Chapter 28
Arabella
“Arabella?” Reid’s voice calls out from the hallway as he knocks.
I freeze, a bundle of blankets in my arms as I stare at the door. I didn’t expect him to show up here, especially not so quickly. How did he manage to get into the building, and why did he choose this moment to come here?
Of course he picked now, of all times, to show up.
I’m not very good at saying no to Reid, and with another mini heat about to hit me, I’m even less capable of resisting him. Fuck my stupid, stressful existence for setting it off even quicker than I expected.
Wait. If he’s here, does that mean he doesn’t hate me?
I try to strangle my stupid hopeful thought with a metaphorical noose, choking it the same way it feels like it's doing to me. He probably just wants the opportunity to yell at me face-to-face. Why wouldn’t he? He must feel betrayed, irritated that he wasted his time on a shitty omega like me.
A small whine escapes my lips, and Reid knocks again, even louder.
“Please, let us in so we can all talk,” he begs, sounding more frantic, and I let the blankets drop to the floor.
“Us?” I murmur, just as another cramp threatens to take me down.
I don’t hear whatever he says after that, since I’m too busy clutching my stomach. It twinges with a painful cramp, as if it’s twisting a knife in me for what I’ve done, like it’s a punishment.
The plan was to lock myself away in my nest and suffer through this alone like I deserve, no matter how bad it gets.
It’s harder to stick to that plan when Reid is just outside the door.
I realise I’ve taken a step closer without realising it, my instincts trying to override my brain and seek my alpha to help me through my heat.
“Please, Bell?” Nathan’s voice is like a soothing balm, calming me enough to really grasp what’s happening.
They’re all out there. All three of them are here for me, and for whatever reason, they don’t even sound mad.
Why aren’t they furious?
“I can’t,” I call back as I reach the door, pressing my head to the cool wood. I can pick up on all their scents through the door, all full of concern instead of anger.
It doesn’t make any sense.
“Yes, you can, Omega. Let us in so we can see your beautiful face,” Alec adds, and my heart melts, nearly knocking the last of my resistance out with it.
“I’m about to have another heat spike.” I shake my head, taking a step away so I don’t do something crazy, like yank the door open and beg all three of them to stay.
“Then I guess it’s a good thing we’re all alphas and know exactly how to make you scream. I bet between the three of us, we can have you coming so hard you—”
“Oh my god, Reid!” I squeak, yanking the door open with wide eyes to stare at him, utterly scandalised by his lack of shame. “You’re being so loud the entire building can hear you!”
I really don’t need everyone in the building gossiping about my sex life. I have to live here!
“It worked, though.” The smug alpha wiggles his brows at me, smirking. “Can we come in now?”
“That’s probably a terrible idea,” I whisper, looking away from his handsome face, but I’m then stuck seeing Alec and Nathan’s instead.
Imaginary sirens begin to play in my mind. Weee-ooooo. Danger, danger. Hot alphas in all directions. Huffing out a heavy breath, I decide to stare at the floor, inspecting the carpet in the hallway like the ugly pattern is suddenly the most fascinating thing in the world.
“It’s the best idea he’s had all day, actually,” Nathan teases, stepping forward, his feet now blocking the section of carpet I’d been staring at. “If you want us to leave, we will, but I speak for all of us when I say that's not what we want.”
Another cramp, this one more intense than the last, makes my legs shake from the pain. My whimper triggers three alpha growls, and before I know it, I’m scooped off my feet and into Alec’s strong arms.
“I’m not leaving you to suffer, Bell. Say yes, and we’re yours. We can talk about the rest when you aren’t in pain, baby,” Alec purrs, pressing a kiss to my temple.
“Yes,” I gasp, giving into them and my desire. Their scents and the feel of Alec against my skin are more than I can resist.
I really am a weak omega.
“Good girl, Arabella,” Reid growls, showing the other two where my nest is as I bury my face against Alec’s neck as he carries me.
I’m so distracted by how good he feels and how much I missed him that it takes me a moment to realise he’s shaking. God, I just know this heat spike is going to be more intense than the one I just shared with Reid. I'm not sure how much I’ll remember once it’s all over.
