Chapter 6 Ayden
Days had passed since he last mentioned that alpha reporter. The way he acted was strange enough for my beta to be concerned. Calliope was finally asleep after nearly a week of restless nights peppered with lots of sex. This was still pre-heat for her, the worst of it was still to come. I hated that she suffered as much as she did during her heat. She was in constant debilitating pain. The only things that helped were warm baths, back rubs, and chocolate. Lots of chocolate. Oh, and cock. Exorbitant amounts of it. That was the crux of our problem. I would be lucky if she stayed asleep until Cain got back. I would take care of her. I loved to do that; it was what I did best.
Phone in my hand, I scrolled through an online shopping site. Stress shopping. Currently, I was looking at the hoodies. Well, it was a set of four, themed in Calliope’s favorite animated movie. Two for me and two for Cain. We would wear them around Calliope until she had decided they smelled enough like us to steal. She loved to do that, only to complain when things didn’t smell like us anymore. It was one of her cuter habits. In fact, I had started buying hoodies and sweats with that in mind.
The sound of the nest door opening made me smile. Calliope slid down the stairs as I pretended to ignore her. This was one of her favorite games, sneaking up on me and Cain. Not that she had ever been able to—her perfume gave her away anytime she got close. Turning at the last minute, I caught her as she launched herself at me. She was wearing my T-shirt, and the tops of her thighs were revealed as I swung her around to land on my lap.
“Guess you aren’t in heat if you’re sneaking up on me,” I teased her.
“I almost had you.”
She was pouting, it was the most adorable thing she did. “You didn’t, but that’s okay.”
“I woke up and I was alone.”
“Cain had to do a last-minute food run before we’re trapped in the house for three days.” She wiggled against me, my cock responding to her scent as much as the sensation. “You don’t want to be doing that right now.”
“But what if I want your knot?”
“Do you?” I knew the answer to that question. She was so wet, I knew I could slide right into her.
“Yeah, but I need to do something first.” She jumped up, her excitement palpable as she ran up the stairs, her laughter spilling out behind her. It didn’t take long for her to call out to me. “I’m ready.”
I shook my head and climbed the stairs to meet her. Coming into the nest, I saw where she was sitting. Propped up on the bed with a blade between her legs, balanced on the tip and spinning it with her free hand. The light seemed to dance as the blade moved. “What exactly are you planning to do with that?”
“You know that fantasy you have that I’ve never let you act out?”
I knew what she was talking about, but I liked hearing her voice when she wanted to address one of her traumas. “What fantasy is that?”
“You aren’t going to make me say it, are you?”
“I’m sure that I have no idea what you are talking about.”
Red spread across her face as her hand worked at the blade laying there. “You know… the one where my no doesn’t stick?”
I nearly forgot to breathe when she said that, but I needed to make sure that I was hearing her correctly. “I’m gonna need you to spell it out for me.”
“Fine. I want you to fight me. Take me for everything that I have to offer. Make me give it to you.”
“And the knife?” I indicated the blade with a tilt of my head.
“I wasn’t given the opportunity to fight back when it actually happened, I thought we could have some fun with it.”
Her honesty took my breath away. She was being so open and vulnerable with me, and all I wanted to do was reward that. “Fine, but there are going to be some ground rules.”
“Ground rules?”
She looked at me for the first time when she said that. “Yes, for both our safety.”
There was a moment where I thought she was going to argue with me, but she just nodded. “Okay.”
“Pick a safe word.”
“I think I can make my point clear with this.” She held the blade up in the air.
“We will get to that, love. First, pick one or this game ends before it begins.”
She huffed at me before spitting a word. “Apples.”
I nodded. “Fine. Now, tell me exactly what you plan to do with that knife.”
“I don’t think this is the best blade for stabbing.” To prove her point she shoved the tip into the floor. “No, not at all. This is better for slashing.” She slashed at the air in front of her.
“Calliope.”
It was a warning. “What, Alpha? I just wanna make you bleed a little.”
“Let me make myself clear, little Omega.” I moved as I spoke. One hand caught her throat while the other took the knife from her. Pulling her to her feet, I pinned her to the wall with her hands trapped above her head. “You can fight me all you want. Cut me up if you think you can. You might even get lucky and bleed me out. But know this, I will bury my knot in that tight pussy before this is over.”
Instead of cowering as I expected, she challenged me with a “game on.”
She managed to take me by surprise with a knee to the thigh. At least, I think she was aiming for my thigh. I had moved it on instinct. Either way, it made me release my hold on her. Pushing off the wall, she caught the blade before it hit the floor. Bringing herself up, she slid it across my arm using a backhand hold on the handle. She charged me again as something resembling a growl trickled from her lips. I had to make a split-second decision knowing that I could get more cut up early on in the play or take her off guard. I chose the latter. I stood my ground waiting until she was in arms reach before grabbing her by the throat and tossing her on the bed. She landed hard, bouncing a moment before settling. I thought I had pushed her too far too soon for a second when she sat up snarling, “If you think tossing me around is going to make me want you, I’ve got news for you.”
