Chapter 19
Nineteen
brICE
It’s been three days since Hollis’ heat first started and I think it’s beginning to break.
I thankfully thought to text work that we would be out for the week.
Our managers can take over for anything that’s needed, there’s no big deals on the horizon to worry about, and at the end of the day, there’s no such thing as a vibrator emergency.
Mal looks at the sheets with a grimace as he sits up.
“Felix,” he hisses.
Opening one eye, Felix grunts tiredly. “Mmhmm?”
“I’m going to take Hollis to bathe. She needs to get cleaned up. Can you change the sheets please with Remy?”
“You got it,” Felix says. He’s cuddling with Hollis between him and Remy, and I can already tell that she’s not going to be very happy to move since she’s lightly dozing.
“I’ll see if I can get her to eat after you clean her up,” I decide, standing.
I don’t want to watch Hollis fight Mal. He can figure that out himself.
Striding out naked, I leave the nest and the room, knowing that I’m also due for a shower. Non stop fucking will do that to you.
As I walk down the stairs, I hear Hollis complain, and I chuckle lightly to myself. She’s fucking incredible. I’m hoping that we can start taking her out on dates now that she’s healed and no longer fighting her attraction to us.
The only one who hasn’t bonded with her is Malcolm, and that’s because it just didn’t happen. She was very busy, so she didn’t ask for his bite. I think that Mal crafted it that way, making sure he wasn’t where her teeth could sink into him.
He wants her to choose him outside of her heat. I think Felix and Remy would have preferred that too, but the instinct to give their omega whatever she wanted overrode all of that. They both look very content, which leads me to believe that it happened the way it needed to.
Mal is old school like I am. Hollis pushed me until I broke, but she was still of sound mind. I think he’ll do it while he’s bathing our omega, washing her hair, and taking care of her. It’s how I would do it if I were him.
Humming to a song by Angelic Demons, I pull out fruit, cheese, and crackers to place on a platter. I’m trying to keep it light until I remember who I’m dealing with. I add some lemon squares that Lars sent home with a shrug, because however I can get food into her works for me.
I’m just finishing when I hear a knock on the door. Frowning, I shake my head. I don’t have my phone, but that could only be one person since the gate is closed. Fuck.
Leaving the food, I rush butt ass naked to the living room to find pants. There’s still clothes all over the floor, and I grab the first thing I see. As I’m pulling on the joggers, I find that they’re a little snug since they’re Felix’s. Oh well, as long as they cover my cock and ass, I don’t care.
Hurrying to the front door, I open it to make sure Nova is alright. We haven’t left the house in days, it would be par for the course if something went wrong or she needed help with her van.
Fuck, I’m so glad that Mal gave her the gate clicker so she can get in and out by herself.
“Hey,” I greet her, my heart thundering. “Are you okay?”
“Hi,” Nova says, turning back to face me. Damn, I took so long that she was getting ready to leave. “I noticed none of the cars have moved in a few days. I just felt like I should check on you. Make sure no one has died from the plague.”
I grin as I shake my head and her eyes widen as she really looks at me.
“I’m sorry, you kind of caught us all at an odd time. Hollis has been staying with us while she healed from her hospital stay,” I explain. “And then, um, she went into heat.”
She takes a breath and freezes, getting a really odd look in her eyes.
“Hollis?” she asks.
“Yes, our omega. We’ve been seeing her for the past month, and things happened quickly. Do you know her?” I ask.
Hollis had mentioned that she knew of her, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she did.
“I don’t,” she says, shaking her head. She looks as if she saw a ghost, and I’m worried she may pass out on me.
“Are you okay?” I ask, concerned.
“Yes. Ah, I think so. I’m really glad she’s better,” Nova says, taking a step back from me. “I’m also really happy for you guys. Hollis is a really lucky girl.”
“Thanks…”
She turns as she nods, and I can see that she’s trying to work through something. I’m going to need to figure out what the fuck that was about soon, but first, I have a hungry omega upstairs to tempt with food.
Closing the door and locking it, I force myself to put Nova from my mind until I can ask her what put that look on her face. One problem at a time.
MALCOLM
Hollis definitely complained about being pulled out of bed, but now she’s curled between my thighs in the tub, her head laying on my chest.
“Such a stubborn omega,” I whisper against her skin.
Gathering her hair, I grab a cup and begin pouring water over it so I can wash it.
“I’m grumpy and I was comfortable before,” she mumbles. “This is really nice too, though.”
“You’re covered in sweat and cum,” I chuckle. “The boys are changing your sheets. Oh, no. Why are you pouting, baby?”
