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L ogan’s whine rocked me to my core. Desire crashed over her like a tsunami that flooded down the bond, twisted up with panic as she lost control in the riptide of her heat beginning.

“It’s okay, precious. I’m right here.” Thinking was like trying to wade through molasses, but my mate needed me. She pawed frantically at me, clinging with every limb. I scooped her up, hands beneath her thighs, departing the orgy for the elevators.

Caden and Velda followed after us, carefully crowding around Logan so I didn’t drop her while she flailed and squirmed.

I shushed her softly. “We’re going straight to your nest. Deep breaths for me.”

She wasn’t thinking clearly enough to comply, her whine turning to weeping, her skin an inferno against mine.

“Is it supposed to be this strong?” Velda asked.

“I’ve never dealt with an omega in heat before,” I confessed. “From what I’ve gleaned in talking to ones over the years, their conscious brains basically shut down until their bodies produce enough hormones to restart it all, and the only way they produce that is being cared for.”

“And fucked,” Velda added with a grin.

“Obviously. That’s part of the being cared for.”

The elevator ride down was the longest of my life.

“Panther, you’ll be up first while Velda and I make sure we have everything we need.”

Caden nodded and moved ahead of us, opening the doors and climbing into Logan’s nest, then helping me get her safely onto the blankets. He adjusted her smoothly and fucked into her waiting cunt. I held on to Velda to stay upright.

“How’s that bond treating you?”

I held up my middle finger while I tried to catch my breath. My body reacted to Logan’s pleasure as well as the heat pheromones billowing off her like a fucking cloud. Every cell was tuned to her.

“Let me help you get into the harness,” Velda offered. I lifted each foot in turn so she could strap me up. “There we go. All ready to rail our witch.”

I dropped to my knees next to Logan and Caden, fingers locked in the blankets as he sent her over the edge. It was going to be a long heat if I felt every single rise as strongly as if it was my own.

“Take her,” Caden said, moving away. I slipped right into his place, driving the strap-on into her waiting body. “Go until she comes, not until you can’t anymore. We don’t know how long this is going to last and we need to pace ourselves. Once it starts to calm down, we can take longer shifts.”

I was only partially paying attention to him, caught up in the sensation the bond was screaming at me.

Each plunge into Logan’s cunt felt like plunging into my own.

Wouldn’t that be a treat if we could control that all the time?

Far more convenient for those of us without a cock in these circumstances.

Velda was already strapped up and waiting next to me, holding Logan’s hand while our omega had a white-knuckled grip on her. “You’re being so good for us, little witch.”

Her fingers snuck between Logan’s thighs and the electric sensation coursing down the bond almost knocked me on my ass. Logan’s cry was sharp and sweet. I didn’t protest as Velda nudged me away and took my place.

By the time she had Logan writhing, I was able to form more than half a thought and the missing portion of the pack had arrived. Haru, Seth, and Kendrick tumbled into the nest.

“How much did we miss?” Seth asked. His pupils were blown wide, looking as tripped out by the surges of pleasure as I probably did.

Velda thrust in hard, sending Logan over the edge; Seth and I both moaned. The air was like a warm bath, each brush melting my coherency.

“We’re on rotation,” Caden explained. “Choose your order and stick to it.”

Seth replaced Velda, falling over Logan, claiming her lips at the same time as he fucked into her. I leaned against Caden, unable to control my shivering. His arm around me was steady and sweet.

Haru untucked one of the silk scarves we used to decorate the ceiling of the nest and tenderly tucked my hair into it so it wouldn’t be an absolute disaster by the end of the heat.

“Thank you, my love.”

Is there anything we need?

I shook my head. If there was anything, we would probably find that out when we needed it. “How are you so calm right now?”

Someone has to be . You and Seth are getting the full potency of the bond, and Kendrick is about a minute off from a nervous breakdown.

I spared a glance for the stag, who was staring at Logan, a mix of fear and awe on his face.

Logan was still deeply afraid in the bond, trying to claw her way back to consciousness and control but unable to do so.

It felt similar to when I had been a reckless child, taking on the ocean and nearly drowning because of it.

