Chapter 75
Leo
Bringing a horde of elementary school children who were riding the end-of-the-school-year high to the New England Aquarium was as chaotic as I’d imagined, but it was fucking fun, too.
The best part was seeing King in his element.
I wasn’t sure what the serious businessman would be like around kids, but they were obsessed with him.
He was a fount of obscure marine animal facts in his T-shirt with rainbow dolphins on it.
Seeing this other side of him—the man he might have been in his twenties before he became a big-shot CEO—made me fall in love with him even more.
He’d shocked me when he tugged me into a dark corner of the aquarium for a hurried make-out session while the group was distracted by otters. When he pulled away, a brilliant smile on his face, I felt like a giddy teenager all over again.
King was busy sharing fun facts about stingrays at the touch tank when my phone vibrated.
Wilder
Lucy’s heat is starting
Temp is 103
She’s crying because she wants her nest
King locked eyes with me, clearly sensing my panic through the bond. He pulled out his phone and swore loudly.
“Ms. Winter! Mr. King said a bad word!” Tanner shouted. Ivy was on the other side of the touch tank, and she looked up, brow furrowed with worry when she spotted King jogging to my side. His jaw was clenched, his body practically vibrating with tension.
“We shouldn’t have left her.”
I gripped the back of his neck. “Focus. Everything will be okay. Wilder is with her and we’re only a couple hours from home.” I was just as upset that we weren’t with our omega, but I needed to keep it together for my alpha.
He grabbed my shoulders. “The field trip doesn’t end for another two hours.”
“Right, we can rent—”
“We must steal the school bus.”
I scrunched my nose. “What?”
King aggressively turned his head from side to side, looking like a cartoon. “You create a distraction, and I will slip the keys from the driver’s back pocket.”
“Huh. I’d heard that alphas lost their minds during heats, but seeing it is a whole other thing.”
Ivy joined us and I kept a firm grip on King’s arm in case he decided to follow through with grand theft auto.
“Wilder just texted. Lucy’s gone into heat,” I said.
“Oh my gosh! That’s so exciting.” She took in King’s grazed eyes. “Oh, right. I see the problem.”
“We need to rent a car and drive back now. Will you be okay here without us?”
Ivy waved her hand. “We’ll be totally fine. We have plenty of chaperones. Do you need help getting a rental car?”
“Plenty of cars in the parking lot,” King muttered.
I slapped my hand over his mouth. “I saw a rental place around the corner.”
Ivy’s lips twitched. “Please drive safely and call me if you need anything. And Leo? I’m glad Lucy has you. James takes such good care of us while we’re all”—she gestured at King—“well, like that.”
“Thanks, Ivy,” I shouted over my shoulder as King half dragged me away.
A few moments later, we were on the road in a rented minivan.
King maintained a white-knuckled grip on the door as I pushed the van five miles over the speed limit—faster than I ever drove.
Between my worry for Lucy and the strong pulses of arousal hitting me through our bond, I struggled to focus.
I couldn’t imagine how much worse it was for the alphas.
By the time I took the exit for Starlight Grove, I was a bundle of nerves. What if I couldn’t give Lucy what she needed during her heat? I wished I’d had time to do more research, but I clung to Ivy’s words, desperate to believe I might have something to contribute besides being the chauffeur.
When I finally pulled up to the shop, King was out of the car before I put it in park. I expected him to run straight inside to get to Lucy, but he waited for me. My heart ached as I rounded the car, and I pulled him in for a kiss. “Go take care of our girl. I’ll be right there.”
His chest rumbled as he gave me another hard kiss before running inside. I headed into the shop, checking to make sure everything was locked up and flipping the sign on the door to Closed.
As I ascended the stairs, Lucy’s scent hit me like a wall.
It was so intense I staggered backward, my cock instantly standing at attention.
Holy shit. The most delicious floral strawberry taste settled on my tongue, sweet and intoxicating.
I paused outside her nest, taking a deep breath to center myself before pushing the door open.
The moment she saw me, Lucy wiggled out from where King was eating her out.
“Leo.” She threw her arms around me. “You’re here.”
“I’m here, sweet girl. How’re you feeling?”
She ignored my question, tugging off my T-shirt with a snarl before starting with my belt.
Her foot shifted on the mattress and she lost her balance, bumping my cane and making it fly out of my hand.
I let out a panicked noise as we fell onto the huge bed.
Luckily, the many layers of blankets, pillows, and stolen pieces of clothing cushioned our fall.
I was filled with smug satisfaction when I spotted my sweatshirt that I’d been looking for yesterday.
“Sorry. Did I hurt your leg?” Lucy’s voice carried a panicked edge. I couldn’t believe that even in the midst of her heat she was still checking on me.
“Fuck, I love you.” I licked her throat, wishing I could put a bond mark there. She tasted like candy, so mouthwateringly sweet I would never get enough. “You didn’t hurt me, azizam.” Being on top of her like this strained my knee a bit, but the pain meds I’d taken earlier were helping.
She arched against my chest, her hard nipples like little diamonds against my skin. “I need you.”
I groaned and cupped her pussy. It was drenched with slick and I plunged three fingers inside her. “You need a knot stretching your pussy?” I glanced up at Wilder and King, expecting them to meet me with jealousy or impatience, but all I saw was heat in their eyes.
Lucy squirmed and clenched around my fingers. “Need you.” Her movements became more frantic. I let out a startled shock as her hand wrapped around my cock and squeezed.
King ran his thumb across his lower lip. “Looks like she knows what she wants.”
“Fuck, fuck, fuck.” I clenched my teeth, trying to hold off my orgasm. I grabbed her hips and rolled so she was on top, which only made it worse because now she was rubbing her sweet pussy along my length, her breasts swaying tantalizingly.
“Too empty,” she whined.
I palmed her ass, digging my fingers into her skin. “Are you going to be a good girl for us and let us fill all your tight little holes?”
“Yes,” she gasped. Her breathing sped up as she gazed down at me with wide, glassy eyes. From all the articles I’d read, she’d soon fall completely into her heat and become less responsive and more driven by her hormones.
“Good thing you’re in the perfect position for Wilder to take your ass while Daddy takes your mouth and I fuck your sweet little cunt.”
Wilder swore loudly. “I’m right on the edge of rut,” he gritted out. “Once I fall into it, I’m not sure how long I’ll be like that. If I do anything to hurt her—”
King clasped him on the shoulder. “You won’t, but we have the meds and we’ll be here to stop anything from happening.”
Wilder’s shoulders softened. “Thanks. I’m—” He cleared his throat. “I’m glad you’re here.”
My heart swelled with how much I loved my new family. How did I get so fucking lucky?
Lucy let out a loud, exasperated sigh. “Yay, family. We all love each other. Now can someone fuck me?”