Epilogue Two
My amazing husbands swept me to our honeymoon home in one hell of a hurry. Luckily, it wasn’t far away. We were staying in a bungalow over pristine blue water, but I would have to take a better look at that later because right now I was happy when the doors had closed.
I didn’t know who was holding me until I caught the scent of lily of the valley.
“Ransom.” My voice was a low whine.
“I got you, Little Reaper,” he told me, and then there was soft bedding beneath me.
I felt firm hands at my dress, but I let out a whine of impatience, ache growing in my stomach.
“Now.”My voice was demanding, and there was a ripping sound. Good. The dress was so nice, but it all had to go.
I needed them.
I could barely think straight, heat boiling in my veins, needing relief until?—
I groaned, fingers tangling in Umbra’s hair as he tugged my knees apart, panties aside and entered me without hesitation. My eyes rolled back to find wooden panels above.
“Mmm…”
Dusk settled beside me, pulling off the rest of my clothes as Ransom lips brushed the burning skin of my neck, then down to my breast as he caught my nipple in his teeth.
Fuckyes.
Umbra drew me close, turning us so he was below and I was on top. He gripped my hips, dragging me over his length and I let out a whimper of pleasure as he drove deep into my core. I moaned, bowing over him as his huge length gave me the relief I needed.
The room came into focus as Dusk’s fingers curled in my hair, dragging me up. Around me was the white canopy of a pack-sized bed that faced a broad window overlooking the ocean. My vision swam as Umbra gripped my hips tighter, slamming up and into me again and I grabbed at Dusk’s wrist, the sound I made purely feral.
“You’re so fucking perfect, Shatter,” Dusk growled. “Going into heat on our wedding day.”
The praise heated my blood.
“I want you,” I whined, eyes wide as I stared up into bright yellow eyes. “I want you all.”
I bit my lip as Ransom settled in behind me. The room was full of natural woods and tropical decor, but if it had a scent, I didn’t know it. All I knew was theirs: midnight opium, wolfsbane and blood, and lily of the valley.
My pack.
Ransom’s hand found my clit, making me see stars.
The first orgasm came fast and Umbra took my chin, making sure I was looking into his sandstorm eyes as I let out a gasp, whole body shaking as he dragged me over his knot. It was bliss, the rush of heat cooling as he filled me.
I couldn’t take my eyes from his as my nails dug into his chest, feeling all the little lines and scars, ones that would, at last, never change from what they were right now.
“You want us all, Gem?” Dusk’s voice was a low growl.
I let out a needy sound, adjusting over Umbra’s knot, eyes crossing with how good it felt.
Ransom moved closer behind me, finger still working my clit as I felt pressure at my back door. “Relax, Little Reaper,” he breathed, teeth grazing my ear.
The burn felt good as he stretched me out, going slow enough that I wiggled back against Umbra to no success, trapped as I was.
Dusk grinned, and Ransom let out a groan of pleasure as he filled me completely. My hormones surged, and my fingers fumbled for Dusk’s zipper, wild with lust.
It wasn’t enough. All of them. I needed to be claimed by all of them.
“Tongue out.” Dusk didn’t have a dark bond anymore, but I obeyed him without question. He guided his cock down my throat as Ransom drew out and began fucking me with long strokes.
Beneath me, I could feel Umbra release a breath of pleasure, and he pinched one of my nipples in one hand, the other taking over at my clit as Ransom settled his grip on my hips so he could speed up his pace.
Another blissful sound rose in my chest, half a purr stuttering to life as they claimed me like this.
The raging heat died to a warm buzz in my tummy.
My eyes were fixed on Dusk as he pressed his length all the way into my throat and Ransom stretched me out on his knot just a little, as if getting a feel for if I could take him.
Fuck…
Another orgasm swept through me at just the idea of it, eyes crossing as Dusk began pumping into my mouth, hand in my hair giving him absolute control.
“You’re so beautiful, Gem,” Dusk growled. “Trapped and taking us all like this. Our omega, with every perfect hole claimed.”
I moaned as he held his length deep within me, and my lips pressed to his knot and Ransom stretched out my back door again, knot pressing in once more. I was shaking with sensation.
Umbra squeezed my breast, speeding up on my clit. My veins were alight with pleasure, as if the orgasm was just ongoing, waves crashing into me over and over as I stared up at my pack lead, his dark skin a canvas that mirrored my own, a reverent look in his eyes, and pupils blown wide.
“You’re ours, Shatter,” Ransom growled, from behind me as Dusk drew out and let me catch my breath for only a second longer. “Forever.”