I’m going to soak up every second of this moment before my mind goes so I can keep it locked away in my heart forever. For when we have to talk about this, and they all decide to leave.
“What’s wrong, Alec?” I murmur, pressing a kiss to his jaw.
Mmm, he feels just as good as I remember.
“Really missed you. Having a hard time controlling my instincts,” he admits with a grunt, making me giggle.
I like it when he loses control for me.
He stops moving, so I glance around, seeing that inside my nest are two sexy naked alphas.
Damn. How the hell did they get rid of their clothes so quickly?
I’m honestly impressed by their dedication to getting themselves ready for me so fast. I also bet my nest smells better already because of both of their presences in it. It’s just missing Alec’s scent now, and I plan to rectify that immediately.
“Oh, hell yeah,” I purr, trying to wiggle out of Alec's arms so we can join the other two, but he growls.
Fuck, a growl has no right being that sexy.
“Patience,” he orders as he nibbles my ear.
My breath catches as I watch Nathan carefully scent-marking Reid.
“Sweet fucking heavens…” I whisper, eyes wide. My scent bombs the air with slick need, and I'm already moaning. I’m pretty sure I hear Alec rumbling a low, mildly threatening growl as Reid does the same to Nath in return.
“So no one gets possessive when instincts take over,” Alec explains with a very distinct strain in his voice before passing me to the others.
I’m trying to climb Nath like a tree when he stops me, chuckling.
“Let's get these clothes off you first, beautiful.” His voice is tight, but not from barely restrained dominance, like his mate.
Reid simply grins, winking when I glance his way.
Oh. It’s a game, I realise.
Hot.
“That was quick,” Reid says as Alec joins us. Completely naked.
Without replying, Alec reaches over and scent marks Reid as well.
“Now, mark my mate back before he gets too jealous,” Nath says with a snort, but Alec glares as Reid leans in to do so.
“Don’t worry, big guy. I’m here for Arabella. I won’t touch Nathan.” Reid wiggles his brows at Alec, who relaxes slightly as the other alpha scent marks him. “Unless…”
We all snort when Alec lets out a rumbling, warning growl at the blatantly teasing tone Reid manages to wrap around the word.
“It’s hard enough…” Alec trails off, barely managing to get the words out through gritted teeth. “To control my instincts, Alpha.”
“In what way?” I murmur, as Nath fails to hide his smug grin.
He helps me out of my clothes, but I’m too curious to look away from the other two right now. They seem to be working out whatever this dynamic will be for this heat, but I’m still missing something.
“In the way that Alec has very desperately missed you and wants to be inside you right now. Very badly. The addition of the unmated alpha is sending his dominance into overdrive. My mate is struggling not to pin us both down and fuck us raw,” Nath explains.
“Something you sound all too excited about,” Alec grumbles, his scent mixing with his dominance, making my nest smell like delicious vanilla sin.
I never want to wash these blankets again.
“Who me? Never,” Nath purrs, but the moment all of my clothes have been discarded, it’s like he forgets all about his mate as he pounces on me.
I’m pinned under his body, legs wrapped around his hips as he wraps me up in his arms, my head cradled in his hands.
“I missed you so fucking much, Arabella.” The desperation in Nath’s voice has my instincts firing off wildly.
My scent works to soothe him, and the purr rumbling in my chest is loud enough to drown out everything else.
“I missed you too,” I admit, feeling guilty as the words leave my lips. The moment my eyes lock on Reid, all that guilt starts to slip away, swallowed up by need.
He doesn’t look mad; he looks ready to devour me.
“You look so fucking good, Arabella. Are you going to be a good girl for your alphas?” Reid asks, but the words have my thoughts scrambled, so I don’t answer right away, earning me a sharp bark that makes me shake with need. “Answer me, Arabella.”
“Yes, Alpha,” I mewl, fucking mewl!
Oh hell, what is happening to me?
“That’s my good little omega,” he growls, the look in his eyes darkening as he leans back against the edge of my nest. “Show me.”
“S-show you…with…” I glance back to Nath.
Surely, he doesn’t mean that he wants to watch us?
“Oh, yes I fucking do,” he growls as if he read my mind, the husk in his voice deepening with every word.
“You didn’t think we were all naked, scent-marking each other just so we could close our eyes while you got fucked?
