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“They’ll come for you,” Eliza said. “The moment they have her location, it’s going to be hell. They don’t give up easily. She’s meticulously kept herself off of social media and only lived under a low profile for years. They’re relentless and evil.”
“We’re learning that,” I said bitterly. The fact we’d done business with them made me sick. Maximo was going to be looking into their connections and the missing shipments the moment Hazel was herself again.
“Okay,” she sighed. “I don’t want to hang out and listen to you fuck my bestie, so I’m leaving. Take care of her, guys.”
“We will,” we all promised again as she slipped out of the door with Valentina. Now would be a tense waiting game to see if there were any hold-ups after they filed the papers.
“The Humble Creed buys from us, yes?” Emiliano asked.
“Yes, but what she described is nothing like what happens with the ecstasy we sell. That should just cause the usual euphoria, not turn someone into a zombie, and it certainly wouldn’t cause this insatiable level of dangerous need like what we’re seeing with Hazel’s heat. I don’t know how ecstasy could even be related to an omega’s heat since it’s supposed to be negative feelings like stress or fear that could push their hormones over the edge if they’re teetering on the heat line.”
“But Eliza said something about scientists… “ Sutton said slowly, like he was thinking out loud and wanted to be very careful about how he worded things. “People alter weed strains all the time. It helps create new varieties to offer. Could they be doing the same to create something for their twisted games?”
No one said anything, but as we all grimly shared a glance, I knew we were thinking the same thing.Yes.Those fuckers were doing just that, and Hazel, our wife, had been exposed to that since she was god only knew how young… Maximo was going to lose it.
In our defense, it took us a bit to catch on since they’d never been bold enough to use the altered drug in our territory. We knew the Alexandria chapter of the Humble Creed was one of the biggest, but I hadn’t known they were as Hazel described. Their public image was misogynistic, sure, but we never could have known quite how far they had fallen from their original truth. We’d done our research, dug up dirt on our specific business partners, but the THC was secretive. I couldn’t exactly waltz onto their compound and start asking questions. That would be suicide on our part, and we’d lose one of our biggest money-making partnerships.
“She loves working at the Happy Herb, but we’re going to have to keep her here for a few weeks until the assholes come for her,” Sutton said. I got where he was coming from. There was nothing we could fix about her heat right now, but we could strategize for how we’d take care of her as soon as it was done. We all wanted to protect her, and it was hard having things so far out of our control.
“She’d never agree to hide away,” I said as I busied myself with another snack and drink for Hazel in hopes she’d take it this time.
“You’re not wrong,” Emiliano agreed. “We’ll just have to take turns crashing her job when she works, but I think we could get her to stay here outside of that. We need to make sure she doesn’t go anywhere unattended.”
“Zaven?!” Maximo’s voice cut off our conversation, and I rushed in with the snacks. Maximo looked like he could fall over, so I pressed a plate in his hands as I settled next to Hazel. She was currently propped up on a pillow, watching Maximo like she was ready to start begging again before he’d even caught his breath.
“Eat for me,” I begged as I pressed an apple slice to her lips. She blinked slowly at me as if she didn’t understand what I said before moving slowly to take the food from my fingers. My heart shattered as I watched our strong omega slowly chew, trying to fight through the fog that had overtaken her for days.
She managed to eat a few apple slices and cheese cubes and some water before she was out like a light. Her body and the bed was covered in a mess of sweat and cum, so I lifted her into my arms and headed for the bathroom. The bath water was warm, but she didn’t even open her eyes as I carefully washed her body and her hair. As the water drained, I gathered up a few towels and brushed and towel-dried her hair before wrapping another around her body. I didn’t try to dress her, knowing this wasn’t even close to finished.
When I walked into the room, I saw that someone had stripped the bed, changed out the sheets, and gotten fans running to air out the room a bit. I settled her on the bed and put a loose sheet over her before walking out to check on the others.
“She’s clean. Thanks for changing the sheets,” I said around a yawn. I’d been so busy ensuring the others were sleeping and eating that I had barely gotten any rest myself. My alphas narrowed their eyes as they came to the same conclusion.
“Nap time for us. Can you two handle it for a few hours?” Maximo asked his brothers.
“We can,” they agreed easily. The twins immediately headed for Hazel’s room to snuggle until she needed them again.
My alphas led me to Maximo’s room, and the last thing I knew before sleep took me under was my two alphas telling me how amazing I had been for them. The praise filled me with pride, and I fell asleep between them with a soft smile on my face.
* * *
Maximo
It had beentwo days since the marriage license was signed and whisked off, and Valentina had just called, asking for me to meet her and our lawyer, Thomas, outside. I’d just showered and stepped out into the afternoon sun. The cool air washed over me, and I breathed in a deep, calming breath. Hazel’s heat was unchanging, her rest and eating still sporadic. We didn’t know enough about the drugs they’d altered to know if this was normal, and I was almost desperate enough to call a meeting with them. What kind of shit had their scientists cooked up that would still be in her body after she’d stopped getting dosed? But the moment I accused them would be the moment things went south, very quickly. There were just too many unknown factors right now.
I almost wondered if this was because Hazel had never ridden out a heat before, but something in my gut told me that that wasn’t the case at all.
A dark Mercedes pulled up, and I watched both Valentina and Thomas step out and approach me.
“You’re a married man in the eyes of the law,” Thomas reassured me as he handed over a file. I flipped it open to see our signed marriage license now notarized.
“Thank you,” I replied as I let the relief hit me. Just another step in protecting our omega, even if it was one we’d pay for later. Thank fuck the Family’s people didn’t ask many questions. Hazel would have plenty once everything was said and done.
“Any updates on the men coming after her?” my aunt asked, and I shook my head in frustration.
“Nothing. Hazel’s heat… It’s not letting up, and to be honest, I think the recovery time after this is all over in two more days is going to be hard on everyone. And that’s if it’s even over at a normal heat duration.”
“She’s not eating?” Aunt V asked in concern.
