Chapter 42
Chapter Forty-Two
Roman only came to the ward when he was too restless to bear the long bus ride that seemed to wind through every single suburb before it deigned to reach his home.
He was never allowed further than the common room, but that suited him just fine as he slunk through the doorway, pressing his back up against the smooth, sterile plaster as he inhaled through his mouth.
Still unpresented, he picked up the surrounding scents just the same, the edges of pheromones that he would have to contend with when he was a mature alpha.
It wasn’t something he was looking forward to, though he spoke to his father about it. Dad was kind, but he didn’t understand.
Betas never did.
One patient twisted around to face him, lithe body curled up in the couch's corner, knees tucked up against a lean chest and raven hair framing a delicate face. It was only because the patient looked at him that Roman looked back, almost swallowing his tongue when a pair of the most vivid violet eyes he’d ever seen locked with his.
Tangled lashes and dark circles had never looked lovelier than they did on the face of the omega who looked him up and down, then sneered at him.
“What the fuck are you looking at?” he demanded, the sharp tone of his voice pulling at Roman’s gut in a way nothing ever had before. He looked petite, all delicate limbs and sharp cheekbones, the full pout of his mouth the only sign of softness anywhere on his person.
But he was beautiful, and Roman’s hands were sweaty as he tucked them behind his back, pressing them against the wall to ground himself.
The soft floral scent that tickled his nose made his chest tingle with warmth, though he thought little of it.
He was too busy staring into the mean omega’s eyes, separating the shades of amethyst in wonder.
He’d seen green and blue and golden eyes before, but never such a vibrant shade of purple. Like royalty. Like gemstones.
It took him far too long to find his own voice. “You have beautiful eyes.”
“What?” The omega’s eyes widened, a flicker of shock before his face settled into a scowl once again. “I’m a fucking mental patient, asshole. You’re not getting anything from me.”
Roman shook his head, his face hot as embarrassment flooded him. “I’m just waiting for my dad,” he said, and the omega’s face softened. Just enough for him to notice. “I’m Roman, uh, Roman Kane. Doctor Kane is my father. I’m sure you’ve met him.”
What a stupid fucking thing to say. Everyone in the ward had met him.
“Obsidian Vey.” The omega’s voice was halting, slow, and it did not occur to Roman right away that it was a name at all, that it was the first token offered to him, something he would cherish for the rest of his life. “But you can call me Sidian. Most people do.”
“It’s nice to meet you, Sidian.”
He would think about the sharp-tongued omega until sleep claimed him late in the evening, and when his eyes finally fell shut, he would dream of those violet eyes.
Sidian rolled onto his hands and knees before Roman could process what he was doing, dropping to his elbows, his back arching in that position. “Fuck me like this. Mount me.”
“Are you sure?” It took everything Roman had in him not to lose his mind at the sight of Obsidian Vey presenting for him, offering his heat-flushed pussy like a true omega would.
Sidian laughed and dropped his head onto the cushions, his eyes crinkling at the corners as Roman unbuckled his belt and unfastened his jeans, shoving it all down as fast as he could.
“Dunno. Never done it before, but it must feel pretty good if every heated-up omega ends up on their knees. I trust you, Roe. Besides, don’t you want a real reward for all the bodies you stacked up? ”
His alpha swelled with pride as Roman wrapped a hand around his aching cock, sinking to his knees on the cushions. “Only if you allow me to have it.”
“It’s yours.” Sidian reached down between his thighs; Roman watched as slender fingers parted his already spread folds even wider, revealing the slick throb of his opening. “Just for tonight, it’s yours.”
Roman groaned at the thought, stroking his cock before pressing the tip against Sidian’s clit just so he could feel it twitch against where he was most sensitive.
There was no sweeter place in the world than between Sidian’s thighs, and his alpha strained to get closer, driven wild by the pheromones rolling off of Sidian’s skin.
Even if he wasn’t in proper heat, it didn’t seem to matter; Roman wanted to fuck him and knot him and bite him and tell him what a good omega he was, how perfect, how lucky Roman was to have such a gorgeous, powerful, loving mate in his life.
He wet his cock with Sidian’s slick before dragging his head against the twitching muscles of Sidian’s entrance, watching with rapt attention as pink flesh stretched around him.
Sidian moaned and clawed at the cushion beneath him, the arch in his back deepening as he sought to take Roman inside faster, but Roman slowed him.
He wanted to savor the moment, a shudder of pure bliss leaving goosebumps in its wake as Sidian’s pussy drew him deep inside those hot, velvet walls.
Nothing had ever felt better. Nothing would ever feel better than that.
Roman leaned over his omega and covered Sidian with his body as best he could, his hand settling on top of Sidian’s own as he trailed kisses across trembling shoulders.
“You’re so beautiful,” he whispered, and Sidian whined up at him, his hips giving an impatient little wiggle until Roman thrust deep inside of him, drawing a cry from his kiss-swollen lips. “I’m so lucky to have you, Sid.”
Sidian laughed, spreading his fingers to twine them with Roman’s. “I’m the lucky one.”
He wasn’t. Roman wouldn’t argue the point because it would go nowhere, burying his face in Sidian’s hair as he filled up the trembling omega beneath him. Every thrust and roll of his hips dragged his cock along that slick channel, parting Sidian wider, urging him to take it all.
And he took it, his head falling into the cushions, his hair splayed around him, his eyes closed and his lips parted. Angelic. The most beautiful omega Roman had ever seen.
His chest tightened as he wrapped himself around Sidian, an arm sliding beneath him just to hold him, just to touch him, fingers splaying over his stomach.
He wasn’t showing, but Roman could feel the tautness of his skin, the proof of Sidian’s second pregnancy, and he pressed his cheek against Sidian’s and rumbled.
