CHAPTER 37
HEALING HURTS
Cameron
“ I s her nest ready?” Ant is rearranging everything in the attic that we had converted for Sadie when we were in Tennessee. The project that Paxton had come home to double check and put some final details on for our girl.
We were supposed to hold her off a week longer so that it would get fully done and we wouldn’t have to be doing all the last minute resign stuff ourselves. Sadie had wanted to come home and wanted all of us to be together. There wasn’t a single one of us that was going to tell our girl no.
Plus, it was a lot of work but it was nice knowing we were the ones that were doing this for our omega. We were the ones making sure all her sheets were on correctly and that all the books that had been ordered were on the shelves correctly.
This was our gift to her to show her we loved her. That we wanted her to be the center of our pack. That she was our omega. It deserved our attention.
It was also a place that she could have that was just for her incase Sadie ever needed to have a break from things. She valued her own space and we wanted to make sure that she felt like she had it. She would be giving up her apartment soon and I know that she still needed a safe space that would be hers.
After seeing the makeshift nest that she would see her heats through it was important for us that she had a real nest to have her heats in. A bathtub was not going to be that place for her, ever again. Sadie deserved a space to feel safe and sensual but also where she could get comfort. And we’d give it to her.
Sadie had a Pinterest board to show off what she had dreamed of for her nest and we had worked together to make sure that her nest became a reality. We wanted her to have a safe place for her heats but also to have a place where it felt like it was entirely hers in the house.
In her old room that she had slept in sometimes, we had converted to just a guest room again. Part of me wanted to make it a nursery but Jace had told me I needed to pump the breaks or I was going to scare her. After telling her that I wanted to fill her with babies and seeing the way her eyes showed interest, it made me think that she wasn’t as disinterested as she may have acted.
We’d all talk about babies eventually. If Sadie didn’t want them that would be fine too. I loved her and that was enough. Kids could complete a pack for some people but our omega already completed ours. Anything extra was just a gift.
Her nest was hopefully everything that she dreamed of. Just like she was everything I had dreamed of.
It was done in green velvets, deep wood tones, white chiffon, and golden lights. It was a darker look than most omega nests. But it was so perfectly Sadie. Her own little hobbit hole for her to cozy up with her books or have her heat in.
Her heat…
Sadie had talked a little bit about things with us. She said she was a broken omega. That when she had been with her ex she had gotten slick sick. An illness that omegas would get that would make it so that they didn’t produce slick like normal. Slick sickness affects fertility and hormones within omegas.
Omegas were already sensitive by nature and their hormones being affected meant that they needed extra care. Slick sickness paired with her anxiety and depression had created a perfect storm. It could make her heats be erratic. Especially since she had to get off her suppressants when everything happened.
She hadn’t had a full heat in years so there was this mystery of what was going to happen when it hit.
Slick sickness could be cured once she had some heats. Online forums also mentioned that being scent matches made omegas produce more slick and would offset a lot of the damages that were done with slick sickness.
“Cam? Ant? Jace? Where are you?” Sadie’s voice made us all look at each other and then around her nest to double check if it was ready for our omega. Around the space that we had made for her.
What if it wasn’t perfect?
What if she hated it?
She loved me. She loved us. We were enough for her just like she was enough for us. Of course our omega would like her nest. We knew her after all.
It was just such a big thing. Such an act that spoke of a forever and I hope that she understood that we wanted that. Sadie had told me she loved me. I knew she loved us all and we loved her. But she had told me she loved me. That must mean that she wouldn’t run away from this. From us. From forever.
“Up here, darlin’” Jace took over and I looked over at him, horrified. My panic is rising and I wasn’t ready for her to see it. Wasn’t ready to see if she rejected us because we had done something wrong.
It had to be perfect. What if it wasn’t-
A hand on the back of my neck made me look up at Ant.
“She loves us, Cam-Cam. Now we show her we love her.” I nod my head in understanding despite the jackhammering feeling of my heart that is going roughly 10000 miles per hour.
Sadie does love us.
Sadie .
Our omega.
“I’m not going to fall, daddy. Jeez.” Smack . “Ow. You walk in front of me from now on. No more of this- OW ! Daddy .” Her sweet whine as Pax smacks her ass again has me smirking.
The door is thrown open and Sadie is looking back scowling as Paxton looks at her, his arm going around her waist as he pushes her forward inside and she turns to face the room. As soon as she sees it her mouth is dropping open in a pleased shocked look.
Her eyes scan the area as she softens in his arms. I watch her taking it all in. The way her eyes go over everything from the carpets we have over the wood flooring to her big bed with the warmest blankets we could find her.
Sadie makes a sound in her throat like she wants to scream and cry all at once. Her emotions are coming out and I can smell the way her peach is less of that juicy scent she has when she is turned on and now it's that musky peach smell that may be ever more intoxicating because it shows that she is happy.
“You guys have a nest?”
“ You have a nest .” Jace corrects, as Sadie looks around the space again. A soft whine coming from her and making us all surge forward with the intent to comfort our omega.
It’s not her usual whine. That needy sound she makes when she wants us. This is a different sound. Different enough that it scares me when I hear it.
