45. Chase
45
Chase
It's been two days, and I'm still without a bite. It's killing me, but I don't want to bond Nora when she's completely lost to the heat. Everyone else got her when she was mostly aware, and I want the same.
But oh fuck is it hard to tell her that right now.
She begs. She cries. She screams. Our sweet, quiet little Omega is a fiery monster when she's lost in her heat, letting that Omega voice that she's suppressed her whole life rule the show. And don't try to get her to eat. Oh no, that will not do.
"Eating is for Omegas who can't suck cock," were her exact words when I offered her a bite of avocado toast. We've taken shifts, two alphas on, two alphas off, with Joey acting as a pitch hitter whenever needed. He's had to step in a few times and bring Levi out of his head with a small scene or some rope play.
I'm not sure what it is about the heat that unsettles Levi, but I have my guesses.
Nora, unable to reason and completely pliable during her heat, is so vulnerable. She would present to any Alpha who walked through the door as long as they would satisfy her ache.
And that monster was trying to induce her heat. He was trying to keep her away from us.
Fuck. I can't let myself think about it, or I'll spiral just like Levi has been.
"Alpha," Nora moans, reaching for me. She's lying in the middle of the nest, blankets and clothing sprawled everywhere, the linens no doubt soaked with slick, cum and sweat. Joey braided her hair as best as he could to protect it, and she's got fingerprint bruises over her entire body.
She's never looked more beautiful.
"I'm here, princess," I tell her, grabbing her and hauling her into my arms.
I told Nora from the beginning that I was a sadist. That I wanted to hurt her, to use her. And that's still true. But for some reason, I don't want that during her heat. I want her to be fully aware when I dominate her. I want to see the submission on her beautiful face. I want to coax her out of subspace during aftercare.
A heat won't allow that.
So oh, poor pitiful me, I've had to settle for rough sex and face fucking.
Life is so hard.
"Alpha, knot," she whimpers, wiggling on my nap. It's been like this since she bonded Levi. She'll sleep for an hour, and then she's up, begging for a knot, whining and pleading to be fucked.
"I got you, Nora." I lay her down and thrust into her quickly. I would love to taste her, to suck on that little clit, to cover her thighs with bites, but I learned my lesson when I tried that, and she kicked me in the face and demanded a knot. My girl is fierce, and even tiny feet hurt when they hit your face.
She's dripping wet, her strawberry shortcake scent filling my nose and making my gums ache and my mouth water at the need to bite her. To make her mine. She wraps her legs around my waist, and I push deeper into her at a punishing pace, watching as her breasts bounce with the movement. I slide a hand between us to rub her clit, but she smacks it away.
"Alpha! Knot!"
I let out a sound that is half groan, half laugh, and pick up the pace. She will not be happy until I lock myself inside her. Maybe then she'll let me make her come. With a few more deep thrusts, I still, cum pumping out of me and into her tight heat as my knot expands. Her relieved sigh fills my ears, and I smile.
A knotted Nora is a happy Nora.
I look down, expecting to see her dick drunk and hazy, but her eyes are clear when they look up at me. "Hey, Alpha," she whispers.
"Hey, princess." I kiss her softly, enjoying the rare moment of clarity.
"How has it been?" she asks in her soft, gentle voice while weaving her fingers into mine. "I haven't been too demanding, have I?"
"No, princess, not at all. You've been perfect."
And it's not a lie. She hasn't been too demanding. She's been exactly as an Omega should be while in heat – needy, clingy, and horny. I wouldn't have it any other way.
For so long, I thought she was manipulating us, that she was fake. Even before I knew her, I thought every bit of her was a con. And while it wasn't faked, it also wasn't who Nora truly is. We're still getting to find that Nora, all of us, even her, and the journey is going to be so wonderful.
This is a part of it. Spending a heat together, learning each other's bodies. Hell, I've learned way more about my pack brother's bodies than I ever wanted to these past two days. The number of times someone accidentally touched my balls is too fucking high. I also haven't smoked any since this began, which certainly has my nerves on edge. But we're figuring it out day by day.
"Hey, Alpha Chase," she says softly, looking deep into my eyes. "Bite." She takes the hand that she is holding and brings it to her mouth, biting the fleshy part on the side and sinking her teeth into my palm, one of the only parts of me that isn't covered with a tattoo. My whole body lights up like a live wire, a rush of emotion and pleasure that is undeniable spreading through every inch of me.
Levi and Nolan each bit one side of her neck, and Blaine got her clavicle, but I don't think I want to join them on her neck. I pick up her hand and sink my teeth into her wrist. "So you can always look down and know you are loved, you are cherished, and you are safe," I say against her flesh as I suck and lick the bite. The metallic taste of her blood is drowned out by the warmth in my chest that has a vice grip on my heart.
