Chapter 33
Chapter
Thirty-Three
SIX MONTHS LATER
Los Angeles
ARLO
Cali is asleep in her room after two stories, one read by me and one by her father. He’s officially retired, though I will catch him muttering at the television whenever the news comes on about a murder.
I guess you can retire, but the instincts will remain with you forever. He still disappears at night occasionally, and I know he’s off to scratch an itch only a murder can cure. Los Angeles is a cesspool of evil, and my alpha is cleaning it up in a very different manner than before.
We bought a house together and it’s huge. There’s various parks, there’s a community center for kids to play, and I’ve finally learned how to drive. I don’t love to do it, but I can and that’s what matters.
I open Cali’s door again to watch her sleep in bed, a habit I now have ever since she was taken on my watch. It’s a new anxious habit I have. I’ll feel a jolt of worry, and start looking for her. She’s always playing or sometimes she’s right fucking next to me, but I can’t help it.
I think I might need to look into an anxiety medication because Butler kidnapping Cali really fucked me up. Ves never once yelled at me about it. He said Butler and Tiffany were working together, and it could have happened to anyone, even him.
I don’t know how I feel about that. All I can do is move forward because we’re all safe, and Tiffany and Craig Butler are dead. The Orphans ended Craig’s life, and Ves killed Tiffany. Cali stayed in the SUV talking on the phone with us while Ves destroyed someone who hurt her.
It really was that simple for our little girl, and she’s full of smiles and happiness. There are no nightmares, and she told me it’s because Daddy killed them all. I don’t think anyone else has a parent who literally scrubbed her boogeyman off the face of the earth.
Cali is the luckiest girl on the planet, and I think she knows it. Ves and she had a conversation about not telling anyone about his killing spree. She definitely heard the gunshots in that shitty hotel, and she’s too smart not to have connected some of the dots.
“She’s okay,” Ves whispers. I nod even as my lips tremble and he pulls me away as he shuts the door. “You need to stop beating yourself up about this, honey. Come on.”
I sigh, wanting to believe him. Rufus lays down in front of Cali’s door, giving me a low bark to let me know he has her. They’ve been thick as thieves, especially since she’s been back. He’s the best dog, and we love him fiercely.
I let him walk me into our bedroom, where Lennox and Baron are already waiting for us. Ves closes the door behind us and locks it before he begins to speak. The last thing we want to do is wake Cali up.
“You know better than anyone the world isn’t safe,” Ves continues. “Cali is a survivor, and she survived her mother once and for all. Stop blaming yourself for something that could have happened to anyone.”
“Tiffany?” Lennox asks, his lips twisting into a snarl.
“I hope she’s having her cunt fucked with a hot poker right about now.
She was stalking us, Arlo. First at the grocery store, and then trying to pick up Baron while he was fixing his van.
Butler was a curve ball none of us could have seen.
You can’t predict life, baby. I could cross the road one day and get hit by a truck. ”
“Lennox,” I groan. Not the fucking truck argument. My pack has been convincing me to let this go, but it’s been hard for me to.
“Please don’t traumatize him,” Baron adds. “What do you need, Arlo?”
“I need to get out of my head, and then I’m booking an appointment with a psychiatrist tomorrow,” I sigh. “I’m beginning to fixate. No amount of logic is helping either.”
“Baron’s guy is pretty good,” Lennox says begrudgingly. “We found something that doesn’t make me feel fuzzy.”
He doesn’t have the sharp drops anymore, and he talks about what’s triggering big feelings. It’s all a work in progress. His troupe is moving to six month runs for his performances, and then he’s off for six months. He’s currently not working, choosing instead to learn how to paint with Cali.
He’s insanely good at it, which is par for the course for him.
Lennox is talented in a way few people are.
He puts all his energy into something, and then moves to something new.
I think it’s part of his big emotions and how he channels it all.
We’re all finding ourselves as we live together as a pack, and things change from day to day.
There’s no race to get to your happy ending. One day, it’s just there.
“Strip and let us distract you,” Lennox smirks. “Ves looks like all he can think about is fucking your tight ass.”
