12
My voice cracks. “Amy, don’t come in!”
“Oh, I’m definitely coming in now,” Amy says. “Can I? I want to make sure the heat isn’t clouding your judgment, and I promised to protect you.”
“Shit,” I whisper, inspiring Noah’s eyebrows to raise. “Fine,” I shout. “But just give me a second to–”
By the time I pinch the thin sheets beyond Noah’s muscular thighs, Amy arrives.
She stops in the doorway, squeezing her eyes shut. “Oh, Goddess, Alpha, I never expected to see your ass this close in my lifetime. I mean, I knew what I was getting into today, but–” She gasps, studying us closer. “Wait, why aren’t you separating? You look done to me.”
I shrink, and Noah hugs me tighter.
“Leave, Amy. We just settled her heat.”
Amy’s protective scent makes Noah’s chest puff against my back in defense, and I cower into him.
She storms across the room with a scowl. “Noah Greenfield! I don’t care if you’re my Alpha. You did not knot my best friend five seconds after meeting her! Bro, you probably blasted that condom. What if she’s pregnant now?! Fuck, I should’ve been here to help–”
As Amy approaches, instincts well inside me, spilling out before I can register them.
I catch Amy’s hand before she urges Noah off me, giving her a rough growl. “Stay away from my mate!”
Amy jerks back. “Holy shit, okay, okay! Sorry!”
“Hey, it’s okay. We’re okay.” Noah licks my neck, each caress loosening my tense shoulders until I expose my full jugular to him. A flash of heat explodes through my chest.
But I whine as Noah exits me, surprised by his sudden absence.
Noah clears his throat. “Thanks, Amy. You helped turn me completely off.”
Amy laughs. “It’s my job, after all.”
My whines warp into cries; panic washes over my wolf now that I’m not fused to Noah. I cling to him, trying to hold on, but Noah is so strong that he easily sits back.
“Hey, I’m still here.” Noah positions me on my back to face him. He hovers over me as I quiver through a wave of sadness.
“No, I– I was liking that, and now I–” I can’t speak through hiccupping tears.
Noah’s expression warps with mine. “Oh, you look so sad... I’ll go back to holding you, I promise. Just give me a second to clean up.”
I fall silent, wide-eyed as Noah pulls off his condom. The tip is full.
To my surprise, my heart sinks; it hasn’t broken like my wolf hoped.
I groan, curling over in bed as my abdomen cramps with a heavy, dull ache. I expect the pain to stabilize like period cramps, but as my cheeks flush with heat, it only worsens.
“What’s wrong?”
“Noah, you didn’t get me pregnant.”
His brows arch. “I told you I can’t, sweet Omega. Is your heat coming back?”
“It hurts...”
Amy bites her nails. “Another reason why I wanted to be here to help mediate. This is going to be a challenging topic for her to let go of, Alpha. It might prolong her heat.”
I let out a heavy sob, unable to agree with Amy aloud no matter how true it is. I’ve always wanted a baby, but I’ve been so afraid I’d never find a partner I’d feel safe to raise children with after being hurt so many times. Amy and I even discussed a plan for me to carry a child alone with her and Kira’s caregiving support. But Noah arrived, and so has my wolf. Now that I’m not censoring her, there’s nothing she craves more than to finally carry a child.
Noah nuzzles me with soft whines, lying flat against my chest. The pain softens with the pressure of his warm body, but I need more.
I frantically rub my nose against Noah’s scent gland, hoping to entice him to stay huddled into me.
But Noah draws my chin toward him to look me in the eyes. His soothing scent slows my pounding heart just enough to breathe deeper.
“You’re okay, Omega. You’re okay.” His whisper is much gentler than I expected, tickling my lips. “I’ve got you.”
Noah squishes me beneath him, sandwiching our naked bodies from head to toe. I sigh in relief.
He hums. “Good job. I know I’m not making you decide anything yet, but I’ve already made up my mind about you as my mate. I’m not going anywhere. W-well, unless you ask me to.”
“Please, stay.”
Noah laces his hand into my hair, sending tingles down my spine. When he kisses me, it’s so soft and sweet that my shoulders rise in delight. As I lean in to kiss him again, Noah purrs into my mouth. His gentle head hold turns into a full-body cuddle, an arm digging between the mattress and my lower back.
I lift my hips into him, whining for more pressure, and he readily grinds against my clit. Noah’s slow kisses shift into a tender makeout, caressing every millimeter of my lips. Wetness seeps from me as I crave for him to lift his hips, knowing he could have leftover seed on his shaft. But he keeps me in place, overwhelming me with fuzzy warmth until I forget all about it.
His movements are so slow and soothing that our sexual teases feel relaxed. Romantic. As Noah lets out a happy purr, the heat spikes, but my stomach has so many butterflies that it softens the cramps.
