Chapter 31
NATE
As soon as my mark was on Hailey, it’s like the world stopped spinning for a moment.
Like every single fucked-up thing that’s happened to me washed away and I’m left here brand new.
Then I see her with Sterling, and there’s just so much joy radiating out of me. He wanted this so badly, a pack of his own with an Omega at the center, and now we have it.
Once he bonds with her and me with Hayes, that will be it. In one swift moment, we’ll all be connected forever.
“I think it’s only fair I get to fuck someone for our bonding too,” Hayes negotiates.
This isn’t something new between us. With Sterling, he’s always the steadfast in control one. With me and Hayes it truly depends on the weather.
He grabs my chin, and I kiss him, breaking my gaze from Hailey and Sterling.
“You can watch while I fuck you.”
“How gracious of you,” I reply, and he smirks.
“I’m very gentlemanly.”
The lube is already on the nightstand. I don’t waste any time lathering his cock to the point he’s nearly dripping in it. I don’t need much prep. Part of the enjoyment of it all is the pain mixed with pleasure.
Even if he’s the one fucking me, I’m the one bonding him and I decide I still need some position of power. He’s flat on his back as I straddle his thighs.
Hayes isn’t as large as me, but he isn’t thin or small by any means. He’s just not an Alpha. Having him fuck me sends a tingle up my spine every time, like it’s forbidden, or what people wouldn’t expect.
When I glance over and notice that Hailey is straddling Sterling’s lap in the same way, it has me ready to come already.
“Don’t be that fucking easy, Nate,” Hayes chastises me, making my dick twitch.
He grabs my ass, spreading me wide before lining up the head of his cock and pushing into me. My balls tighten and pre-cum leaks out onto his stomach as I grip my knot and slide up and down his length.
Fuck, he’s hitting just the right spot, making me stroke myself.
I glance down at him, his eyes fixated on where our bodies meet.
“You want my mark?” I ask him.
“Right here,” he says, pointing to the opposite side of his neck. “You going to do it when I’m coming in you?”
“Shit,” I hiss, gripping myself harder as he slides in and out of me.
The scent in the air is thick with cherries and I can feel Hailey down the bond, her pleasure, and happiness. It’s almost too much to take, like her pleasure is my own. Which is even crazier with how good I feel right now.
“I want to feel you too,” I say down to Hayes, which changes the tone.
He rises up and I lean forward, our mouths meeting as our fucking turns into something languid and softer. I shift my hips between us, rubbing myself between our bodies as we kiss and fuck, the anticipation of cementing our pack has my nerves on fire.
I know it’s everything Hayes has ever wanted, too. Maybe Hayes and Sterling aren’t as desperate for this as me, since I never felt like I had a family until I met them, but nevertheless this moment is monumental for all of us.
“I love you,” I tell him between kisses, my release close and by the way he bends his legs, fucking me harder, I know he is too.
We’re a mix of panted breaths and anticipation as I feel his thighs shake and I know he’s about to finish.
I move my mouth away from his, kissing his jaw before sinking my teeth in the place he told me.
Hayes comes first, but I’m a close second, gripping my dick between us and stroking rigorously as our bond completes. I kiss and lick the spot, pulling back and looking down at Hayes.
His eyes watery as he looks at me, both of us looking at Sterling and Hailey at the same time.
I feel them all, and it’s damn near overwhelming, but it’s also the most beautiful moment of my life.
Hailey is knotted on Sterling, Hayes reaching out and touching Hailey’s leg as I rub her back, moving myself off Hayes.
When I glance over at Sterling, I feel him down the bond. His pride, his awe, and how much he loves all of us. I can’t help it when tears form in my own eyes.
“Oh, Nate, honey. Come here,” Hailey says, pulling me so that I’m lying right next to them. She’s stroking my hair, all of us connected by touch.
Every piece of heartbreak, every moment of insecurity, every moment of finding who I was, it was worth finding this.
This is my pack and I don’t care where we came from, who we are, how we got here. All I care about is the fact that they’re mine.
“Wow. Possessive Nate. I like it,” Hayes jokes and Hailey pets my hair.
I’m the luckiest Alpha there ever was.
After bonding, we get into a new routine.
When Sterling and I have to work, Hailey and Hayes spend all their time together.
Sometimes it's hard to not get jealous, but thankfully our Omega lets us know how much she misses us, mostly in the form of baked goods.
A fact that the entire station knows and I kinda hate them for it.
"What's Hailey bringing today?" Joey asks.
"I don't know, but you're not getting any now," I say, and Sterling laughs, smacking my ass, as we head toward the cafeteria.
When we get there, Hailey is waiting, Hayes at her back.
She smiles at us like we mean everything to her, and fuck, it gets me every time. I grin and give her a big hug before doing the same to Hayes.
