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Chapter 10

Garrett

I thought hitting the gym would help. I was wrong.

I thought taking a shower would help. I was wrong.

Now here I am, trying to get work done, on the other side of the fucking house from her, and I still can’t concentrate.

Goddammit.

I scroll through work documents on my computer, but the screen’s blurry in front of my gaze. I’m not really paying attention to anything in front of me.

It’s that Omega. Ava.

She’s gorgeous, and she smells like no other Omega has ever smelled to me. Just our damn luck that the Omega we’re all drawn to is one that doesn’t want to even get registered, never mind bond with a pack. We’re all asking for heartache with this one.

Well, maybe the other three are asking for it, but I’m sure as hell not. I know better. I’ll just stay out of her way and she’ll stay out of mine until—

Was that a cry?

I’m standing before I even realize I want to leave my chair, sniffing hard. I can’t quite get a whiff from here, but I’m sure I heard some kind of distressed noise.

“Ah!”

There it is again. I’m sure I heard it this time.

I hurry through the house and up the stairs. Maybe the suppressants she was given weren’t placebos after all but had some kind of chemical, something she’s allergic to or something that’s harmful in large doses.

What if she’s hurt?

I nearly collide with Ethan as we hit the landing outside the room at the same time. I nod at him, and Ethan opens the door.

The scent hits me immediately. Not just her scent, but the way it smells. Ripe strawberries and so much sweet cream I feel dizzy. I stumble a little, heat flooding my body. It reminds me of how she smelled when she entered the kitchen and I knew, even without turning my head, that she’d touched herself.

She’d smelled like all four of us too. I’d been unable to stop myself from purring. I have got to get a damn grip.

I blink and shake my head, trying to clear it even as my body screams at me to give in to my need, and I realize that the reason I’m feeling this way is she’s in heat.

There, curled up on the floor, lies Ava. She’s whimpering, tears in her eyes and clinging to her pretty lashes. Not the full heat yet, but the beginnings of it.

“Shit,” Ethen murmurs. “I don’t know if she’s had one before.”

If she’s been on suppressants the whole time? Probably not. I cross to her. “Ava.”

Her eyes open and she focuses on me. “Garrett?”

“Come here.” I scoop her up and carefully lay her on the bed while Ethan arranges the pillows so that she’s comfortable. Ava moans and clutches at me. “I know,” I soothe her. “We’ll get you something to help with the cramps.”

There’s got to be a tea or something we’ve got around the house that’ll help.

Ava shakes her head. “No, I… I need… I want …”

Her eyes are a bit glassy and while I’ve never experienced this myself, I know about it from the classes on caring for your Omega that they had us take in college. She’s only in the beginning of her heat, but it’s starting.

She needs comfort. She needs touch. She needs scent.

And she needs an Alpha’s knot.

I swallow hard but press my hands to her neck and shoulders so she can feel soothed. It’s where a bite would go and it gives her my scent, so I hope the pressure and smell helps.

“Breathe,” I tell her. Ethan hovers behind me, looking nervous. Not wanting to overstep. “Deep breaths. You’re okay.”

“No,” Ava whimpers, and it breaks my damn heart. “No, I need more . More, please…”

I curl myself around her and hold on to her. She buries her nose in my neck to scent me and clings to me. “There you go. Shh. It’s okay.”

“It’s not okay,” she sobs. “I need more. Please, I need it to feel better. I need…”

She’s babbling, but I know what she needs even if she doesn’t. She needs an Alpha knot. Or at the very least an orgasm.

I look at Ethan. He holds his hands out, palms up, in a gesture of helplessness. I know how he feels, but we have to do something. We can’t let her just lie here miserable.

Knotting her would be going too far. But I know what else I can do.

“It’s all right, little Omega,” I murmur gruffly. “We’ve got you.”

She sniffles, her small, delicate frame shuddering against mine. My body responds instantly, my cock pulsing against the constraints of my pants. Fuck, I’ve never scented an Omega who smells as tantalizing as this beautiful, dark-haired woman does.

Threading my fingers through her silken hair, I palm the back of her head and kiss her. She kisses me back instantly, her soft lips pressing hungrily against mine as she arches against me. A quiet mewling noise spills from her mouth into mine, and I swallow it up, my tongue dancing with hers as I ease her gently onto her back, hovering over her as I brace myself on one elbow.

She whimpers suddenly, grabbing on to my shoulder as her breath hitches.

This isn’t enough. I know that.

She needs to come.

Continuing to kiss her, I release my hold on the back of her head and slide my hand down her body instead, kneading her breasts when I reach them and making her moan against my lips. My hand travels lower, and I swear I can feel the warmth radiating from her pussy before I even reach it. My fingers quickly undo the fastenings on her pants, and I delve my hand inside as she lifts her hips, seeking more of my touch.

“Do you want this?” I ask, my voice hoarse. “You want Ethan and me to take care of you?”

“Yes,” she whispers, still kissing me like she might die if she stops. “Yes, yes. Please. Yes .”

“Then spread your legs a little,” I command, sliding my finger through the slickness of her folds.

She does it immediately, her scent filling the air even more strongly, wrapping around me and making me feel dizzy.

Tangy strawberries. Sweet lilac. Just a hint of the most addictive, pure vanilla.

I have to look at her, so I break the kiss and pull back just enough to gaze down at her face, grazing my fingers over her clit as I do. Her eyes fly wide open, the rich brown of her irises blending with the jet black of her pupils. Her cheeks are already flushed from arousal, and her nostrils are flaring with every exhale.

