25. Opal
Chapter twenty-five
Opal
I wake in the nest on the fourth night of Zayden’s heat, suddenly have the urge to eat some ice cream.
Weird.
Who the hell just randomly develops an urge to eat some mint ice cream with hazelnut toppings?
It has been a hot few days.
And I am parched.
The Alphas brought us plenty of food and beverages, but I barely had time even for a morsel as Zayden just wanted to fuck me again and again and then again.
The Omega only had an appetite for me, but damn, do I need some ice cream.
Carefully, I slip out from under Zayden’s arm as it drapes across my belly.
I’ve lost count of how many times he has squeezed and bit the soft muscle there.
He just loves my belly. Swollen or otherwise.
The needy Omega groans, shivering suddenly at my absence, and I pass him my pillow.
It has my scent, and it seems to placate him as he falls back to sleep.
Now I make a move for the door, tiptoeing over Magnus and Levi as they sleep around the nest.
But before I head downstairs, I move to my room, grabbing one of my sheer nightgowns.
Of course, it would be sheer.
The Academy designed it.
I move down the stairs to the kitchen, and when I open the fridge door, I savor the cool air as it wafts against my hot skin.
It's even better when I open the freezer, and if only I could crawl inside and sleep in one of the drawers.
I’m small enough.
I soon find what I'm looking for, and of course there would be ice cream.
An Omega does live in this house, after all.
And he’s all mine.
Just like this ice cream.
Mint ice cream with hazelnut toppings…
Zayden wore mint at the academy.
I bet he made a fine mint ice cream.
Now, I sit cross-legged on the floor of the kitchen as I eat an entire tub of ice cream, and I thought I was going to inhale the spoon at one point.
The cravings were that bad.
The kitchen light suddenly flicks on, and I hiss at the offensive thing.
Holy hell.
What have I become?
When my eyes adjust, I look up to find that hulking bear in the doorway, holding the ice cream close to my chest.
Mine.
Reed glares down at me, nostrils flaring as he rakes his eyes over my sorry appearance, and I must look a mess.
My face is still caked in makeup, and I have mascara running down my cheeks as well as tear tracks.
Trust me, they were tears of joy.
Zayden fucked me that hard.
I’ve actually lost count of how many times he made me come.
Every inch of my skin is bruised where he marked me with his teeth, and there is no missing who I belong to.
I’m Zayden’s Omega.
No one else’s.
“Trouble,” Reed rumbles, and the sound of his deep voice vibrates inmy bones, and I don’t just crave mint ice cream anymore.
Now, I want to taste some gunpowder.
I snarl at the Alpha. “Reed.”
His good eye glows as he watches me eating all of Zayden’s ice cream on the kitchen floor, but I’m sure the Omega won’t mind.
Reed’s upper lip twitches, and it seems he's really holding back.
I can’t tell if he wants to kill me or fuck me, and I am at the end of my tether with this Alpha.
Either way, I don’t care.
Kill me, fuck me…
Just be quick about it.
I haven’t seen him since he tackled me at the ball, and even though he's an asshole, I’m glad he got away before Ella could throw her knife into his back.
Ella…
She’s so fucking crazy, and a smile comes over my lips.
Belle is just too sweet, and the two balance each other out.
We’re all the same. Cut from the same cloth, and I would be honored to call them friends.
Even Mila.
But it will never be.
As I have been assigned to kill her Alpha.
Her Omega, Oliver, is already suspicious of me.
But I haven’t sensed the warden in days, and maybe he has given up.
Perhaps he has realized that I'm a lost cause, just as he realized with Belle and Ella.
Maybe he has let me go.
Am I possibly free?
My heart thuds at the thought, and before I get too overwhelmed, I scoop up another dollop of ice cream, shoving it in my mouth.
So good.
Reed snarls, and before I know it, the tub of ice cream has gone.
Now it sits inside Reed’s giant paw of a hand, and an Omega growl slips from my lips as I get to my feet.
“Give it back!”
Reed shows me his teeth. “Not yours.”
All I see is red now as I jump up and down to get at the ice cream, but Reed holds it away from me.
“Mine!”
Before I go to kick the Alpha in the balls as he so rightfully deserves, forgetting that I am supposed to be a harmless Omega who has no idea how to incapacitate an Alpha, Reed places his hand on my face.
Now his giant palm encompasses my whole face, and a frustrated growl escapes me as he holds me at bay, making me scratch at thin air.
“Mine!”
The ice cream tub goes flying across the room, and now it hits the wall, spoon included.
Then the next thing I know, Reed has me pressed flush to the fridge door, breathing down in my face.
My red curls waft in the presence of his hot breath, and I’m no match. Even with my sharp claws, I couldn’t take on this Alpha.
He's too strong.
Once again, my body betrays me, and now my stupid Omega turns her head, showing the Alpha her vulnerable throat.
But the Alpha doesn’t make a move for my throat.
Instead, he continues to growl into my face, and fair enough.
If he is going to kill me, so be it.
I just hope he is prepared to face Zayden.
No doubt he will have a few qualms about Reed hurting his Omega.
The Alpha grips my wrists in one hand, holding them above my head, and it just so happens that my sheer nightgown splits open, exposing my breasts.
My nipples pebble, and the Alpha makes the mistake of glancing down.
His body stills, and my heart pounds.
Still, I push my chest out, inviting him to bite one of my hardened breasts.
My body flushes red hot, and then sweat tracks down my neck and disappears between my breasts, and what is coming over me?
Phantom heats, ice cream cravings, sweating…
Reed’s nostrils flare, and then he leans down to my neck, sniffing my pulse.
He brushes his nose down my throat until his mouth hovers just above my breastbone.
Now, all I can hear is my thumping heart.
I gasp suddenly when Reed’s fingers explore my thigh, and then he runs them up my leg until he stops shy of my pussy.
My core thumps wet and hard for him as all I crave is his touch and the feel of his large, rough, callused fingers inside me.
His hot breath fans my neck, and I close my eyes, lights teasing the edges of my vision.
Heat rushes down my center, leaving my core molten as Reed prolongs the torture.
Kill me or fuck me…
I really don’t care.
Because I’m sure I will enjoy it either way.
Suddenly, Reed drops me, and I collapse to the floor by the fridge on my hands and knees, gasping for air.
When I look up, Reed has already gone, and I grind my teeth as a growl escapes me.
“Asshole!”
A grunt answers me in response.
I hate him. I really do.
But I also want to climb him like a tree.
Especially as he has left me bereft in the kitchen, and now I gather what dignity I have left, making my way back to the nest.
I’m sure Zayden will wake soon and look for me.
Still, my heart won’t stop beating the entire time I head back to the nest, slipping beneath my Omega’s arm again.
Even as I fall asleep, all I can see is Reed’s eyes. One hazel, one white as his face disappears between my legs, and I really am out of my depth with that Alpha.
I am simply no match for his thrall and strength.