43. Xan
Chapter 43
I make my way to the shower, my legs are still shaking, but I need to clean up in case Candice needs another knot soon. It would be a lie to say I didn’t also want to leave my mark on her perfect neck. Finally tied together with the rest of them. It’s more than I could have hoped for. Gabe and Leo are more like brothers to me than anything else, but I’ll still rest easier knowing I can feel them, and knowing they’re safe at any given time.
I want to feel Candice like I do Jacks. That man’s bond is like a sparkly fucking unicorn dancing around my dark chest. I can feel the echo of her through the bond Jacks and I share, but I want it for myself too. Maybe that’s greedy, but I don’t care, I’ll allow myself to be greedy for this.
Once the water’s hot enough I step under the spray. My back twitches and the muscles loosen under the heat. I rarely let myself go that far with Jacks, he’s too soft and sweet, especially when it comes to Candice. But sometimes you just need to let it out to play, and I think they both enjoyed it. I know Jacks likes being tied up sometimes, and Candice might , so that’s something to look forward to trying. Ugh, I should probably pace myself, we’re gonna be at it for a few days, and I don’t want to burn out too soon.
I scrub my hair, debating if I should cut it or not, I haven’t bothered in years, and it just keeps growing. Jacks likes to play with it now, so I’ll probably just have him trim the ends up, my mind wanders, relaxing under the steam and clearing my head. I know once I get back into that room and Candice’s perfume hits again I am gonna be fucked. I damned near tipped into rut earlier with Jacks, and I don’t want to risk hurting him, ever. Fuck, her scent, the sounds she makes, the feel of her skin…I’m getting hard again just from the memory, and I don’t think it’ll be long before I do go into a rut if I’m not careful.
I mean, ruts and omegas go together like…well…chocolate and peanut butter, we were made to satisfy them, and I’ll gladly do everything in my power to keep her healthy, happy, safe, and satisfied.
Fuck, I need her. I love Jacks, but I don’t think I’ve ever felt this way about anyone, I just don’t want to do anything to make it awkward.
Like fucking him hard into her with no warning…yeah, no chance of awkward there.
Fuck.
I wrap my hair in a towel, and put another one around my hips before stepping back into the nest. Jacks is still wrapped around her, and they look sort of perfect together. My bright colorful alpha with all his sharp edges, and our pale sweet omega soft and cozy. The balance between them really is stunning.
But, I’m getting distracted. I grab up the towels and washcloths from earlier, and head downstairs to put them in the washer along with ones I’m currently wearing. I walk into the dining room to grab an apple out of the fruit bowl and it’s gone…dammit. Gabe must have grabbed it to take upstairs when he was picking out snacks last night, so I cross the kitchen and reach into the pantry to grab some jerky before heading back to the nest. My cell is plugged in and laying on the counter, and the screen flashes with a voicemail when I walk by, a tiny alarm bell rings in my mind, and I look back towards the stairs. It should be fine, everyone else is up there with her.
I pull open my voicemail and enter the code, and wait for it to click over. It’s Kelly at the garage, and she sounds really upset. What the hell.
“Xander, sorry, I know you guys are busy with your omega, but Trey…er…Seth. He came by the shop. He was so mad, he threatened me if I didn’t tell him where you live. Sally’s here though and she told him she’d put out his other eye if he ever comes near me again. Oh god, Xan, I was so scared, he looks crazy, I don’t…I didn’t tell him your address, but it’s not like it’s a huge secret. Just…be safe ok. Please be safe.”
The message ends with a click and I save it instead of deleting. Fuck, I am gonna need to tell Gabe about this. I stomp across the room towards the garage, calling the police station as I go, wondering why the fuck no one told us that the crazy fucker who attacked our omega was loose again. Once the line rings through I open the door and step out onto the cold concrete floor. I don’t want Candice to overhear this conversation, so it’s better to do it downstairs, and as far away as possible. She has enough going on without this shit.
