Chapter 9
CHAPTER 9
Issa
T here was a part of me that had hoped Amir would agree to stay with us while the alphas…while we courted him. But I knew his time would end up being monopolized by the sexy as hell and dominant alphas.
But that also meant if I wanted to see the omega, I either had to get over my fear of leaving the house solo, or he would have to come here. And with him being here, we were right back to that very same problem. Unless he and I scheduled our home dates for when the alphas were away at work.
Amir was an omega. There was zero doubt about his designation, but he was far from some helpless damsel. Had that alpha continued to harass me after Amir had pretended to be my date, I knew he could have held his own in a fight. He wasn’t small, his body was rippling with muscle, and he carried so much power that it was physically palpable. Had I not caught his scent, I would have actually assumed he was like Ax, Enzo, and Cyrus .
“You’re sure you’re okay with this?” Cyrus asked as we all walked through the kitchen after coming home from the club.
The cool thing about them owning The Vault was the fact they could hand the closing duties off to their employees. As they had tonight so they could get me home before four in the morning.
“I’m okay with it,” I assured him for the fourth time since we’d left through the employee entrance and climbed into the Land Rover.
“So…” Ax started as we headed up the stairs. “You and the omega on Cyrus’s desk.”
“Seriously, Ax?” I said, swatting at his hands as he ran a finger along the neckline of my dress. My face felt as though it would go into flames.
He held his hands up and followed me into my room instead of retreating to his own. In fact, all three of them had followed me in and were watching me with varying expressions on their stupidly good-looking faces.
“We’re just happy that you’re finally putting all that bullshit behind you. I, for one, was starting to wonder if you no longer had a measurable libido,” Ax said, flopping back onto my bed hard enough to bounce.
“For fuck’s sake,” Enzo said, but I’d noted the increase in his coppery scent. Any time he was in the mood, his signature went from the sweet, tangy scent to more of a burned, frayed wire smell. And I loved it. I wanted to bottle it so I could carry it with me. Or pour it on my bed and roll around in it until every inch of my body was covered in his essence.
Or the scents and release from all three of them.
What the hell was going on with me? The alcohol had left my system, leaving me tired, so I could no longer blame my wanton thoughts on the buzz.
“I have a libido, jerk,” I said, moving to the dresser and rifling through until I found my favorite tank top and shorts combo to change into for bed. But I needed to wash all this makeup off.
I should have probably showered, too, wash off the sweat from dancing and…other activities. But I wasn’t quite ready to lose the sweetness that clung to me after my time with Amir.
“You could have told me it was a male omega,” I called through the open bathroom door as I pulled out my skin care products and started the process of not only removing the makeup and grime from the night but slathering my skin in oils and serums and moisturizers.
“And ruin the surprise?” Ax said from way too close.
I jerked upright and glared at him in the mirror, my eyes resembling a racoon as I scrubbed away the eyeshadow, liner, and mascara. “You weren’t content stinking up my bedroom and bed with your odor so you thought you’d follow me in here?”
Leaning down, I splashed the warm water on my face to rinse the cleanser and squealed when he leaned over me and wrapped his arms around my waist.
“Oh please. You love my odor.” He then proceeded to run his cheek and chin anywhere he could reach without either knocking me over or getting my product all over him.
Yep. Teasing me like a big brother.
If the whole thing with Amir worked out, at least I knew he didn’t see me as a sister. And if he did…nope. Not the kind of man I wanted in my bed.
Chuckling at my own thoughts, I grabbed a towel, patted my face dry, then bumped my hips back to dislodge Ax’s tight hold around me.
“Ooh. Foreplay,” he said, but moved away and leaned against the doorframe, watching as I went through each step of my routine.
“We wanted the meet and greet to be organic,” Cyrus said, still in my bedroom instead of crowding me in here like Ax.
“Instead, it ended up orgasmic,” Enzo said with a chuckle.
Ax turned wide eyes and a wider grin toward his – our packmate. “That was awesome! I wish I’d come up with it.”
He finally left me alone to finish up. I closed the door and locked it so I could change into my pajamas, then stepped out to find them all piled on my bed in nothing but their boxers.
“Sooo…are we having a slumber party or something? ”
“We’re bonding tonight,” Cyrus said, lifting the comforter and waiting for me to cross the room.
“Bonding?”
My body instantly ignited at the concept. Because I’d done nothing but fantasize about these three men for months and they were in my bed. In fact, they’d invited themselves instead of me having to blurt out how I really felt about them.
“You need a reminder that you’re pack. We’re snuggling tonight. You’re going to hold off showering until tomorrow night. Then we’re going to take the omega on a date,” Enzo said as though it made total sense.
And deflated my hopes. Because they merely wanted to leave their scent on me, assert their earlier claim that I was a packmate and not a temporary roommate.
“ We’re taking him on a date, or you are?” I asked, climbing under the blanket beside Cyrus and sighing when he tugged me closer, turning me so my back was to his front.
“Hey! Why do you get to snuggle her?” Ax whined, climbing from the far side and jostling all of us as he scooted and crawled until he was lying directly in front of me, a teasing smile on the lips I constantly dreamed of kissing. “Much better,” he said as he lined his body along my front, although the position was a little awkward.
I wasn’t used to sleeping beside a man when I’d first come here. I wasn’t used to sleeping beside anyone.
Antonio and I had had our own rooms, our own beds. The beta who’d been forced into our pack only spent a few nights with us before he’d disappeared into the ether. I was unsure whether he was alive or dead.
So having so many warm, hard bodies around me could be both comfortable and unsettling.
We’d slept together in my bed in the past, but it seemed as though it was always Ax calling for a pack cuddle. Not me.
The urge to push my butt against Cyrus, to wiggle my hips as an invitation warred with the urge to slide my hand under the sheets and touch Ax .
