Chapter 33
Arabella
It's peaceful here, pressed between the bodies of my alphas. We got back to my flat not too long ago, and after making sure Suki and Toast were settled for the night, we all climbed into my bed.
Thankfully we all fit, but only barely. It’s been one week since they followed me to the cemetery. Since everything changed.
Tonight was our third official date with all four of us, but they haven’t left my side much. Even Toast and Suki seem to accept the new arrangement.
Reid lies on my left while Nath and Alec curl together on my right. Warmth surrounds me from every direction. Every shift of the blankets means another brush of their skin against mine. I'm precisely where I want to be. Their scents fill my room, leaving a mark on my soul.
It feels amazing being this close to all of them.
This feels like the start of something deeper that I’ve always longed for.
A home. A real home, one where I’m loved for who I am and not forced to fit into a box that was always going to be too small.
Life is long, but love can last for decades, even after someone has left this world.
That's the kind of love I want to give these men.
I couldn’t say it at the cemetery. I wasn’t ready.
“I love you, Reid.” I whisper, pressing a kiss to his cheek as he sleeps. If he hears me, he’s excellent at pretending he doesn’t.
Turning to Nath and Alec next, I kiss Nath’s forehead. “I love you, Nathan.” Then I kiss Alec’s nose. I think, if we ever formed a pack, that Alec would be the pack lead. “I love you, Alec.”
“Finally!” Reid hollers from my other side, and I startle from the unexpected noise.
The next thing I know I’m under a pile of alpha muscles as the three men all pounce on me.
“I have been dying to hear you say those words, but I knew you needed to be the one to take the first step, Arabella.” Nath smothers my face with kisses, and I’d probably giggle if I weren't busy being crushed.
“She can’t breathe, you animals,” Alec huffs, yanking Nath off me and shoving Reid so hard he literally rolls right off the bed.
“Oh my god, Reid! Are you okay?” I squeal, but he pops up off the floor, glaring at Alec.
“I’ll get you back for that,” he vows before turning to me with a blinding smile. “I love you too, Arabella.”
He’s leaping back onto my bed and kissing me before Alec can do anything to stop him. His lips lock onto mine, and he kisses me so hard I almost forget what he said until he pulls back with a sigh, turning to look at Alec and Nath.
“Go on then, I guess it’s your turn.”
They don’t need telling twice, as I’m quickly scooped up and sat on Alec’s lap.
Nathan is right beside him, looking at me just as intently as his mate is.
I glance between them, wondering who is going to go first. I feel an almost impatient sort of excitement as I wait for one of them to speak, wanting them both to say it already.
“I love you, Bell,” Alec says softly, hand moving to cup my cheek as he stares into my eyes. “Don’t go telling everyone, but I think I might have fallen a little in love with you at first sight.”
Before I can reply, Alec is releasing my face so Nathan can hold it, turning my head slightly so I’m facing him. He’s looking at me with so much love—they all are—that I can’t believe I ever struggled to believe they even liked me.
“I love you, Arabella.”
I kiss him, losing myself in it until I pull back to kiss Alec as well.
“I love you. All of you. I’m so glad you didn’t give up on me,” I say, whispering the last part.
“That was never gonna happen,” Reid promises, and the other two quickly agree.
When we all curl up once more to go back to sleep, it’s the safest I’ve felt in as long as I can remember. Only good dreams embrace me as I drift off to sleep, and I know an even better life is waiting for me when I wake up.
Something smells wonderful. It smells so good that it drags me out of a deep sleep. I hear a moan, and I search for my men in the darkness of the room, the moonlight just enough to illuminate the bodies beside me.
When I spot the source of the moaning, it doesn’t take long to figure out exactly why it smells like a vanilla dessert in our bed.
“Oh, fuck, Alec.” Nath’s back is arched, his hands buried in the sheets as he moans. I watch them for a moment as Alec drops his head, taking his mate's cock into the back of his throat, and I forget how to breathe.
They’re so fucking sexy, beautiful in a way that makes me feel lucky to be close to them.
Alec and Nath loved each other long before I crashed into their lives. Well, until my heat crashed into all of us, and Alec rescued me.
“Oh my,” I murmur as I watch, my heart racing as adrenaline seeps through my veins. I feel naughty, like I’m doing something I shouldn’t by watching them like this.
They move like two men who know each other completely. Body and soul. They've built something strong enough to survive every challenge thrown their way, including a false bond with a once-broken omega like me.
There are nights when I wonder how I fit. I question whether they truly have space in their hearts for me.
I can see now that I never needed to worry. All the doubt was one-sided. They might fit together perfectly, but they made space for me like it was the easiest thing in the world to do, like I was their missing piece, all those years.
Nath reaches for me without opening his eyes, his fingers intertwining with mine. The desperate way he clings to me makes that longing for more ache deep inside me once again.
They love me, and I love them, but I want forever.
My attention shifts to Reid. There’s a playful smile resting on his face as he watches us, apparently also having been woken up by them.
I nibble my bottom lip, struck like I always am, by how handsome he is.
His desire for me is obvious, but affection shines just as brightly in his eyes along with something vulnerable. He wants forever, too.
A mated pair, a single alpha, and an omega who thought she would never be truly loved.
For the first time in so long, maybe in my entire life, the future doesn't feel so terrifying.
It feels like hope.
“Touch me,” I whisper, reaching out to Reid.
His body is pressed to mine in a second, and he turns me so I’m facing my alphas as Alec continues teasing his mate.
My mate…
The possessive thought startles me, but my scent is what makes the alphas pause. I bury my face against my pillow to hide, but Alec growls.
When I don’t look up, he uses his bark, setting my body on fire.
“Look at me, little omega.” Alec’s bark is possibly the sexiest thing on earth.