Having an Omega has made our pack whole. Not that we had issues with intimacy or giving each other attention, but it's nice to have the one person in our pack who can handle all of us and our neediness.
"What did you make this time, baby girl?" Sterling asks.
She blushes looking at Sterling. "You know how me and your mom have been emailing?" she asks him.
We can all feel his elation down the bond. I know as soon as we can, we'll be making the trip to see his family, but the fact Hailey and his mother are already getting close means everything to him.
"Did she send you more baby pictures?" he asks.
"Ugh, I wish. You were so cute, but she actually gave me her recipe for ginger snaps. She said they were your favorite during the holi—" She doesn't even finish her sentence before his lips are on hers.
He greedily takes the tupperware container and cradles it against his chest like it’s the most valuable treasure.
"You lot are definitely not fucking getting any now," Sterling says at a glaring Joey.
"I thought you'd say that," Hailey says, taking another container out of her bag and placing it on the counter. "Don't worry, they're just snickerdoodles."
Sterling opens the lid to the ginger snaps and moans as he takes his first bite.
"You're not just being dramatic for me are you?" Hailey says.
Sterling shakes his head, and I attempt to grab one out of the container, which Sterling has already shifted to one side of his body.
Greedy fucker.
Hailey sighs, grabs a cookie and hands it to me.
"It tastes just like my mom’s," Sterling says, a sense of nostalgia and gratefulness funnels around the bond.
It's easier to read each other when we’re all close. When Sterling and I are on calls, we do our best to manage our emotions. But knowing how Hailey and Hayes are while we’re gone for our stretches of work makes everything easier.
I can tell Hailey doesn't want to leave, that this part is always hard for her. Down the bond, there's some unease.
I wrap my arms around her, kissing her hair.
"What do you want to do tomorrow?" I ask her.
"I want to just spend the day at home with my pack. That's all I want," she says easily.
"That we can definitely do."
"Alright, well back to having you all to myself," Hayes says, a sense of smugness hitting him.
He has that air about him, like he's proud of himself for being able to take care of our Omega, and we're glad too.
There's no way Sterling, and I could work different shifts. Then we'd never be together as a pack. At least with 48/96 it gives us more down time together, and more time to recoup.
"Oh, tell them," Hailey says, turning to Hayes.
"The Beacon wants me to come to their grand opening. They're going to pay me to come to the opening and my table fees as long as I agree to be in their marketing material," Hayes says, but Hailey seems more excited.
It’s not like he needs the money, so I’m guessing he took the gig purely off of Hailey’s excitement.
"It sounds like there's going to be a bunch of famous people there. Honestly, I just want to say I bumped elbows with someone famous. Oh, what if people from Love at first Scent are there?" she says.
"I'm not sure they're considered famous," Hayes says.
"To me, they are, as long as Decan isn't one of them." She scrunches her nose with distaste. "I already checked your schedule. You're both off, so we can all go together and support Hayes.”
Her happiness over the idea of us all being together floods our bond, and it's impossible not to smile.
"Oh, and don't worry, we're going shopping for both of you so you have something nice to wear."
I clutch my chest and feign injury. "Are you saying I don't dress nice?"
"No. I'm just saying if another Omega sees you in gray sweatpants and a station T-shirt, I'd have to cut their eyes out," she says, tapping me on the nose, before grabbing my chin and giving me a kiss. She glances down at my mustache before pulling away.
She's obsessed with my facial hair, so now I guess I’ll be rocking a stache for the rest of my life.
God, I'm in love with her. It's unbelievable how different she is from her mother, how I ever got myself in a situation with that woman in the first place.
Hailey is the one for me. The one for all of us.
"See you tomorrow, love you," she whispers before giving Sterling a kiss and those same words.
It feels unreal to have gotten to this point, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Our Omega leaves and then chaos ensues, the hungry men nearly dropping the container of snickerdoodles amid them trying to grab a cookie.
"Let me go hide this before these animals steal them," Sterling says, another ginger snap already at his lips. "It really does taste just like my mom’s, I can't believe she gave her the recipe."
"How could she not? Our Omega can be quite persuasive."
"This is true. I still can't believe she convinced me to let her have the soldering iron in the house," he says.
I roll my eyes, because there are a lot of specific rules about the soldering iron. Someone has to be home when she's using it. It can only be used on top of her cork board at her workstation, and she's extremely diligent about turning it off.
Our windows are all covered in different stained-glass projects she's done and she's getting more comfortable with the idea of maybe trying to sell some of her creations.
"She seems excited about Hayes' deal with The Beacon," I say.
Sterling groans. The fact is, we're probably on the easier going, simple side of life than Hayes and Hailey. The idea of being in a crowded space with people scenting and gawking at our Omega has me grimacing.
Now that we're bonded, it's made us all fifty times more possessive.
"We'll get through it. What's the worst that could happen?" I say, not sure who I’m trying to convince, me or Sterling.