Chapter 22
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
“Alphas.” Fevered, I reach my hands out to Icarus and Lionzio.
Immediately, they both march to the side of the giant bed in the presidential suite still dressed in their matching suits and grasp my hands.
Their brows are creased with concern, as they study me.
They’re both shaking, Lionzio more than Icarus, but neither have fallen into rut.
I knew that Icarus had this level of self-control around Omegas in heat after his experience with the HOs. I am impressed, however, with Lionzio.
Naked, I writhe in the nest. Sweat streams between my breasts. My nipples are peaked.
I feel empty.
Fucking desperate for a knot.
The bedroom lies in shadows.
Moonlight breaks through the open drapes over the arched window, lighting the black and white chessboard tiles on the floor. It is snowing heavily now like an angel’s wings falling from heaven.
It is Christmas morning.
I am lying here, however, a criminal who may be discovered at any moment, deep in a heat with a pack of criminals.
My mind feels like it has been wrapped in cotton wool.
How did I get into this bed?
Wasn’t I doing something important? Somewhere else? In danger?
I thrash my head from side to side, smelling Piper’s coffeecake scent from his punky clothes that have been built around me into a nest.
When I whine in distress, Icarus squeezes my hand.
“Don’t overthink things right now, my good Omega.
You’re okay; your Alphas are here. We’re going to see you through this.
Plus, you did it, Sweet Sin. You pulled off the heist. I’ve passed on everything that was taken from the safe to Hatton.
Now, you just lie there and let us help you through this heat. That is, if we have your consent?”
Instantly, my eyes widen. My mind clears.
The heist.
I was up in the penthouse when my heat hit. If I had been there alone, then I would have been caught by security at the worst possible moment.
I would have been vulnerable.
What would Maya have done with me?
I whine in distress at the thought, frantically nodding.
“I need it in words,” Icarus presses.
“Yes.”
Then a sudden thought strikes me, and my gaze shoots to my wrist.
“Watch,” I whisper. “Watch, watch…”
“Watch, what?” Icarus murmurs.
I lick my dry lips, “I brought your watch back.”
Icarus’ smile widens. “Thanks for taking care of it for me. It means a lot to me.”
I know that it does.
He gently lets go of my hand to remove the watch with a stroke to my wrist and put it back onto his own.
Then Icarus’ blue gaze seeks out mine, as he takes my hand again. “Do you want to bond with me?”
Joy floods through me.
Except, something about what he said bothers me.
“Please,” I say, “I need all of you — my pack. I have dreamed about this. But I want Lion too.”
Lionzio’s eyes light with happiness.
He kneels by the side of the bed and raises my hand to his mouth, kissing the knuckles. “Mio tesoro, I love you.”
“I love you too, Alpha.”
Icarus’ jaw clenches. “It is your decision. But this will be the Sinner pack. I am the Chief Alpha. And we will talk about all the lies.”
“You mean like yours?” Lionzio challenges.
Icarus’ lips twitch. “Yes, like those ones.”
When I growl, both Alphas startle. “Don’t fight. I’m an Omega in heat, remember? Kiss and make up.”
If I had ever growled at Maya, then I would have been beaten. I feel safe enough with these two dominant and dangerous Alphas, however, to not only growl but also to give them orders.
Lionzio’s pupils dilate.
He leans forward to kiss me. “Do you know how much of a turn on your growl is, tesoro?”
“Not me.” I wriggle my hands out of the two men’s grasps, before gesturing at them. “Each other.”
“Of course I must kiss my Second Alpha at the command of our Omega.” Icarus leans down and yanks Lionzio off his knees and then dangling onto his tiptoes.
Lionzio’s eyes are dark with desire, as Icarus kisses him, harshly.
I wouldn’t call it making up, maybe more like punishment. Until Lionzio raises his hands to smooth down his Chief Alpha’s strong shoulders tentatively, and Icarus gentles the kiss.
When a wave of heat hits me, I whine.
“I’ve got you,” Piper says. He is lying next to me in the nest, and I turn my head to nuzzle against his coolness to stave off the fever. “I’ll look after you, while our Alphas become friends again. Don’t they look gorgeous together?”
I hum my agreement.
Piper is as naked as I am, apart from the scarf that is always wrapped around his neck. He is spooning me from behind, licking and kissing my scent gland, which is twice as sensitive as it normally is.
I shiver.
My skin tingles, as he caresses up and down my sides, while washing his soothing pheromones over me.
“They look like they were made for each other, darling,” Zero adds.
He is sprawled along the end of the bed.
His long, silky hair is wild and untamed, as he eagerly strips off his sparkling white outfit that he wore on stage.
