Gold Mine (Golden Omegaverse #2)
Chapter 1 – June
CHAPTER ONE
JUNE
Alpha .
He’s not here. He left me .
I can’t think. I can’t breathe . Between sobs, I fist the blankets around me in the nest and pull them closer, trying to inhale the lungfuls of fresh rain wafting off of them. The smell is so warm, so good — and it’s mixed with other, fainter scents. There’s decadent chocolate fudge, fresh oranges, and bright, sharp mint. All of them familiar, all of them comforting in their own right, and all of them belonging to my alphas and my beta.
But it’s my other alpha that abandoned me.
My chest smarts — my skin feels too tight for my body, aching and hot . God, everything is so hot — my neck, my head — there’s sweat dripping off my brow —
Where did he go? Why didn’t he want me?
My wet hair drips down my bare back as I turn my head, burying my nose in blue fabric. Even if he walked away, I still have this. I can just… stay here.
A faint buzzing makes me look up, but it fades, going quiet after a moment. I sniffle, rubbing my eyes as I look at the door to the nest — he could just be outside. What did he say again?
“ I need to go .”
That wasn’t a “ I won’t come back .”
Theo will be back. He has to. He wouldn’t leave me.
I sit in the center of the nest, blankets wrapped around me, oscillating between shivering and sweating, just staring at the door. The buzzing sound happens a couple more times, but my focus is on the space where he’ll appear any minute now.
He’ll be back. He’s coming right back .
A cramp seizes my abdomen, all my muscles tensing at once, nausea rushing in as bile fills my mouth. Fighting to keep it down, I curl into myself, gasping and whining at the sensations. There’s so much pain — I don’t feel right, something is wrong —
The door opens as another violent shiver wracks my body, and with it is a wash of perfume, but it’s not the clean, rain-soaked smell of the space around me.
“Can I come in, baby?”
Fudge — sugar and cocoa powder, so thick and delicious slides into my veins.
I nod rapidly, sucking in a ragged breath as I look up at my beta, my Seth . His long brown hair is pulled back in a loose ponytail, tanned olive skin highlighted by the dim light from the hallway. He kicks off a pair of loafers, climbing into the enclosed area with me and the mattress in a pair of trousers and a button up shirt. His arms move, snaking under the blankets, wrapping around me tightly, seeking out my naked body, his hands splaying across my back.
“I don’t feel right.”
“I know, come here. It’s okay.” One of his hands strokes my damp hair and I lean into him, fighting to get my hands free so I can touch him as much as I need to.
I press my palms against his shirt, then wiggle between the buttons, forcing it open so I can touch his warm chest, burrowing closer and climbing into his lap, sticking my head against his neck so I can breathe him in. I want to be in him, I want to claw my way into his chest and just curl up against his heart and live there, it’s the only thing that’s going to stop this bone-deep feeling of discontent.
“I need you.” I push at his shirt, kissing his jaw and throat. “I need you right now, please, Seth, please .”
“Okay.” His voice softens as his hands slide over my spine. “June, your first heat started.”
His lips aren’t on mine, and that is stupid .
I lean up and kiss him, muffling whatever else he was planning on telling me — maybe that grass is green, or that the sky is blue. As I slide my fingers into his long hair, I snap the band free so it can cascade down his back. Pressing myself against his body as he groans, half undressed underneath me, I focus on my task. Trousers first — shirt can stay on for all I fucking care — all I need is —
“God, you’re distracting .” He pulls back, sucking in a breath.
I flash him a smile, running my palm down his exposed chest. “I want you, I want my beta.”
He hums and lets me push his shirt off his shoulders. I drop my head, kissing his exposed body while running my tongue over one of his pecs, unable to resist. His hands cover mine as they dip lower, reaching for his belt. The smells on his skin are muddled, like the outside, sterile cleaners — but I can fix it. I can make him smell like me, my sweet perfume of tea and honey — and maybe we can add oranges.
My mouth waters as his hands curl around my wrists.
“June.”
I blink, looking up at him with a frown. “ What ?”
He has the audacity to grin at me. “Are you lucid? Are you here with me?” Seth dips his head, his hazel eyes searching mine. “Or do I need to get you off and make you lucid for half a second?”
I don’t know if it’s a rhetorical question, but I’m choosing that option. Wiggling my hands free, I unlatch his belt and go for the button on his slacks — I’m on a fucking mission, and getting off sounds great right now.
“God help me.”
Seth grabs me again and suddenly I’m on my back, pinned to the mattress. I grunt as he hovers over me before he shakes his head and kisses me heatedly. With my hands pinned by one of his, I stretch out under him, spreading my legs with a whimper, begging with my body while my mouth is otherwise occupied.
I moan, loud and shameless as his thumb brushes my clit.
