Chapter 46
Wren
When Ethan and I return to the master bedroom from the attached bathroom, I’m immediately hit with nerves. I already accidentally told Ethan that I love all of them, and I was hoping that it could be this big…moment.
“”Ello there, Dove.” Teddy comes over, wrapping me in a hug. “‘Ow you feelin’?”
“I’m good, Teddy,” I grin, looking up at him. “I’m ready to bond.”
His face turns serious. “Me too. I ‘ave been for a long time, and—”
“Just hold your horses there for a minute,” Maverick calls out, his voice sounding out of breath. I look around Teddy to find him wrestling with a sheet corner.
“Maverick…” a small laugh bursts out of me, “what’s going on?”
“I’m trying not to mess your nest up,” he huffs, wrangling the sheet, “but this corner is just—”
I bite my lip. “I’ll just fix it later, Daddy Bear, it’s okay.” His expression softens at his nickname, and he nods, finally getting the corner over but toppling over part of the wall. I’m on it quickly, fixing it and really, it’s even better than it was before.
Then, in the next moment, I’m in the bed, all of my guys surrounding me. “What…how should we do this?” I ask, looking around. “I don’t want anyone to feel like they got picked last—I want to bond all of you.”
“You pick the order, Baby Girl,” Maverick says gently. “You’re not going to hurt anyone’s feelings.”
When Brennan, Teddy, and Ethan nod in agreement, I settle a little bit.
“I think…Teddy first.” My cheeks heat under his intense gaze. “You knew me first, loved me first…you were my best friend, Teddy.” Tears sting my eyes, and then he’s kissing me, lowering me down to the bed without hesitation.
“I will always love you,” he vows, sliding into me with ease.
My head falls back hitting the pillow as his body moves against mine.
“You’ve been mine since the moment I first laid eyes on you in that alley, Dove,” he murmurs, before he’s kissing me again.
His cock drags along my insides, lighting my veins on fire, and in no time, I’m coming apart around him.
“Bite me.” The words leave my lips on a whimper. “Make me yours.”
His teeth pierce the juncture where my shoulder meets my neck, and then I’m coming all over again as something lights up inside me, connecting me to him.
“Teddy!” I cry, and then I’m latching onto him, my teeth finding the barest spot of blank skin on his chest. He groans, his hips stuttering as our connection snaps into place, an overwhelming, all-consuming love like I’ve never known taking hold.
Pure light fills my chest, and elation at the fact that I’m now tethered to Teddy for life.
“Oh, Wren,” he murmurs, his forehead resting against mine. “You feel so…”
“Wonderful?” I supply, and he laughs, rubbing his nose against mine.
“Beautiful. You are a beau'iful soul, Wren.” He presses a gentle kiss to my lips before running his tongue over his mark a few times. “I know we dunno exactly ‘ow much time you ‘ave, so who do you want next?”
He falls out of me as he rolls over, and I sit up, looking at the guys, who are now staring at my new mark with slight jealousy.
My omega answers me before I can think about it. “Brennan.”
I’m not one hundred percent sure what her reasoning is. Maybe it’s because he’s the one who carried me out of the house when they saved me from Pack Caruso. Or maybe it’s because we had the latest start on anything physical, and my omega wants him to know that he’s not any less wanted.
But as he lays down, pulling me on top of him, I can’t help but think it doesn’t matter why. Because this is right.
I lower myself onto him, his cock pulsing once inside me. “I’m not going to last long, Song Bird,” he warns me, his hand finding my clit, “so I’ll make sure you come first.”
My head falls back, and as I ride him, he strums my clit with such intensity, I find myself coming apart almost immediately.
“Do it,” I gasp, my orgasm taking hold. He arches upwards, biting the side of my breast. The pain quickly subsides, sending bolts of pleasure through me.
Our half-bond forms, and I hold onto him and bite his shoulder.
As my teeth pierce his skin a feeling of peace and tranquility fills me, our connection solidifying.