“It’ll change my scents,” she says.
“The guys will bring you new clothes that have their scent on it,” I reply. “The blankets are gross, Hollis.”
Pouring out some shampoo into my hand, I begin to wash her hair. I swear, Brice overshot when he was jerking off over her and covered her face and hair with his cum. Smirking as I scrub and massage her scalp, I enjoy the way she melts against me.
She sighs happily, and I decide I love moments like this. It’s just us, and the chaos of the world doesn’t exist.
“What are you thinking about?” I ask, tilting her head back so the soap won’t get into her eyes.
“Mmmm. How happy I am,” she says. “I’ve never had a heat where I was just boneless and sated. Usually it’s more white knuckle and bare it.”
“Hollis,” I murmur, my chest vibrating. “There were other options, right?”
“Like use my own dating app?” she asks lightly. “Or one of the heat clinics?”
I make a face at both of those, hating the idea of them. God, I’m a fucking hypocrite.
“None of those really appealed to me. Or, by the time I’d be desperate for some relief, it was far too late to be traveling anywhere,” she explains. “It worked for me, and a part of me didn’t want my first time to be with strangers.”
And now she’s ours.
“Okay, I can appreciate that. Are your heats always this intense?” I ask, beginning to use conditioner on her ends.
“This is one of the strongest, but I think the scent matching had something to do with that. They are all intense though,” she says.
“They’re also not regular, because of stress and my migraines.
That’s another reason that it makes it difficult to book a few days at a heat clinic and call it a day. ”
“Well that’s never happening now,” I grumble. “We’re yours for all of your heats, we’ll nurse you through your migraines, and snuggle you in bed. Mine.”
“Am I yours?” she asks coyly.
God, this woman. Rinsing her hair, I grind her against my erection as I growl. Hollis just chuckles, not at all bothered by it. Picking up soap and a loofah, I lather the suds up before dragging it over her breasts. They are the areas that have the most cum on them.
She hisses as I clean Remy’s bite over near her nipple, and I shake my head. If she was bouncing on my cock, I probably would have bitten her there too. Hollis’ skin is riddled with bites, hickeys, as well as mating bond bites. I fucking love seeing them.
My hand moves in small circles as I clean her skin, and my lips move to her throat to suck on her new bite marks.
“Malcolm,” she whines, her fingers curling into my thighs.
“I think what you’re trying to tell me is that you’re missing something,” I purr. “The question is where do I want my mark to be, Pretty Girl?”
The loofah continues its downward trajectory until it disappears under the water and I rub it over her pussy.
“Mal,” she gasps. Yes, that’s what I want.
“I want you to call me Mal or Daddy, beautiful,” I growl. “I’ll accept Alpha too when you’re being a brat or in heat. You got me?”
“I do,” she moans as I continue to run the loofah between her open thighs.
“Good girl,” I praise her, turning her head so I can kiss the side of her throat without any bites. “This is mine, isn’t it, Hollis?”
“Yes, Alpha,” she breathes.
Fuck yeah it is.
Biting down on her throat, I wrap my arms around her to hold her against me. Hollis jerks in my arms, and I know I’m a bastard for doing it this way. The guys at least made sure she came when they bit her.
No, I want her to remember that she’s mine, and that I’ll always stake my claim on her. I lead the pack, and I’m the last to bond with Hollis. It’s a little backward, but our bonds will be so much stronger now.
Mine , I whisper into her mind. She’s not upset, she just hums under her breath as she sags in my arms.
“Yours,” she whispers out loud.
Brice walks into the bathroom looking stressed, and I raise my brow at him.
“You’re going to prune,” he teases her, forcing himself to release whatever he’s worried about. “I see you have your last bite, Hollis.”
“I do,” she says with a grin. “I think I owe Mal one though.”
“Only if you want to,” I chuckle. I feel so much lighter and calm now.
Hollis rubs her cheek over my chest, and I watch her warily. This isn’t just her scent marking me, nothing is simple with her. Leaning forward, I give her more of my body to use as her canvas, the loofah dropped in the water and forgotten.
My omega turns her body and kisses my chest, and I let myself relax. She’s going to do what she wants anyway. Hollis wraps her arms around me before she bites down hard on my upper chest, making me groan.
“Now I’m ready to get out of the tub,” she says with a grin, blood on her lips.
Brice looks smug as he picks up a fluffy towel and opens it.
“Come on out, baby,” he says, watching as she stands.
I make sure she steps out safely before getting up and pulling the plug on the tub.