“Oak Flats Police Department, how can I help you today." I sigh, trying to hold my temper in check.
“Yes, this is Xander Asher, I just received a call from one of my employees that Seth Thompson, came to our place of work and threatened her. The last I heard Seth was in jail after kidnapping and trying to rape my omega, so I want to know why I wasn’t informed of his release, and what you can do about him harassing my people.”
There, totally civilized, I can fucking do civilized.
“Oh, yes, Mr. Asher, I’m sorry. But Mr. Thompson was released on bail last night. We tried to call a Mr….” I hear papers shuffling in the background. “Mr. Gabe Asher, as a courtesy, but were unable to reach him to let him know. I wouldn’t worry too much about it, but if you’d like, we can send a patrol car over to your place of business to drive around and keep an eye on things."
I grind my teeth, and by sheer fucking force of will manage not to scream or throw my phone.
“Thank you, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time." I manage to maintain a calm tone and hang up, which I think deserves a fucking award .
I gotta figure out how to talk to Gabe about this. But when I open the door to head back into the kitchen Leo’s standing in the living room, tearing at his hair. “Oh, thank fuck."
Panic fills my veins as I march towards him. “What, what’s wrong, what happened?" He looks a bit shocked at my tone, and I try to calm down.
“Candice, she…she wants you. She’s crying, she said she needs you. I came downstairs, but you were gone, and…what’s wrong man? You look like you’ve seen a ghost." I scrub my hand that’s not holding my phone down my face, and give him a whispered rundown of what happened since I came downstairs looking for a snack.
“What the actual fuck, why would they let that bastard out?” Leo is growling now. It’s a rhetorical question, so I don’t bother answering.
“Can you get Gabe out of the nest, fill him in while I take care of Candice?"
“Of course, just…don’t fuck her until I get him out of the room, it seems to galvanize him, and then I’ll never get him moving." He chuckles and pats my arm.
“Good luck, brother.”
He trots back up the stairs while I try to get my mind off all the shit going on and back onto our omega. I take some deep breaths, frustrated that our omega’s first heat with our pack was interrupted by this. This ought to be a time for more than just the physical bonding. Clearly, she trusts us to some degree, or we wouldn’t be doing this, but this is supposed to be a time where we can focus on each other in all ways, physical and emotional.
That little ass-wipe is fucking it up .
I’ve waited long enough for Leo to get Gabe’s attention, and head back to the nest. When I arrive, they’re standing near the door, Leo talking quietly to him. Gabe’s head snaps towards me as soon as I walk in. His features are hard and set, angry, considering how much perfume our little mate is pumping out into the air. I go hard instantly, my gaze drawn back to the bed where Candice is curled around herself. Jacks is petting her hair and stroking her skin. She shakes harder as sobs wrack her body when Gabe and Leo leave the room. This is all sorts of fucked up.
I slide into the nest, beside Jacks, letting my hands join his to stroke and pet our sweet girl, pulling her hair away from her wet cheeks. Big eyes blink up at me from wet lashes, her nose is red and I want to growl again at how messed up this is. How everything feels off kilter. Even before the phone call, something felt wrong, not with her, never with her…but something not quite right tickled the back of my mind. She reaches for me and all other thoughts disappear. I nod once to Jacks, who sneaks away and follows Gabe and Leo out of the room, then I fill my arms with the soft sweet omega before me. Pulling her against my chest.
She looks around for a minute and whines when she realizes we’re alone .
“It’s ok love, of course they want you." A big tear rolls down her cheek. “They just need to clean up a little bit, get a snack, then they’ll be right back. None of us want to be away from you longer than we have to."
Some of the tension leaks from her body. I know she’s anxious, she worries, even now, that we might not want her. Which is ridiculous, I’m fairly certain any one of us would gladly dismember someone to keep her safe and protected.