But slow, steady breathing and the light rumbling of a snore told me everyone had fallen asleep within minutes of the lights being turned off.
And I laid there staring into the dark.
So many things had happened tonight, so many changes were coming, and my mind wouldn’t shut down. I’d always preferred to read before bed or even watch a show I’d seen dozens of times to get my brain to at least slow enough to rest.
These alphas had completely wrecked my nightly routine.
I couldn’t complain, though.
I loved being wedged between them, even in such an innocent way. I had fantasized about being sandwiched between them naked while all three of them used my body for pleasure while making me cry out with release.
At least they were here with me tonight. If I woke with a nightmare, I could snuggle into their warmth and let them chase away the darkness.
With nothing else to occupy myself, I let my mind wander back to the evening’s events, to meeting that beautiful omega, to feeling his lips on mine and how that kiss had felt natural, as though we had kissed a thousand times, while also setting my body aflame.
I still couldn’t believe I’d led him back to Cyrus’s office, that I had willingly spread my legs while he’d knelt and eaten me until I’d come on his tongue. Then I’d begged him to take me hard against Cyrus’s desk.
I wasn’t sure I’d ever truly been the kind of person who would refer to herself as overly sexual, but damn if Amir didn’t bring something wild out in me.
Not just Amir. Ax and Cyrus and Enzo constantly made me overly aware of their every move. I was constantly aware of the way their back muscles or biceps would bulge while doing mundane chores around the house, the way their jeans encased their firm assess, or their sweats perfectly outlined their long, thick cocks.
Turned out it wasn’t that I didn’t dislike sex, I just didn’t like the thought of Antonio touching me. Didn't matter if he doped me - I always knew after that he'd used my body without bothering to ask whether I was in the mood, or to take his time to prime my body, or to make sure I found my release before him.
With the alphas surrounding me, I couldn’t reach for my phone to check the time, but it sure felt as though I’d been lying in bed for over an hour, waiting for sleep to find me. My body and mind were both exhausted, yet I couldn’t seem to make either shut down enough to rest.
“What’s wrong?” Ax whispered, startling me.
“Can’t sleep,” I whispered back.
I opened my eyes to find him staring at me, only a sliver of moonlight across his face illuminating the sharp angles of his cheekbones and his square jaw.
“Are we making you uncomfortable? I can wake them up and tell them to go to their own beds.”
Wake them up. Tell them to go to their beds. He didn’t volunteer to move away. And I sure as hell didn’t want him to, not yet.
“No. Just a lot on my mind. Tonight was…”
“Amazing? Hot? Spank bank worthy?”
I lifted a hand and clapped it over my mouth as I began to chuckle. “Spank bank worthy? Really? How would you know whether it was hot or not?”
“We have cameras everywhere. I haven’t watched it yet, but I have every intention of jerking off to that video later.”
A gasp pulled from my lips. I tried to come up with some witty retort, but my brain short circuited as it was taken over by need, desire.
There would be footage of everything Amir and I had done in that office.
And whether Ax was joking or not, it would be easy for any of the three of them to watch every moment. And yeah, I liked the idea of them being turned on by it, by watching as Amir licked my cunt, as he’d bent me over the desk, only pulling my panties out of the way so he could slam his long, thick cock inside me over and over until I’d practically melted into a puddle .
We both went quiet again, but Ax’s breathing hadn’t gone slow and steady like the two alphas at my back.
“Can I ask you something?” I whispered.
“Of course,” he whispered back. He shuffled until his face was only inches away, his lips barely a breath from mine. It wouldn’t take much for me to move forward to finally taste his spiced rum on my tongue.
“Why did you think…oh man. This is kind of embarrassing.”
He wiggled a little until he could slide one of his knees between mine. “Now I really need to hear your question.”
I swore this alpha was never serious. Even when I’d seen him come back bruised and somewhat bloody from playing bouncer at the club, he still had a smirk or a smile on his face like life was nothing but a game to him.
“Why did you guys think I wasn’t interested in sex?”
I was glad the lights were off and he couldn’t see how red my face had gone.
But I also wished I could see him as he answered. Someone could lie with their mouths, but there was no way to lie with your eyes.
I swore I felt his shoulders shift as though he’d shrugged. “You never seemed interested in the three of us.”
I blinked. Then blinked again. “You guys are always screwing around together in your own rooms. Why would I think you were interested in anything more with me?”
“Girl. I flirt with you nonstop. You’ve literally caught me watching you shower on more than a dozen occasions. Why do you think I hang out in your room so much?”
“I thought…it felt like you saw me as a sister or something?”
“Ew. No. I have sisters and trust me when I say I’ve never once watched them shower or dress nor have I picked out skimpy dresses for them to go out to the club. If I had my way, all four of them would walk around in turtlenecks and snow pants until they were forty. Or longer.”
The bed shook lightly as I giggled.
“You really had no idea we wanted you? As in wanted you in our bed? ”
“You’ve never said anything. Or touched me. And yeah, you flirt with me, but you flirt with anyone with a pulse.”
“Oh please. I am not that bad,” he whispered.
“Yes. You are. And if you two are going to fool around, could you do it in another room so I can get some sleep?” Cyrus muttered, his voice scratchy and hoarse with sleep.
My eyes widened and I sucked in a breath a half second before Ax chuckled deeply.
“He’s crabby when he’s horny,” Ax said, no longer whispering.
“Dumb ass,” Cyrus said before hugging me tighter to his chest.
Sure didn’t feel like he wanted me to leave the bed so Ax and I could fool around.
And, even if this embrace wasn’t technically considered sexual, it confirmed what Ax had said. I’d been looking past all the little signs, all the teasing and flirting and ignoring the fact the alphas not only wanted me as a packmate. They wanted me to be their beta romantically.