Chapter 42
There’s a warm body pressed against both sides of me.
I open my eyes slowly to see a large, wooden, fan overhead.
A breeze from an open window plays over my bare skin.
A soft sheet tangles around my feet. As I take in more of my surroundings, I realize I’m sandwiched between my merman and my fishy.
I smile contentedly. They both seem to be asleep still.
I slowly brush Seb’s hair off his forehead with one finger.
With everything that’s been going on, I haven’t had a moment to appreciate that he’s really here.
My brilliant online friend, who helped me walk away from the Prescott pack and go after my doctorate, is here in my bed. It’s hard to believe.
The fresh bonds on his skin draw my attention, and flashes of memories from my heat come back to me in bits and pieces. A swell of disappointment catches me off guard as I search for Seb through my bonds. I sense him, but he’s distant, a second-hand connection.
He didn’t bite me.
“Hmm, you need more, ocean?” he says with his eyes still closed.
I swallow past the lump in my throat. “I’m fine.”
Am I, though? I don’t feel insatiably horny like I have for who knows how long, but there’s an ache in my chest that has me blinking back tears.
Seb opens his eyes and rolls to his side to look at me. “What’s wrong?”
“You didn’t bite me,” I whisper, then suck both of my lips between my teeth, fighting to keep control and not become an emotional mess in front of him.
“And that upsets you?” He rolls to his side, facing me, and lifts himself up on an elbow.
“I mean, I know it’s silly. We only just officially met. I can’t expect you to—”
He bites the swell of my breast, eliciting a yelp from my lips that cuts off whatever I was about to say. It’s not hard enough to break skin, but it sends a wave of heat through my body that makes me perfume.
“Fuck, if I had known you wanted it, I would have bitten you the second you went into heat. But we never talked about it, and I didn’t want to presume.”
“I want it. You’re mine, fishy.” I wrap a hand around the back of his neck and squeeze. “I want to claim you.”
“Can I get in on that?” Caspian says. I’m not sure when he woke up, but he’s on his side, propped on his elbow with his head in his hand, grinning at us with sleepy, bedroom eyes. “I feel a little left out with you wearing everyone’s bite but mine, fishy.”
Seb smirks at Caspian’s use of my nickname for him. “You’ll have to earn it, alpha.”
“And how might I do that?”
Seb teases my bare nipple between his thumb and forefinger while keeping his gaze locked on Caspian. “I think our omega should decide.”
“Alright, starfish, what should I have to do between now and your next heat, in order to bond your beta?” Caspian nibbles the tender skin along the side of my neck, then sucks his bite mark on my breast while Seb continues to pinch the other side.
The moan that escapes me is embarrassingly loud. “I don’t think you’ll have to wait that long.” A cramp tightens my lower belly, slick coating my thighs. “I’m not sure it’s over yet.”
Sebastian looks as if I just handed him a present he’s wanted for ages. Caspian jumps up on his knees, equally giddy.
“Better tell me quick how to earn my beta bond, starfish.”
“I can’t…” I gasp as Seb gives my nipple a particularly hard twist. Fuck, that feels good. “I can’t think.”
“Try harder.” Caspian drags his hand down my body, wedging between my thighs to cup my pussy.
“All I can think about is… sex… you two f-f-fucking.” I shake my head, bucking my hips to get the friction I need. Caspian keeps his hand absolutely still, not giving me anything.
My alpha and my beta lock eyes.
“I’ve wanted to be inside you since the first time I met you,” Caspian admits. “When I saw the look on your face as you sat on that rock and watched the rest of us take care of our omega… hot damn.”
My fishy scrapes his teeth along his bottom lip.
His hand moves from one breast to the other, continuing his assault on my hard little peaks.
He doesn’t respond to my merman, and I’m tempted to take back my request. It was too much, presumptuous, and overstepped boundaries.
The only thing that stops me is that Seb isn’t saying no.
Caspian curls his fingers so two of them slip inside me, and all thought of saying anything fades away entirely. My muscles twitch as he rubs right where I need him.
“Did you know Madi and I bonded before we knew each other’s names?
” Caspian keeps his eyes on Seb as he runs his fingers through my slick and over my clit.
“It might not be conventional in your world or mine, but it felt right.” He stops caressing me to bring his dripping fingers to Sebastian’s lips.
He doesn’t touch him, just keeps his hand a hair's breadth from Sebastian’s mouth, waiting.
