22. Finding Quinn
Finding Quinn
O rion was driving like an old lady. I sat forward in my seat, peering through the windshield at the snow, trying to determine where River had gone off the road. It couldn't be far, he'd said they'd just passed Mountain Drive and we'd passed it a few minutes ago.
"They have to be close," Archer muttered from the backseat. "But the snow could have covered his truck."
"It's been six hours." I glanced at my watch for the millionth time. "Unless he knotted her, she's going to be in really bad condition right now. We have to move."
Then I saw it. River's truck was tilted to the side, nose deep in a snowbank, the passenger side wheels in the ditch. The driver's side door was open and everything was dark inside.
"There. They're right there."
"Did someone pick them up?" Orion asked aloud, pulling to a stop beside the vehicle. There was no movement inside and I couldn't tell if anyone was even in there. But if they were, the door would be closed, wouldn't it?
Leaving the others behind, I leaped out of the SUV and ran across the snow to the open door and breathed a sigh of relief. They were right there. Both topless, with Quinn passed out on top of River.
"Is she okay?" I laid a hand on her back, then jerked it back, shocked at the heat. "Why didn't you knot her?"
"She wouldn't want that," he muttered. "Take her."
I carefully lifted the unconscious woman off him and carried her back toward the SUV, tucking her close to my body. Archer already had the back door open and I slid inside with the tiny omega in my arms.
River stumbled after us, taking the front seat. "We have to get to the hospital. I couldn't get through to emergency services. My phone died."
"Go!" I snapped at Orion, who was twisted in his seat to check on Quinn. "She's not okay."
My fingers circled her throat, feeling for the pulse that was barely there. We were too late. She was already fading.
"Is she unconscious?" Archer leaned over to put a hand in front of her mouth. "She's hardly breathing, guys."
"She's not going to make it." I leaned back in my seat as Orion pulled out. "You've killed her, River. Why the hell wouldn't you knot her if it could have saved her."
"I'm not a rapist!"
We spent the next ten minutes racing to the hospital in silence. Part of me wanted to try to knot her now, right here in the car, but we were nearly to the hospital and they were better equipped to handle her.
"We're here." Orion pulled up in front of the ER doors.
It took me a few seconds to get the door open and then I was running into the ER, the omega clutched to my chest. "We need help!"
"What's going on?" A woman in blue scrubs appeared at my side.
"Heatshock."
She blew out a breath and looked around the crowded ER waiting room. People were crying and bleeding, at least two were vomiting, and several parents pacing with screaming children in their arms.
"We're not equipped to deal with heatshock, maybe in a bigger hospital."
"We can't just let her die!" I snapped.
"Is there anything you can do to help her?" Orion asked, coming up beside me. Archer and River were close behind. River was still bare-chested, and the nurse gave him a look before turning back.
"The best we could do is give her IV fluids at this point. It wouldn't help, I'm sorry. Have you tried knotting?"
"No, she wouldn't want that," River ground out.
The nurse narrowed her eyes. "I don't see that there's much of a choice. You either knot her or you lose her. If I were an omega, I know what I'd pick."
We all looked at each other and the decision was made.
She saw it in our eyes. "Come here, I have a room that you can use."
We hurried through the crowds of sick people, following the nurse down a medicinal smelling hallway with too-bright lights. She finally stopped and pushed open a door.
"This room is empty and should be until tomorrow. You can use it." She hesitated. "I'll let a doctor know what's going on, but honestly, there's no real cure for heatshock except knotting."
Then she was gone and I raced to one of the two beds in the room, laying Quinn on it. She flopped like a rag doll as I pulled her pants off, finding them full of slick.
Her scent was still there, but it was fading fast, the honey nearly gone and only the faint trace of spiced apples left. I didn't even look at the others, I just stripped off my own clothes and climbed onto the bed, covering her body with mine.
My body knew what to do. I nuzzled her soft neck and licked at the seam of her lips until she parted them and let me in.
Then I kissed the hell out of her. I'd never kissed a woman before, but it was instinctual, sweeping my tongue into her mouth as I palmed her breasts.