And so, so much love.
“Brennan,” I whisper, tears stinging my eyes, a question I don’t even realize I’m asking.
“Wren,” he answers, and all the confirmation I need is in the way he kisses me.
Reverent and yearning, his hands roaming my bare skin like he wants to remember the way I feel for the rest of our lives.
He looks into my eyes before pressing one last kiss to my lips.
And then there were two.
“Ethan” I breathe, and he moves towards me, his intention clear. He turns me onto my back and dives into my pussy face first, despite the fact both Teddy and Brennan just came inside me.
“Fuck,” I hiss, my fingers finding his hair.
His warm, wet mouth envelopes me, finding my clit and swirling until I’m a babbling mess on his tongue.
When the bite pierces the inside of my thigh, I cry out, this one stinging the most, but then Ethan’s tongue is right back on my clit, making me forget all about it.
He holds his wrist out to me as I ride the waves of my orgasm, and when I bite it, he groans, his hips moving against the bed.
“So much for clean bedsheets,” Maverick mutters, but Ethan ignores him, climbing up my body until our faces are level.
“You are mine,” he murmurs, “and I am yours. I will never not think of you, because every time I’m working, or on my phone, or even jacking off, your bite mark will be right there to remind me who I belong to.”
“Do you need reminding?” I bite my lip.
He chuckles, shaking his head. “No, but maybe it’ll remind me to send you a little wave of lust every chance I get.”
“You would.” I grin, lifting my head and kissing him.
“I would,” he agrees.
And then he rolls off me, and the room is…empty. Except for Maverick.
“Where did everyone go?” I ask, frowning.
“I’m assuming to get a shower,” he answers, crawling over to me. But he doesn’t get on top of me or pull me on top of him. Instead, he lays on his side, facing me. I turn to match his position. “Or…they were giving us privacy.”
“They didn’t get privacy.”
“They weren’t last.” He shrugs.
My heart pangs. “Maverick—”
His finger presses against my lips. “I’m going to say what I need to say, okay? My feelings are not hurt, and to be honest, I’m glad I’m last.”
I nod, my heart racing, and he lowers his hand.
“Before I met you, I figured I would just never have a pack or an omega. I was destined to be alone. So I bought my nice house, drive a nice car, and fill my nice house with nice things that I don’t really use, and that don’t really matter. Do you see where I’m going with this?”
I frown, shaking my head.
He smiles gently. “Then, I met you, and you were all I saw. You were this beautiful little ball of anxious energy that needed to be coaxed out of her shell—yet still managed to ask me what my qualifications were to take care of an omega. I was so terrified that you view me as this…this creepy old guy. I was worried my age might be a barrier between us but…you embraced it. Trusted me. And made me feel like I mattered for the first time in a very, very long time. So what I’m saying…
is that I would burn this house to the ground.
I would send my car off a cliff. I would throw every nice thing in the garbage if it meant…
if it meant I’d get to love you for the rest of my life. ”
My heart stops. “Maverick…”
He quickly shakes his head. “You don’t have to say it right now—you’re bonding me, and I’m so fucking glad. I just…I just wanted you to know how I feel before we take that step.”
I huff. “Maverick—”
“I don’t want you saying anything you don’t mean just because—” with a growl, I lunge forward and bite his shoulder.
“Fuck—oh,” he breathes, looking at me with wide eyes. It’s not a fully formed bond yet, but he can feel the barest hint of what I’m pushing at him.
My love.
He leans over, hiking my leg over his and sliding into me. “Wren,” he groans, and then he’s biting me back, right under my jaw.
Pleasure fills me, this position pushing his cock at an angle I’ve never felt before. Our connection completes, a thread pulled taut.
I fall apart on him, the resounding joy from all my connections telling me they can tell that I’ve officially bonded my entire pack.
As he comes, his hips slowing to a stop, he holds me close. I fall asleep like that, his cock still inside me, warmth, affection, and love swirling around my heart.