A line appears between her eyebrows, her lips turning downward in a frown, and I know it’s because she’s not getting enough of what she needs.

“Help me,” I tell Ethan, not even bothering to glance his way as I speak to him. I couldn’t look away from the stunning little Omega beneath me if a meteor were hurtling toward this room. Not even if my life depended on it. “She needs more stimulation.”

“Fuck,” Ethan groans, sounding almost as wrecked as I feel.

If Ava were in her full heat, I’m not sure either of us would be able to resist knotting her, but even though this is just the beginning of her heat, she’s perfuming hard enough to make both of us purr deeply.

The mattress shifts as he crawls up onto it, sandwiching her between the two of us as he settles on her other side.

“What do you need?” he asks, gazing down at Ava’s delicate features. “What can I do?”

“Kiss me,” she gasps, reaching for him and pulling him down.

He gives her just what she needs, his mouth slanting over hers. From my vantage point, I’m only inches away from both of their faces, and the sight of him kissing her turns me on more than I ever would’ve thought.

We’ve never shared a woman before, but somehow, it doesn’t bother me at all to see my pack mate kissing Ava. In fact, it makes a kind of satisfaction rise inside me, because I can see the way her body responds to him. He’s easing her discomfort, giving her pleasure, and I like that a lot.

Making Ava feel good feels… right .

Keeping my gaze locked on their faces, I work her clit harder, circling it and sliding my fingertips over it as I try to gauge what movements make her respond the most strongly. She shifts her hips, lifting them off the mattress to chase my touch whenever I back off, and I take that as a sign that she can handle more.

Slipping two fingers inside her, I grind the heel of my hand against her clit, and she responds by crying out into Ethan’s mouth.

“God, you taste so good,” he growls, breathing hard as he lifts his head.

“More. Ethan, more .”

Ava reaches for him again, and he catches her hand in his own, pressing his lips to each of her fingertips as a purr rumbles in his chest.

“You want more?” he murmurs, and there’s a teasing tone I recognize in his voice. “You want me to kiss you again?”

“Yes,” she breathes, nodding emphatically. Her eyes are still a bit glassy, but it’s from pleasure now and not from pain. I can tell that what we’re doing is working. “Kiss me. Please.”

Ethan grins. But instead of dropping his head to press his lips to hers, he moves downward, dropping a kiss to her collarbone.

Ava moans, writhing a little on the mattress. “I meant kiss my mouth.”

“Did you?” His eyes darken as he shoots her a look, pushing up her shirt to expose the bra that covers her breasts. His lips close around one breast, sucking on her nipple and dampening the fabric, and she hisses out a breath. “Does that mean you don’t want me to kiss you here?”

“No, no, you can…” Her eyes almost roll back as I press my fingers deeper inside her. “You can keep doing that. It feels so good.”

“Glad you like it. What about this?”

He moves lower, trailing his lips and tongue over her stomach, and my cock pulses as I feel Ava clench around me, her pussy gripping my fingers so tight that it’s like she’s trying to drag them deeper inside her.

“That feels… oh god. Oh fuck.”

She tosses her head back and forth, her dark hair fanning out on the pillow beneath her, and as Ethan presses open-mouthed kisses to her lower belly and then moves down even farther, I adjust the position of my hand to make room for him. Keeping my fingers buried inside her wet heat, I work her pants and panties down a bit more. Then I slide my fingers in and out in short strokes as Ethan’s tongue makes contact with her clit.

Ava’s back arches, a breathy whine spilling from her lips, and the scent of her arousal spikes even higher. Ethan groans, and the vibrations of the sound must do something for her, because she cries out. Her body starts to shake, and I work in tandem with my pack mate, moving my fingers faster as his tongue flicks back and forth over her clit.

“Come for us, little Omega,” I growl softly. “That’s right. Just like that.”

Her luminous eyes lock on mine, and before I know it, I’m kissing her again, tasting the sweetness of her tongue and her lips as her orgasm hits her. She shudders from head to toe, her hands flailing as if searching for something to hold on to. One of them lands in my hair, her fingers curling into the strands, and the slight sting in my scalp as she grips my dark locks tightly makes my cock throb.

“That’s a good girl,” I murmur between kisses, showering her with praise as Ethan and I keep working her clit and her pussy, wanting to draw out her climax as long as possible. “Such a good fucking girl. So perfect.”

The sexiest little noises I’ve ever heard spill from her lips, and she’s breathing like she just ran a marathon. She keeps kissing me as the orgasm rolls through her, and when it finally starts to subside, she unclenches her fingers, releasing her tight grip on my hair.

“Fuck, you taste good when you come,” Ethan murmurs. When I withdraw my fingers from her pussy, he doesn’t waste a second, using his tongue to clean up the mess of arousal that soaks her entrance.

Unable to resist, I bring my fingers to my mouth to see for myself.

Tangy sweetness that reminds me of her unique scent hits my tongue, and I groan, licking each finger clean.

“He’s right,” I tell the beautiful Omega sprawled out between us. “I’ve never tasted anything so delicious.”

“Thank you.”

Ava’s smile is somehow both shy and sultry at the same time, and it makes my balls tighten with another flare of arousal. Her tongue darts out to wet her pillowy lips as she melts into the bed, all loose limbs and sated sighs, and I ache everywhere.

I want her so fucking badly that my cock is aching and leaking into my pants. But I won’t do anything. It’s too soon and someone needs to have self-control. She’s not our Omega. I’m not going to cross that line.

Instead, I pet her hair, cataloguing the relaxed look of bliss on her face. It soothes something inside of me.

For a moment, there’s nothing but peace.

And then Ava bursts into tears.