She had fight in her, and I loved it. “What makes you think what you want matters to me?”
She rose off the bed, starting to launch herself at me. I took the chance and charged her. The bite of the blade as she slashed along my back when I wrapped my arms around her waist drove a hiss from my lips. Using my leverage, I took her to the bed, pinning her lower body against the mattress beneath me. From the way she was fighting, I would think she hated every moment of this, but the throbbing heat against my chest told me how turned on she truly was. Moving one of my hands, I slid two fingers inside her. She was soaked, easily taking a third. I couldn’t wait to have her heat wrapped around me.
When I felt the third slash to my back, I risked a glance at her. The vision that met me was one of glory. She was ravishing in the way she reveled in the violence. The way she spilled my blood. It was just lucky that getting cut up made my cock throb. She was licking my blood from the blade as she caught my gaze. Her emerald gaze stared right into my soul. Fuck I loved this woman. She took her time; it was an obvious opportunity for me. There was still a fight in her, but she was giving me a chance to take my prize. I wanted to give her what she had asked for. Nipping at her exposed thigh, I lapped at that spot making her jump before moving my hand. Sliding those hands up her chest I teased her nipples until she was moaning for me. “You want your alpha’s knot, don’t you?”
“Not even if you were the last alpha on the planet and I was in heat.”
That bite to her tone was new—I was starting to like the bratty version of my omega. I started moving the fingers inside her, curling them so I could hit that spot that drove her crazy. She inhaled letting me know that I found my target, my thumb came down toying with her clit. “Your voice is telling me no, but your slick says otherwise.”
I snaked up the bed, sliding my fingers out of her and pulling my cock out of the sweats I was wearing. My hands slid to her knees, pushing them back until they were spread for me. I leaned back so that pretty pussy was on display. She was stunning, every part of her from the way her breasts moved as she breathed in the pleasure of the moment, to the grip her pussy would soon have on my knot. The curve of her hips was so tempting, I leaned down to press a gentle kiss there. Moving up her body, I paused at the stretch marks on her stomach, pressing gentle kisses to each of them. My hands slid up to her waist as I sat back. I loved the way she was soft beneath my touch, pliant at the moment, allowing me to move her as I wished. When I pulled her down the sheets moved with her, the laugh she released made me smile. Taking hold of her ankles in one hand I took my cock in the other. Gripping it just above the knot, I teased her with my head. Pushing just a little inside her.
“Still going to tell me you don’t want my knot when you’re spread like a good girl for me?” That came out in nearly a growl.
“How many times do I have to tell you no before you fucking get it?” My head slid into her as she said that, her pussy spasming around me as I struggled not to pound every last inch into her.
She chose that moment to start to fight again. Leaning up, she slashed at my knuckles, grazing them where they held her. I pushed a few more inches into her before releasing the hold on my cock. Pulling her legs apart so I had a clear view of her, I growled in her face as I sunk into her, stopping just short of giving her my knot.
“You can’t really expect me to believe a perfect little omega like you doesn’t want my knot,” I growled.
She used her free hand to push me back and off her. I allowed it, giving her access to less vital areas to slash at. She took that opportunity, opening a gash along my chest. “Just like a fucking alpha. Taking what wasn’t offered to you.”
I started to shove my knot into her, making her gasp. It was all that I could do not to bite her again at that moment. “That’s not what this pussy says.” I reached down and teased her clit until she was fucking herself onto my knot. She was so close I just had to get her there before I finished my thought. It didn’t take all that long until she was exploding around me, gushing around where my knot was stretching her. “You soaking my cock tells me you want this knot so very badly.”
“I swear to fucking God, if you don’t knot me right now, I will never forgive you,” she hissed.
That was all I needed to push the rest of myself inside her. She may as well have called game over as I slid the blade from her hand as I leaned down on top of her. My head came down as she arched her neck for me. My tongue lashed out as I lapped at the mark I had left there. She looked so beautiful with it there. “That pretty omega pussy likes her alpha’s knot, doesn’t it?”
“Yes, Alpha.” She was breathless as I teased her clit until she throbbed around me.
She was stunning, stretched out by my knot. Taking me in a way that no one but Cain had ever been able to. My hips moved just a little, but it was enough to send her tumbling over the edge of her orgasm. She screamed for me, chanting my name like it was holy to her. Her walls massaged my length as she flooded around my cock. Her head tilted as she moaned for me. I could feel her need pushing at me through the bond. Leaning down, I lapped at the mark I had left there, taking the flesh between my teeth and nipping at it until I exploded.