Nora.
She's there, and with this bite, our pack bond is completed.
"This has to be the last of it, right?" Blaine pants, his face entirely too close to mine as we both fuck into Nora.
Her tight ass squeezes me as Blaine pounds into her pussy, our Omega lost to the fog of heat between us as she whines and begs for knots.
"It's been four days, it's gotta be," I mutter, trying to adjust so my balls aren't slapping on his. It doesn't work.
Nolan steps out of the bathroom, a towel swung low on his hips, looking refreshed. A shower would be so nice right about now. Bonding with me sent Nora spiraling back into the deep haze of her heat, and all of us have been pulling our weight.
Poor Joey has double time between Levi and Nora. When the two of them are together they're so sweet, so gentle to one another, that they'll lay there entwined for hours if Joey doesn't light a fire under them to get Levi to knot her. Not that there is anything wrong with their slow and steady lovemaking. It's just when he does that it winds her up so much that it's so much harder for the rest of us to bring her down with our knots.
Nora throws her head back in ecstasy, clenching around me, and Blaine and I have a silent conversation before slamming into her at the same time. Pleasure spirals out of me and down my spine, and then my knot inflates at the same time as Blaine's, locking us together inside of her.
"I didn't think this through," he whispers. "Now we're stuck here with our sweaty balls touching until these knots go down."
Nora snorts a laugh, surprising us both. I snag her chin and turn her face towards me. It's then that I notice her rapidly cooling skin and the fuzzy quality gone from her eyes. She beams. "Hi, Alphas."
"Princess, welcome back to the land of the living."
"I think that's it," she tells us, looking around the room. Levi and Joey stepped out to make food, and Nolan is just walking back in, now dressed in a pair of athletic shorts. "I feel like it's over."
"Well, that's good, sweetheart, because it's been four days, and I think I speak for everyone when I say my cock needs a break." Nolan brushes his knuckles across her cheek as he speaks, pouring affection into her through the bond.
That's something that's changed in the past two days. When my bond was completed, it was like suddenly, the pieces that drew us together as a pack became tangible. Now all of these fuckers live in my chest right alongside Nora. I'm sure it will come in handy one day, but it feels a little chaotic in my skin right now.
My knot deflates, and I slide out of Nora. Blaine follows me shortly after. Our Omega looks down at herself, no doubt seeing the dried cum and slick that covers every inch of her skin. We convinced her to shower once, but then she spent two hours sobbing that she no longer smelled like us, so we didn't try that again.
"I need a shower," she says softly, rising up to her feet. Her knees wobble like a baby deer as she climbs out of the nest. I wonder if I should follow her, and I've all but decided to when Nolan shoots me a look that says I need to give her some alone time.
Why? Why should I leave her alone? She just went through heat, her emotions are going to be all over the place. I don't want to leave her alone.
But I do.
For five minutes.
The moment Nolan steps out, muttering about needing to call Alicia back, I'm in the bathroom, practically sliding across the tile to get to her.
And for the second time since I've met her, Nora is curled into a ball on the floor of the shower, sobbing under aggressively hot water.
This time, I don't keep my distance. This time, I rush in with her, gather her in my arms, and purr. "Princess, what's wrong?"
"I know what they did to me was wrong, Chase," she says through hiccups. "I know it wasn't how things are supposed to be." Slowly, she looks up at me, her big blue eyes rimmed red with tears, her hair wet and clinging to her skin. Her new bite marks glisten as silver scars. "If I know all of that, why do I still feel like I did something wrong? That I'm not myself anymore?"
"Oh, baby," I whisper, hiking her into my lap and running my hand down the back of her head. "It will take more than a primetime interview and a few days with the pack that loves you to undo all the lies they told you. But that's why we're here. When it gets too heavy, give it to Joey. That fucker is so big he can hold anything."
Nora laughs, my joke having the exact effect I intended. "But seriously, my beautiful, kind, wonderful Omega, we are always going to support you. Your pack is never going to let you be crushed under the weight of your history or anxieties. We'll always be here."
"Do you really mean that? You're okay with the fact that sometimes I'll cry in the shower and pull out my hair because I forgot to make dinner or put away the laundry?"
"All I ask is that when you need to go cry in the shower, you make the water just a smidge below boiling because I want to join you, but it's so fucking hot in here, holy shit."
Nora laughs, reaching up to cool the water from volcanic to hot springs, then places a sweet kiss on my lips. "I love you, Chase Sloane. You know that, right?"
"Well, I do now."