Chapter 26
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Hunter Cabin, Blue Valley Woods
Inuzzle in Joker’s arms. Waves of heat hit me, but I am relieved to be naked.
Joker smells deliciously of peaches and honey. I take another deep sniff of his neck, starting to purr.
“Beautiful.” Joker studies me with a soft tenderness. “That’s right, baby, take what you need from your Beta who is good enough to devour. I’m here.”
“You’re safe, Switch,” Bird adds, hurriedly building a nest with the coarse green blankets in the center of the bed.
He strips off his clothes, adding them to firm up the walls.
Bird scoops the scattered clothes off the floor, which I recognize as belonging to Joker. He weaves those into the nest as well.
I am vaguely aware that I am back in the Hunter Cabin. Moonlight bathes my face, and the scent of pine is soothing from the open window.
A wave of heat washes over me. Slick gushes from my pussy.
My mind is filled, however, with smoke, flames, and the hazy memory of a bumpy, panicked journey back to the cabin.
Joker must have driven faster than a racing car driver because trembling in my heat on the back seat, it’d felt like flying.
I’m forgetting something.
Something important.
Dangerous.
I whimper.
Joker strokes my hair, calming me. “How about hurrying up with that nest?”
Bird sits back, wrapping his arms around himself. “I’ve placed drinks and snacks by the bed. The nest is built. But you may have noticed the essential Alpha is missing.”
I give a sad chirp.
Alpha.
My Alpha isn’t here.
That’s what I’m forgetting.
My Alpha.
I nip at Joker’s neck in demand.
Joker lifts me in his arms to lie me down in the nest, before Bird tucks a blanket over me. “As much as your biting is turning me on, baby, it won’t make Phantom return any quicker. He’s transporting the Rogues into our territory.”
“Did he mean it about training them? Will I have more sparring partners?” Bird asks.
“You’ll see Phantom in his element as my skipper. He’s an amazing commander, and he’ll soon have an army of Rogues.” Joker winks. “Especially, when I teach them to weaponize their powers. The Government had better watch out. A revolution is coming.”
Yet I notice the concerned glance that Bird and Joker exchange.
The fog in my mind clears.
Fear freezes my blood, despite the fever beading my skin in sweat.
Phantom is risking execution by harboring the Rogues.
I grew up being forced to read and memorize the propaganda, hate-filled The Rogue Scare. I fell asleep to its words looping through my mind, internalizing that hatred:
It is illegal to fail to report Rogues to the authorities. Any pack who harbors them will be executed.
Yet part of me had known that Fiorella…Mom…had always been more scared of that part of the book more than I had.
Why else would she hide that she was my biological mom? Hide my Rogue Power?
The Adonis pack thought that they were tough. They intimidated other mafia packs, while terrifying locals. They prided themselves on not bowing down to the government.
Isn’t it interesting, however, that when it came to me, they not only bowed down to the Man but also bent over?
It’s the Hunters who are truly badass.
They won’t bare their necks to anyone. Instead, they’ll harbor the largest number of Rogues in history.
When my pack break the law, they either go big or go home.
Maybe we’ll be killed for it but at least we’ll make the history books, right?
Mars should write a romance about us.
At the thought of my brother, I can’t hold back the whimper.
Mars is still trapped with the Adonis pack.
What’s happening to him?
Is he being hurt? In danger?
Is he even alive?
I will find a way to protect my brother, Nico, and the trafficked Omegas.
I’ll take my revenge on Fiorella and the Billionaires.
Bird hushes me, wrapping his arm around my waist.
Alarmed, Joker licks my neck. “Do you need a drink, baby? Are you too hot?”
“She’s thinking about her brother,” Bird replies. “The distress that I can feel through the bond, is how I feel when I think about my sister.”
“After this heat,” Joker promises, his gaze becoming fierce, “we’ll save Mars. Your brother is mine now. You helped me save my sister, and I’ll owe you for that for the rest of my life. Rescuing Mars will be our next mission, even if we need to burn down the whole mafia empire to do it.”
“We are good at burning things down.” Bird smiles.
“And blowing them up,” Joker adds with a wide grin. “Also, shooting and stabbing them.”
When I writhe in the sheets, as slick drips between my thighs, Bird’s brows crease in concern. “I wish our Alpha was here.”
Our Alpha, I mouth.
