Chapter 37
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Hayden
I’ve made so many mistakes this heat, and guilt hounds me.
Siobhan is dozing on Jayce’s deflating knot, and Aury is checking on Bunny, then grabbing more snacks and water from the kitchen.
I’ve managed to convince her to eat and drink, but barely, and not nearly enough.
She could do with a shower or bath, we all could, but I don’t see that happening until she’s more coherent.
And then there’s her bite mark on his cock to contend with. I’ve been applying anti-bacterial ointment and washing the wound when I can, but at this point it’s up to whatever Goddess Siobhan believes in to prevent infection. There’s only so much I can do with a near-feral omega on my hands.
I snag a warm, wet cloth and crawl onto the nest next to them. “Siobhan,” I murmur, “I’m going to clean you up a bit, okay?”
She hums a noncommittal noise, nuzzling into Jayce with her eyes still closed.
He snags one of her wrists and stretches her arm out, holding it up for me.
I swipe the cloth from shoulder to elbow, but I don’t get any further before she shrieks.
Her eyes pop open and she jerks away, toppling off of Jayce.
I blink in shock, still holding the cloth out, when she pops back up on the other side of him.
Her tangled hair is in her face and her eyes are spitting mad.
“No!” She points a trembling finger at me and bares her teeth. “Bad. Mean alpha.”
“What—” I start to ask, not sure what I’m going to say, but she dives into Jayce’s side, tugging him around her and rubbing her shoulder and elbow in his armpit.
“Oh,” I sigh, shaking my head. I almost fucked up yet again. Of course she wants to be covered in her new bonded’s scent. Maybe I should let Jayce be pack lead. I can’t be doing much worse of a job at it if I try.
“Stop it,” Jayce murmurs, and I glance down to see him peering up at me. “I know what you’re doing. Stop.”
I quirk a tired grin at him, sinking into the familiar comfort of his warm hazel eyes.
“I don’t know how to do this,” I whisper.
“Me either,” he replies. “None of us expected any of it. But we’ll be okay.”
I nod, trying to believe him. Hoping he’s right.
When Aury gets back with the food, I raise my eyebrows at his choices.
“Pumpkin pie?”
He shrugs. “It was on sale when I put in the grocery order. Thought she might like it.”
I hold the plate, but pass the fork to Jayce. “I have a feeling she’s more inclined to take it from you than me right now.”
I’m tempted to start a little pity party, but that’s not what any of us needs. Jayce nods and sits up, pulling Siobhan with him. He scent marks her shoulder—the one I wiped—then her cheek, chin, nose, temple, rubbing himself all over her until she giggles.
It’s a sound I’ve never heard before, and we all freeze, staring at her.
She blinks, peering up at him, and I slump when I see her eyes are unfocused. We’re on day three, and I was hoping she’d pull out of it soon. While it’s been fun, it’s also been stressful.
And I miss her.
“Need you to eat for me, pretty omega,” Jayce rumbles.
She wrinkles her nose, but doesn’t turn away. That’s better than when I tried yesterday.
“Open,” he says, tapping her pouty mouth with one finger.
She scrunches her lips together, but then closes her eyes and jerks her mouth open, like she’s bracing for something terrible.
Jayce slips the small bite into her mouth, and she jerks away, spluttering and swiping her the back of her hand against her mouth.
“No. Ew. Doesn’t taste like you. No.”
“Doesn’t taste like…”A lightbulb goes off in my head. “Perfect omega,” I purr, and she turns to me, her narrowed eyes heating at my tone. “If your alpha comes on the pie, will you eat it?”
She frowns, her eyebrows drawing together as she pieces together what I said. Aury chokes on the slice he was inhaling, and I pinch my lips together to avoid laughing. Siobhan is giving it serious thought, though.
“I get his cum?” she says, blue eyes gazing suspiciously up at me.
I nod. “You can have it all, but only with your pie. Unless you’d rather have it on…” I turn to Aury, looking for what else he brought. “A protein bar?” ‘Seriously?’ I mouth at him, and he shrugs.
“Pie,” she says, bouncing up and down on Jayce’s lap. Then she grins, a little too wide for my liking, and I eye her. “Cum pie.”
“Jesus Christ,” Aury huffs. “Just when I thought things couldn’t get any weirder.”
“Hush,” I admonish him. If this is what gets her to eat, I’ll gladly facilitate. “Alright Jayce,” I say, grinning at him. “You’re up.”
He balks, mouth dropping open, then looks back at Siobhan. He cuddles her closer and whispers in her ear.
“Pretty omega, whose cum do you want? Doesn’t Hayden look needy? Or maybe Aury? I bet their cum would taste delicious on a nice thick slice of pie.”
Aury’s lips twist and he slowly sets down his pie, looking at it with a confused expression of mournful disgust.
“All!” Siobhan straightens, then slides off Jayce’s lap while he gapes at her. “All the cum. Mine.”
“You want…” Jayce says, and I can’t help but laugh. So much for him trying to get out of it.
“Let’s do this boys,” I say, fisting my length. “Can I get some help, little omega?”
