I shook my head and followed Raiden. I purposefully ignored the hopeful light in his eyes. “Where are the others?”
They weren’t in the house. It was too small and their presence too big to be hiding indoors.
Raiden handed me a breakfast burrito. I took a bite. Cheese and egg oozed out, and I might have moaned a little.
“They are patrolling, but after that noise, I think they’ll be back in five… four… three… two….”
The front door banged open and the three of them were suddenly there. I looked at Raiden with wide eyes, and he just grinned.
“You guys have super hearing, don’t you?”
He shrugged and nodded. “Sorry?”
I swiped a hand down my face as the guys moved into the kitchen. As if my heat could sense them, my body cramped up and I threw them a wild-eyed look, clutching my stomach. “Fuck,” I breathed.
Ellar was in front of me in a flash, dropping to his knees. He pulled up my shirt, ignoring Gatlin’s warning noise, and laid his lips over my abdomen. Just like that, the cramp eased.
The hell…?
Gatlin made another growly noise of warning, and I waved him away. “No, leave him. Damn, that feels better,” I whispered.
I looked down at Ellar, who was still placing little sipping kisses all over my stomach. It should have been weird, but the relief was undeniable. “Thank you,” I said softly, before half-joking, “How do you feel about doing that for the rest of the day?”
He grinned up at me. Gone was the sweet Beta, and in his place was someone who made my body flood with lust. His pupils blew out as he inhaled my scent, and shuddered. “I’ll gladly spend the day on my knees for you, Omega.”
Oh boy. Warmth crawled along my skin, and I ran my fingers through his beautiful curls. His eyes closed, and he nuzzled against my stomach again, his kisses turning to slow, sinful sucking of skin. He kept his hands locked behind his back, and I wondered if he was a sub for one of the guys. I flicked my eyes to Finlo, then to Gatlin. Their eyes all but glowed with need, and instead of feeling intimidated being under the heavy gaze of two gigantic Alphas, I just felt needy.
Ellar nipped my skin, and I fisted my hand in his hair, tugging him closer. Oh god, I wanted to push him between my thighs so he could chase away this ache. He made that purr against my stomach, and I swear, it went straight to my clit.
Oh god.
How could a man just kissing my stomach make me so damn wet? I felt like I was going to come and we were still fully clothed. The heat was pain, but at the back of that sensation, there was a promise of pleasure unlike anything I’d ever known. I was getting too weak to resist the call of that promise.
Gatlin strode forward, grabbing Ellar’s chin, tilting it up until he was looking at his Alpha. “That’s enough, Beta. You are confusing things, and we need her to decide with a clear mind.”
I was panting a little, but the mention of the decision I had to make brought me back a little clarity. Ellar reluctantly stood at the prompting of his Alpha, but he leaned forward and kissed my lips lightly. A mere promise of a kiss, but it was enough. I wanted to chase his lips as he pulled away.
“Omega.” Finlo’s voice snapped me out of my horny trance. “We need your decision. Things are getting a little… out of control.” He tilted his head. “Seven?”
The other Beta’s voice was strained from the other room. “I’m feeding the young. I can hear Naja’s decision from here.”
Because they all had super senses. This was it, though. The moment. The decision felt huge—hell, itwashuge—but for the first time in nearly a decade, I went with my gut.
“I’ll do it.”
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My knees went weak. It was lucky that I was beside the counter, because I used it to prop myself up. She was going to do it. It was something I hadn’t even dared to let myself hope for, because it had seemed improbable. I heard Seven’s whispered “Thank fuck” from the other room, and I smiled.
I pushed down the Omega urges that roared to the front of my brain, and then leapt toward Naja, dragging her into my arms. I hugged her tight, like I could show her what this meant to me with this one embrace alone. Finlo cleared his throat, and I reluctantly withdrew. When I turned, everyone was watching her with a guarded, yet hopeful expression. Even Seven was there, holding Luisa in his arms.
Gatlin cleared his throat too. “We should be specific. What is it you are agreeing to?”
She eyed him seriously. “I’m agreeing to you guys staying here and helping keep the other Packs at bay and helping with my, uh, situation.”
“Your heat,” Ellar clarified.
