Thirty Three
“ W hat did you do to my nest?” I asked as Edison put me down on shaky feet. I’d woken up again about halfway through the car ride and it had taken everything in me not to give into the inferno raging in between my legs and straddle Edison in the passenger seat of the car that Rhodes was driving.
“Sorry, pet,” Edison apologized sheepishly as I surveyed the damage to the nest that had been perfectly crafted less than twenty-four hours ago. “I lost my head a bit when I realized you were gone.”
We had yet to talk about the abduction—my mouth was too busy trying to pull wherever kisses I could manage in the tight confines of the car we were in to even ask.
But now, with a brief moment of clarity in between heat flares, I shot him a withering look. “I really liked my nest, Edison.”
“I’ll build you a better one,” he swore, wrapping an arm around my back and pulling me in for a toe-curling kiss that seemed to reignite the fire inside of me again, my insides twisting like a vice grip and sending slick leaking down my legs because I was still dressed in the long t-shirt nightgown that I’d been wearing when I was taken last night.
“Jesus,” I heard Rhodes, who’d hung back by the door, mutter as the sound of his pants being unzipped filled my ears.
Give in, my inner omega whispered. She’d taken a back seat for a bit, letting my clearer head prevail until we were out of danger, but now the haze of instinct was reasserting itself, and kidnapping be damned, if I didn’t have one of my alpha’s cocks in me in the next minute I was going to scream.
“Strip,” I ordered Edison, stepping away from him so that I could pull my nightshirt over my head.
Then I turned to figure out how to put my nest in some kind of working order for my heat.
Lots of tugging and pulling ensued as I began tying the swathes of white fabric back up where it belonged, recreating my favorite configuration of a nest: a soft canopy that would hang over us and enclose us in nice and safe.
Then I crawled into my nest and began to work on twisting the long fuzzy blankets and sheets, braiding them together to create the little barrier wall that would be the boundaries of my space.
It was almost therapeutic, making me forget all about the trauma of the past twenty-four hours as my brain settled into a mantra.
You’re safe. You’re home. You’re in your nest.
And you have your alphas, my inner omega added helpfully and a feminine purr rattled out of me at that.
You’re safe. You’re home. You’re in your nest. And you have your alphas. I repeated, adding in that last bit.
“Pet,” Edison’s voice broke through my inner chanting and I jerked my head around to find both of them standing at the edge of my nest, stark naked.
The scent of chocolate and vanilla made my mouth water as I eyed them.
“The words,” I told them primly as I scooted back into the confines of my nest, the canopy overhead blocking their faces as I stared at the pair of hard cocks that were already so stiff and ready for me. “Tell me the right words, alphas.”
I barely even knew the words, but my instincts were riding me hard not to let them into my nest until I heard them.
Edison ducked so that I could see his dilated eyes. “Omega. May we enter your nest so that we can bring you some relief?”
His words tickled their way down my spine as if he’d actually reached out and caressed it.
Reaching a hand out, I nodded.
Then they were on either side of me, their hands on my fevered skin as one mouth took my lips and the other latched onto a stiff nipple.
It felt so good to be touched without any barriers keeping us from each other. They hadn’t even touched anything below the waist yet and I already found myself moaning as Edison rolled my nipple in his teeth.
Rhodes’ kiss was desperate as he held my face to his in an almost iron grip, his tongue dancing with mine as my eyes flew open to take in every bit of his face.
I should have had patience. Should have let them touch me and ratchet me up until I exploded. But after everything that I’d gone through, I just wanted them.
Giving Edison a not-so-soft push away from my breast, I watched him fall back with a little oomph before I straddled his waist.
“Impatient little omega,” he purred, clearly not irritated by my actions in the least.
“I’ve waited long enough,” I told him, reaching down for the stiff length that was ready and waiting for me.
There was enough slick leaking from my pussy that I was sure that no foreplay would be needed to stretch me for him, so I notched the swollen head of his cock at my entrance and began to lower my hips.
