24. Chapter 24
Jace
This was bad. Really, really bad.
Cassie should never have gone into heat.
All omegas were on suppressants during the duration of the show, yet here we were, in a fake nesting room with Cassie getting dangerously hot and whining for relief.
She made it clear she wanted us here with her, but we needed someone semi-coherent to alert the producers so this room would be secure from other alphas.
If anyone else tried to get in, there would be a massive fight over her.
Then, as if the day hadn’t gone to hell enough, the door slammed open without warning.
Instinct took over. A growl rose in my throat, raw and ready, and I shot upright, every nerve on fire, fully prepared to tear into whatever alpha thought they could just barge into Cassie’s nesting room uninvited.
But it wasn’t a random alpha - it was Rys, someone Cassie had asked for. Only it wasn’t just Rys.
He had Ash curled up in his arms, looking strangely small compared to Rys’s massive frame. Bringing another omega anywhere near a nest while an omega was in heat was a horrible idea. It would distress the omega, they would get territorial, and could even cause alphas to fight each other.
I stepped forward, glaring at Rys, unable to understand why he of all people would bring Ash in here. “Get him out of-” I started growling, until the scent hit me.
Sweet plum and sage, filling the air and blending so deliciously with Cassie’s sweet, honeyed citrus perfume. I softened, looking at Ash as he stared at me, his eyes delirious as he reached one arm out with a whine.
“It can’t be...” I said softly, but Rys looked back stunned.
“Is she… in heat too?” He asked incredulously.
“She’s in heat, and she was begging for you. She only wants us three alphas here.” Leo added. Suddenly looking down and seeing Ash, and from the looks of his body language, suddenly smelling him too. “Oh, shit.”
This was a situation on the brink of exploding. We had two omegas in need, and as soon as they both scented each other it would be chaos. They would go crazy with anxiety and territorial instinct, especially after the nesting chaos from earlier.
There would be fighting, whining and probably a few injuries along the way.
Also, we now needed a new room for Ash, since he’d need his own safe space to have a heat.
Worst of all, with two omegas perfuming around us, I could sense every alpha in the room was on the brink of a massive rut.
We had probably a few minutes, tops, to figure this out.
Maybe less, as I was starting to salivate every time I heard their whines.
Rys’s eyes widened. “We have to separate them!” He said quickly, and started to turn. But Cassie had already spotted Ash. I braced myself as she locked eyes with him, both of them rising up, Cassie from the massive bed and Ash from Rys’s arms. Would they hiss? Scream? Start swatting at each other?
But they didn’t do any of that. Instead, I watched with awe as Cassie reached her arms out, whining in desire.
“Ash…” She cooed, grasping the air for him.
We turned to look at Ash, his own face a mirror of desire as he breathed in her scent.
I’ve seen a lot of expressions from omegas and alphas alike.
But the look on Ash’s face when he scented her was nothing short of pure desire in its rawest form.
I glanced back at Cassie, terrified at what might erupt.
But incredibly, she was looking at him with the same expression.
“Cassie…” Ash sighed in relief, trying to crawl off of Rys in an attempt to get closer to her. Rys broke out from his shock.
“Omega, wait!” He barked, and Ash froze, looking back at him with his eyes pleading, his dark curls now damp with sweat.
“I want her!” He whined, and Rys looked between me and Leo. We all looked at Cassie next, her eyes lit up in excitement.
“Cassie, are you okay with him being here?” I asked gently, trying to suppress the desire to jump on the bed with her and immediately get to work helping her through her heat.
Cassie’s eyes were stuck on Ash, and you could almost feel the connection between them vibrating like the string of a guitar.
“I need…” Was all she said, and she was reaching for Ash, who was now struggling to get to her.
Rys looked at me, then Leo. We were all so close to a rut that a decision had to be made soon, or we’d all fall into a chaotic heat mess.
He slowly walked forward, bringing Ash to the bed bit by bit so he could gauge the situation as the omegas reacted to each other.
“If there’s any sign of conflict, I’m bringing him to another room and I’ll help him through the heat there while you lock this door.
” He said, his teeth grinding with the effort it took not to immediately satisfy the desires of the omegas in front of us.
The image of it flashed through my head, and I felt a pain at the idea of Ash leaving us, having both him and Rys missing from the heat.
Which was odd - I’d never had any feeling of “missing” anyone while participating in a heat - usually I’d be lost in the pheromones, just getting through each moment. But I wanted Ash - and Rys - to stay.
Luckily, the two omegas had the same idea. Ash and Cassie lit up, and as soon as Rys was close enough to the bed, Ash practically jumped from his arms while Cassie scrambled over to him, the two colliding in an embrace as their perfumes let out a massive burst of arousal.
Rys covered his nose, then spoke in a muffled tone.
“I’m telling the producers to barricade our suite.
” Then, with a sheer force of will that bordered on supernatural, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room, something I wasn’t sure I’d be strong enough to do.
I turned back, now fully attuned to the two omegas who were touching each other in the most sensual way I’d ever seen.
Two omegas together was something I never thought I’d see.
With how rare it was for them to get along, I thought for sure during a heat - a simultaneous heat, no less - that they’d be starting a world war against each other.
Instead, Ash was running his hands through Cassie’s hair and looking at her with such adoration that I could feel my already rock-hard cock swell even more.
Ash leaned down, kissing Cassie deeply as she moaned into him.
Their scents were now fully permeating the room, and I practically ripped my shirt off as I started undressing.
Leo moved in closer to watch the omegas, and I noticed he was already nude.
His athlete’s body was glowing perfection, and he seemed right at home on the bed.
Cassie’s hands trembled as she reached to take off Ash’s shirt. He broke their kiss to help her, removing his clothes and letting out a deep whine of need as she started disrobing.
“What perfect omegas you are, working together so nicely.” Leo’s deep voice praised them, and it seemed to fuel their urgency. They were now laying on the bed next to each other, half naked and writhing as their hands roamed over skin, desperate to feel every inch of each other.
Then, Cassie looked up at me, her eyes locking with mine.
“Alpha…” She moaned, and I knew soon both of them would need a knot to break the intense need.
I moved closer, naked as I leaned down and crawled onto the massive bed.
Ash and Cassie looked over at me, pulling apart slightly to welcome me into the pile.
It was a moment I never thought would be real.
The girl of my dreams asking me to help her through her heat.
Her dark eyes were so full of lust and need that I felt my rational mind drifting away, the rut coming on so quickly that I barely registered it before I was gone, fully letting my instincts take over.