The more my hands rub over her skin, the more relaxed she becomes, melting against me, a tiny rumbling omega purr issuing from her chest. My own chest swells with pride that I caused that. I hold her face and kiss her forehead, her cheeks, her lips. She wraps her smaller body around mine, and it feels so good to have someone smaller than me to take care of. Everyone thought I was going to be a beta, and even when my designation came in, I never got taller. I just barely hit six feet high and stayed there, but it makes me feel ten feet tall as I tuck her head under my chin. My purr rumbles through me, soothing her stress and helping her relax.
Sadly, it doesn’t last long, and soon she’s whimpering and wiggling against me, twisting her tiny body against mine. A low whine builds in the back of her throat, the need from her heat overwhelming the calm. I lift her face and look into her eyes, she nods slightly, and I know we’re on the same page, even before her quiet plea reaches my ears.
“Xan…please…alpha. It hurts. "
I pull her face to me and kiss her quickly, pulling back and then laying her down on the bed.
“Don’t worry, Pretty Lady, I’ll take care of it, just relax, and let me make you feel good." I kiss her lips again, lightly, then make my way down her body, leaving small soft kisses in my wake.
Tracing my tongue down the column of her throat, kissing and sucking on the delicate skin, careful to avoid the fresh marks my pack left. I tease her collar bones with my teeth, scraping along the sensitive flesh. Pulling back to look at her face, I take her breasts in my hands, flicking the hard nipples, with my thumbs, rolling them gently, taking in her reaction to each sensation. She wriggles against me, her hands coming up to touch and stroke my shoulders and hair.
That’s not good enough.
I lower my face and flick my tongue over her hard peak, and I’m rewarded with a tiny gasp…I suck hard on the nipple and she moans and twitches against me.
There’s the reaction I was looking for.
My other hand gently pulls on the nipple I’m not worshiping with my mouth. Tugging and rolling the hard peak as her fingers dig into my scalp, pulling me against her as I bite down, just a little sting before my tongue laves over the abraded flesh, soothing it.
I don’t want to stop, but she needs me to keep moving. Pulling away, her hard peak leaves my mouth with a popping sound. I trail kisses down her stomach, my hands reaching down to spread her legs wide so my body settles between them, my shoulders pushing them apart as I get closer to her heated core. She smells like peppermint mocha with cinnamon…Jacks didn’t clean her up yet.
Fucking Hell, I can’t stop the groan that escapes me as I breathe in their combined scents. My cock is trapped under me, and leaking into the bed, and it rubs against the blankets as I stretch forward to taste her. Even though I finished once with Jacks already, I’m getting close again. I need to wait until I’m inside her, knot her, bond her…but fuck me. It’s hard to resist any longer and I push forward, thrusting my tongue inside, tasting their joining and it is fucking amazing.
Eagerly lapping and sucking against her core, I drink down their combined flavor and my resulting growl vibrates both our bodies. Fuck, I need to mark her like he did…but she needs to come first. Once I’ve gotten all that I can with my tongue I use my hands, spreading her open and thrusting inside with two fingers.
She is so fucking hot and wet, and I suck on her clit, silently begging her to come so I can fuck her properly. I vary the speed of my fingers, scissoring them back and forth, finding a rhythm that makes her moan as I flick my tongue over her hard nub, and she’s so close…I can feel how close she is…but she doesn’t seem to be able to push through it. Pulling my slippery fingers out of her, I switch to my thumb, still pumping in and out, I use my slick coated finger to probe her back entrance and she twitches hard .
There we go.
Gently circling her back hole, I test for resistance, waiting for her to protest, but when nothing comes I push one finger inside, my thumb still buried in her core. I nip at her clit with my teeth, and I’m rewarded with a fresh wave of slick covering my hand. She lets loose a high keening wail and convulses, her legs twitching. I keep my hand and tongue moving until she stills, her hand goes back to stroking my hair instead of pulling on it. Slowly retracting my hand, I kiss the top of her mound as I crawl up her body.