“Just think how bloody hot our Lion will look on all fours while he’s rutted by our dom of a new Chief Alpha like he’s an Omega. ”
Lionzio breaks away from the kiss with an outraged growl.
Icarus laughs. “You don’t like the idea…? I’ve heard that it’s possible with a lot of preparation and lube.”
Lionzio pulls away from Icarus, smoothing down his suit with flustered motions, although he’s definitely not denying that he’s interested. The way that he’s tenting his trousers implies that he is.
Lionzio glances at me. “Right now, I just want to make sure that this Omega only feels pleasure.”
“She will. I’m here, after all.” Zero winks.
He adds the outfit to the sides of the nest, building them up. Then he works on the star shaped cushions and silk sheets to create an amateur nest, excitedly. It’s clear that he doesn’t know how to do this really, but he’s trying his best for my sake.
Is he truly sacrificing his rock star costume for me? It will be destroyed in the heat.
Logan never created nests for me. He definitely never sacrificed anything for my sake.
I only have a hazy memory of my heats with him. I don’t remember feeling any pleasure, although he certainly appeared to enjoy them.
As a Beta in the highly Traditional Alcotts pack, John was shut out of the heat altogether. I found him sleeping outside in the corridor with tear tracks down his cheeks.
I knew how hard it was for him to be separated from me at those times.
Yet in this nest, Zero is being included like he is just as important as an Omega or Alpha.
I hoped that he would be.
Yet experiencing it is something else entirely.
My eyes suddenly burn with tears.
“Hey, love, what’s wrong?” Zero waves his hand at Piper. “Kiss her for me, yeah?”
Immediately, Piper obeys.
Piper cups my breast, thumbing my nipple and kissing me tenderly.
“Okay?” He pulls back, studying me with concern.
I nod.
Icarus grips Lionzio by the shoulders and wrenches off the other Alpha’s suit jacket in a casually possessive way that makes Lionzio’s cheeks flush. Then he pulls off his own jacket and tosses both to add to the nest.
I take a deep breath of the mingled scents of hot apple cider, nutmeg, and orange espresso.
It helps to settle me but it’s not enough.
I need to be knotted.
My pussy clenches.
Despite the sun that appears to be burning in my core and melting me, as well as the happy tears gleaming in my eyes, I am still distracted by just how large Zero’s cock is as he slinks like a panther toward me.
Piper makes room for our Beta next to me. Zero crawls between us, carrying the fluffy wings from his costume with him.
Zero rubs the wings over my cheeks, and I snuggle into their softness in delight.
I start to purr.
“Feel good, love?” Zero runs his hand down to my thighs, gently pushing them apart. “You have such a pretty purr.”
My purr deepens.
What Omega doesn’t have a praise kink for their purr?
Piper pushes Zero’s hair out of the way to kiss up his neck.
Zero shivers. “That feels bloody good, darling.”
Piper wraps his leg over Icarus’ athletic thigh. “So does my cock against your ass.”
Zero teases between my slick coated folds. I arch off the bed.
“Beautiful brat,” Icarus warns, “don’t tease her. That’s my job.”
When Zero circles my clit, pleasure winds through me, making me pant.
“I thought that it was mine.” Zero leans down to press his plush lips to mine.
“I love you. We all do. I’ve raided the mini bar and set snacks and drinks on the nightstand.
I promise, you can trust me to look after you when you’re lost to your heats and ruts.
That’s a Beta’s role, yeah? I spent my life surrounded by only Betas, apart from my Alphahole instructors.
I didn’t think that I was the type of person that any Omega would want in their nest. I’m as new to this as Lion is.
I mean, I’m not a virgin like my darling Pip is — pretty much the bloody opposite — but if we’re talking about Omegas or sex being attached to love, then I’m as much a virgin.
And since that makes this the best night of my life, I am going to make fucking sure that it’s yours. ”
I smile, leaning up to capture his lips again.
He lets out a small startled sound, before pushing one of his fingers into my pussy and crooking it.
And I come — fast and hard and unexpected.
I scream into the kiss, and Zero swallows it like he was expecting it.
I shudder, as he continues to work his finger in and out, rubbing the feathers teasingly across my cheek.
Yet in my dazed, sated state, it hits me that something was wrong about what Zero said.
What is it?
My mind feels scrambled. I can’t think.
Finally, Zero pulls away from me with a final, loving stroke across my pussy. He licks over my lips, before he raises his slick coated fingers to his mouth and sucks them into his mouth with a moan.
I stare at him.
He looks at me with half-hooded eyes, licking his fingers. “I must serve my beautiful Omega. And your slick tastes delicious.”