urges though. After days and days of debauchery, I need this tender moment.
Next, he grabs the shampoo, scrubbing at my scalp before pushing my head under the water and rinsing.
Gently pulling me back to him, he grabs the conditioner, massaging my head as he rubs the vanilla scent into my hair. I’m unable to hold back a groan, the feeling just too good not to verbalize.
He chuckles but says nothing else as he keeps going for longer than I am sure a hairdresser would.
Eventually, he guides me back under the spray, allowing me to rinse off completely.
Once done, he turns the tap off, grabbing a fluffy towel and wrapping me up. I go to step out of the shower but he is already there, lifting me up again and sitting me back on the vanity .
He is silent as he searches through the drawers, finding the cleanser I had been using.
He is delicate with his touch as he goes through the entire skin care routine. He doesn’t stop there, as he places me on the edge of the tub and runs a brush through the wet ends.
My heart feels full as I watch him in the mirror. His gaze is narrowed on exactly what he is doing. It makes me wonder where he learnt all of this.
At my question he laughs, still brushing out the ends.
“My mother was adamant that she taught us from a very early age on how to take care of an Omega. It was no question that Jax and I would become Alphas so she wanted us to know the ins and outs so the day that our time came, we would know how to treat her right.”
His smile is sad and it breaks my heart, “I wish I could have met her.”
“I do too. She would have loved you. I know that she would have been so excited to have her hands on you. She always wanted a daughter.”
We each go quiet as the thoughts of what could have been lingering over us.
Theo puts the brush down eventually before bending down and wrapping his arms around my neck, letting them hang slightly.
“I doubt that you have given much thought into everything but I need to ask anyway. Do you know what you want to do in regards to the Mullen pack and your father?”
The question surprises me but I should have known better. It has been coming this whole time. I’m sure Theo, Jax and Ledger have been chomping at the bit needing to know what I wanted to do. Now that the haze of my heat is over, all the previous emotion returns to me as well.
“I want them to pay. The Mullen pack are slimy pieces of shit. I don’t want them to do what they did to me to another Omega.”
Theo nods and I continue, “As for my father, I want that motherfucker to burn.”
The tone of my voice surprises me but it doesn't seem to shock Theo. It's almost like he was expecting it from me.
“Then let's make him suffer.”
By the time Theo and I walk back into the nest, Ledger and Jax are already awake. Theo quickly fills the two bleary eyed Alphas who quickly snap to attention the moment that vengeance for their Omega is mentioned.
I have never seen two people get ready as quickly as they did. Before I knew it, we were stuffing our faces with toast and coffees in reusable mugs that Theo had quickly made for us.
Following my Alphas to the armory, they load me with weapons they deem I need. When I question them on why the excess weapons, Theo gives me a serious look.
“I’m not playing with your safety anymore, Kennedy. Every time we leave the house from now on, I expect each of us to be armed. I won’t allow anyone to get the jump on us ever again. ”
I nod, placating him, knowing that he needs this facade of control right now. I think my kidnapping has spooked them more than they are letting on. It spooked me too.
While Theo, Jax and Ledger tried to prepare me for this life, what feels like a lifetime ago now, I wasn’t expecting reality to come crashing down on me so quickly. Although a part of me is terrified of what I have gotten myself into, another part also feels like this is right. Like I truly am home.
Which is strange considering how much violence surrounds me. Fuck, we are quite literally on our way to wipe this earth of the Mullen pack as well as my father.
I question myself as the feeling of anticipation fills me when I think about this world without Calvin Hayes in it. After all that he has done to me, I refuse to hold any love in my heart for the man. He saw to it that he didn’t hold any in his for me. He was more than willing to throw me to the lions to ensure that he came out on top. So I plan to return the favour.
I’ve heard pigs are a particularly popular method lately...
Soldiers walking to their destinations give my Alphas respectful nods as we pull up to the compound; but what surprises me the most is now, the looks of respect are also aimed at me.
Returning the gesture, I follow my Alphas as they make their way through the familiar rooms of the warehouse .
We are only a few steps into the training room when I hear my name shouted, startling me. Looking around the vast room, I find my Alphas fathers rushing towards me.
The relief on their faces has tears instantly springing to my eyes.
Victor doesn’t greet either of his sons or Ledger before he is pulling me into his arms. When touch from an Alpha that isn’t one of mine would have normally sent me spiralling, the embrace from Victor does none of that.
Instead, it feels fatherly. Which is foreign to me. I embrace the feeling though as I wrap my arms around his waist.
“Oh, mia dolce, foglia. Sei a casa. Sei al sicuro. ” His voice cracks as he eventually lets me go but only enough that he can see my face. I don’t understand any of what he said to me. His Italian way too rushed for me to even begin to translate it with the minimal I know, but my heart clenches anyways.
“I’m so...” His words are cut off as a body barrels him out of the road to embrace me. I’m brought into the chest of yet another father. He doesn’t utter a single word, instead holding me close to his chest. I know by his woody scent that it is Olis, Jax’s biological father.
After a good minute, he eventually steps away from me. The man that I met here for the first time doesn’t look nearly as strong as what he did. Instead, he looks beaten down. Like this situation has weighed on him greatly. His words are choked and quiet but they have an effect on me greater than I expected,
“I’m so glad that you are safe, Kennedy.”
All I am able to achieve is a nod before Conall makes his way to me. His smile is wide and bright, so unlike the pain I see in both Olis’ and Victor’s faces. Pulling me into his arms, he swings me around once, pulling a laugh from deep within my chest.
He sighs dramatically as he lets me go, “I’m so relieved that you are home, Kennedy. It's been miserable dealing with this lot. But I knew that you were strong. I knew you wouldn’t accept assholes fucking with whats yours.”
“You’ve got that right.” I agree as he steps away from me. None of my men look particularly impressed at their fathers but with a stern look from me, they back down.
Conall notices and chuckles, a knowing look on his face.
“So, where are they?” I question, looking at Conall, Olis and Victor.
“Right this way, figlia .” Victor says, turning and leading us in the direction of where they have the Mullen pack locked away.
Olis sighs, nudging Ledger, “It's a good day for violence.”