41. Hannah
Hannah
M y eyes blink open, the warm press of bodies around me making me feel relaxed and heavy. The nest is dark, and I try to mentally calculate what day it is. My body feels worn and well used, but there's a slight buzz under my skin that tells me I'm not out of the woods yet.
A thread of awareness tingles in the back of my mind, and my eyes are immediately drawn to Noah, who's resting peacefully next to me. His mark is a little red and angry, and I know I need to tend to it to help it heal.
I bit him.
I was running on pure instinct when it happened, and while I regret that I didn't let us have it be this special, intimate moment, I can't bring myself to regret the fact that I can send him a little wave of love in this moment.
"Woah." his eyes flutter open, his gaze landing on me. "That was…weird. But in the best way."
"Sorry," I whisper, cuddling into his side and lifting my face to run my tongue over his new bond mark. "I didn't mean to wake you."
"How are you feeling?" He's just as quiet, wrapping an arm around me. "You don't feel as hot as you did, but you're still pretty warm."
"I think I'll be clear for a little, but I don't think we're done yet," I tell him, running a finger over the spiderweb tattoo on his neck, making him shiver.
"You awake, darlin'?" Austin says groggily, sitting up. He looks so handsome with sleep rumpled hair. I want to trace a path through his freckles. With my tongue.
"Mhm," I run my tongue over Noah's mark again, and his fingers tighten on my hips.
"You gotta eat somethin', love. It's been three days."
I sit up with a snap. "Three days?" How the hell had it been so long already? I mean, I remember bits and pieces, but it's all a bit hazy after I bit Noah.
Austin nods, getting off the bed and grabbing a bottled protein shake and a bottle of water.
The protein shake is labelled "heat helper", which is the brand that the heat clinic uses, specially formulated with nutrients and electrolytes to keep omegas hydrated during heat.
I wrinkle my nose at it. At least it's the dark chocolate flavor and not the strawberry one the clinic stocks.
I down half the water bottle first, then twist the cap off the protein shake. It's not that bad, actually. "There's a good omega," Enzo rumbles, his hand soothing down my back, and my omega preens under his attention.
"So…I bonded Noah," I swallow, looking around at my alphas. "Where's Charlie?" I frown. My question is immediately answered by him walking out of my bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist.
Oh. A shower sounds really good right now.
"We noticed," Enzo's eyes crinkle slightly as he smiles. "We're so happy for you two, reinita ."
I return his smile. "Thank you. I want to bond with the rest of you too, but I don't want to be lost in the heat haze when it happens. I also really want a shower."
There's dried cum and slick everywhere, and that shit is not comfortable.
"What are you worried about princess?" Noah asks, frowning. "I can feel your hesitance in the bond."
"I just don't want to run out of time…but, I really really need a shower."
"Get a shower then, mags," Charlie pipes up, using the towel to wipe off the rest of his body.
My eyes catch on his magpie tattoo for the hundredth time, and warmth unfurls in my stomach.
"The rest of the guys can catch one too, I'll change out the sheets of the nest, and when you get back we can bond.
" he gives me a gentle smile. "How does that sound? "
"What if I get lost in the haze before I can bond everyone?" I frown, shifting uncomfortably in the stickiness.
"Then we'll wait until you're lucid again," Enzo says. "As long as we do it right at the tail-end of your heat, then the marks should still heal faster than if we did it outside of your heat."
I sigh. If the guys are okay with waiting if they need to, then I guess I should go along with the plan. "Okay."
With that, Austin carries me into the bathroom, making sure the water is warm enough before setting me inside and climbing in after me. He gently washes my hair, and I trace random paths through his freckles with my thumbs as I wash him off.
The way he concentrates on lathering the shampoo through my hair, his tongue sticking out slightly as he completes his task, makes love bloom in my chest. He's so sweet, and such a gentleman, even when fucking me senseless.
We finish washing each other, and by the time we make it back into the nest, Charlie's changed out the sheets, somehow keeping the outer wall of clothes and blankets intact, and all my alphas are waiting for me, freshly clean.
"I don't know how much longer I'll be clear headed," I tell them, looking around the room. "So I want to bond, now ."
"All we need to know is who you want first, preciosa ." Enzo folds his hands in front of him.
The name is out of my mouth before I even know what I'm saying. "Austin."
Austin, who's still next to me, freezes for a second before gripping my shoulders and turning me to face him. "You're sure?"
I frown at him. "Of course I am. I love you, and I want to bond you."
In the next instant, he's scooping me up under my knees, then holding onto my ass as I wrap my legs around his waist. My mouth is on his before we even reach the bed, and then he's lowering me to the mattress slowly and gently, like I'm something precious.
His hard cock bounces against my thigh, and I wiggle, urging him to put it inside me. "Make me yours, Austin."
His mouth covers mine again as he glides into me with one thrust, and my arms wrap around his neck, pulling him closer to me. I let out a cry when he bottoms out, and every bump and ridge of his cock strokes against every sensitive inch inside me.
"All mine, Hannah," he groans as he keeps his rhythm. The sensations start to overtake every facet of my senses, until all I can feel is him, all I can see are his honey-brown eyes and freckles, and all I smell is crisp lemon and mint tea.
The second his knot locks in place, I hurtle over the edge, and then he sinks his teeth in, right on my shoulder.
The burst of pain is quickly overtaken by mind-numbing pleasure.
