19. James
James
I unlock the greenhouse with my hand in Luna’s.
She sniffles, but I can tell that she’s holding back full fledged tears.
Her mom basically said that she understood that no one else wanted her, but she didn’t need to settle for us.
Luna could have any pack that she wanted, she just chooses not to care about the superficial shit her mom does.
It’s one of the things I like about her.
I mean, it’s clear that she likes being spoiled by Ian, but it’s not about the things he gives her.
It’s the meaning behind it. Luna wants to be cared for based on who she is, and if anyone gets that, it’s me.
We walk to the back, and I can tell she’s taking everything in while holding herself together. Without asking, I grip her by the hips and lift her to sit on the table.
“You know not to listen to anything she said, right?”
She nods and rubs her eye with the back of her hand. “It doesn’t make it hurt any less.”
“My parents were horrible people too,” I confess to her, and she looks up.
“I’m sorry,” she says softly, and I shake my head.
“It’s in the past, but it’s still something I’m working through.
Having a mother who talks to you like yours does isn’t something you just magically get over.
But I just wanted you to know that I want you here.
And you know that Ezra and Ian do. You’re not a consolation prize, you’re fucking everything, Luna. ”
She sniffles, and her watery blue eyes look into mine. “You really mean that?”
I nod my head. “I thought I wanted you here specifically for Ezra and Ian, but you make me feel lighter. It’s easier to be myself and show what I want since you’ve come here.”
She gives me a watery smile, and I hold her hand.
“It doesn’t hurt that I think you’re beautiful, and your scent drives me crazy. For the first time in a long time, I want to take care of someone, if you’ll let me.”
“Will you let me take care of you too?” she asks, and I nod.
“You really think we can make this work? Two Omegas and Ian being my stepbrother?”
“I think if anyone can make it work, it’s us,” I tell her.
She bites her lip and looks up at me, then looks around the greenhouse. “This is all really impressive.”
“Thanks, I don’t let people in here often.”
She shifts on the table and looks up at me. “James?”
“Yeah?”
“Will you please kiss me?” Her hands glide up my shirt, and my hand is on her jaw in an instant. I’ve been wanting to kiss her, even though kissing is something I reserve for sex, and I’m not sure why. These small intimacies are slowly becoming more natural to me, even if extremely slow.
Her lips are soft, and the small gasp that leaves her lips when we deepen the kiss has me moaning.
Like heat ripping through my body. It’s unlike any kiss I’ve ever had before.
It’s frantic and borderline feral the way that we’re touching each other.
Like we can’t get close enough, like we can’t get enough of each other’s taste.
Her hands are tangled in my hair, and mine are on her hip and jaw.
Luna grinds on my torso as we kiss, and she feels so warm, so perfect.
I feel like my head is fuzzy, and that’s when I force our lips to part. She whines, and when she looks at me and I see her blown pupils, I try to calm my breathing.
“Luna, are you all right?” I ask her.
“I’ve never felt like this,” she says, rubbing the back of her neck.
She drops her hand from her neck and grabs the hem of my shirt.
“I need more.” She crashes our lips together, our teeth smacking and her tongue tangling with mine.
This want, this need, is convulsing through my body. I feel it too now, the fever.
Fuck.
I break our kiss, and Luna whines again. “Luna, I think you just kick-started both of our heats.”
“What? No, I haven’t had my first one yet. We’ve only just kissed. This is too soon,” she panics.
Grabbing her face, I kiss her forehead. “It’s going to be okay. We’re all going to take care of each other, all right?”
“I’m scared,” she whispers.
“You have nothing to be scared of. Ian and Ezra are the best during a heat. You could ask for literally anything, and they will give it to you,” I assure her.
“What about you?”
“Well, I’ve obviously never been with another Omega during my heat.
But the way you smell right now and with how ravenous both of us will be, I’m pretty sure we won’t be able to keep our hands off each other.
” She furrows her brows. “Luna, if this isn’t something you want, Ezra will take you to the hospital, so they can sedate you. ” I hope that’s not what she wants.
She threads her fingers in my hair again and licks her lips. “No, I want this more than anything. It’s just fast. I literally just lost my virginity to Ian yesterday.”
“What?” I question, and she shrugs.
“I guess I’ve been waiting for this pack.”
I push her hair from her face; touching her feels so easy. Touching someone has never felt so natural, and I can’t decide if it’s because this Omega has made us both go into heat or if it’s just who Luna is as a person.
“I’m going to take such good care of you,” I promise her.
She’s pulling me close to her, and her skin feels so hot as we touch. “Please, James. Please make it feel better.”
“Okay, but let’s go to the nest first.”
“I want you now,” she says, and it takes every ounce of strength I have to take her back into the house.
“Come on, sweet girl,” I tell her, and she whines as I take her hand in mine and walk back into the kitchen.
As soon as I walk through the door, Ezra is at attention. “James, love, your heat?” he asks.
Ian stands up, pupils wide. “Hers too?”
“Surprise!” I smile at my Alphas, and Luna shrugs against my side.
“But how? You two were only outside for twenty minutes,” Ezra asks.
“I don’t know. As soon as we kissed, it happened.”