“He’s a scary motherfucker but he’s also kind.” Joker’s expression softens. “He’ll be settling the Rogues down for the night. I bet that he’s putting them in our neighbor’s mansion. Better than they’re used to, huh? I hope my sis…”
Bird reaches to grasp Joker’s hand. “Colette will be okay. Phantom will make sure of it.”
“I know. But after all these years of searching, it was agony leaving her behind. I know in here…” He taps his head. “…that she’ll still be there tomorrow and won’t be torn away from me again. But in here…” He taps his chest. “…I’m fucking terrified that she’ll be gone.”
Bird squeezes his hand. “Of course you are, Honey. You lost everybody. I’ve been torn away from my family and sister too. I know how it feels.”
Joker’s face falls. “Shit, Cookie, I’m sorry.”
“But I know where they are. I’m sure that one day, I’ll see them again.
Now, I’ve found all of you, and I never would have done if I’d continued to be trapped inside the Omega Hotel.
I would have died there. For Rogue, being sent to the Facility was hell, but to me, it was heaven.
She was the angel who saved my life and then gave me a new one. I will never regret that.”
I stare at him in awe.
Is that how he sees what happens?
My purr deepens.
I reach out, grasping at both men and drag them to lie down either side of me, needing their touch.
“Woah.” Bird laughs. “I forget that you’re just as strong as an Omega, as you are as an Alpha, sweetheart.”
I nudge his shoulder with mine.
Damn straight.
I throw an edge of blanket over his face just to enjoy the sound of his spluttering.
“Hey, and you’re still throwing things at me.” He shoves the blanket off his face. “Still, worth it.”
Joker chuckles, letting go of Bird’s hand and kissing me.
Then he fidgets with his trousers, pulling a face.
“I’m soaked through. Cuddling our Omega has its downside, and I never thought that I would say that.
I have cock chafing, and normally, I only get that after a seriously wild and fun night.
” He squirms out of his top and then his trousers, which are flecked with blood.
I don’t care that they’re blood stained.
I’m a fierce Omega. I’m proud that it proves this Beta fought for me.
Joker hurls his clothes to join the walls of the nest. Then he wipes at his wet thighs.
“It’s like I’m the one who has become an Omega. Although, that’s not a bad idea.”
“What do you mean?” Bird asks.
I perk up, however, because I understand.
The more Omegas the merrier.
I chirp, nuzzling Joker.
Joker laughs. “Have I told you yet how much I like this snuggly version of you, baby?”
I nip his neck in response over the bonding bite, with which my Alpha side marked him.
Joker moans in mixed pleasure and pain, humping his hips. “F-f-fuck. That’s right. P-p-punish me.”
Brat.
I bite him again.
As I sink in my teeth, Joker transforms from Beta to Omega.
I purr in delight, as Joker’s scent sweetens to tempting honey. His rumbling purr joins mine like an Omega’s song.
Bird laughs. “Well, I don’t want to feel left out…”
He begins to purr as well. And his is the most beautiful purr. It’s the solo that harmonizes all our purrs.
Finally, I can believe that we are angels in heaven.
Although, I know that’s only a mask.
Underneath, I will always be a devil, and so will Joker.
Somehow, we were lucky enough for Bird to fall to join us. I am lucky that he idolizes us. But I am happy with being a demon. I accept every side now of my nature.
I am what I was born to be. I am what I was created to be.
I won’t fight it, but I will use it to free the world.
Who cares whether I am good or bad?
I am simply Rogue…and Switch.
“Can Phantom handle three Omegas at once?” Bird rubs his cheek against mine.
My mind is becoming hazier at the edges again, but it’s like floating on a cloud.
I feel safe, happy, like I am home.
I have never experienced a heat like this.
I am eager and excited.
I just need my Alpha.
I slip my fingers to circle over my sensitive clit, moaning at the sparks of pleasure. I dip my fingers lower, coating them in slick, before dipping them in and out of my pussy, imagining them to be my Alpha’s cock.
I need his knot.
But only his knot.
No one else’s
I am empty.
Hollow.
Desperate.
I have never felt like this before.
“Are you serious?” Joker trails his fingers over my pebbled nipples, and I moan, arching under his teasing touch.
“He’s an uber Alpha. Experiencing Switch’s heat for the first time has pulled him into rut.
I saw it in Skipper’s eyes back in the Facility, when he caught her in his arms. Couldn’t you smell how his scent changed? ”
“Can he enjoy his rut?” Bird bites his lip, anxiously. “I need him to be comfortable with this. I want him to get pleasure out of it.”