Seth’s breath puffs against my jaw. “So fucking wet — I need to focus.” He kisses my skin again, soothing it with each press. I roll my hips up, gasping as two of his fingers slide into me with ease. It’s nothing compared to Theo’s thickness, but they’ll do —
“ Oh fuck !” I shriek, my toes curling as Seth’s fingers crook. Bowing forward, I struggle against his hand, gasping and writhing under him as he laughs, kissing my throat.
His thumb swipes over my clit as he thrusts his fingers in and out. “That’s it, baby. I’ve got you. You’re already so wet. It’s not going to take much, is it? I can just hook right there — yeah . Come on, come for me.”
I gasp, pressing up against him, my legs shaking as I thrust up against his hand. The orgasm races like lighter fluid in a line up my spine, fire igniting in a rush. His name comes out of my mouth like a plea, and then I’m coming — slick gushing around his fingers as he kisses me, his hand letting mine go as he hums against my parted lips, breathing me in as I spiral somewhere in the stratosphere before returning to my senses.
“Hi.” I blink up at him, my mind suddenly ten times clearer, the haze parting as I take in the man above me. Seth’s long brown hair is tousled, his lips slightly swollen already, and a darker tint highlights his cheeks. He’s so fucking pretty it makes my heart clench.
He pushes my hair away from my face, then kisses my forehead. “Hi, baby.” Seth sits up partially, pulling me with him as he gives me a gentle smile. “Bennett and I were on our way back when Theo called. Your heat is here.”
I nod, feeling a dull cramp that confirms what I already know. It’s like I’m not in sync with my own body. I feel empty and needy, but also fractured, like there’s a limb missing as I flinch and grimace.
He kisses my jaw, adjusting the blankets around my bare shoulders. “You told Arin you wanted him, Bennett, and I to be with you during this. Is that still okay?”
“Theo —” I jerk, rushing to get his name out as I stare at Seth with wide eyes, my throat closing as my heart smarts with a dull, throbbing pain that’s different to the hollow feeling in my bones. “He left —”
“He didn’t leave.” Seth shushes me, grasping my cheeks. The feeling of his palms on my skin soothes the startling panic. “He went downstairs and called Arin because he didn’t know what to do. It’s okay. You are okay, and he is okay.”
“He didn’t want me.”
Seth looks around the nest, then his eyes fall on me. “I don’t think that’s true, June. Have you seen this place? Have you seen yourself ?”
I lift my head. There’s clothes on the floor, and bottles of water in the corner — memories of Theo’s body on mine, pressing me against the mattress, fucking me until I saw stars, bombard me. He only left once to get water and I was on him again in seconds when he got back — oh . I shift, glancing down at my bare chest. Bright red marks cover my breasts from his teeth, his lips. My stomach didn’t escape either, and in the dim light I see bruising on my thighs too.
“Are you mad?” I glance up at Seth, biting my tongue.
He arches an eyebrow. “That you and Theo finally worked it out? No” — Seth taps the tip of my nose — “ but I need you to focus and tell me if there’s anything off limits while you’re in this heat.”
I blink at him, my brain muddled. Limits? I should have made a list — Arin asked for one days ago. I reach out for Seth unconsciously, touching his arms, my fingertips pressing down against his skin as I whisper, “I don’t… I can’t think — I —”
Seth leans up and I move to follow him. He pauses, his hands sliding over mine and carefully pushing me back to kneel on the mattress. I huff, but my eyes immediately go to his trousers as he finishes unbuckling his belt and pushes them off.
“Okay.” He drops back down, crawling to box me in before he kisses my jaw, whispering, “ Jesus , Theo did everything but bite you. Fucking unhinged alphas.” He shakes his head, one hand splaying across a thigh before he lowers me to the mattress, kissing me softly, pressing himself against every inch of my body as his hand wraps around a leg, pulling me open, baring me to him.
“We’re going to take this heat nice and slow, baby. How does that sound?” Seth’s voice is silk as he whispers in my ear, his fingers sliding to my inner thigh, knuckles brushing through the curls between my legs. “I’m going to get you nice and ready for Bennett and his knot, and when Arin gets home, I’m sure he’ll make you feel good. And not a single one of us will do anything with you unless we’ve already done it before.”
I stare down at his hand, transfixed as he plays with me, parting my lower lips and gliding a finger over my clit. “Mhm.” I swallow, breathing out as I arch against him. “But —” I jerk, opening my eyes quickly to find his. “No spanking.”
Seth pauses, his smile devastating. “Got it. Just for the heat or…” He licks his lips. “In general?”
“For the heat,” I clarify, wiggling lower so I can reach for his hips, kissing him gently as my nose wrinkles. “My skin is hot and tight, it’s kind of sensitive right now.” After a moment, I nip at his jaw and murmur, “But I like it rough any other time.”