Amy lobs a condom at Noah’s shoulder. We stop to stare at her.
“Sorry. Just doing my job.”
Noah glares. “Are you seriously going to watch?”
“Trust me, this isn’t what I had planned today either. But with how painfully shy you both usually are, you sound fucking feral. Did you both agree on trying for a pregnancy today?”
Noah huffs in annoyance, but he lifts his hips to slip the condom on early, nonetheless. “No, we didn’t. You’re right.”
Amy sighs. “Sheesh, I didn’t expect your wolf to be this sassy. Your top Beta has to mediate for you for all sorts of things, right? Am I not up to his standards compared to Yas?”
“No. No one can fucking deal with him. Hence, five suppressants,” Noah grumbles.
“Stop being mean to him, both of you. He’s adorable.” Cramps bring tears to my eyes, leaving me to squirm in Noah’s absence.
He drops on top of me, returning me to his snug embrace. “Oh, my poor Omega... Are you in a lot of pain?” Noah winces as I nod, arching off the bed as a sharp ache tenses my back muscles. “Fuck, this is torture,” he hisses. “I’m so sorry, gorgeous. Goddess, Amy, what do I do?”
Amy bites her lip. “I guess we’ll have to just help her through it for a few days since it’s too early to–”
“A few days?” As I break into soft weeping, Noah’s eyebrows contort into agony with me.
He huddles into me, peppering kisses all over my nose and cheeks. “I’m here, I’m here. Do you want to have more sex? Would that help?”
At the mere thought of him entering me again, my core flutters so heavily that I groan, shifting my hips beneath Noah’s weight. But we just had wild sex, and I’m tired and sore.
“What’s wrong?” He asks. “If you don’t feel up to it, I can give you a cool bath.”
“No, it’s just– I just don’t know how to ask–” I huff, frustrated with myself. “C-can it be gentle?”
Noah’s eyebrows soften. “Of course.”
He kisses me softly, and I hum in delight. Noah slips his fingers into mine. As we squeeze our palms, diving in for another kiss, I realize holding his hand was exactly what I needed. He might not know it, but some part of his wolf does - I can feel his presence behind Noah’s yellowing eyes. My cramps soften, replaced by a flurry of pleasure as my mate rubs himself against me with each kiss.
When Noah tilts his hips to slip his big fingers between my legs, I’m already shivering from his light touch. My core muscles widen on their own, begging to be touched as deep as Noah can reach.
“Goddess, you feel ready for me, but just in case–” Noah glides his fingers in, and I moan against his lips in surprise at how soothing it feels.
Noah’s tongue caresses mine as he prods my inner wall with his heavy touch. Each flex of his fingers hits just the right spot to build a mounting ache in my core. When my hips raise for more, already dripping and nearing the edge, Noah takes his chance to slide a pillow beneath my back.
“I’ll be as gentle as possible, okay?”
My eyelashes flutter as his tip brushes my entrance, and my wolf speaks through me. “Alpha...”
Lifting my pelvis for him, I grip Noah’s hips and slide his thick cock all the way in.
“Ah!” My head drops back with a heavy moan at his introduction, the fullness exaggerated by how swollen he made me earlier.
“Holy fuck. So much for taking it slow, feisty Omega.” His whisper tickles my neck as he settles into me, pausing to allow my muscles to relax. The second my inner walls stop death-gripping him, Noah slinks in and out of me, pushing deeper with every gentle thrust.
“Ah, Noah– You’re too big, I–”
He slows, easing himself deeper with every deep exhale until he brushes against my cervix again. Delight blooms in my groin, making me purr just like Noah.
Noah purrs back, pulling almost all the way out before wedging himself as deep as he can into my swollen pussy and staying there. And fuck, it still feels stupidly good. My body responds by gushing onto the pillow beneath me.
I try to stay focused, but the heavier the pleasure he massages into me, the harder my wolf fights to the surface.
Until she consumes me.
“I want to make my Alpha feel good,” she breathes. I rub my head and breasts across Noah’s chest, trying to make him just as overwhelmed by my scent as he made me.
Noah shudders, his cock flexing and disrupting his rhythm, and I purr.
My wolf knows what she wants. When Noah almost marked me, it felt unbearably good. I want him to experience it for himself so he can come as hard as I did.
Gripping Noah by the hair, my wolf licks Noah’s neck with my full tongue, laying on as heavy pressure as possible. I’m rewarded by his soft, shy moan and a burst of euphoric scent.
“Oh, fuck. Mate.” His frantic, yearning voice gives me goosebumps.
In the corner of the room, Amy uncovers her eyes. “Wait, what?! No, no, no, Alpha–”
I don’t care what Amy thinks. I lick Noah faster, grinding into his thrust as pleasure bubbles in my core with his rising moans. When Noah tilts his neck for more, locking his arm around my hips to pump into me as heartily as he can, I lick him deeper. Harder.