There was no time for foreplay, but part of me wanted her to wake up, to consent to this.
When she only moaned, but didn't open her eyes, I reached down and ran a finger through her slick folds until I found that nubbin of pleasure. As soon as I started to circle it, Quinn wriggled her hips. She was still alive enough to feel.
"Quinn, I'm going to give you what you need," I whispered in her ear. "It doesn't mean anything, I'm not claiming you, but I won't let you die."
My cock was already rock hard and throbbing against her thigh.
I fisted it, trying not to think too hard about the fact that my first time was going to be with an unconscious woman.
Rubbing the tip up and down her folds was almost excruciating with the heat scorching my sensitive glans. It didn't matter, she needed this.
Taking a deep breath, I notched my cock into place and slowly pressed in. Heat gripped me and her pussy felt like it was sucking me in. It was a sensation that I'd never felt before, or even imagined.
I bottomed out just an inch in and groaned at the sensation.
"Keep going," Orion told me.
"I can't, she's . . . shallow."
"You can't knot her there."
"Well, I'm not ramming into her uterus," I snapped, sliding out and then easing back in. It felt so good I wasn't sure I could last more than a few seconds. "Fuck!"
"She's a virgin," Archer said in disbelief. "You need to break through the hymen. It shouldn't be a big deal, but that has to be what you're feeling."
"That will hurt her." I kept up the gentle thrusts, her pussy swallowing just the head of my cock each time before I bumped against her virginity.
"Not likely. First, she's not awake, and second, it will only be a second and it's not like they make it out to be in movies."
I looked down at her pale face. She was going to die if I didn't do this.
"Quinn, tell me it's alright," I begged, cupping her face in my hands. "Wake up!"
Her gray eyes fluttered open, and she stared blankly at me.
"Quinn? Can I knot you?"
She whimpered and nodded, her eyes drifting shut again.
Good enough. I thrust harder and broke through the thin layer that kept her depths from me. And sank knot-deep into her hot, gripping pussy.
"Oh, shit!" She was milking me with her muscles, even as she scorched my cock with her heat. I was not going to last long, but she needed to cum too.
It took all my focus to think about something besides spurting inside this gorgeous omega. I focused on the blood pressure monitor on the wall and pumped into her in a steady rhythm, hoping she would reach climax before I did.
"Can I help?" Orion asked quietly from beside me.
I nodded and he slid a hand between us. It should have been disturbing to have another man's hand so close to my junk, but in the moment, it felt normal.
Orion pressed two fingers to her clit and started to massage around it, his knuckles brushing my pubic bone as I kept thrusting.
It only took a minute of that for Quinn to start writhing under us, her omega whine cutting through the air and making my balls pull up.
There was no stopping it now. I slammed harder into her as my knot swelled, locking us together and I erupted inside her.
"That's my girl," Orion cooed, not stopping his finger movements. Quinn screamed, her head thrown back, her muscles pulling every last drop of cum from my balls as she rode me the best she could.
Finally, she relaxed, lying splayed on the bed, her eyes barely open, lips parted.
"That was . . ." I shook my head. "I didn't realize it could be like that."
"Don't tell me that was your first time?" Archer looked at me in horror. "You just barged in there without knowing anything?"
"I know things," I responded defensively. "I've watched porn. I've read."
"She needed a knot," Orion said calmly. "And you gave it to her. The rest you can learn as you go."
"This isn't happening again," I reminded him. My dick twitched inside Quinn, obviously not on board with the idea. "We're saving her and then it's done."
"Right." He moved to stroke her hair back with one hand. "She feels a bit cooler, but I think she's going to need all of us."
"How long until this . . ." I gestured at my knot still stuck firmly inside her, "goes away."
Archer rolled his eyes. "Usually 10-15 minutes. Or so I've heard, since I've never actually been with an omega."
"That's about right," Orion said. "Unless you get horny again while you're still inside." He gave a small smile. "That's always fun."
"Great. What do I do now?" I leaned back as far as possible without pulling too hard and looked down at Quinn. She was still out.
"Now you wait until you deflate and one of us will take a turn."