26. Chapter Twenty Six
Chapter Twenty Six
K ennedy falls asleep not even five minutes into our drive home. She doesn’t even stir when I carry her upstairs and place her in her bed. I can’t blame her. She has been through so much these last few days. It would be exhausting having to relive the past over and over.
Not only that but she is still recovering from her father’s abuse. I can’t help the anger that rises in my chest everytime I see the bruises covering her skin. The fact that our sweet Omega has broken ribs and not even for the first time. This kind of shit is a regular occurance for her.
Her father is truly the smallest man that has ever lived.
I don’t know how someone could stoop that low to hurt something so precious and innocent. Omegas are prized possessions in our world. Alphas want nothing more than to care for them. To spoil them with all the riches. To love them. They do so much for us without even realizing it. They are the glue in our worlds. They stop us from becoming beasts like I know we have the ability to become.
Staring down at my sleeping beauty, I wonder just how I got so lucky.
Her auburn hair fans out over the pillows making her look ethereal even as she sleeps.
There is no doubt in my mind that my nickname for her is perfect. She is a gift from the heavens. One I know that I don’t deserve but one I will greedily take.
I step away from Kennedy slowly, even though every part of me rebels at the idea. I know I have to though. Not only have I been neglecting my duties in the family, but I also need to debrief with the guys.
I find Theo and Ledger already sitting around the kitchen table. Every device in our house seems to sit in front of them, ready to begin destroying Calvin's life. That was the one thing that I refused to allow our fathers to do. I wanted to be the one to press the buttons to blow up everything he knows and has worked for. Theo will no doubt be on the phone the entire time yelling demands, something he is quite good at. Ledger... well, he is just here for emotional support. He has always been the grunt. The muscle. Poor guy can barely work out how to send a text, let alone hack into complex systems behind firewalls.
“Is she okay?” Theo asks, concern on his face for our girl. Even though he can feel her through the bond, I know he still needs that bit of reassurance.
“She’s okay. Didn’t even stir when I tucked her in. I think these past few days have exhausted her.”
He nods in agreement, “It would be hard constantly having to dredge up trauma. I think we need to take her somewhere tomorrow. Give her a day where she can just let go and have fun.”
Ledger leans forward, “Why don’t we take her to the beach? Go swimming and get ice cream or something? ”
He shrugs his shoulders almost non chalauntly and I can see a hint of shyness in his features at the suggestion.
Theo and I agree with him knowing that a day like that is perfect for her. Considering how sheltered she has been, it makes me wonder if she has even been to the beach before.
The fact that a simple burger from a diner was a new experience for her tells me it most likely will be.
Opening up my laptop, I begin dredging into Calvin Hayes’ life. It's not hard to. None of his digital footprint has any kind of protections surrounding it, which makes taking down everything he has worked for easy.
I can hear Theo in the other room making call after call. I know that if I paid any attention to what he was saying, I would no doubt hear men on the other end of the line crying and begging for mercy. One mention of our last name and the biggest of Alphas cower. Just another thing that makes our job easier.
Not even half an hour of working and I have completely drained every single bank account under the man's name, sent the funds through a range of offshore accounts to be cleaned to eventually land in an account set up completely in Kennedy’s name for her to do what she wishes.
His piss poor business ventures have all hit rock bottom and effectively crashed in a matter of minutes.
Calvin now has nothing. No money. No businesses. And by the sounds of the conversation I now tune into, no associates to back him up. He is done.
I send a few bugs into his systems as a fail safe. Even though causing chaos like this is child’s play, it will still be fun to watch him flail .
Scooting my chair away from the table, I stretch my limbs and crack my neck. Looking over at Ledger, I find him already watching me.
“Is it done?”
I nod, “Done. Calvin isn’t going to know what hit him. He is going to be so busy chasing his own tail trying to clean up messes, he won’t have a moment to even think of Kennedy. By the time he does, she will be ready.”
He raises an eyebrow at me, “Do you think that she will ever be ready to see her father six feet under?”
I know that Ledger is thinking about his own family. His parents were both abusive, just like Kennedy’s. He was only ten when he slit his parents’ throats in the middle of the night.
Even all these years later, I know it still haunts him.
For me, I’m glad the cunts are dead. I don’t like getting my hands dirty but I would have for Ledger. He’s worth it. They both are.
Having both him and Kennedy now feels like my life is complete. I’d love to have a little one running around one day but for right now, life feels right. Like the puzzles have all connected. I know it will feel even better once all of this mess with Calvin has been dealt with.
“I know she will. I can see the fight in her eyes. She will be ready. It just might take her a while.”
He nods but his focus is distracted. I feel his arms travel down my biceps, tracing the muscles as they contort. His eyes heat as he looks up at me.
Words don’t need to be spoken. The moment he stands up and begins to walk out the door and up to his bedroom, I am already following him .
We have been so focused on Kennedy these past few days that we haven’t had a chance to be just him and I. We had that small interlude with Kennedy in the nest, which has been on my mind on repeat since, but I know we are both craving some one on one time.
The moment we walk through the door, Ledger turns and his lips are on mine. He devours me in a way that challenges me. We move against each other, both fighting for dominance we so desperately crave. We have done this dance so many times before that I know there will be no winner.
Neither of us ever gives in to the other. It only seems to make our time together hotter. I love the fight with him. The power play. We are able to push each other's boundaries in a way I know that I never would with Kennedy. While I would never say no to her if she wanted to explore and test her limits, I would never feel comfortable doing what Ledger and I do with her.
