CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX – Nicolette
I should have been a screaming mess. A grizzly had almost killed me. It had almost torn apart my Alphas. Instead I was so aroused, I was tearing off clothing layers as if they were burning me, and all I could think about was Kodiak taking me every which way.
Blood dripped down his coat and onto the floor as he took it off. This incredible Alpha had put himself between me and a charging bear. With snow in his beard and his eyes wild, he looked like a victorious Viking warrior. With a cock as big as a broad sword.
Once my coat and hoodie were off followed by my sweater, Kodiak grabbed me and drew me to him. He kissed me hot and hard. “Don’t ever fucking run off again.” Another brutal kiss. “I will lock you in your room if I even think you’re thinking it.”
I squeezed my eyes shut, willing myself not to cry. It was a promise I couldn’t make. I wouldn’t ruin this pack. I didn’t trust my voice, so I kissed him back just as frantically. This would be my last time in his arms.
Kicking off my boots, I pushed up his shirt. He hissed with pain as he raised his arms, but he didn’t stop me. I whimpered and tugged at his jeans. I couldn’t get us naked fast enough.
Somewhere in the background, I heard Silas and Ezekiel talking about boarding up the broken door. All of my Alphas were here. All of them safe and alive. No one was arguing about how to fix the door or fighting over who would knot me. If only it could be like this all the time. My heart ached for it.
Kodiak ripped off my bra and kissed down to my breasts, ravaging them with his tongue and teeth. “You drive me crazy, baby. I can never get enough of you.”
Never. Not that sexy gruff voice, his tickling whiskers, or his big hands which… Oh fuck! I cried out as he slid a hand into my panties and teased my pussy. Slick gushed out, coating his fingers so he could thrust them up into me.
“Yes!” I could barely stand. Leaning into him, I freed his huge erection from his pants and stroked him. Pre-cum dribbled from the tip, and I smeared it over my abdomen to mark me with his scent. The anguished ache of needing him to knot me had me trying to climb up and mount him, but there was still too much clothing in the way. “Pants… off.”
Growling, he had the rest of my clothes off me in one smooth yank. Now I was naked in an airport. I might have giggled at that any other time, but the fact only turned me on all the more.
“Kodiak, take me now. Knot me. I have to have you.” I kissed over his chest as I helped him push his jeans down and grabbed hold of his tight butt to pull him to me. His hard cock pressed against my stomach, thick and throbbing.
He glanced around. The terminal was small with hardly anything in it. His gaze settled on the two benches which were positioned back to back. Kissing me, he directed me over to them. “Up on your knees on the bench and hold the back.” He helped me up and gave my rear a spank. I yelped as my pussy clenched in anticipation. “Mm, fuck. Such a gorgeous ass.”
Kodiak slapped his cock against me and slipped the head up and down my slit. I writhed, panting heavier. All this teasing. I needed him now.
He eased the tip of his erection into me and held it there. When I tried to push back to fully sheath him, he held me firmly in place. “Tell me you love me. Let me hear it.”
I kept pushing and whimpering, but he was too strong. “I love you.”
Kodiak bent forward, his mouth near my ear. His hard cock slid in one more inch. “Say it again.”
“I love you!” I almost wailed it. My heart swelled with the words, but also tightened with misery knowing that I would have to leave him.
“I love you too, Nicolette. So much.” He thrust all the way in, and we both cried out with it. Pounding into me, he growled as if he were the charging bear. His shaft swelled, stretching me to my limits. Just on the edge of pain, but already falling toward bliss.
Our bodies slapped together, faster and faster. His deliciously masculine aroma mingled with mine, and as I caught sight of Silas and Ezekiel out of the corner of my eye, their unique scents surrounded me, tantalizing me as well. My eyes fluttered as I stood on the edge of ecstasy. My pack.
I threw back my head as I screamed with my orgasm.
Kodiak layered my back and shoulders with kisses and mock bites. “Fuck, baby. I want to claim you. Tell me you need me as much as I need you.”
There were no thoughts in my head other than that I needed him on that level as well. Scorching pleasure continued to rock my body. “Yes! Kodiak, yes!”
“I claim you!” He bit me near the back of my neck on the opposite side of Silas’ mark. “Mine!” His knot swelled bigger than ever before, and letting loose with a bellow, he came hard. A second orgasm tore me apart, soaking us in slick, and nearly making me collapse on the bench.
Kodiak removed my hands from the bench and pressed my back against his chest, enfolding me in his arms. His heart thumped as loudly as mine as he laid his cheek against the top of my head.
A coat was set across the bench, and Kodiak lifted me, turning with us still locked together, and sat down with me on his lap. Ezekiel then put a blanket over us, sneaking in to tenderly kiss me. No wink or flirty remark. Just sweet adoration.
I tried not to lean back against Kodiak because of his ribs, but he was refusing to let me budge. He rubbed my arms and nuzzled my head. Finally, when his breathing was nearly back to normal, he asked, “Why?”
Twisting my head to look at him, I blinked. My brain wasn’t in full working order yet. Why what?
“Why did you leave us?”
