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Fuck.
Every cell in my body reacted to that sound, protective alpha instincts roaring to life so strongly I swayed on my feet.
She needed me.
A cloud of honeysuckle and ginger wafted off her so thick, I felt as if I could touch it.
Be chill.
If I were her partner I could immediately attend to her needs, but I wasn’t. There were protocols and procedures in place that had to be followed before I could give her what she craved.
“Nice to meet you, Allison.” I offered her a smile and moved as slow as possible so I didn’t accidentally spook her. Omegas weren’t always rational when they hit this stage with their hormones, and first heats were even more difficult with everything being so new. They had no idea how to handle everything they were feeling.
“Allie,” she corrected, her voice cracking.
“Allie.”
Her scent flooded when I said her name, and she curled her fingers, digging the tips into her jeans.
“Can I sit down?” I asked. It was best to approach slowly, getting as much consent as I could wrangle from her hormone-steeped brain through our introduction.
She nodded, dropping her gaze, and I took the opportunity to perch on the chair across from her. Her breathing was ragged and every inch of her trembled.
“Easy does it,” I murmured softly. “Do you want to come closer?”
She was out of her seat before I could blink, but I wasn’t about to protest as she climbed straight into my lap and pressed her nose to my throat. My cock tented beneath my jeans and a primal edge of desire rolled through me.
“Fuuucking hell, you smell so good. Why do I feel like this?” Allie plastered herself to me, hips wiggling, breath taking in as much of me as she could.
Remember your training.
For the love of all that was holy.
I held my breath, giving myself the smallest of breaks from her honeysuckle and ginger scent to let myself think. It wasn’t usually so difficult for me to keep myself focused with clients, but maybe it was harder because this was a first heat and her hormones were more haywire than others’ had been.
“You’re very close to your heat.” I ran a soothing hand down her back, but it seemed to have the opposite effect. Allie tensed under my touch and her perfume grew stronger. There was no way she was in a right enough mindset to sign the paperwork. “You’re going to have to take a suppressant to sign a contract.”
It wouldn’t stop her heat by any means, but it would delay it enough that I could still do my job. The only other option was to medically sedate her and that was never the ideal since it would make subsequent heats worse if the body never properly settled.
“Contract?” she asked hazily.
“I can’t help you without a contract, and you need to be clear-headed to sign it.”
Her eyes flickered out of focus.
Clients didn’t usually come in this late in the game, but I’d had enough training to manage it. I threaded my fingers through her hair, and let my own scent blossom in response to hers, encouraging her to breathe me in. It would help her get comfortable with me quickly, and she’d be more likely to cooperate with the measures we had to put in place.
Allie didn’t fuss at all as I gathered her into my arms and carried her over to one of the locked cabinets. I punched in the code, gathering both a dose of suppressants and a glass of water for her.
I felt a tiny bit guilty about giving her the medication without her being entirely aware, but it was either that or I called for a hospital transport and she wouldn’t be able to consent to that either in her current state. I set the pill in her hand and she popped it into her own mouth at my instruction, following it with gulps of water. Allie pulled away with a gasp and I checked her mouth to be sure she’d swallowed the pill.
“Good girl. Take a minute.” I sat back down on the couch with her and let her cuddle as close as she pleased. Allie was warm and sweet, her nerves still present even when her mind had temporarily checked out of the situation. I let my purr rumble, and she melted against me, her own purr kicking on to match, whines sneaking out whenever she wriggled closer.
I never had particularly strong opinions about my clients. We weren’t allowed to date them so it seemed silly to even contemplate the idea of any of them beyond the assistance we provided. Still, the thought snuck in all the same as Allie nestled in my lap, fingers curled in my shirt, tiny whimpers moving past her lips while we waited for the medicine to take effect. Most of my clients came to me for the satisfaction, but a lot didn’t crave this same level of gentle care.
It made my alpha instincts happy to be able to cradle Allie and give her this comfort. Hopefully, when she was clear-eyed, she would want to do this with me. I’d only known her for about half an hour, but the idea of one of my colleagues taking point with this heat made me a touch queasy.
It was easy to tell when she came back to herself because all the relaxation disappeared in her muscles, and she shoved away from me, backing up against the wall. “What the fuck just happened?”