“It’s definitely what I’m thinking about now.
” Ves helps me pull off my clothes and pushes me onto the bed.
He follows our lead and discards his own clothing, his cock already leaking slick as he covers my body.
“Help me suck our alphas’ cocks, honey. Maybe if we’re lucky, Lennox will offer up his own hole to Baron. ”
“I think we can make that happen,” Lennox smirks.
Ves pushes my legs to my chest, rubbing his cock over my slicking hole. I moan as I open my mouth for my alphas.
“Who’s first?” Ves asks, chuckling. “He’s very eager.”
Baron tears his clothing off as Lennox shoves at his own sweatpants, but Baron gets to me first. They’re both very competitive, and their omegas have learned how to light a fire under their asses. Ves and I are enjoying our secret weapon too much to tell them about it.
Baron’s cock stretches my mouth just as Ves pushes his crown into my hole. I moan as Baron begins to thrust in and out of my lips, his eyes on me.
“So pretty,” he groans. “Suck, little omega.”
“I’ll probably have my cock bitten off if I said that to Ves,” Lennox pouts.
“Damn straight. Give me your cock.”
Ves’ hands are busy holding up my ass as he fills me full of cock, leaving Lennox to stroke his shaft before leading it to our omega’s lips. The sounds of face fucking and moans are loud enough to make me gush around Ves’ cock, and I know I’m going to be a mess of cum soon.
My pack makes me crazy, and Ves is hitting the perfect spot inside of me. It may not be a knot, but he knows my body well.
“Don’t come yet,” Baron groans. “Get my cock nice and wet for Lennox. The brat needs his ass fucked.”
“I’ve been a naughty boy,” Lennox gasps. “Please punish me, Daddy Baron.”
I’d laugh if I wasn’t already occupied, and Baron’s knot grazes my lips as I drool all over his cock.
“Ass up, head down,” Baron says, hissing as he pulls his cock away. “You’re too good at that, baby. Lennox needs his hole glazed.”
“Goddamn it,” Lennox curses. “Your fucking dirty mouth is going to make this happen too fast.”
“I’ll just fuck another load out of you,” Baron shrugs. Moving back, he riffles through the nightstand until he finds the lube.
Lennox moves into position, watching over his shoulder as Ves’ hips slap against my ass as he fucks me. My dick is a paid actor along for the ride at this point as it bounces on my stomach.
“Fuck, I love you so much,” Ves says. “I need to renew our bond, Arlo. I need to show you that you’re mine.”
He bit me during our first heat together while we were both in a haze of need, but bonds between omegas aren’t as strong.
“Yes, do it, Ves!”
Lennox groans, dropping his head to the mattress as Baron pushes hard into his ass. He lubed his dick up and that was all the lead up either of them need. They both enjoy rough sex and Lennox growls to get Baron to move.
“Patience, Lennox. Jesus. You’re so tight. Relax. Fuck, that’s so good.”
“No patience. Fuck. Me.”
We’re a pack full of personalities, but they’re all mine. Ves leans over me to change the angle he’s in, and spots appear in my vision as I wail.
“Let go, Arlo. That’s it, honey. Fuck.” My cock is trapped between my stomach and Ves’ as he fucks me and my eyes roll back as he bites my thigh. I’m still tightly holding my legs to my chest, loving every second of what he’s giving me.
Lennox groans as Baron fucks him into the mattress and I glance over to see Baron biting my alpha’s shoulder.
“Fuck. I’m coming. I told you!”
“You’re not a one orgasm alpha,” Ves says, needling him. “Suck it up and enjoy being Baron’s needy little whore.”
I gasp as I feel my cock twitch hard, knowing I’m about to shower both of us in cum.
“Do it,” Ves hisses. “I want to see how far you can shoot your cum.”
Whining, I feel myself losing the battle with my pack and I let go of all my worries. Life will come at us as it may, but I have my pack and Cali to keep me going.
My orgasm hits my chin as I scream, and Ves licks it up as he fucks me. They’re going to keep me busy tonight, and I’ll love every second of it.