Chapter Fifty-Nine #2
Knox’s brows furrow in indignation and I fold my arms over my chest, enjoying the show. This has become rather entertaining.
Halley splutters. “It wasn’t spying!”
Blaze circles Halley and blocks her from retreating any further. She squeaks as her back bumps into his chest, and I think it’s fast becoming one of my favorite sounds. It shoots directly to my cock, making it jolt with unexpected pleasure.
“I agree, it wasn’t spying,” Blaze says with a coo, gently tucking her hair behind her ear. His hot breath fans across her shoulders and her nipples crinkle even tighter. Perfect little pink peaks.
“T—Thank you, Blaze.”
Blaze nods sagely, rubbing his hands over her shoulders soothingly. “It was ogling the goods.”
“Wait, no!” She spins in his arms, hitting his chest with her palm in protest.
“Tell me, baby girl,” Shade says the pet name in a deep, authoritative tone. She immediately stills and pays attention to him with dilated pupils.
Oh yeah, Shade’s Squad Daddy persona definitely has her attention. I share an amused look with Knox. The pink is still dusting his ears, and he looks vaguely panicked.
“How many times did you and your friends watch Alphas on that rooftop?”
She averts her gaze. Shade steps into her personal space and taps the bottom of her chin. With cock-raising obedience, she gifts him her focus.
Good Omega submits. The beast within me snarls with approval.
I stalk forward, joining the circle our team has made around the flustered Omega.
“Umm, once a week.”
Shade nods encouragingly and presses her further. “For how long?”
“A year.”
“And in all that time, do you remember any other Alpha in particular?”
She swallows, her purple eyes darting over to Knox before returning to Shade. She worries her lower lip again.
“Tell us the truth.”
She breathes in a shaky breath but doesn’t respond, and the anticipation builds.
“Was it only Knox and his silly word?” Shade coos. His hand strokes down her cheek and the pads of my fingers tingle with the need to touch her too.
I can feel the heat from her blazing blush. My mind skips a beat as I struggle to reconcile that the electricity in my fingers isn’t from touching her skin.
Shade is touching her, not me, and yet, it feels so real. As I rub the tips of my fingers together, I curiously note both Knox and Blaze doing the same motion.
Weird. It’s like we are connected, linked inexplicably. I want to shrug it off as a strange coincidence, but if there is one thing I’ve learned during my time with an Omega, it’s that impossible doesn’t exist.
Halley leans into Shade’s touch and I feel like I’m watching something incredibly intimate. I didn’t realize they’d developed such a strong bond, and I’m briefly bowled over by a surge of jealousy. Not at Shade, but at the connection they’ve formed without the rest of us.
Shade slips his thumb over her bottom lip and plucks it from between her teeth with a wet pop. “Ah-ah, baby girl. You don’t get to play with that lip unless we get to.”
The wet sound ruins me.
Knox grunts.
Blaze growls.
I groan.
I want to be the one tugging her lips free and sliding my tongue into her mouth. I want her to gasp, and pant, and whimper as we kiss her silly.
Her scent spikes, and I breathe it deep. The smell is incredible, and a smile curls the corners of my lips.
“Why did you notice only Knox?”
She swallows, and I can almost see her mind working overtime, trying to come up with a reasonable excuse.
“It was just a funny word.”
She’s not telling the truth.
Shade knows it too. “I don’t believe you, baby girl.”
“It’s the truth.” She’s still lying.
‘Bullshit,’ Blaze’s voice hisses, reverberating around my mind.
I flinch.
It’s not possible. Maybe I’ve finally succumbed to Blood Lust and delusions are a spontaneous symptom?
Blaze is done with her lies. His hand slips over her shoulder, and before we can stop him, he pinches a stiff nipple.
Halley moans.
All thoughts of mind-bending telepathy evaporate.
He does it again, and she trembles, her knees wobbling. Blaze wraps an arm around her waist, holding her upright. He flicks her nipple and Halley whimpers.
This is going to escalate real fucking soon if he keeps fondling her pretty tit.
“Blaze!” Knox barks.
Blaze snarls but releases her breast at his Prime Alpha’s order. Not before he runs his nose through her wet hair and inhales deeply, his eyelids fluttering.
Halley whimpers at the loss of contact, and a smirk of satisfaction curves across Blaze’s lips.
Crazy bastard… Lucky bastard.
Shade takes hold of her chin again, tuts softly, and repeats the question. “Why just Knox?”
“I don’t know. There was just something about him I couldn’t stop thinking about,” she gasps, the words spilling out quickly.
‘Strong Alpha. Powerful Alpha.’ Halley’s lilting voice faintly echoes through my own racing thoughts. I shudder and study my squad to see if they heard her, too.
“You couldn’t stop thinking about me?” Knox asks with raised brows and intense interest. He’s always been single-mindedly focused on our missions and the military.
Halley might be the first female to grab him by the cock, metaphorically, although the way the sexual tension is vibrating through the air, it may actually happen.
‘Do it, Omega. Touch him.’
All of their eyes flick to me. Did they hear me think that?
None of us are confessing to the weird shit happening and it’s only building the tension, confusion and arousal wrapping our party of five in a tangle of anticipation.
Knox breaks first. His eyes shift from burgundy to vibrant red, spitting heat.
He cups the nape of her neck and tugs her towards him with the confidence of a Prime Alpha. He stoops to make sure their eyes are level as he brushes his thumb across her cheek and then plucks at her bottom lip, copying Shade’s earlier actions.
My fingers tingle again, and this time I know I’m feeling what he’s experiencing. I don’t know how, but in the haze of my pulsating arousal, I don’t care.
“What did you think about, princess?” he demands.
Halley tries to shake her head, but her scent spikes with fresh slick.
Oh yes. It was something naughty.
Something inside Knox snaps. The balm of his heady scent becoming as thick as hers.
‘Mine.’ His voice snarls inside my head, and I growl in response.
‘Ours,’ I think loudly, and the others grunt in agreement.
He seals his mouth over hers. The contact makes Halley jump, but she quickly melts into his arms and returns his hungry kiss. It’s filthy and hot, like they are starving for each other. I stare in awe.
At them.
At her.
At us.
Because something inside each of us stirs awake. I can feel her soft lips moving against mine like a ghost. I can feel their kiss like an echo. I see it in the widening of Blaze’s eyes, the desperate deepening of Knox’s kiss, the curious tilt of Shade’s head, and my own racing heart.
It’s real, and it’s happening.
When Knox finally gave into his desire for Halley, our Omega, a puzzle piece we didn’t know was missing, clicked into place, and it’s linked us inexplicably. I’m not afraid. No, I feel braver than I have ever felt. The strength of five souls holding me steady.
The door to our past snaps shut.
We can never go back to how things were, not now that we know there is so much more. I know with a certainty in my bones, our way forward is with the little Omega meeting Knox’s passionate kisses with her own.
I don’t know why I’m hearing my squad’s voices in my head or why I can feel their touches. I only know that everything just changed and we will never be the same.