“Was that ok, precious?" She looks up at me with glazed eyes, and pulls me down to kiss her.
“Mmm, that was wonderful…thank you…You taste good." She mumbles, rubbing her face over mine. “I’m so sorry I got all weepy on you, these hormones are horrible and…I…I’m sorry.”
“Shh…it’s ok. I just want to make sure you're ok…Are you ok?" I stroke her hair, trying to meet her eyes, needing that confirmation before we continue.
“Yes, thank you…but...can I feel you inside me. Please, I want you, and I want you here beside Jacks and Gabe and Leo." She touches her chest, right below her sternum, and I smile.
The tender moment is broken when I hear her mumble, “Gotta’ catch ‘em all, I guess.”
I snort laughter, not sure how I lucked into such a sweet nerdy omega, but she amazes me at every turn .
“God, you're such a geek, I love you.” and my confession startles me as much as it does her, I didn’t mean to say it. But she just smiles up at me.
“Oh, like you're one to talk.” and she tugs at my attempt to grow a beard. “Didn’t chin pubes go out of style in the 90s."
Laughing again, I descend, covering her with my body, devouring her lips. Her giggles turn into sighs of pleasure and sweet moans as I plunder her mouth with my tongue. feasting upon her sweet cries as I grind against her, and when I look down into her glazed eyes she gives the faintest nod. I line myself up against her and push inside. She’s so wet for me that I slide in with no resistance, fully seated up to my knot on the first stroke. It’s like being wrapped in warm wet velvet, squeezing me, and I gasp and almost come immediately. Holy fuck….this is going to be difficult.
I pull back, almost all the way out and help her roll onto her side. Lifting her leg up in a half split over my shoulder, I tease myself, thrusting lightly into her entrance…I have to hold on, and this way I can also stroke her clit and her back door if she needs that. Once I’m re-positioned, straddling her thigh, I push all the way in again, She moans out my name as I snap my hips forward, and my cock jerks inside of her, almost losing the battle.
I lean forward, folding her leg towards her chest, and pound into her, her little mewls and gasps pushing me closer and closer to the edge, and when I feel her start to pulse and tighten around me, I’m lost. I lean my weight forward, straining and pulling against her, needing to have my knot inside her before I finish and she cries out as it finally slides into place and seals us together. Her muscles clench around me, dragging my release from me, I couldn’t stop even if I wanted to, her body won’t let me as I empty myself inside her tight hot channel.
“Now, please" It’s barely a whisper, a soft breath.
I push her shoulders forward and lean down to strike…burying my teeth in her skin. My mark intersects Jacks just above her spine. The final bite finishing the collar of marks around her neck, the pack fully linked together. She cries out again, the bond locking in place and I feel her tiny light blossom in my chest right next to Jacks. The two together make me feel bright. I can find them both now if they get lost–but I won’t let them get lost, they’re mine in every way now.
I run my tongue over the new mark, cleaning off the tiny trickle of blood and kissing it reverently before pulling back and straightening her body.
“Sorry, I wasn’t trying to turn you into an Escher girl." I smile down at her, and her laughter is high and clear as she returns it.
She reaches up to cup my cheek, her brows furrowing. She wipes away moisture I didn’t know was there then tilts her head, and I can feel her wondering if I’m ok.
“I’m fine now love, just fine…rest”
It takes a bit of wiggling in this position, and still locked together, but I finally settle behind her. The big spoon, holding her tightly and letting my mind wander to explore these new sensations in my chest. She and Jacks are both bright lights, his tiny unicorn now has a spinning disco ball and is practically vibrating in excitement at the bond being completed. It’s amazing, but also a bit unnerving to feel so light and empty. Like everything is right and nothing could ever go wrong.
I have to guard my thoughts and my feelings, as I pull the tiny omega closer to me, I know how wrong things can go, and now that I have this feeling, I’m never letting it go.
I will destroy anyone who tries to take it.