Their bites glittered on my skin, their ring on my finger, and now they were claiming me through my heat.
Totally and utterly.
The heat burned on throughout the night, and there was never a moment when one of my alphas wasn’t claiming me.
Even when Dusk dipped out to grab us energy drinks and snacks, they didn’t stop. Not even as I shivered with more orgasms than I should be able to manage. Umbra held my arms behind my back as Ransom kneeled before me, his fingers dropping between my legs.
“Little Reaper,” he growled, teeth grazing the sensitive part of my inner thigh and making me shiver, “I don’t want you losing a drop.” I moaned as I felt him use two fingers, pressing the cum that had leaked from my cunt back in.
His other hand squeezed my breast as he played with me like that for a while, two fingers pumping their seed back into me as I arched against him, the stimulation too much and not enough at the same time.
By the time Dusk returned, I’d begged for Ransom’s knot, and he was rutting me gently, hands roaming my body as his knot locked the seed he had spilled into me. Umbra kept my arms behind my back, kissing me long and deep as I shuddered with another orgasm.
At some point, I passed out, exhausted and locked onto Dusk’s knot, only to wake to a burning ache in my stomach. Dusk wasn’t locked against me anymore, but Umbra was there. He had tucked me in his arms, his scent of wolfsbane and blood filling my senses, turning me desperate in a moment.
He blinked bleary eyes open beside me, seeming to pick up on my distress in an instant. He lifted me over him so that I had to catch myself on the headboard as he dragged his tongue up along my clit and buried his fingers into my cunt, a low purr in his chest as I sighed, the ache dying down at his touch.
Ransom blinked, waking slowly, but lily of the valley spiked with lust the second he saw me, and the next thing I knew he was up on his knees and I was reaching out for him, desperately needy. His tip pressed between my lips as Umbra pumped his fingers into me faster, and I moaned in sleepy bliss.
The first wave of heat hadn’t passed yet, though, and I don’t think I’ve ever had one this intense.
I felt so loved, as they took care of me, never leaving me long enough that the ache in my core grew too much. The time blurred together.
…I was locked over Dusk’s knot as Ransom held my arms behind my back and Umbra took me from behind…
…Dusk held my shivering body in the warm stream of the shower, pressing kisses across every inch of my body as he buried his knot into me beneath the water. I was so dazed I didn’t know how we’d got there, only that I was begging for him…
…Sweat glistened across Umbra’s rich tan skin as he caged me in, driving into me from behind, each thrust choking me on Ransom’s length…
I passed out again, but woke completely claimed, a vicious orgasm tearing through my blood that made me shake with bliss and moans that were trapped in my chest.
There was a cock buried to the edge of a knot in my core and one pressing down my throat as I felt another pressure behind me. Not in my ass, this time.
“Good girl,” I heard Dusk’s growl. “Relax. Let Umbra claim that throat while me and Ransom take this sweet cunt together.”
“Mmm…”My body all but melted beneath them, and Umbra’s fist in my hair was all that held me up as he slid into my mouth, slow and gentle. I shivered as I felt that pressure again, and Dusk stretched me out more than I had been since the last time they both claimed me there.
I was still shivering from the overwhelming lust at being woken like this, but I whined desperately, overwhelmed as Dusk fucked me with long strokes beside Ransom’s cock, and Umbra dragged me over his length, claiming my throat.
The feral growls from Ransom sent me over the edge, and the orgasm that found me wiped my mind completely blank.
Waking Shatter to an orgasm that intense was enough to break her heat.
And break her, apparently.
I thought everything had been going great. Sure, this heat felt like running a marathon and we were barely keeping up, but it was worth it. She was a golden-eyed lynx, absolutely desperate for us, sexy and fucking demanding in the best way.
She was so fucking beautiful right now, having been pulled into Umbra’s arms. She was glowing with her heat. She might not be wearing a scrap of clothing, but her long waves tumbled over her body, giving me occasional peeks at the tanned flesh of her breasts as she shifted. A few of the thin golden chains had survived, delicately resting around her wrists and ankles, and the ring we’d given here glinted on her finger in the moonlight.
A true goddess.
But… something had gone wrong. She’d trembled with an orgasm that had lit the bond like nothing else I’d ever felt, and then devolved into a shivering mess.
At first, I thought she was crying, but now…
Umbra looked at us, confused, as she shook with silent tears of…
Well…
Those were tears of laughter.
“I’m…” She tried to take a breath. “I’m sorry…”
Ransom shot me a concerned look. “Did we do something… funny?”