Ledger spins me around and slams me up against the door. My cheek bounces off the wall but I don’t allow myself to register the pain. Ledger pushes up against me, pinning me to the door. I allow him, giving him the illusion of control. We both know he doesn't possess it.
Neither do I, I guess.
“It feels like forever since we have had the chance to play.”
His lips trail up my neck causing goosebumps to travel over my flesh. My cock has already been rock hard from the moment we walked through the door.
I nod my head, “Way too long.”
Ledger slowly begins to remove my shirt, testing my patience as he takes his time. I growl, tuning around and ripping the cotton from my body. It doesn’t protest under my strength, falling to the floor in tatter pieces.
Grabbing Ledger's shirt, I rip it from him, exposing his chest.
I don’t pay any mind to the shirts I ruined. All I can see is Ledger. My desire for him becomes unbearable as I push him to the bed. Crawling up his body before our lips return to each other in a savage hunger.
We claw and growl at each other as we discard the rest of our clothes.
I moan as I roll my naked body against his. He feels incredible against me. It feels like my hunger turns up a notch. I am desperate for his touch. The feel of his body against mine.
I need him as badly as I need my next breath.
I snake my hand down his body, finding his length and taking it into my hand. He gasps at my touch, his cock pulsing in my hand.
“Fuck, Jax. Please...”
I chuckle, “Do you need more, Alpha? Do you need me to fill that tight hole?”
He gasps, clutching onto me as I tighten my grip on his cock.
“Please. Please, Jax. I need you,” he begs, his words are my undoing.
Reaching into the bedside drawer, I grab out a bottle of lube and quickly coat my cock. I hiss as my own touch heightens my pleasure. My knot throbs at the base of my cock, desperate to lodge itself anywhere it can get.
I spread Ledger's legs giving myself a perfect view of his hole. I don’t hesitate pushing myself in his tight ring, not waiting for him to relax. That has never been us. We want it hard and fast. I know that Ledger can handle it .
He shouts as I bottom out inside of him. I don’t wait as I pull back out before slamming back into him.
I roll my eyes as I feel his walls clench around me, demanding my release. I grab his cock, squeezing his length and rolling the bead of precum over the head. He tenses as I begin my assault on him, teasing and coaxing him closer to his own climax.
Leaning down, I wrap my free hand around his throat, gripping it and effectively stealing his breath.
He gasps out his last bit of air as I continue my assault on his ass. I feel my stomach begin to tighten, the beginnings of my orgasm threatening to overcome me as I continue fucking into him without abandon.
“Come, Alpha. Make a mess of yourself.”
Instantly, I feel Ledger’s cock flinch as he lets go. Moving my hand down, I grip his knot tightly, increasing his pleasure. I follow him over the edge unable to hold back. My eyes roll into the back of my head. Before I get too lost in my own release, I let go of Ledger's neck, allowing him to breathe again. I hear him gasping, dragging in air hungrily.
We descend into a moment of silence as we recover. Opening my eyes, I look down at Ledger.
“I love you.”
He opens his eyes, looking back up at me, “I love you too.”
Coming down stairs the next morning, I find Kennedy sitting at the kitchen bench wrapped up in a blanket. She is smiling wide at something Theo is saying while he is cooking breakfast. I don’t hear anything either of them says. All I can seem to focus on is just how beautiful she is. The light coming in through the kitchen window bounces off her face, highlighting all of the high points of her features.
Her hair seems to glow in this light. It's as though she is radiating. It's hypnotising.
My knees weaken as I hold onto the door frame.
She really is a goddess and she doesn't even know it. Kennedy doesn’t understand the hold that she has over the three of us. She could demand the entire world from us and we would give it to her even at the detriment of ourselves.
She laughs which feels like a punch to the stomach. None of the pain that I have seen on her face is present. It's as though she never experienced the hurt her past has caused her. She looks free.
I know that I will fight tooth and nail to keep that look on her face.
She turns her head, finding me watching her. Her face seems to lighten up even more if that was even possible.
“Morning.”
Her voice seems to unglue me from my spot. I walk over to her, bending down to kiss her forehead, “Good morning, Kennedy. How did you sleep?”
She blushes as she looks over at Theo and I instantly know that she had a wake up call from the grinning Alpha.
“It was um...good. I feel really refreshed. Like I actually had a proper night of sleep.”
It warms something inside of me knowing that she is actually able to relax here with us. To find her peace here. That means more to me than any words could have. It’s a fucking gift.
Theo plates up breakfast just as Ledger walks into the kitchen. He pauses too and I watch as the breath leaves his lungs as he sees Kennedy smiling up at him too. It's only a moment before he rushes towards her and picks her up, eliciting a squeal from her. Walking over to the kitchen table, he plops down on a chair, settling Kennedy on his lap.
“Omega,” he growls in her ear. She shivers as Ledger nuzzles her neck, right over my mating mark.
Sitting down at the table, we each dig into our breakfast. Ledger refuses for Kennedy to feed herself, instead, he carefully cuts up bite sized pieces and feeds her himself. She tries to protest, saying that she is an adult and can feed herself. He just grunts, holding the fork in front of her until she takes the offering. She frowns at each mouthful but softens until she is eventually relaxing back into him as she eats her fill.
I’m not surprised that she has come around to liking the gesture. Omegas crave the need to be looked after and Alphas crave to be the ones to provide. It's so deeply rooted in our genetic makeup that there is no use fighting it. It makes me go into a deep dive into ways that I can take care of Kennedy. To take the weight of life further off her shoulders in any way I possibly can.
As I finish my plate, I sit back and look at our completed pack. It seems to hit me then that this is real.
This is my family.
This is my pack.