It stretched. It burned. But oh did it feel so good.
“ Yes ,” I hissed like a prayer of thanks, tilting my chin up to the canopy over head as I sheathed his cock entirely inside of my hot, spasming channel. “Does it feel different than usual?”
“Very,” Edison told me with a grunt, his fingers digging deliciously in my thighs, dimpling the flesh. The heat cramps hadn’t abated much, telling me that it wasn’t enough. “It’s hot and tighter than anything I’ve ever felt.”
And not enough, my inner omega reminded me with a whimper like I was starving it.
Reaching back I pressed my palm flat on Rhodes’ chest before giving his arm a tug to pull him towards us.
“Perrie?” he asked, clearly confused.
“I want you here,” I told him, pulling one of my ass cheeks to the side. It was the most wanton gesture I’d ever made and I knew I’d be embarrassed when I remembered it later, but right now I just wanted to be filled.
“Are you sure?” he asked, his hands already going to my bottom and squeezing the flesh there.
I nodded. “I need it.”
“Get the lube first,” Edison managed to say as I squeezed around him, a groan leaving the normally collected man as he squeezed his eyes shut tight. “And hurry before I lose my shit.”
I grinned down at him, wincing as another wave of heat washed over me, forcing me to curl into his chest with a whimper.
“My dirty little omega,” Edison whispered in my ear as Rhodes reached out from the nest and dug through my nightstand for the lubricant we kept there. “Asking to have her ass reamed for the first time like the most perfect little slut.”
His words sent a thrill through me and I gave his chest a hard nip, making the alpha chuckle.
“I must have been a saint in a past life to get a woman like you.” His hips thrust upwards making the giggle coming out of my mouth stutter as he moved.
“You and I both know it would have been Rhodes who was the saint,” I teased, turning to look at the man in question as he poured a healthy amount of lubricant into his palm. “Isn’t that right?”
Dark eyes danced as he shook his head. “After the things I did tonight to get you back, Perrie, I’m not going to be applying for my sainthood in this life or any other any time soon.”
I felt Edison’s laugh vibrate through me, bringing my attention fully back to what was happening down below.
Warm, slick hands slid down in between the crack of my ass, spreading the lubricant all around and making it as slick as my pussy, the tip of one of Rhodes’ fingers pushing inside of the tight entrance and wiggling around.
I stiffened a bit, the same way I always did when they played with my ass at first and Edison’s fingers tightened on my thighs.
“Remember, pet,” he told me, making sure I was looking him in the eyes. “Relax and just let it happen.”
Reaching down, I threaded my fingers through his as Rhodes placed a firm hand on my back and pushed me down firmly until I was chest-to-chest with the alpha underneath me.
“Just breathe,” Rhodes purred from above as I felt him replace his fingers with the thick head of his cock. It was wider than the tapered tips of the plugs that Edison favored and it stretched me much faster than I was used to.
A hissing whoosh of air left my mouth and it was quickly swallowed up by Edison’s lips. I welcomed the distraction, my hands squeezing his tightly as Rhodes entered inch by inch.
Finally, after what seemed like ages, he was in up to the hilt with the swell of his knot snuggled right in between my ass cheeks as he let out a low growl that seemed to send a shockwave of need through me.
“Move,” I pleaded, breaking away from my kiss with Edison after another moment when both of the alphas filling me up stayed completely still, probably trying to give me time to get used to it. “ Move .”
The tone of my voice changed from plaintive to almost guttural as I took charge and rolled my own hips.
It was pure bliss. The friction between my ass and pussy was enough to scratch the burning itch that had begun all the way back in that awful operation room.
I hadn’t been able to do anything about it then being bound to that stupid table, not knowing if my alphas were actually coming to get me. To save me.
But I could do something about it now.
Pushing up on Edison’s chest, I reached behind myself and pulled Rhodes’ head over my shoulder and tasted the side of his jaw, licking and nipping at the stubble there until his hips finally started to thrust forward.
