22. Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-One
Briar
Doctor Aron had given Hal the all clear, and it was like the moment the words had left the doctor’s lips, everything else faded away around us.
Hal still had to be careful for a few weeks, and no heavy lifting.
Doctor Aron’s warnings didn’t seem to matter to Hal, though, since I was swept up in his arms as soon as the good doctor left our bedroom.
My alpha rubbed his nose against my neck, making me shiver in his arms. “I’ve longed for this,” he whispered, placing me down on the bed.
I was already leaking slick, my need for my alpha building with every touch.
The past two weeks had been utter torture for both of us, and now we could finally be together again in the way we both craved.
“Just be careful,” I begged as I removed my pants.
Hal groaned, throwing his head back, baring his delectable alpha neck. “I don’t ever want to hear those words again, sweetness. I need to take you, and I’m going to fuck you so hard both of us will feel it for days.”
I gasped at his words. Hal was a gentle lover most of the time, at least outside my heat, and seeing this side of him did something to me. Moaning, I nodded in agreement. Yes, I wanted to feel him for days. I needed it. We both did.
My strong alpha tore off his clothes, the sound of fabric tearing filling the room.
My hole clenched with anticipation. Soon I would be the one torn apart, and I couldn’t wait.
My own clothes soon followed, seams and buttons giving way to Hal’s impatience to be inside me.
Our labored breathing mingled until it became one beautiful sound, the need for one another growing like a giant wave, threatening to consume us both entirely.
I was so wet for him already, needing my alpha to fill me again and make me whole.
With my back against the mattress, I opened my legs for my alpha, baring my hole to him. He growled as he settled between them, kissing my thighs. I squirmed, my skin so sensitive to his touch and the beard he’d grown while bedridden. “Please,” I begged, grabbing his arms.
Hal ignored my pleas, just leaned over my body and claimed my lips, licking into my mouth as his cock found my hole. He thrust inside in one excruciatingly slow slide, and when I was once again full of my alpha, I sighed with relief. I broke our kiss, needing to breathe. Fuck, it felt amazing!
“Home,” Hal growled. “I’m finally home.” And then he moved.
His hands rested on the bed next to my face as he fucked into me, over and over again, my slick easing the way and making everything feel so wonderful.
His knot was at the base, teasing my hole with every thrust, a promise of what was to come for my next heat.
“I love you,” I whispered, clinging to him with both hands.
The feeling of his muscled arms and how they moved whenever he plunged into me was the hottest thing ever.
The raw power my alpha had was arousing and addictive.
Hal had never been a weak man, but seeing him claim me like this, using all his strength to bind us together, it was something else entirely.
“I love you, too, my little butterfly. Now spread your wings and soar for me. Moan for me.”
He grabbed my legs, placing them on his shoulders.
“Ooooh!” I gasped. “Fuck! Yes! Oh gods, Hal, right there!” Shivers tore through my body as I struggled to breathe.
My alpha was pushing all the air out of me, pleasure coursing through me with every push and pull.
His lips crashed down on mine, stealing my breath away, but I didn’t need it. He was all I needed.
I spread my wings and soared, my cum painting my belly creamy white.
Hal’s movements sped up, his eyes flashing with need and possessiveness as he claimed me.
Then, with a thundering roar, he threw his head back, his gorgeous chest rippling with his release.
Warm seed filled me, marking me as his once again.
Smiling through tears of joy, I stroked his cheek, my love for my alpha unlike any love I ever thought possible.
“Mine,” I whispered, brushing his bottom lip next. “All mine.”
My alpha grinned proudly down at me. “Yours. Forever yours.”
Hal’s arms were a comfort around my body, his warmth seeping into my soul as I slowly woke the next morning.
This was my first day back to work, and I was excited.
I hated leaving Hal’s side, but we both needed to get back to reality.
I missed working alongside Elias and Seb, and this morning we had to go over the new royal advisors and how to best train them.
“Hmm,” Hal hummed, grabbing me around the waist when I tried to sneak out of bed. “Where do you think you’re going, Omega?”
Giggling, I kissed his cheek. “I need to freshen up before work. I can’t go to work with your scent all over me.”
Hal frowned adorably, then rumbled, “Why not?”
“Because.” I grinned. “Then everyone will know what my alpha smells like when he comes, and I’m the only one who’s allowed to ever know that.”
Hal blinked his eyes open, two dark pools of want staring at me. “Fuck, I love when your possessive side shows.”
I squealed as he maneuvered me under him, his hard cock pressing down on mine.
“Hal,” I moaned, throwing my head back.
“Let’s make sure you have more of me to wash off, shall we?”
I didn’t answer, just grabbed his cock in hand, stroking it.
“Yes,” Hal gritted. “Stroke it, Omega. Feel how hard you make me.”
That did it. I had to have him. I stroked him one last time, then lined him up with my hole, eagerly taking him in.
