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My request lands in the middle of the hospital room like a landmine.
Or like a freezing spell.
They all look at me, hardly breathing. Finally Asher rasps, “It’ll be stronger if we do it during your heat.”
I nod and pick at the blankets over my legs. “Our bond will be strong no matter when we do it. I want to remember it, bonding with each of you. And if it happens in the middle of my heat, there’s no guarantee that I will. That any of us will.”
They might go into a rut and bite me out of pure instinct, not out of love. The result would be the same, but I would rather have the memory of their teeth breaking my skin, of the bond forming. I want to remember the first time I feel them in my chest, in my heart, in my mind.
“We could do it during a preheat spike?” Ford suggests, voice hoarse. “It might make a stronger bond.”
I consider for a moment and then nod. “Yes. That will work.”
Topher kisses the side of my head, hands sweeping up and down my arms, as Jackson moves a step closer. “And you’re sure you’re ready for that? To bond with us?”
“The last thing we want is for you to do this because you feel forced or afraid of what will happen if you don’t,” my beta murmurs.
I’m nodding before he’s finished. “I know that.” Sighing, I consider if this is what I really want. They won’t be happy if I don’t. “I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t, at least partly because of what just happened. If we were bonded, we would have felt that something was off with each other. It might have prevented my collapse and winding up here. So, yeah, part of it is because of that.”
Jackson opens his mouth and I can see the denial of my request on his tongue. I love him for it, that he doesn’t want to rush me. That they want me to be ready for this.
“But,” I hurry to say before he can tell me no. “A much, much larger part is tired of waiting to be yours, for you to be mine. We’ve spent seven years apart. Seven years loving each other and wanting each other. We’re here now, together, and I think we need to stop wasting time.”
“It’s not wasting time if you’re not ready, beautiful. If you’re not one hundred percent in this.”
I meet Davis’s eyes. “I am ready.” But then a thought occurs to me, one that makes my stomach drop and a whine pull from my chest. “Unless you’re not? If you don’t want-”
All four alphas close in around the bed, reaching out to touch me, soothing me with rumbling purrs. Topher kisses the back of my head. “We want, baby,” he reassures me. “Believe me. We want nothing more than to bond with you.”
I look at Jackson, needing the reassurance of my prime alpha. He reaches out and cups my face, meeting my eyes so I can see the truth in them. “We want you, Vee. Always have, always will. We would be so fucking proud to bond with you, to have you as our mate. I’ll bite you right here, right now, if you’re ready.”
Davis snorts. “You gonna knot her here, too?” Asher elbows him, but Davis just laughs. “What? We all know bonds work best with a knot involved.” His blue-gray eyes move to Topher, an apology in their depths. “Or at the very least, sex.”
I feel my beta shrug. He won’t be able to bite me for a bond. But I can bite him. I fully intend to claim my beta right along with my alphas.
I meet Jackson’s eyes. “I’m ready. But not here. I want to go home.”
In an instant, all of them are moving, either toward me or rushing out of the room. Topher hugs me closer while Davis laughs and throws himself on top of us, kissing every inch of skin he can reach. Ford and Jackson leave, no doubt to hurry the process along, while Asher kisses my knuckles and then stands, heading to where my clothing is folded in a neat pile. He frowns as he lifts them, and a waft of my bitter, scared scent hits me. A reminder of what Dr. Attersby did to me.
“Not those,” I say, shaking my head. “Just throw them out.”
He gives a sharp nod and tosses them in the trash can before coming back to the side of the bed. Davis sits up enough to shrug off his hoodie and then he tugs off his maroon long sleeved t-shirt.
“This will be a dress on you, beautiful. It should cover you enough to get you out of the hospital, at least.”
I nod and he rolls off the bed, bare chested and so fucking sexy. Heat pools in my stomach at the sight and I lick my lips. He smirks, like he knows exactly what I’m thinking, and runs a hand down his sternum and over his abs. “It’s all for you, Vee.”
Asher presses up behind him, slides his own hand up the path Davis’s just took until he’s gripping Davis’s chin, tilting his head to the side so he can nip at his neck. “Don’t be a brat and tease our girl unless you want to get punished.”
Holy shit. Slick floods my panties…or it would if I was wearing panties, but I’m not, so instead it’s soaking into the sheets and bed under me. My nose wrinkles at the sensation even as my perfume hits the air. Davis’s head tilts back as he takes a deep inhale. “Fuck, Vee.”
Topher slides one hand down my stomach, heading right to the hem of the hospital gown, while the other tilts my head so he can capture my mouth in a kiss. I whimper when he finds the molten hot core of me, slick covered and needy. His tongue moves alongside mine as his finger finds that little bud and swirls around it.
I whimper and roll my hips, trying to create more friction, but a second set of hands close over my body, restricting the movement. “Shh, angel,” Asher murmurs. “Stay still and let him make you come, like a good girl.”
My head shakes and I pull my lips from Topher’s. “I can’t,” I gasp out. “I can’t. Please. I need to move. I need more.”
“You can,” Asher reassures me, his hands tightening on my hips as Topher continues to circle my clit. “He’s going to give you what you need. Can you trust him to do that for you?”