I didn’t need Edison to move at all, my hips doing all of the work as he stared up at me with a slack jaw and wide eyes.
Edison was so used to being in control of things that I wasn’t sure he knew what to do with himself now that I’d taken charge.
He’d have to get used to it though because this was my heat and I’d do as I damned well pleased to get myself off. Even if it meant bossing the indomitable Edison Keane around.
“My love,” I purred, glancing down at him. “If you don’t start moving, I’m going to go out and find an alpha that will.”
That did it.
Edison’s hips slammed roughly up into mine, almost meeting Rhodes’ next thrust into my ass.
It was everything that I wanted and I let myself go limp in between them as they finally took me in the way that my instincts wanted them to. Hard, and fast, and oh so roughly.
Much, much later as I lay in between them listening to Edison’s soft snores and a much clearer mind, I turned to look at Rhodes who was still wide awake.
“Can’t sleep?” I whispered, not wanting to wake Edison up.
Rhodes shook his head, tucking his face into the crook of my neck. “No. Too much on my mind.”
Shifting around to get a better look at him, I drew my finger slowly along the line of his jaw. “Want to talk about it? You know, seeing as we both can’t sleep?”
Now that the haze of my heat was almost gone, the events of the day were hitting me hard. The things I’d seen and experienced back in that house were sure to give me nightmares that I’d really rather avoid, so staying up and talking with Rhodes was definitely the more attractive option right now.
Rhodes sighed heavily, looking like he’d rather do anything but talk about his feelings.
“Come on Mr. Strong-and-Stoic, I’m your girl. I won’t judge you if you have feelings,” I teased, leaning in to press a kiss to the tip of his nose.
This time he smiled and I knew I had him.
“When we were looking for you in all of those tunnels earlier I almost told Edison to quit because of how lost we were. That I wasn’t sure you were even down there.”
I nodded. I hadn’t seen much of the winding tunnels that made up Andrey Volkov’s labs, but I was sure they hadn’t been easy to navigate.
“But Edison was so sure that you were there. He could feel you—through your bond—I mean. It was bad timing, but I was so fucking jealous of him in that moment. To have the clarity and knowledge that you were alive and close by.”
Rhodes shook his head roughly as if to shake away the negative thoughts.
Reaching up I ran a hand through his brown hair, scratching at the spot on his scalp that I knew he liked and waited for the tension in his shoulders to ease a bit before speaking.
“That’s actually pretty fixable. You know that, right?”
Gently, I pulled his face into the spot on my neck that I always caught him staring at when we made love. They’d both explained to me that when alphas made a bond mark, where it was placed was all about instincts and his seemed to have him fixating on the place that was opposite of Edison’s.
“I can’t,” he murmured against my skin. “You won’t be able to hide it if I bite you here.”
“And what’s the problem with that?” Edison’s groggy voice cut into our conversation. His eyes were still closed when I looked over at him, but his brows were lifted as he continued. “Trust me to handle it, Rho, and just bite her already so I can get some sleep. I’m too old to be pulling all-nighters like this.”
“I sort-of need to be able to knot her in order to bond. To make sure that it takes,” Rhodes grumbled dryly as he lifted his face away from my neck to shoot Edison a look.
One golden eye opened. “And? We’ve already done what we needed to for Perrie’s heat, so I say go for it.”
It was my turn to frown at him. “What do you mean?”
With a sigh, Edison rolled onto his side and propped his head in one hand, resting on his elbow. “Pet, how many days has it been since your heat started?”
I thought about it for a moment, trying to remember how many times the sun had gone up and fallen in the sky. “Two—I think?”
“Exactly. It’s incredibly rare for an omega’s heat to only last two days unless…” He trailed off, waiting for me to make the connection.
I thought back to my lessons with the old matron omega. An omega’s estrus usually lasted, bare minimum, four days and could go anywhere from an entire week to two depending on the omega.