“I won’t push you if you aren’t ready. But I definitely want to mark up that pretty skin of yours. ”
“Fuck,” Seb breathes out a second before he wraps his lips around Caspian’s fingers and sucks.
My inner omega absolutely loses it. I moan, rubbing my thighs together and arching my back.
My limoncello beta is sucking my slick from my alpha’s fingers.
With his mouth stuffed full, he gives me what I want and squeezes my breast hard.
Caspian pulls his fingers from Seb’s mouth with a loud smacking pop, and a second later Seb’s lips are on mine.
I taste myself mixed with Sebastian’s distinct flavor, and it’s enough to set my body on fire.
Fingers move between my legs, and even without looking, I know it’s not just one hand, but two. Both my men finger fuck me at the same time, sending me quickly flying into an orgasm that does nothing to settle the burgeoning heat.
I’m still pulsing when Seb pulls back, grabs Caspian by the hair and kisses him right in front of me as their fingers work together to ease me through the aftershocks.
Caspian draws to the side and smiles at me. “So pretty when you come.” He kisses me softly before turning to Sebastian. “Can I fuck you now, beta?”
Seb crawls all the way on top of me, parting my legs with his hips. “Why don’t you fuck us both?”
My back arches as my beta plunges his cock into me. A growl comes from behind him, and I can feel my merman’s lust through our bond. He likes that idea as much as I do.
Something pushes against my core before breaching the rim and sliding in alongside Seb’s cock. I mewl when I realize it’s Caspian’s fingers. First one, then two fucking me in tandem with my beta’s strokes.
“Fuck, that’s tight,” Seb grits out. “Never felt anything like it.”
My merman pulls his fingers free, scooping up the slick that drips out before it can soak into the sheets. “Gotta get our fishy nice and wet, make sure he can handle my alpha cock.”
My beta grunts. “I can take it, you aren’t my first nor will you be my last, alpha.”
Seb’s body tenses, and he stops thrusting, then he lets out a low moan. The squelching sounds make me think Caspian has his fingers buried in Seb’s ass.
“I’m not your firebird, Sebastian,” my merman purrs. “I’m not planning on being gentle when I finally sink into you, so I need to make sure you’re prepared properly.”
My fingers drift to my clit, rubbing in tight circles in an attempt to alleviate the pulsing pain. My core clenches around Seb, and he curses.
It isn’t long before Caspian is asking, “Can you take three?”
Seb’s cock kicks inside me. A hand reaches around my fishy’s shoulders, palm held flat facing upward. “Spit.”
It’s not a bark, but Seb obeys Caspian’s order nonetheless. My merman spreads it over his shaft before settling behind Seb, who tenses again.
“Relax, fishy,” Caspian croons. “Let me in. That’s it, a little more. Fuck that’s so good. You took all of me. Look at that ass stretched around my cock.”
A cramp rips through me, and my skin feels overly sensitive.
“Move! Please, I need you to move. I can’t—Ah!” I cry out as Caspian draws back, hands on Sebastian’s hips pulling him with him before he slams in deep, forcing Seb’s cock to hit my cervix.
“You okay, starfish?”
“Yes! More!”
The haze is settling in hard now, but I want to hold off until I have my final bite. I need it like I need air. My hips buck up to meet their thrusts as Caspian controls the pace for all of us.
Sebastian falls forward, catching himself on his hands before he slams into me, caging me in.
I love how it makes me feel safe. My beta’s face is tight with both concentration and pleasure as Caspian owns his body.
The erotic scene combined with my mate’s pleasure flooding the bond has a warm tingle starting in my core.
Just as I reach the peak, I grip the back of Seb’s head and bring his mouth to my neck.
He understands what I want, and doesn’t hesitate, striking as I crash over the edge.
I grab for his hand, bringing it to my teeth and sinking my claim into the fleshy part between his thumb and forefinger.
Our bond clicks into place, and I feel so close to being complete.
“Can I bite you, Sebastian? I won’t knot you, but I want to feel you in my soul,” Caspian huffs out between thrusts. “Can I keep you, too?”
I push my encouragement and support to Seb through our new bond, and he nods. “Yes, alpha! Yes. Claim me.”
Caspian wraps an arm around Seb's upper chest and pulls him upright, back to front. Seb groans when Caspian’s teeth break skin under his ear, initiating the bond.
He comes, filling me up while he lurches to bite Caspian’s forearm.
I come again when my merman does, and a sense of rightness settles over me. Our pack is complete. Finally.