“Mate,” I say.
Amy gasps. “What?! No, you’re an Omega, Aliya! It shouldn’t work like this!”
Noah snarls at Amy, and she drops to the floor, cowering. Then he grips my head against his neck, urging me for more.
I test a small bite, and Noah gasps, bucking into me until I squirm.
He can barely breathe out his words. “Fuck, I don’t want to hurt you–”
I know exactly what he means; each thrust is barely restrained, veins bulging on his arms. But to my surprise, my body blooms for him, loose and ready for heavier attention.
“I want more, Alpha. Don’t hold back.”
His heavy cock slips into me, thicker than I’ve ever felt it, and I whine in delight. My knees pop to my sides, allowing him to penetrate me as deeply as he wishes. And he really digs in, especially as I cry out against his neck, licking his golden spot harder by the second.
“Alpha!?” Amy frantically paces. “Are you going to let her mark you? Stop her before it’s too late!”
“No,” he growls. “I want it. I want her. Please, Omega–”
My purring turns into yearning whines. Noah’s hard grip on my ass smashes my wet pussy into him, hitting my deepest nerve so deliciously that I squirt - gushing enough to soak Noah’s hands. We’re so lubricated that he’s lusciously soft inside me despite how heavy he thrusts, the friction between us heightening my flexing core into hard, satiating squeezes of his body. Noah sounds like he loves it - his wispy moan spiking my heart into my throat. Without a second thought, I latch onto his neck with heavy, suckling pressure.
“No, Aliya! Don’t do it!”
I growl at Amy, slamming my hips into Noah as I slurp his neck even harder.
“Shit, you’re worse than Kira!” Amy presses herself against the wall, and my wolf finally stops glaring. “Noah, you should know better, asshole! Growl, push her, do something. She’s going to mark you!”
With heaving exhales, Noah swells inside me until I’m almost unbearably stretched. But his arms squeeze me like he never wants to let go - his desperation for me is so intense that his scent burns my eyes.
His voice is soft and breath heavy. “Omega, I want it! Don’t stop–”
With Noah’s full consent, my wolf urges me.
Bite! Bite, until you taste iron.
My chest cavity vibrates with my growl’s strength. Noah’s neck falls slack, exposed and relaxed for me.
At the sight of it, my wolf takes over. I clamp my teeth, sinking into Noah’s scent gland as hard as I can.
Hot, sticky fluid spills down my chin, and my senses are overloaded. Noah moans, his scent exploding with pleasure, but I know what he’s feeling runs deeper than physical pleasure – and when I say I know how he feels, I know. Deep in my soul, I can feel Noah there too.
My eyes haze over, the most beautiful colors I’ve ever seen rippling past like rainbow ocean waves. But out of all moments to begin feeling another soul beside mine, his orgasm hits me first. It ignites a pleasure I’ve never experienced, stealing my breath as I feel the reaction from each pulse of our hips twice.
Noah knots me, this time stationing his tip so deep that my moan turns into a wet yell against his neck. I’ve never had cum in me before, but the second a thick heat floods my core, I know the condom broke. The image of Noah filling me makes me come so hard that I flex even tighter around him, massaging all seed from his shaft. Noah has to force his bucking hips to jam into me and stay there, no room to move without causing pain for either of us from his forming knot. My tongue continues to taste his bloody neck, urging more and more of his scent to wash over me. I quiver, consumed by him.
With each pounding heartbeat, something within me shifts. All I can feel is Noah, his presence surrounding me beyond just our physical bodies. As my heart turns inside out, a rush of unfamiliar thoughts, feelings, and experiences enter my mind, as if I’m merging into someone new. This unfamiliar existence settles into my heart, satiating my soul.
The more I see, the more I recognize that these aren’t my experiences at all. They’re Noah’s. Shy, sweet curiosity. A heavy, pulsing sadness. Agony. The need to protect. To love fiercely enough to keep everyone alive. Everything that was his is becoming mine, just like everything that was mine is becoming his. I welcome it all, desperate to understand every inch of his soul inside me.
Tears slip from my eyes. I hadn’t realized I never truly felt it before, but this feels like love.
Noah nuzzles me, dripping his hot tears down my chest. That’s when I hear a separate voice in my head.
Mate. My beautiful, gorgeous mate. I love her. I love her, already.
I gasp through sobs. Are these Noah’s thoughts?
As our bodies slouch, covered in sweat and blood, I’m startled back into myself by Noah’s sudden, elated laugh.
Resonating throughout my mind, his deep, soothing voice sends me into luxurious shivers.
Welcome to the pack, my beautiful Omega.