The only reason for an omega’s heat to stop was if the biological need behind it was fully satisfied.
A gasp left my lips as I sat up completely straight, my hands moving to my stomach. “Unless I’m pregnant. Holy shit, that was fast!”
“And you can thank your husband’s super sperm for that,” Edison purred smugly, clearly proud of himself. “I may be pushing forty, but I’ve still got it in me.”
I gave his shoulder a push, wrinkling my nose. “Gross.”
That meant that Edison had his heir. His legacy. And that he was on much more solid ground to truly take control of the Keane family.
As the implications of it all settled over me, a pair of strong arms wrapped around me from behind as Rhodes pressed a kiss to my lips, clearly realizing that all of his worries were gone now.
“Okay, you two have fun, I’m going to take a nap before Perrie tries to suck what little life I have left out of my body,” Edison joked as he reached out to give my leg an affectionate squeeze, his eyes shutting again.
Rhodes barely gave me a moment to adjust to all of the information that I’d just learned, already flipping me onto my back as his stiffening cock pressed to my swollen entrance.
“I love you,” he blurted, his dark eyes searching my face as he said it.
A rush of happiness filled me so quickly that it took me a moment to realize that it was a mixture of my own and Edison’s as he pretended to sleep in order to give us our moment.
Tears welled up in my eyes as I pulled him down to me, wrapping a leg around his waist and pulling him into me again.
I’d been giving him time, hoping he felt the same way, and now he’d said the words out loud and I was a bit worried I was in some kind of heat-induced coma dreaming about them.
“I love you too,” I murmured against his mouth, sucking in a sharp breath as his hips kicked forwards and he buried himself inside of me up to his knot.
My words seemed to spur him on because he set an almost too fast pace, his arms wrapping around me and pulling me up out of the nest and up to his chest forcing me to wrap my arms and legs around him and hang on for dear life.
It took longer than before for me to come, the rise of the orgasm much more steady than with my heat where it felt like even them just breathing on me was enough to get me going.
But when Rhodes began to push his knot inside on one of his last thrusts I found my toes curling as the warm fire was ignited.
“Bite me,” I managed, my lips pressed firmly to the skin of his neck where his pulse was the strongest, his chocolate scent blocking out almost all of my other senses as we came together. “Bond me.”
I came around Rhodes’ knot as it swelled, locking inside of me. With a throaty moan, Rhodes pressed my body back into the nest and came, his teeth digging into my neck.
Like before with Edison, my heartbeat slowed as whatever biological juice alphas had in their teeth worked its magic. Then, the heartbeat that I felt thrumming against my lips slowly became the one my own heart felt.
I knew that, if I pressed my ear to Edison’s chest, that his heartbeat would match ours as well. Three beats in tandem to represent our pack.
Where Edison oozed confidence in his emotions, feeling them as they came, Rhodes’ were almost shy as they filtered down the bond to me.
Exhaustion, affection, desire, and love trickled slowly down to me, presenting themselves like show dogs before receding to let the next one take a moment in the spotlight.
“You can let me feel them all at once, you know,” I whispered in his ear as he lapped at the fresh bond mark. “I’m strong. I can take it.”
With my words, the floodgates opened and all of the emotions he’d been showing me one-by-one all clamored to the surface like a tidal wave.
A little gasp left my lips, but I closed my eyes and let them wash over me, pleased when I felt Edison’s part of the bond light up to complete the circle.
“I can feel him too,” Edison, who’d never actually gone back to sleep, murmured as he stared at us with wonder.
“They said that might be a side effect. We’re all connected now, for better or for worse,” I explained, feeling completely content for the first time in a long time.
“Hopefully for the better from now on.” Edison scooted in closer, wrapping his arms around us as he finally settled in to sleep.
Later, as both men slept soundly next to me, I stared up at the white canopy trying to push down the nagging sense of worry that still hovered in the back of my mind.
Somehow, I had a feeling that we weren’t done yet.