Chapter 42
Posey Hale is an absolute vision. Her pink braid is in shambles, she’s covered in a fine sheen of sweat, and her face is red from exertion, but she’s never looked more beautiful than she does right now.
I thought watching the others bond with her first would make me jealous, but there’s a sort of comfort in knowing we’re coming full circle.
Jude bit her first, Parker was intimate with her first, and Mack said ‘I love you’ first, but I was the first one to see her, to know she was ours.
Being her last bond doesn’t bother me, because we’re going to be together forever regardless of the order, and that’s the real prize.
Crawling over to where Posey still lays dozing on top of my twin, I stroke her hair gently, careful not to mess up the braid any more than we already have. I know Jude can just redo it, but I don’t want anything getting in the way of this moment.
When she doesn’t stir, I decide a massage is in order.
I start with her hands, avoiding Mack’s fresh bond mark before moving on to her arms, then shoulders and back.
She lets out little moans and grunts each time I hit a particularly tender spot, but otherwise doesn’t wake.
When I finally get to her butt, I place tender kisses on the red handprint outlines I can still faintly see on the flushed cheeks.
“Mmm, Pax.” Posey sighs, barely cracking her eyes open enough to spot my beaming grin.
Even with her eyes closed, she knew it was me.
And that’s exactly why I’m not jealous of the others.
My omega knows and wants me as I am, not as some alternate version of Parker or as the weakest member of the pack.
“Tired, sweetheart?” I ask sweetly. She’s been through so much the last few days, I wouldn’t blame her if she needed a nap or time to recover.
She nods, and even though I’m okay with it, my stomach still sinks a little bit. At least until she says, “So after you bite me maybe you could hold me while I nap?”
I bite down hard on my bottom lip, but even that doesn’t stop my grin. “I love that idea.”
Park is so exhausted he doesn’t even flinch when Posey rolls off of him and giggles quietly. It’s so nice to see her clear after two days of her instincts in control that I can’t help but take her mouth in a deep, licking kiss that has both of us fighting for air when we finally part.
I lay her down, placing my knees between her thighs and using my elbows to hover over her upper body. The last thing I want to do is crush her when she’s already exhausted. “Soft and slow, sweetheart. There’s no rush,” I whisper against her lips, grateful when she nods in agreement.
Sliding into Posey is like finally finding a home after spending your whole life feeling lost. I keep my promise to her, thrusting slow and deep, making sure my pelvis grazes her clit on each pass.
“You’re so beautiful, Posey. I can’t believe how lucky I am to get to love someone as perfect as you. ”
Her eyes gloss over with tears, but they don’t fall. “I love you, Paxton. You were the first alpha I ever met that I wanted, and I know now it was my omega recognizing you as mine.” She pauses, taking a deep breath. “Please bite me. Make me yours, officially.”
Ignoring the sudden blurriness in my vision, I use my nose to nudge her head to the side as my thrusts pick up.
I find a spot above her heart and bite down as softly as I can while still drawing blood to complete my side of the bond, and Posey gasps.
“I love you, sweetheart. As long as my heart beats and even after.”
Her pussy walls clamp down around my shaft, pulling a tortured groan from me as my knot starts to swell.
I thrust forward hard one last time to lock us together, and that’s what finally tips my omega over the edge, too.
I watch in awe as she mirrors her bite to mine, sinking her teeth in over my heart and completing our pack bond.
Posey’s emotion fills my chest, but so do faint echoes of our pack mates.
I gather our omega in my arms and snuggle down to sleep, and as she drifts off I lay silently sifting through the different tethers in our bond, tears tracking down my cheeks when it truly sinks in that we’re finally whole and for the first time ever, our pack is complete.
A hand lands on my shoulder and when I open my eyes, I find Jude smiling down at me. “It’s incredible, right? I can still feel her in the forefront of everything, but you guys are there too. It’s… it feels really good.”
I nod in agreement, sniffling and wiping my nose on my arm. “What happens now?”
He chuckles, squeezing my shoulder tightly. “Now, we start our life as a pack.”