Ian looks pained, but he asks Luna anyway. “Luna, if you aren’t ready for this, I understand.”
Luna must take it as a rejection since she shrinks in on herself and clutches against me. Ian approaches cautiously.
“Hey, hey, baby, look at me.”
He has to force her chin up to look at her. He cups her face delicately. “I want this more than anything. To take care of you and have you in every way possible. But I know it’s fast, I just want to make sure you’re okay.”
She blinks at him, and Ian looks frustrated and changes tactics.
“Little moon, I’m going to take you into the nest and fuck you so good that nothing hurts. Are you going to be a good girl and listen to your Alpha?”
She nods and licks her lips. Ian kisses her and wraps his hand around my collarbone, rubbing reassuring circles. He lets me know that we’re both his. There’s no favoritism, but he knows Luna needs him more right now than I do.
Ezra is quick with the smiles and swoops up next to me. His hand slides in my back pocket, squeezing my ass. “You like what you see, love?” He grabs my ass even harder. “Fuck me, having both of your scents mixed together smells like Dr. Pepper.”
“You’re so fucking weird. Let’s get her up to her nest.”
Luna’s lips pop off of Ian’s for a moment. He’s still holding her off the ground against his chest. “I have my own nest?”
“James’ is a little…macabre. We thought you might like your own,” Ezra replies and then looks down at me. “You’ll be all right in her nest?” he asks me gently. His hand has moved from my ass to my neck, kneading out the tension.
“I’ll be fine,” I say. Ian carries Luna bridal style up the stairs, and Ezra throws me over his shoulder before I can protest.
“Our treasured Omegas mustn’t dirty their delicate feet walking to the nest,” Ezra says in the worst British accent I have ever heard.
Luna giggles, and as much as I want to tell him to go fuck himself, I do like seeing how strong he is, so I allow it.
The two Alphas carry us down the stairs to the basement in a show of dominance and strength.
“I need to grab a few things from my nest,” I say. Ezra nods, and we stop at the first door in the basement.
I can’t help but watch Luna take it in. “Uh, is this my nest?” she says shyly and clearly not impressed.
I look around at the black walls, black bedding, and the ridiculous amount of snake plants in the room.
I grab my favorite pillow and the black fuzzy blanket off of the bed and point to the position cushions.
“Grab those,” I direct Ezra, and he agrees. “One of the plants too,” I tell him as he packs his arms with items to bring over to Luna’s nest. I’ve had plenty of heats, and she’s the one who needs to be comfortable right now, but there are a few things that I need to be completely comfortable.
“Your nest is nice,” Luna says. And I laugh.
“Don’t need to lie to me, babe, don’t worry yours is pretty.” She blushes, still over Ian’s shoulder, her blonde hair spiraling toward the floor.
When I open the door to her nest, her mouth gapes open. It’s so soft in here, and I realize I can definitely work with this. It might be purple, but I can deal with purple.
“Oh, it’s beautiful. You all did this for me?”
“Yeah, weeks ago,” I say, and Ian swats at my ass.
She pulls up, and Ian reluctantly puts her down. “Weeks ago?” she asks him with a tilt of her head.
“You were always going to be mine—ours. I wanted you to have somewhere special.”
She looks around the room and clutches at Ian’s arms, her eyes watery again.
“I love it,” she says shyly.
Ian picks her back up and tosses her on the soft floor bed, which we all climb on. Not sure where to start, all I know is someone better touch me soon, or I might scream.
Ezra bends down and puts his hands on her knees, and she smiles at him. “What would make you comfortable, love? What would put your mind at ease, so you can relax during your heat?”
She tilts her head at Ezra. “Maybe just take it a little slow. I’ve only been with Ian once.”
Ezra blinks. This is clearly new information to him.
“We’ll take it however fast you want. You and James are calling the shots here.”
“Kiss me,” she tells Ezra, and he does so immediately. It’s very clear to me now how important kissing is to my Omega, and I make a mental note on being better at that. If it makes her happy, it’s something I can work on.
“There’s no going back after this,” she says as her and Ezra's lips part.
“Good,” Ian says plainly, and she smiles at him.
“And you two feel the same way?” she says, looking at me and Ezra
“I don’t just go along with what that Muppet wants. I’ve been attracted to you since that first dinner. Shite, out of all of us, I’m the one that’s been openly flirting with you for years. You’re ours in my eyes,” Ezra says, and I give her a small smile.
“Really?” she asks him softly.
“We’ll do anything to prove it to you, love,” Ezra says seductively.
“You’re in charge here, Luna,” I tell her. While I’m an Omega too, this is her first heat, so I’m going to do my best to put her first.
“But what about you?” she asks me, and the concern written over her face is clear.
“I really like to share,” I say with a wink. I’m usually the one being shared, but I can’t deny that I’ve always wanted more between Ian and Ezra. They are best friends and nothing more. Having the pleasure of watching them with her, I can only imagine it’s going to be a massive turn on.
“Even your Alphas?” she says.
“ Our Alphas?”
“And you’ll be mine too?”
“Completely,” I promise her.
“You ready to let us prove it, love?” Ezra asks.
“Yes, I think I am,” she replies with a grin.