Cute, baby. Now show me how your alpha makes you scream for him as you come on his knot. ”
“Holy shit.” Nath swallows thickly, licking his lips as his breathing picks up, making me giggle. He’s all flustered, and I love it. “I see why you like him. He’s got quite the mouth on him.”
"Yeah, I do. Don’t I, Arabella? Tell him about your favourite thing my mouth can do.”
“I’m about to show her what your mouth looks like with a gag in it,” Alec snarls, somehow sounding damn near as sexy as Reid’s words.
One thing is becoming very clear. I’m about to get dragged into the darkness of my heat fog, but there’s something I need to do first. Something I want before I reach the part where I know I’ll forget things.
“Kiss me,” I whisper, stealing his attention all for myself once again, thankful Reid worked so hard to make sure I’m comfortable.
“Say it again,” Nath begs, his eyes falling shut, but I cup his cheek, waiting for him to look at me once more.
“Kiss me, Nath.”
Our lips meet, hot and desperate, filled with weeks of longing. It's everything, the perfect kiss, and I can’t hold back my whimpers as I lose myself in it for another moment.
When he pulls away, Alec has pressed in at his mate's side. We adjust so each of the two mates has a knee between my legs.
I look up at them, and I can feel myself getting closer to the fog.
“I won’t survive if we have to say goodbye again.” Alec’s words are filled with his pain, and it breaks my heart.
“I don’t want to say goodbye,” I confess, pushing my fingers into his hair, needing to feel him. “I want you to kiss me, so if I forget everything else, I’ll remember this moment.”
“I’ll remember every moment with you for the rest of time, Bell.” Alec leans in, kissing me before I can say another word, and it feels like my entire heart shatters and falls apart before putting itself back together again.
I missed them so much.
I hate that my heat will make me forget even a single second of this, of what might be the last time I have with all of them. My final thought before my heat overtakes me is that even if it is selfish, I really hope this isn’t our last kiss.
“Fuck, Alec, she’s coming again,” Nath moans, but the words don’t really mean anything to me now.
Mostly because every single inch of my body is on fire.
“Hurts,” I whine, blinking my eyes open to see Nath under me as I ride his knot. Alec appears in front of me, and I feel Reid behind me.
“Do you need Reid to fuck your perky ass, Omega?” Alec asks as he leans in to pull my nipple between his lips.
Apparently, he didn’t need an answer, because I can feel Reid’s tip at my tight hole as he pushes inside me, making me so full that even Nath sounds like a mess.
“Yes,” I hiss, letting the alpha behind me control the movements.
“Almost like I’m fucking you both?” Reid growls in my ear, just for me to hear, and the feral grin that stretches across my lips must give us away, but Alec’s warning growl only makes me come again.
Or maybe it’s the other alpha’s cock stroking against Nath’s with nothing between them but my inner walls that does the trick.
“So fucking naughty, aren’t you, Arabella,” Alec hisses, biting my nipple hard enough to sting, but I love it.
“Our naughty omega. So desperate for your alpha’s knots, aren’t you, baby?” Reid groans, thrusting in and out.
Nath is a mess under me, looking like he might pass out from pleasure. It’s diabolical how hot he looks like this.
“He looks so sexy, doesn’t he?” Alec mutters as he trails kisses up my chest, claiming my lips in a dirty, messy kiss that makes my mind lost to anything but desire.
“'Alpha-Tower',” I hear Reid tease, but when I blink, all I can see is alpha hips. “Like the Eiffel Tower?”
“We get it,” Alec grunts, unamused as he’s thrusting into my mouth and hitting the back of my throat. I’m on my hands and knees, one alpha in my mouth and the other inside me.
“I want to die here so I never have to leave this moment,” Nath groans from behind, as he fucks me hard.
None of them seem overly exhausted from fucking me constantly. The magic number for my heats might actually be three Alphas. Hah.
“I don’t know if that’s super romantic or slightly concerning,” Reid mutters.
“Both,” Alec grunts out.
“Right.” Reid snorts. “She needs water after you finish drowning her in your cum.”
“‘Bout to drown you…”
I swear I’m smiling hard enough to hurt my cheeks as the world goes black again.