He barks out a laugh against my lips, then kisses me back, his fingers resuming their exploration. I moan as he whispers, “Look at this messy fucking pussy.” Seth nips at my lower lip. “I’m going to make it even filthier so Bennett has something good to come home to.”
I gasp as he pulls his hands away, replacing them with his tip. Seth rubs against my clit first, then he kisses me harder. Everything feels so good , like sparks shooting through my skin as he thrusts in. I drag myself forward so I can chase the kiss as he hikes my hip up, thrusting deeper and groaning.
A whine escapes from my throat as his lips move down, sucking and biting on my chest, irritating the marks already there. His hands guide my hips into his as he breathes out. “You were made for me, June.”
Meeting him thrust for thrust, I keen out when he sinks all the way to the hilt, my toes curling from the pleasure. It doesn’t matter that he doesn’t have a knot — the feeling of his fingers threading through mine, holding onto me, his lips grazing my heated skin — it all makes me unravel. I gasp, breathing hard as the orgasm leaves me clenching and fluttering around him, arching into his chest as the blankets tangle under us.
Seth grunts, his hips kicking forward. “Oh fuck ,” he gasps, grabbing onto my hip as he slams into me two more times, then his cock jerks. Our foreheads press together, and I relish the feeling of him coming inside me as his labored groan skates across my skin.
Sliding my fingers into his hair, I inhale the scent of him, humming as I kiss across his face, touching every inch I can. “So good.” With a languid mumble, I nuzzle his nose with mine. “I like you so much. I wanna keep you forever.”
He stills. “Yeah?” Seth’s fingers map my sides and his head drops to my shoulder, smiling against my skin. “You’re going to keep me, huh?”
“Yeah.” I lean into him, feeling drunk off the euphoria. The smell of oranges hits me and I roll my hips up, clenching around him again. Need — hot and insistent crawls through my veins. “I want our alpha.”
“You’re in luck.” Seth raises his head, touching my chin and turning it so my gaze falls on the doorway.
Bennett leans against the frame, his tall body coiled. My heart rises in my throat at the sight of him, a smile lifting the edges of his lips. From my place under Seth, I can see the tightness in his shoulders as he holds himself from entering the space meant for only me.
“Can I come in, darling?”
I shiver, nodding as Seth kisses down my chest again. His lips wrap around a nipple and I mewl as he sucks and pulls out of me at the same time. I’m not empty for long, because his hand creeps between my thighs, playing with the mess the two of us made, sliding through it, and then pushing it back into me.
The nest dips and I look up, breathless as Bennett lowers to the space next to our bodies. His shirt is partially unbuttoned, his pants open at the fly, like he couldn’t undress for wanting to get to us.
I lean up, bracing on an elbow as I stare at him. “Welcome home, alpha.”
“Hello, sweet omega.” He crawls forward, dipping his head down and kissing me slowly. I hum against his lips, one of his dark-skinned hands coming to cup my face sweetly. He’s all orange zest, bright on my tongue, a citrus tang chaser to the layers of sugar from Seth and I.
I wiggle down, gasping as Seth’s fingers toy with me again, shallowly thrusting. With a little whine, I pull back and look down as the beta smirks up at us both, pulling his hand away and licking his fingers as he stares at Bennett. “She’s more than ready for you.”
Bennett curses under his breath, kissing me one more time before he drops lower, his lips ghosting over my body. He settles next to Seth, sliding his own hand between my thighs and I spread them wider, watching the two men as they kiss each other, lingering in the familiar embrace for a breath that makes my heart tug with affection. Bennett turns his head, kissing my inner thigh as Seth shifts out of the way. The beta moves up, laying next to me, one hand moving over my chest as he pulls me into another kiss, distracting me.
When we part, Bennett’s naked body fills up my field of view as he settles overtop me. Seth grabs my hand and presses my palm against Bennett’s lower stomach. I feel the heated skin, soothed by it instead of recoiling. This is what my body needed.
My fingers sink lower as Bennett’s lips replace Seth’s. As my hand brushes his hard length, I whisper, “Knot me?”
He nods into the kiss, settling between my legs as one hand guides himself and my hand lower, rubbing through the mess between my legs. “You and Seth did such a good job.” He murmurs the praise, his voice wrapping me up as the orange scent of his perfume washes over me. “So fucking wet and messy for me, you’re going to take me so well. You’ll stretch perfectly for my knot, won’t you? You’re going to let me fill you up?”
I moan, pressing up against him, panting out. “Both of you.”
Bennett pauses, the tip of him just barely breaching me. My throat feels dry and I turn my head to look at Seth. “Please?”
“Well, since you asked so fucking politely,” Seth groans, leaning in to kiss me.