Siobhan beams at me, then tips forward over Jayce and sucks my tip between her lips.
She’s like a goddamn vacuum and my entire body tenses with how good her mouth feels.
She wiggles her tits against Jayce’s hard cock, and although we might all be quietly grumbling about it, none of us is going to have a hard time coming for our girl.
Aury does first, and I think he just wants to get it over with. He groans and pumps his fist, spilling half on the plate, half on the slice of pumpkin pie. He sits back with a sigh, then his cock twitches.
“You dirty beta,” I pant. “You like this, don’t you?”
His dark eyes flick to mine, and he rolls them dramatically.
I smirk, seeing right through him. “Don’t worry, we do too.
Thinking about—” I grunt when my cock hits the back of her throat and she hums around me.
“—how she wants our cum so bad. That it’s the only way to get her to eat? Yeah,” I choke. “It’s hot as fuck.”
Jayce lifts Siobhan off him with one arm banded around her hips while she keeps her lips sealed around me.
His other hand is jerking over his cock, and he’s the next to shoot cum onto the plate, coating the top and sides of the pie.
When he sits back, I pop Siobhan off of me and do the same, the scent of all of us swirling together around me.
Then I sit her back in Jayce’s lap, where she’s more perky than she has been in days. She has her hands clasped together in front of her, eyes bright and glassy, mouth open and waiting.
“Aren’t you a pretty picture?” I purr. “Ready for your treat?”
She nods, and I pass a forkful of cum-covered pie into her waiting mouth. She moans, her eyes fall closed, and she quickly swallows, then opens for more. I sigh and shake my head, noticing all of our cocks are twitching back to life at her erotic display.
“Alright, naughty witch. Let’s get you filled up.”
Her heat starts to break later that night, and while the other two are already asleep, I can finally lay down and rest now that her fever is subsiding. I knock out hard, and when I wake hours later, the sun is rising on what must be Friday morning.
Soft murmuring reaches my ears, and I sit up to see Siobhan cuddling with Aury, a worried frown marring her expression while she rubs her fingers over her bond mark.
I mentally brace myself for a tough conversation, knowing that we’ll have to face this unexpected new reality now that she’s coherent again.
“I did what?” she shrieks.
Jayce wakes with a start and lunges up to sitting, fists clenched and ready to fly. He whips his head around, eyes frantic as he looks for the danger.
“Calm down there, big guy,” I say with a sigh, patting his shoulder.
He sucks in a breath, then rubs at his chest, blinking as his brain catches up with his body.
Aury, trying not to laugh, nods at Siobhan, confirming that she did, in fact, bite his dick hard enough to bond him back. She looks stricken, blue eyes wide and mouth dropped open as she gazes at Jayce in horror.
“Oh my Goddess,” she says, crawling over to him. “I’m so sorry.”
“Do I look upset, pretty omega?” A smile pulls at the corners of his mouth.
“How could you not be?”
Jayce shrugs. “My dick belongs to you.”
I growl, my hackles rising as my alpha reacts to his words.
“Okay,” he amends, glancing at me. “You, and them, and Aury. If he wants it.”
I force my growl to taper off, and Siobhan bites her lip, glancing between us.
“So,” Jayce continues,” If that’s where you want your bond mark. I’m happy.”
The gruff oaf is such a softie on the inside, and I’m glad he’s letting the others see that part of him.
“Can…” Siobhan’s eyes dart to Jayce’s crotch, still mostly covered by a draped blanket. Which is looking more like a tent with every passing second. “Can I see it?”
Jayce clears his throat, and Aury slaps a hand over his mouth, eyes sparkling with mirth.
“Of course,” Jayce says. His voice is hoarse. “Whenever you want.”
Aury snorts, no longer able to hold it in, and Siobhan twists around to look at him. He sobers quickly. “None of us is ever going to deny you, Moonbeam. We’re yours, bond marks or not.”
She bites her lip again and turns back to Jayce, eyes lowering to his now fully-hard dick beneath the blanket.
“You really don’t remember?” Jayce asks, sounding… sorrowful.
My heart twinges, but then Siobhan’s cheeks heat, and I take in her expression. “You do remember, don’t you?” I say.
“Maybe,” she says, bunching her shoulders up by her ears. “I kinda… didn’t think it was real. Thought it was a dream or something,” she mumbles.
Satisfaction drips through my veins, and I lean forward on my knees so I tower over her. “What else do you dream about, naughty omega?” I purr.
She swallows hard, then tips her chin up. “Maybe someday I’ll tell you.”
I grin and tuck a lock of stray hair behind her ear, then lean down to whisper, “I hope you do. And maybe then, I’ll share some of mine, too.”
Her lips part, and I desperately want to take them with mine, but we don’t need to fall back into that again.
“How about you and your newly bonded cock go take a shower while Aury and I get some late breakfast going?”
Jayce grunts a laugh, and Aury chuckles. Siobhan rolls her eyes, but doesn’t protest when Jayce stands, pulling her up with him and carting them both into the bathroom.