Page 47 of Mating With My Grumpy Alphas (Hollow Haven #2)

Willa

T he heat that crashed over me after Rhett's claiming was unlike anything I'd experienced.

Not the focused need that had driven me to each individual alpha, but something broader, deeper.

A biological imperative that seemed to reach into the very core of what made me omega and demand completion with my entire pack.

All three bonds were live now, humming with connection and emotion and the shared understanding that we belonged to each other completely.

But my body was making it clear that individual claiming wasn't enough.

I needed to feel owned by all of them simultaneously.

Needed the physical proof that I was theirs and they were mine in every possible way.

"Are you sure about this?" Elias asked, his healer's instincts making him double-check even though he could feel my need through our bond.

"I've never been more sure of anything," I said, and meant it completely. The fear that had defined so much of my life was gone, replaced by absolute trust in these three men who had proven over and over that my safety and pleasure mattered more to them than their own desires.

"It's going to be intense," Wes warned, settling behind me as Rhett and Elias positioned themselves on either side. "More overwhelming than anything we've done so far."

"I can handle intense," I said, though my voice was already breathy with anticipation. "I want intense. I want to feel so completely claimed that there's no doubt in any of our minds who I belong to."

The possessive growls that rumbled from all three alphas at my words sent electricity straight to my core.

This was what I'd been missing my entire life.

Not just love, not just protection, but this.

The absolute certainty that I was desired and valued and fought for by the people who mattered most.

"Tell us what you need," Rhett said, his hands already mapping the sensitive spots along my spine. "Tell us how you want this to work."

I took a moment to consider, my heat-hazed mind trying to process the logistics of what I was asking for. Three alphas, all focused on me, all determined to prove their claim. It should have been intimidating, but instead it was the most arousing thing I'd ever contemplated.

"I want to feel surrounded," I said finally, my voice rough with need. "I want to know that every part of me belongs to someone."

They moved with careful coordination, and I could see them exchanging looks as they worked out the logistics of what I was asking for.

"On your hands and knees," Rhett said gently, his voice already rough with arousal. "We'll take care of everything else."

I moved into position, feeling incredibly exposed but also incredibly safe as they arranged themselves around me.

Wes positioned himself behind me, his hands settling on my hips with possessive certainty.

Rhett moved in front of me, close enough that I could reach him easily.

Elias settled beside us where I could touch him while he provided support.

"Is this what you want?" Wes asked, the tip of his length pressing against my entrance. "All of us?"

"Yes," I gasped, already overwhelmed by the anticipation. "Please."

Wes entered me slowly, carefully, giving my body time to adjust to his size despite the urgency of heat. The sensation of being filled by him while surrounded by the other two was almost overwhelming.

"Perfect," he groaned, his hands gripping my hips as he began to move. "You feel incredible."

Rhett's hand cupped my face, tilting my head up to look at him. "Can you take me too?" he asked gently. "In your mouth?"

I nodded eagerly, opening for him as he guided himself between my lips. My hand found Elias instinctively, wrapping around his length as he groaned at the contact.

"That's it," Elias murmured, his free hand stroking my hair while I worked him with increasingly desperate movements. "Take everything we give you."

The rhythm they established was careful but intense, Wes's thrusts deep and steady while Rhett moved with gentle precision. My hand on Elias matched the pace, all four of us moving together in perfect synchronization.

I was completely surrounded, completely claimed, every part of me belonging to one of them. The physical intensity was matched by the emotional overwhelm of feeling all three bonds pulsing with arousal and love and possessive satisfaction.

When the pressure built to unbearable levels, when I could feel all three of them approaching their limits, Rhett pulled back just enough to let me speak.

"Close," I gasped, the word barely coherent. "So close."

"Together," Wes said, his voice strained with control. "All of us together."

"Together," I agreed, my hand never stopping its movement on Elias as I took Rhett back into my mouth.

The climax built like a storm, pleasure crashing through our bonds until I couldn't tell where my sensations ended and theirs began. When it finally broke, it was with an intensity that left all four of us crying out in overwhelming sensation and emotion.

Wes’s knot stretched me tight, locking us together again as I greedy drank down the stream of Rhett’s come that filled my mouth.

I felt the warmth of Elias’s release against my skin and he growled in satisfaction as his hands worked it across my body, his lips pressing a reverent kiss over the same spot when he was finished.

As we collapsed together in a tangle of satisfied limbs and racing heartbeats, I felt something shift in my body chemistry. The desperate urgency of heat was finally, finally beginning to recede, replaced by a bone-deep satisfaction that went beyond physical pleasure.

"Is it over?" I asked, though I already knew the answer.

"It's complete," Elias corrected gently. "Your heat, our bonding, everything we've been building toward. It's all complete now."

I could feel the truth of it in my body, in the way the biological imperatives that had been driving me for hours was finally, blissfully quiet. But more than that, I could feel it in the bonds themselves. The connections between all four of us were stable now, permanent, unbreakable.

"We're really a pack," I said with wonder. "All of us, connected to all of us."

"Really pack," Wes confirmed, pressing a gentle kiss to my temple. "Forever pack."

"No going back," Rhett added, though there was satisfaction rather than warning in his voice.

"I don't want to go back," I said firmly. "I want to go forward. All the way forward, with all of you."

As we settled into the comfortable aftermath, all four of us touching and connected and completely content, I realized that this was what happiness felt like.

Not the desperate grasping for moments of pleasure that had defined my relationship with Sterling, but this.

Steady, reliable, unconditional love that didn't demand anything from me except the willingness to accept it.

"What happens now?" I asked, enjoying the feeling of being completely surrounded by my pack.

"Now we build a life together," Elias said simply. "We figure out how to be a family."

"We learn how to navigate pack dynamics in everyday life," Wes added. "How to make decisions together, handle conflicts, support each other through whatever comes."

"We practice being happy," Rhett concluded. "Every. Single. Day."

The simple certainty in their voices made my chest warm with anticipation. This wasn't the end of our story. This was just the beginning. The foundation upon which we'd build years and decades of shared joy and contentment. Growing together.

"I can't wait," I said honestly, and felt the truth of it echo through all three bonds.

As we drifted toward sleep, still connected and surrounded by the scents of successful bonding, I thought about transformation. How sometimes the most important changes happened not gradually, but all at once. How sometimes you had to surrender completely in order to discover who you really were.

I'd come to Hollow Haven broken and afraid, convinced I didn't deserve good things. I was falling asleep as part of a pack, completely bonded to three alphas who loved me enough to rearrange their entire lives around my happiness.

It was the most extraordinary ordinary moment of my life.