Bennett pulls back and the loss of him stings, but it’s only for a moment as I sit up, my hands in Bennett’s. He pulls me into his lap, Seth’s lips leaving mine and dropping to my shoulder as I straddle Bennett, turning my focus to the alpha in front of me as I grind down with tiny circles of my hips.
He breathes out heavily, his eyes only on me as I feel Seth’s lips brush down the back of my shoulder, his fingers spreading me as he lines Bennett up. I lift — and then sink down, taking Bennett with a little hiccuped gasp, pressing my forehead against his.
“ God ,” Bennett groans, kissing my jaw, my neck, my ear, his voice breathless. “You are a fucking wonder .”
I smile as I run my fingers over his short hair, the soft curl pattern tickling my palms as Seth’s fingers toy with my clit, winding me up almost casually as Bennett lazily thrusts into me.
From behind, Seth murmurs, “I need to get you ready, June. Are you sure?”
“Mhm.” I smile back at him, glancing over my shoulder as I lean further onto Bennett’s chest, watching as Seth’s eyes dart from my face down to my ass, his pupils blowing out with lust.
“We have a captive audience, alpha.” I turn my head, kissing Bennett slowly as he bounces me in his lap.
He groans, grabbing onto my hips, his fingers digging into my skin. “Better put on a good show, darling.”
Seth curses from behind me and I gasp as Bennett’s hips begin to thrust up a little faster. I feel Seth’s finger ease over me, spreading the slick and our combined release. His breath fans over the back of my neck as his finger circles, thrusting into me as Bennett moves. My attention is split and I whine both of their names, muscles clenching and fluttering around Bennett as Seth stretches me.
“You’re such a good omega, you’re going to let Seth take you while I knot you?”
I nod, breathing Bennett in as I bounce faster, his knot kissing my cunt with each thrust. “Now, now please.” I reach behind me for Seth, feeling him press against my back. “I can’t wait, I need you.” Even half-full, I feel unbearably empty, like nothing will soothe the scorching heat in my body except for the two of them together. One alpha, one beta, one omega — how it should be, how it should always be.
The tip of Seth’s cock presses against me from behind and I bear down as Bennett’s lips fall to my right shoulder, sucking on my skin and giving me a focus point. Seth’s head presses against mine, his lips right next to my ear. “ Fuck , you’re so tight. You’re going to strangle me, aren’t you? I won’t even last long enough to get my fill.”
I moan as I push back against him, feeling stretched and full, but right as he thrusts in. Crying out, Seth settles in me as I tug Bennett’s head to mine, kissing him roughly and nipping at his lips. Fuck going slow, my skin is going to combust if they both don’t move —
An inhuman noise leaves my mouth as Bennett slams his hips up, kissing me back with just as much force, all while muttering, “I can feel Seth.” His hand moves behind me, grasping onto his bonded’s shoulder for stability. “I can’t knot you like this, June. What if I hurt you?”
Thousands of arguments rise — the fact that my newfound designation has made my body able to take this being the top one — but I give up on them all and slam myself down, rocking harder until I feel the thick knot of muscle around the base of Bennett’s cock press slowly against my entrance. I want it. I need it.
“ Please ,” I whine, throwing my head back to Seth’s shoulder. “Please, someone make me come .”
Seth slams into me, all the way to the hilt, his voice ragged. “Bennett, fuck her for god’s sake.”
Bennett’s hand tightens on Seth’s shoulder as his other digs into my hip, and then pounds up into me, the knot breaching me and settling against my inner walls as I gasp. The pressure makes my body sing with pleasure, every inch of me meant to be taken up by the feeling of him.
I explode, screaming their names as I come hard enough that the beta roars behind me, pushing me forward with a thrust. Rocking against Bennett, the tug of his knot locked in me pushes me into another, shallower orgasm. As Seth comes, it sets Bennett off, his nails digging into my thigh to hold me in place.
Boneless, I droop into Bennett’s chest when Seth pulls out. The room feels fuzzy and warm as I hum and slump against the alpha. His chest rises and lowers in quick succession, breathing out his orange scent all over me. A warm blanket slides over my back, covering us up as Bennett sinks down to lie on the mattress.
I sprawl on top of him, clenching down on his cock still buried inside me, locked in place with his knot. He grunts, once, then exhales a little laugh, kissing the top of my head as Seth stretches out beside us, kissing Bennett’s chest right next to my head. Bennett’s hand rubs my back, soothing touches lingering.
This is what safety feels like .
The knot will go down. I already feel the flush of desire at the thought of making him press into me over and over again — until both of us are delirious. Nuzzling his chest, I relax overtop of him, drifting off with my mind finally quiet in my alpha’s arms, our beta beside us.