We moaned together, rocking slowly at first, and then we each grew frantic, Hal slamming into me over and over as I held on to his ass, forcing him deeper.
I wish he could stay inside me forever. Was it possible to fulfill my obligations as royal advisor impaled on my alpha’s cock? Surely exceptions could be made.
“I just want to eat you up,” he rasped, nibbling my neck. “My butterfly. Eat you right up and feel you flutter inside me.”
Oh gods, this man. This wonderful man.
Smiling, I tugged his hair, pulling his lips to mine. It was a messy kiss, frantic and filled with insatiable need. I didn’t mind starting every morning like this, my love and I reassuring each other we were alive and well, our bond stronger than ever, unbreakable.
“My alpha,” I panted. “Need your cum in me.”
Hal growled, speeding up. He was sweating, abs rippling deliciously as he fucked into me, hitting that perfect spot again and again. “Gonna breed a baby into you one day, Briar,” he hummed. “Gonna fuck that womb wide open and fill it to the brim with my seed.”
“Yes!” I screamed. I wanted that so much. My womb ached with longing to be fucked wide open and stuffed full of alpha cum. We needed to wait, of course, but we both yearned for the day when it would happen.
“Gonna knock you up.” The words came out hard and clipped. “Then when you’re still nursing our son, I’m gonna knock you up again.”
“Hal,” I moaned. “Please.”
“Gonna keep your belly all round and full with my babies, right, little Briar?”
“Yessss.”
“You ready for my seed, Omega?”
“Hal!” I screamed, my release crashing into me.
“My omega,” he groaned, coming long and hard, his cock pulsing inside me.
I lay under him, pleasure rippling through me as tiny aftershocks. I was dead to the world, basically.
Hal chuckled, stroking my stomach fondly. “I guess I need to wash you. Thoroughly.”
I had zero objections.
Freshly cleaned and well fucked, I left our rooms and joined Elias and Seb. They shared a knowing look, then snickered as I entered on wobbly legs. Rolling my eyes, my cheeks heated.
“So,” Elias began, waggling his brows. “We heard Hal was given the all clear.”
“How did you know that?” I asked. It wasn’t like Doctor Aron to talk about other patients so freely.
“Um,” Seb cleared his throat. “We heard, Briar. Everyone did.”
“Gods,” I breathed. I was going to die of embarrassment.
“It’s no big deal,” Elias said, waving it off. “We’re all happily mated here.”
“And you two deserved to be intimate again,” Seb smiled, only adding to my mortification.
“Can we not talk about it?” I pleaded, clutching my ears. “I just want to work and pretend like this never happened.”
They both laughed at that. “Sure.”
“How is Hal really doing?” Seb asked once we were all sitting and looking through our notes on what the new advisor needed to learn.
“He seems back to his old self. I know he isn’t, but he’s doing well.”
“And he’s excited about his new responsibilities here?” Elias asked, handing Seb a new piece of paper.
Nodding, I grabbed a pen. “He seems happy. I think the fact that he can use his hands will do him good.”
“And the horses could really use more space to roam,” Seb added.
Hal had been tasked with building a new fenced-in area for all the horses, and it was going to be huge.
It would likely take Hal months to build, but Gus had seemed like an eager puppy when he’d learned of it, offering his services to help Hal with the project.
I doubted those two would mind spending a few hours together each day, goofing around and having fun.
“Sin has accepted my request and will remain here in the palace,” Seb added. “He wants to babysit, which means Elias and I will have more time to work now.”
“As will Gus,” I grinned.
Seb smiled at that. “He’s so excited. Lumi and Ember took up a lot of his time, but with them now happy in Sin’s care, Gus can spend more time with his chosen brother, something I think they both need.”
Elias nodded, looking down at whatever he was writing as Seb continued. “He was terrified of losing Hal. Gus might not show it, but it hit him hard when he saw Hal injured like that.”
I hadn’t even realized how much it would affect Gus to see a man he viewed as family almost dying.
I’d been so selfish in those moments, thinking I was the only one there who truly loved Hal, which was ridiculous.
Hal was loved by Gus and their fathers; I’d seen as much.
Gus had just been kind enough to let me have Hal all to myself.
Originally, I’d planned on surprising Hal with lunch today, but now I decided to postpone it for another day.
Gus needed his brother right now, and I knew Hal needed him, too.
“I think we should make sure the kitchen staff will bring them lunch today,” I said, smiling. “I bet they’re going to have too much fun to want to stop.”
Seb laughed. “Good idea. Then the three of us can eat in the garden and chat. I’ve missed that.”
“Me too,” Elias and I said in unison.
I’d missed these moments with my best friends, and suddenly I couldn’t wait for lunch. I had so much to catch up on and share with them. And now I no longer had any secrets to keep.
“Stop smiling and get to work,” Seb teased, handing me a pen.
“Yes, Your Majesty,” I grinned, just feeling so damn happy my body could hardly contain it.