He continues to rut shallowly as he licks and tends to my bite for a moment, and that whisper of a connection slithers into the back of my mind.
I need to complete the bond.
Lifting my head, I turn his to the side with my hands, and bite just under his jaw on the left side of his neck.
"AH! Fuck, Hannah!" He roars out his release as our bond snaps into place, and an overwhelming feelings of love, tenderness, and affection come rushing in.
Austin's presence in my mind is like a ball of warmth, while Noah's is a soft tangle of fluff.
The thought almost makes me laugh, but I know he's only like that with me.
"There you are," he whispers, looking at me in awe. "Gods, Hannah, you are—" his head snaps up, and his eyes lock on Noah, who has a shit-eating grin on his face. "Don't poke me while I'm locked in our omega."
My brow furrows, not understanding how Noah could have poked Austin from across the room.
"I just wanted to see if it would work," Noah shrugs, then looks at me. "Turns out we'll all be able to feel each other."
I stifle a giggle, and Austin presses a soft kiss to my lips before his knot loosens and rolls off me. Sitting up, I look over to my two remaining alphas. Enzo gently pushes Charlie's shoulder towards me, and my Golden Boy gives our head alpha a questioning look. I do too.
He still wants to bond me, right?
"Go on," is all he says, and Charlie turns back towards me before crawling across the nest.
"Well, I'm not going to say no to that," he murmurs, pushing a wet strand of hair behind my ear before leaning over and kissing me desperately. Worries regarding Enzo fly out of my mind as Charlie's coconut and sandalwood scent surrounds me, and I moan into his mouth.
He pulls me with him so he's laying flat on his back, and I'm straddling him, bent over so our lips are still connected.
He notches himself at my entrance, and thrusts up into me.
My nipples press into the warmth of his skin, every brush of his chest hair sending a little zap of electricity straight to my clit.
"Ah, shit, mags," he groans, his head falling back as his hands grab my ass cheeks to hold me in place while he slowly and agonizingly moves his hips.
"Bond me, Golden Boy," I say breathlessly. "It's time to keep me forever."
He lifts his head, taking one of my breasts in his mouth, licking and sucking at the nipple. I writhe in his hold, my oversensitive flesh on fire with the desire to be marked by my mate. " Please , Charlie."
Charlie's tongue licks a stripe from my breast up to my neck, and then his teeth are piercing my skin on the same side Austin left his mark. My eyes water for just a second at the flash of pain before he's unlatching, tending to his mark with his tongue to help it heal.
A floating strand of familiarity and protectiveness appears in my mind, and in the next instant, I'm leaning forward and biting into his neck right at the front of his throat. Nobody will ever doubt who he belongs to again.
My tongue laves at the mark, and suddenly, that strand that appeared with Charlie's bite becomes a thick cord of connection, his love and yearning for me evident as he sends me wave after wave of devotion. His presence feels like a north star, always there to guide me home.
"Well, hey there, Charlie," Austin grins over at us.
"Welcome to the party, asshole!" Noah grins, pumping his fist.
Charlie's head falls back as he laughs. "Happy to be here, douche-nozzle." Nothing but brother affection passes between my three bonded mates.
Just Enzo is left, and then we'll be a fully formed pack.
His eyes bore into me as I sit up, looking at my head alpha. "You…you still want this, right?" I can't help the uncertainty in my voice.
His gaze softens, and he reaches out a hand to me. "Of course I do, reinita . Come here."
Crawling over to him, I watch his eyes darken as he eyes my breasts, having fallen victim to a little thing called gravity.
I climb into his lap, and instantly settle in his hold. "You are my everything. The need that I feel to bond you is more than the need I feel to breathe." His words hold nothing but sincerity, and I believe him, despite his odd behavior.
Enzo is sitting with his back against the pillows of the nest, and I'm sat sideways in his lap, but then he flips us around so I'm on my back and he hovers over me. I've never felt more safe. More protected.
"Are you ready, my love?" he asks, my heart flips in my chest. It's not him telling me he loves me, but it's close.
I nod. "Yes, Enzo. Claim me." Something in my words makes Enzo crack, and he hikes one of my legs over his arm before he slides into me, and my back arches off the bed.
At this angle, his length drags over all the right spots, and before long, I'm panting, hovering dangerously close to the precipice. It doesn't help that I can feel Charlie's, Noah's, and Austin's arousal as they watch. It's like turning everything up to eleven.
Right as I start to clamp down on him, he pushes his knot in, and his teeth pierce the open side of my neck. He's still latched on when I surge forward, catching his shoulder.
Our bond comes to life with a burning inferno of passion and steadiness.
Two conflicting forces somehow working together to illustrate the depths of his feelings for me.
I feel it then, his love. I know it's there, I just need him to tell me.
We tend to each other's marks for a moment before he pulls back and gives me a small smile, like he knows what I was thinking.
"Your soul is beautiful, reinita ," he whispers before leaning down to kiss me.
"So is yours," I whisper back, letting my head fall back as a tear works its way out of my eye.
"What's wrong?" Enzo asks, looking down at me with concern in his eyes.
"Nothing," I sniffle, wiping my nose. "I just…
I had given up hope of ever finding a pack.
And now I have you guys and you're all bonded to me and perfect, and I'm happy.
" My smile is so wide it hurts my face, and when Enzo's knot softens, I'm surrounded by my alphas, all touching me in some way, as we fall into a contented sleep.