“I don’t… I don’t know,” she gasped. “I just can’t—” She cut off with a splutter. “I can’t stop.” Another uncontrollable giggle escaped her, and she grabbed Umbra by the arm to bury her face against him, clutching him harder as she shook. Umbra was peering at her like she was a curious puzzle.
“I’m—I’m serious,” she choked out, giggles seizing her once more, making her words jittery. “I can’t stop. I—I don’t know why.” Her expression was caught between mirth and bafflement. “Help me!” she squeaked.
Umbra grabbed his phone from the side table and typed something into it, but I could feel the curve of a smile on my lips.
“Is it a bad thing?” I asked.
As cute as it was, listening to the sound of her giggles muffled in Umbra’s chest, it sounded kind of bad.
“No…” Shatter shook her head, wide, teary eyes finding me. “No—It was great. I’m great.” That was all she could get out before she burst into another round of laughter.
“Ha.” Umbra said, looking up as he set his phone down.
“What?”
“Endorphin rush.” He looked smug.
“It… it was,” Shatter choked out. “I mean you both…” She spluttered into another round of giggles as she glanced between me and Ransom. “How do you both fit?”
Umbra barked a laugh this time, and swept her tighter into his arms, holding her close.
“So it’s a good thing?” I asked, a little worried.
“Looks like…” Ransom had grabbed the phone, skimming the page. When he looked up, there was a very smug expression on his face. “We fucked her too good.”
The whole strange laughing orgasm broke my heat which was good, because while I had the intention of banging my alphas plenty more, there were beach things to be done.
Well.
In the morning.
Right now, I’d woken in the middle of the night, chugging enough electrolyte drinks to get me through six heats as I considered the strange realisation I’d woken with. Heat, I think, meant being in touch with my omega side, and I think I had an answer to a question that had been nagging at me.
I dug out my phone, finding the text feature (the real one this time), and pulled up Decebal’s contact.
Me: This is Shatter.
Me: Do you talk to Mord?
I stared at the phone, and to my delight, he replied.
Decebal: Not if I can help it.
Me: Can you give me his number? I know what the other half of his scent is.
Decebal: I’m not giving you Mord Sato’s number. Dusk would strangle me with his bare hands.
Decebal: But what’s his scent? I’ve never been able to tell.
Me: Promise you’ll tell him.
Decebal: Fine.
Me: Okay. Don’t make fun of me. I know it sounds crazy. I just woke up, and I knew.
Decebal: Now I’m really curious
Me: Ebony and moon dust.
Decebal: How the fuck do you know what moon dust smells like?
Me: Don’t question my instincts. I saved everyone.
Me: You promised me you’d tell him. You have to.
Me: And tell him I don’t think he’s nearly as mean as he wants people to think.
Decebal: There is no chance in hell that I’m texting New Oxford’s most dangerous mercenary at 2 in the morning to tell him the crazy weapon-of-war omega thinks he smells like moon dust.
I scowled.
Me: Okay. Morning is acceptable.
Me: Also. Dusk told me about your pack mate and the aura sickness. I’m really sorry.
Decebal: Thanks. It’s been rough.
Me: How’s the pack doing?
Decebal: Honestly, not great. Everything’s absolute havoc right now, especially the bond. We weren’t exactly stable before.
Me: You definitely need an omega.
Decebal: No luck yet.
Me: You will.
Me: I trust.
Me: You’re going to get your scent match and a princess bond just like you always wanted. Angel will be better in no time.
I shut off my phone and lay back down, climbing in between Dusk, Umbra and Ransom and passing back out with ease.
By morning, I was completely refreshed and ready for the honeymoon. We had the rest of our vacation to try out the local food, go shell hunting on the beach, and snorkel in the ocean off the edge of our bungalow—which sounded great until I spotted a shark. No amount of convincing from my alphas could make me dip a toe in after that. I was, however, happy to watch them risk it on a deck chair with an ice drink.
Umbra was happy to swim until he turned into a prune, and I wondered if he was reconsidering his dislike for Marine Biology. He had enrolled in a culinary program, and woodworking alongside Ransom for next term, so he would have room in his schedule.
It was going to be amazing. I would be in classes with Dusk and Roxy, and I would be living on campus with my pack, threat free at last, with all the studying in the world to do.
That evening we curled up on the bed with the view of the stars through the ceiling window and I brushed my finger along my ring. Three layers of uneven diamonds.
Perfection.
My purr rumbled to life as my chest uncoiled and I took my first true breath with the realisation that this was it. The start of my happily ever after with my alphas.
At the start of this all, I’d set out to find my mates with the belief that I would never be worthy of love—that I would have to beg them to take me.
Instead, I had found so much more than that.
The End.