“Yes, Alpha?” I whisper, feigning innocence.
“Your scent is giving you away, mate,” he growls, his scent spiking hard along with his dominance.
“I already know where I’m leaving my bite mark, Arabella. Right here,” Reid purrs, licking the spot on my neck just under my ear. “I want everyone who looks at you for the rest of your life to see that you’re mine.”
“Alec and I will claim the other side. Like this,” Nath says as he reaches over and draws an infinity symbol with his fingertip on my skin. “Our bites on your skin, overlapping forever.”
“Forever?”
“Forever. For all of eternity.” Nath smiles, shrugging like the thought of forever is the only option he ever considered.
“From now until the sun dies and all the stars turn to dust,” Alec adds, moving up Nath’s body and dropping his chin to the other alpha’s chest.
“Until the universe itself fades to oblivion.” Reid says, caressing my skin with his fingertips. “Whatever comes last.”
“You three are very romantic. I didn’t know you could be so poetic,” I say, looking away as I sniff, trying to hide my tears.
Yet, I don’t want to hide from this moment, so I swipe them away and sit up fully, turning back so I’m facing them.
“Bite me, Alphas. Bond me. I want us to be a pack. Forever.” I hold my breath as I wait for their answer.
It’s probably a good thing Alec is lying on top of the other alpha because Nath tries to lunge for me.
“Slow down, baby. We’ve gotta mark her the right way,” Alec growls.
I was right, all those weeks ago. Alec would be the perfect pack lead.
“Come here, Arabella.” Reid lays back, holding his hand out for me.
I take my time crawling across the bed to him and pressing kisses to his hips, then his chest, then his neck. When I reach his lips, I hover, waiting.
“Knot me, Alpha."
“Always.” Reid leans up to kiss me as I grip his length in my hand, stroking him.
I moan when I feel Nath behind me, gripping my hips. He lifts me so that I can take Reid’s cock easily, and the alpha beneath me groans as Nath lowers me onto him inch by inch.
“You were made for us, sweet Arabella.” Nath’s praise makes my slick gush, dripping down the length of Reid’s cock.
“You feel so good,” Reid grunts, replacing Nath’s hold on me as I roll my hips slowly. Nath presses in closer, his hands trailing up my sides to my breasts, and pressing kisses to my neck.
“You’re so beautiful, Arabella,” he murmurs, dropping one of his hands between my legs so he’s circling my clit with one finger.
“If I fuck my mate while he’s buried in your perfect ass, then it’s almost like I’m fucking all three of you,” Alec grunts playfully.
I grin down at Reid, who smirks until his jaw drops when I bounce my ass.
“Yes, do that,” I demand breathlessly, nodding my head as Nath’s fingers start moving faster.
“My perfectly needy girl.” Reid leans up and pulls me to him for a kiss that’s just as sweet as the first time.
Until Alec grips a fist full of my hair and pulls my head back. He leans around to kiss me, and it’s a delicious mess.
More slick drips from my centre, making Nathan groan.
“Good girl, Bell.” Nath gathers it on his fingers, using it to make my back hole as slick as my pussy. I’m breathless as he finally presses his tip to my slick hole and slowly pushes inside.
I’m clinging to Reid for dear life as I try not to pass out from pleasure.
When Nath is fully inside me, it’s Alec’s turn.
“Knot,” I hiss at Reid as Nathan tenses behind me, his breaths coming out in little puffs of air.
“Fucking killing me here, Arabella,” Reid groans but thrusts up into me, a little at a time.
Nath’s cock jerks inside me as the friction sends me over the edge and I come hard. At least that makes it easier for Reid to lock his knot inside me.
“So. Fucking. Tight.” Nath grunts, barely breathing at this point.
When his teeth sink into my skin, the bond crashes through my system in a wave of ecstasy that lasts even after he lets go.
“Fuck, Alec!” Nath moans, bracing his weight on the bed as he presses me hard against Reid’s chest.
I’m in omega heaven as Alec thrusts into my mate’s ass, forcing him to thrust into me. I reach behind me, gripping Nathan’s head, and turn my face so I can sink my teeth into his neck, leaving my mark right beside the one Alec gave him.
He’s a moaning mess as he comes in my ass, and my pussy pulses around Reid’s cock.
“Arabella!” Reid shouts, his knot swelling even more as he comes, leaning up so he can put his own bite mark in my neck, right where he promised.
I can feel both of them in the centre of my chest. Two threads lead from each of them to my heart.
When Reid releases me from his bite, I make my mark on his neck in the same spot as he gave me his.
The connections to Reid and Nathan explode like fireworks in my mind as the bonds fully snap into place.
We stay like that a little longer, Alec fucking Nathan slowly, drawing out all of our pleasure.
I must have fallen asleep while locked on Reid’s knot, because when I wake up, I’m under Alec, with Nath and Reid on either side of me.
“One more, Mate,” Alec says.
I’m already reaching for his hard length and lifting my legs so I can wrap them around his hips.
“I want you inside me first,” I whisper. “Forever.”
“In every lifetime,” Reid murmurs, pressing a kiss to my shoulder.
“In every universe,” Nathan adds as he kisses my temple. When he pulls back, Alec pushes into my slick centre, and I gasp.
I’m overwhelmed, happy tears filling my eyes as my mate makes love to me slowly.
“It's you, Arabella,” Alec says as he looks into my eyes before leaning in and giving me my final mate mark. “It's always been you, and until the day my soul is dragged from this earth, it always will be you."
Just like Nath promised, Alec’s bite overlaps with his, leaving an infinity symbol-like shape on my neck. Tears fall freely now as I also give my mate his mark, right next to the one Nath gave him.
The pack bond snaps into place, connecting all of our souls forever.