Did she hate it?
What if she hated it?
Was this a bad idea?
“You made me a nest?” She asks the question to us all but her eyes land on me and I just nod at her dumbly like I couldn’t speak right now. Which I can’t speak right now.
Seeing Sadie in the nest we made for her is way more overwhelming than I thought it would be.
Of course we made her a nest. She is ours. We want to pamper her and take care of her like an omega should be taken care of. What kind of alphas would we be to court an omega, have her live with us and not give her a nest?
Not very good ones.
“We wanted you to have a space that was all about you in the house. You’re always welcome in any of our beds and I like having you sleep in mine but, this is your space, princess. We wanted you to be able to lock the door and just have all the things you might need or want. And we mentioned it in passing but, with your heat coming up we wanted to make sure you have a place where you feel safe and comfortable to have it.” Pax rubs her lower back as her lip pops out and I know she is going to cry.
The way her tears run down her face had me panicking but Sadie is reaching out grabbing my hand and Jace’s as she rests her face against Ant’s chest. She wants all of us, needed all of us at the moment and together we knew it clicked.
This was our pack. This was what we had been waiting for.
“Sadie baby,” A soft sniffle as her head turns to look at her alpha and she looks up at me, “Can we show you your nest, sweet omega?” Her head nodded and I gave her a smile as everyone started stepping back.
She let us all give her room as she starts to explore her nest. Her fingers touching the books Jace had painstakingly arranged for her on the shelf get attention. Sadie pulls one out, reading the back and smiling before sliding it reverently back into place. Fingers stroking over the soft sheets on the nest bed that Ant had picked out for her and made us all steam before putting them on the bed. The way her eyes light up as she sees the art on the walls that I had hung for her. Random pictures that we had thought she would enjoy. Her gaze shifts to look at Pax before she reaches down for the raccoon stuffed animal on the bed, hugging it close to her chest to give it a snuggle.
Adorable .
“I love it. This is the best nest.” She inhales Pax’s scent from her stuffed animal and her perfume dances through the air as the relaxed scent makes us all sigh out in relief.
She really does like it.
“You haven’t even seen the best part.” Ant is excited as he pulls her through a set of barn doors and we all hear the sound Sadie makes in the bathroom.
There had been no expense spared for her nest. This was the pack courting gift to her. The piece that showed Sadie she was our omega. We had gone all out.
Her bathroom is amazing. Not only did it have a glass shower that all of us could fit into at the same time but there was a huge bathtub that was sunken into the floor. I knew Sadie still liked taking baths and how it was a special thing for her and Pax. But this was where we could have her relax a bit during her heat of cleaning up after. It had a feature in it that was a waterfall, which was currently on, as well as the lighting inside of it to give it a soft glow.
The room was all rich wood colors and soft green vegetation mixed with whites and golds to soothe her omega nature. It was also stocked with these pretty baskets that we had filled with all sorts of nice products to spoil her with lined the sides.
A towel warmer was holding towels with our pack name done in a perfect hunter green embroidery. Ready to be used and wrapped around our sweet girl
“Can we all take a bath now?” Sadie is already setting down her stuffed animal on the sink as she gets undressed without a second thought. Ant is tugging off his shirt along with her because he is never going to turn down the opportunity to see our omega naked.
It’s all of us in the bath, sitting around it like a hot tub as Sadie sits in Pax’s lap, letting him work her thick hair up into a messy bun so that it doesn’t get wet.
A soft whimper comes from her lips as he leans in, kissing the back of her throat, whispering in her ear as the scent of her floods the room and her moan makes us all instantly want her.
“I want to mark you right here.” Pax growls, his lips skimming over the side of her throat, right under her ear.
“Do it, daddy. Make me yours.” The sigh she lets out, her hips rocking as he tries to hold them. Our omega doesn’t want to be told no. She is chasing a high hand and wants her bond.
I want to bond with her.
My mark right over her heart. Being able to kiss and lick over it. To rest on her heart and know that I am the closest to her.
They can all have her throat. Let them put a collar of their marks around her skin. I want her heart for myself. I want her to touch her chest and know that I have her heart just like she has mine.
Pax slips his hands over her hips, resting on her ribcage as she is pulled tighter against him as we all watch.
There had been some chat between us about bonding with her. We knew we wanted to do it. That Sadie was ours but the idea that this is happening now. That she is our girl is making my heart speed up.
Will we all bond her right now or should we wait and give her one of us at a time?
“Do you want your other alphas to bond you with me, princess or do you just want one to start?”
“Cameron. I want Cameron too.” My whine comes out as I reach across from her, feeling Ant’s hand on the back of my neck. The way he smiles at me like he wants me to enjoy this moment. It’s not malicious or filled with jealousy.
He knows we’re pack and will each get her. It’s all about giving Sadie what she wants now.
“Are you okay?” I look into her eyes, needing to check in and make sure that our girl is taken care of. We’re moving so quickly. I don’t want her to feel like we are rushing her in anything. I want Sadie to feel like she is getting everything that she wants.
She deserves to have everything that she wants in life. We’re going to give her everything.