I’m either extremely naive and just as oblivious when it comes to designations and who picks up on what, or the damn blockers I’ve been taking aren’t working for shit. And if a beta can scent me, there is no telling who else can.
Hopefully it’s limited to the men in my pack, and the ones I want to add to it. If not, working here is going to be incredibly difficult.
Taking a deep, cleansing breath, I step up to the timeclock, close my eyes and pinch the bridge of my nose.
I was not prepared for any of this when I left the shelter. None of it. I should have known better based solely on biology and how shit works with packs and mates but I was so set on getting revenge or whatever that I didn’t think about it. I mean, who would? Set out on a mission to find a murderer and end up with three mates instead? I don’t think anyone would see that coming.
“Finally.”
I freeze as a velvet voice whispers against my neck and rolls down my spine, as fingers ghost down my arms before moving to my sides. Warm, strong hands slide over my hips, gripping them tightly as I’m pulled against something equally hot and firm.
I open my mouth to protest, to tell whoever this is to back the fuck up before I make him, but the words die on my tongue as I feel teeth nip at the erratic pulse in my neck before a low growl rumbles against my back.
“You smell so fucking good, little bird.” I’m held tighter and my eyes flutter closed as I feel a nose in my hair before a cheek rubs against mine. “It has been hell waiting for you.”
My body relaxes as the scent of patchouli and something sweet floods every inch of me, filling the room and nearly taking my breath away.
A scent match.
Myscent match.
There is no doubt in my mind, no question at all that what I’m surrounded by, what I’m smelling right now is the combination of something earthy sweet and all mine.
It probably doesn’t help that I can also feel the unmistakable outline of an erect cock against the small of my back, either. Especially when one of his hands slides to just above the fly of my jeans and pulls me tighter, my body flush against his with no space in between us at all.
“You feel it, too, don’t you, little bird?”
His dick? Yes, I definitely feel that, and I want it.
“You feel our bond just like you feel the bond you share with our beta.” Another growl against my back has my breath hitching in my throat. “Our beta, our omega. I wasn’t sure about watching him at first but when Styx said he belonged to you, I knew I was going to protect him no matter what.” The alpha rolls his hips just a little then chuckles when I whimper. “It helps that he’s beautiful. I liked watching him because of that but I could feel your connection, feel how strong the soul bond between you is, and I decided he was going to be mine, too. My omegas, my beta, my alphas. All mine because they are all yours.”
My head goes fuzzy and my skin gets tight. Tight in the best possible way as my heart starts to race. He holds me in place with the hand on my stomach as the other lifts and pulls my hair away from the side of my neck, and I have to squeeze my thighs together when he licks the exposed flesh because I’m slicking way too much right now.
The alpha nips at my neck again before he straightens up, creating space between us and I immediately start to protest. I spin to face him as he takes a step back, my eyes clashing with washed out green ones and a beautiful shit-eating grin.
“Who the hell do you think you are?” I pant, my pussy clenching as his scent grows stronger. “What gives you the right to?—”
Before I can finish my thought, he moves, coming at me quickly, his hand sliding up my throat as he pushes me againstthe wall. “I’myours, little bird, and that’s exactly what gives me the right.”
My fingers move to grip his hand on my throat but I don’t do anything but rest them on his forearm like the stupid omega I am.
He is gorgeous.
Gorgeous, and cocky as hell.
And he’s right.
He is mine.
This alpha is mine the same way Rune is, the same way Niko and Styx are.
As my eyes bounce between his, I can’t deny it. I see it clear as day. This alpha is my scent match just like Rune, and his soul bond with Styx makes it my soul bond, the way mine with Niko is his.
“I bet you’d let me fuck you right now, wouldn’t you?”
My jaw drops at that.
Not because he’s wrong, my body is screaming for that, but that’s pretty goddamn presumptuous considering I don’t even know his name.