Silas and Ezekiel sat on the other side of the bench, gazing intently at me. The blizzard still shook the building, but no cold air was coming in from the broken front door. Even with the wind’s howl, it was too quiet as they waited for me to answer.
I swallowed heavily. I knew that eventually they’d either track me down or be persistent in contacting me if I left, and I would have given them the truth then. The situation hadn’t changed. They deserved to hear it from me in person no matter how difficult it would be.
Fat tears formed in the corners of my eyes. “I have to leave to save your pack.” My words came out quivering and barely more than a whisper. “If I stay, it will tear you guys apart, because I will not choose one of you.” I shook my head and lifted my chin. “Nope, I care for all of you. I refuse to be the reason why you aren’t a pack anymore.”
There it was. I told them I was leaving and why. It ripped into my heart as much as it must do so with theirs, but I had to stand firm. They needed one another.
Kodiak tightened his grip on me as if I might run off now. “It’s not your fault. You aren’t the reason—”
I shushed him and wiped at my tears. “Yes, I am. You’re fighting over me. You got hurt because you were fighting about me. I would never be able to live with myself if you guys weren’t as close as brothers anymore. All I’ve heard from Savva, Shae, and everyone else in town is how tight you are as a pack, and how you’ve always been there for each other. No matter how you all feel for me, you need one another.”
The Alphas were silent for a moment, chewing on my words. Ezekiel was the first to move, reaching over to take my right hand in his. “You were leaving to keep our pack together? You were protecting us from ourselves?”
That was a funny way of putting it, but I nodded. “Yes. I want you guys to be happy. You’ll never be happy without one another.”
Kodiak dropped his head and placed a soft kiss on his bite mark.
Silas held up his hand to me, and I placed my left one in his. He kissed my fingers as his lips quirked up. “You know it’s the Alpha’s job to protect the Omega.”
“Well, you can fight the bears.” I somehow managed a little smile. “It’s my job to protect my Alphas from destroying themselves.”
Ezekiel’s thumb caressed mine. “Tell us what we need to do to keep you here.”
The weight of all three of their gazes fell on me. I nipped at my lower lip. I needed to be brave, lay it all out. They weren’t going to like it, but if they wanted to know, I would tell them, and then they wouldn’t stop me from leaving when I could finally get a plane out of here. “I don’t want to choose between you. I want you all.” Did I sound greedy? But I couldn’t help the way I felt. I truly did love them all. “I want us to live together as a pack. What I want most of all is for each of you to be happy.”
“I agree,” Ezekiel said without hesitation and gave my hand a squeeze. Silas and Kodiak turned their intense gazes to him. He smiled and didn’t back down. “I want the exact same thing.”
It wasn’t a surprise that Ezekiel would agree. I loved him all the more for being willing to share, to accommodate us all, and for standing with me.
Kodiak rumbled with a low growl. He was the biggest problem, and it hurt more than anything that his possessiveness would be what ends this all. Silas’ stubbornness didn’t help—
“Alright.” Silas dipped his head. “We can make this work.”
There was no way to hide my surprise. My jaw dropped and I had to make a little effort to close my mouth. My stomach fluttered and my grip on his hand tightened.
“You shouldn’t be so shocked, Omega. You’re part of our pack now. If you’re worried about breaking it up, that’s what you’ll be doing by leaving.” Silas put his other hand over his heart. “I didn’t know how much I wanted you in my life until we almost lost you. If I have to share you to keep you in it, I will.”
I was part of the pack. Joy made me want to whoop and burst out in tears at the same time, but that got caught in my throat as I realized Kodiak hadn’t said a thing. How he felt could end this all.
I had to know. Waiting only prolonged our agony. “Kodiak…”
Kodiak grunted, working his jaw back and forth. His locked arms around me didn’t loosen. “Fuck. You guys know that all I’ve ever wanted was to have a pack and a mate, and to raise kids with them. A peaceful and simple life. I wanted this to work out so badly.”
Oh no. No, he wasn’t going to agree. My chin trembled as my heart slowly started to crumble.
“You guys are my brothers. Even when we’re fighting, that never changed for me. And I love you, Nicolette. I never thought I’d fall so hard so fast, but it happened.” His voice dropped. “I’ve never been good at sharing.”
And that was the problem. I swallowed back a sob.
“But for you to be happy, baby, you have to be able to love all of us. And for my friends to be happy, they have to be able to love you. In the end, I want us all to be happy too.” He groaned and leaned his head against my shoulder. “Fuck me. I’m not saying it’s going to be easy. It’s going to be fucking hell at times, but I want to try to make it work.” He lifted his head to look at Silas and then Ezekiel. Finally at me. “For all of us.”
Happiness like I’d never known made me squeal and jump up to dance. Except I realized that I was impaled by a huge knot and I wouldn’t be moving for at least another twenty minutes. Not that I minded. I could still wiggle!
“Oh fuck,” Kodiak moaned and quivered under me.
I laughed and pulled Silas and Ezekiel to me too. I hugged them all together. There wasn’t one protest from my Alphas. My pack.
A life in Alaska with three gorgeous Alphas was not something I ever dreamed of, but now it was all I wanted. Feeling each bite mark keenly, I knew I would never be alone again.