His strong little mate, who had survived so much and was still with him.
“I love you,” he whispered, and Sidian whined up at him. “Gorgeous boy, I love you so much.”
Sidian purred in response and leaned up for a kiss that Roman gave him, smiling into it when he felt the telltale squirming beneath him.
He sheathed his cock up to the knot and drew out, luxuriating in how perfectly wet Sidian was, how hot inside, the tight grip of his pussy giving them both just enough sensation.
When he slid his hand down, fingers brushing over Sidian’s clit, Sidian moaned into his mouth, the sound sweet as Roman licked it off of his omega’s tongue.
“More,” Sidian urged him, biting at his lower lip. “Roe, I need more.”
“Faster? Harder?” Roman could guess, but he waited for Sidian’s brief nod before he laid him back down on the cushions, digging his knees into the upholstery.
One hand wrapped around the back of the couch to brace himself.
If he broke it, he supposed it wouldn’t matter.
No one was going to use it and making Sidian come until he cried was likely the best use it had ever seen.
The first rough thrust jarred Sidian’s entire body, and Sidian wailed with the pleasure of it.
Roman groaned at the sound of his mate’s pleasure, gripping the couch tighter as he focused.
Fast, hard, deep, his cock rubbed up against every sensitive nerve while his fingers teased Sidian’s clit.
He kept up the tight little circles, watching his cock vanish with every pump of his hips, his knot bumping up against flushed folds and teasing Sidian’s pussy.
The temptation to fuck his knot into that waiting heat was powerful, but Roman held out. It wasn’t time. Not yet. Not yet.
Not until Sidian came apart for him one last time. Not until one last orgasm.
He watched Sidian’s face, watched his nose crinkle, his lips part, listened to the beautiful litany of his whines as Roman refused to let himself so much as slow.
His entire body ached, but he didn’t care, the pain second to the pleasure that tensed Sidian’s limbs and made the muscles in his inner thighs twitch, his clit pulsing under Roman’s fingers as he gripped Roman’s cock tighter.
There, he was there, he was right there, and Roman could taste the coming orgasm in his scent.
Sidian’s lily scent thickened, honey-like and sappy, thick and sticky on Roman’s tongue, and he moaned at the indulgence of it.
“Your dick’s so fucking good,” Sidian slurred, his hips bucking as if he didn’t know whether to chase the touch of Roman’s fingers or the stroke of his cock, his head lolling back as he whimpered. “Fuck, Roe, so close, so close, I’m so close. Make me come again, I wanna come on your cock.”
Roman leaned over him, nuzzling into his dark hair. “You still want my bite?”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Sidian chanted the words as he clawed at his own hair, pushing it off of the back of his neck, and Roman pressed a kiss to the skin there, tongue rolling over the gland to draw another pretty whine from Sidian’s lips. “I need it. I need you. Don’t leave me. Never leave me.”
As if that were possible. “I love you, Sid. I’ll never leave you. I promise.”
And he wouldn’t. They were made to be together, their souls, dark and stained and broken as they were, jagged at just the right edges to fit together. Maybe they were broken because they were always meant to complete each other. Roman didn’t know. He didn’t think he cared.
All that mattered was that he would never let go of Sidian again.
He felt the moment Sidian’s cunt pulsed around him, tightening up with the beginnings of his orgasm, and Sidian cried out as his entire body stiffened.
The peak of it sent a gush of fluid over Roman’s knot, and he rumbled deep in his chest as he gripped Sidian’s hip, pulling the omega back in one sharp movement to sink his knot deep into that waiting, welcoming heat.
And Sidian clamped down on him, grasping so tight around his knot that grinding inside of him was almost impossible.
But Roman did, swearing as he felt Sidian come again, thrashing underneath him from the force of it. Then, and only then, lost in the throes of pleasure, his voice breaking in shouts and cries, was Sidian ready for the bite. Roman would not hurt him. He refused.
His teeth found thin, tender flesh, and he bit down, sinking his bite in deep until skin broke and blood flowed over his tongue, the coppery richness of it making his alpha crow in triumph.
The bond between them bloomed as sweet as Sidian’s lily scent, washing over Roman in warm waves of satisfaction that made his own climax roar through him with that much more ferocity.
A pure, relieved, relaxed happiness coiled through his mind, foreign at first before melding into his own thoughts, his own emotions, his own satisfaction at finally being able to call this omega his.
Sidian was his. His mate, his life, his light, everything he had ever wanted.
“Fuck yeah.” Sidian laughed a little, the sound breezy and sweet, and Roman felt a hand pat him on the cheek. “Good dog. Knew you had it in you.”
He couldn’t help himself; Roman grinned against his mate’s neck, releasing his hold on him to lick over the edges of the bite. “I’ll always give you what you want.”
“Know you will. That’s why you’re the only alpha I want.
” Sidian settled into the cushions, and as Roman tended to his neck, licking up the blood and urging the wound to clot, he picked up the sweet, faint sounds of sleepy purrs vibrating up Sidian’s throat.
“Keep me warm until your knot goes down.”
“I will. Both of you.” Roman smoothed his hand over Sidian’s stomach, and he knew he wasn’t imagining it when Sidian purred a little harder at the touch.
Sidian blinked up at him as Roman eased them both down on their sides, wrapping his arms around Sidian to keep him warm and close. “Amey’s upstairs,” he murmured, and Roman’s heart climbed into his throat. “When we, uh… Get cleaned up, I guess, you can meet her.”
“I’m looking forward to it.” And he was. He was ready to be a father.
Roman would be whatever Sidian needed him to be, and the pleased smile on Sidian’s face only reassured him he was choosing the right path. Everything else fell by the wayside; all he cared about was making Sidian happy, and if he wanted a family, then he would get one.
Roman would figure it out like he had everything else between them.