I stretched out next to her, whispering in her ear, “We’re all right here, precious. We’re going to take care of you.”

She whimpered, arching sharply, skin hot and symbols glowing as Seth made her come.

Kendrick and Haru shared a look, my wolf huffing and nudging Seth away.

Are you afraid to touch her?

Kendrick’s gaze snapped to me. I don’t know.

Well, figure it out. This isn’t the time for pussyfooting. You already had her. Why is this different?

That was for fun. Now if I fuck up, she gets hurt.

Then don’t fuck up.

He let out a sharp but quiet laugh. You make it sound so easy.

There are six of us to take care of her. It’s a team effort. You’d have to commit a pretty colossal fuckup to override the rest of us.

“Haru, my love.” I tapped their shoulder. “Let Kendrick go first. You can knot Logan at the end of each cycle.”

My wolf pulled away, leaving our omega unsatisfied, her hips already bucking, seeking out the contact I had just denied her.

“Get a move on, stag,” I ordered.

He slipped between her thighs, his moment of reverence at being there interrupted by her impatient whine. I helped them both along with my tongue at Logan’s breast, lips wrapped around her pink peak.

She writhed between Kendrick and me. Seth bit him on the ass and Kendrick’s hips rocketed forward, giving Logan exactly what she craved.

Just like that , I coached. Fuck her hard and fast.

He tipped forward, bracing his hands on each side of her head to give himself leverage, driving his hips to hers.

Strange as it was to be this close to a lover I shared with Kendrick, I didn’t mind as much as I expected to.

I tried not to think too much on the sensation in my own cunt each time he thrust into her.

The heat made everything so much more potent.

Before, it was just a cursory pleasure, the freshest days of the bond letting me experience an almost phantom touch, but this was far more intense.

Not to mention, the pheromones she was giving off made my head floaty and my body hot.

Just being around her primed us to give her everything she needed.

Logan shuddered, digging her nails into Kendrick, the next wave of pleasure washing her away. I closed my eyes against the flare of light from the marks containing her magic. Gods help us all if those failed. We’d probably burn down the whole place.

Shivering and panting next to her, I clung to my mate as Haru took over. Logan welcomed him like all the others, with thighs spread and begging woven into every breath.

“Good girl, precious.” I teased my nose along her jawline, pressing reverent kisses along the length of her throat. “Let’s get you on that knot.”

I reached down the bond to her, and though I couldn’t pull her out of the heat, I could offer an intentional connection. It was little more than a floatie on the open ocean, but I knew if I were her, I would want it anyway.

Every fiber in her soul latched onto it, and Haru reached out to me so she didn’t drag me right under along with her. The heat wanted to swallow her whole and it was our job to make sure that didn’t happen.

It was still far too early for us to make any positive headway in breaking her heat, but we had to try, because the alternative if we didn’t was her suffering. I didn’t want her to be in pain. Above and beyond that Seth, Haru, and I would also feel it.

Her desperation clawed at me. I was already sweating just being close to her, the warmth from her power radiating. We should’ve thought of some way to cool the space for her.

Logan’s scream when Haru’s knot swelled inside her prompted us into action.

Velda and I each took one half of her, lips wrapped around her nipples, and I slipped my fingers between her thighs.

My omega twitched against my touch. She tried to rock her hips, but her success was limited with Haru pinning her down.

I felt every brush of my fingers on her clit, pleasure skittering through the bond, my entire focus on pushing her over the edge as many times as possible.

She was so fucking beautiful. A blush suffused every inch of her skin and her hair was sprawled out like a mahogany halo. Her eyes glowed like the symbols down her body, and every delicious sound told me I was providing for her.

Each orgasm was like a single thread forming.

We hadn’t given her enough to pull her free yet, but in time we would, and they would weave together, some stronger and some weaker, different types delivered by each of her lovers.

I imagined the threads to be a rainbow of hues, one shade for each of us, carefully braiding themselves among the others until they were thick enough she could use it to climb out of the abyss.

The ache in my teeth, the urge to sink them into her, to claim her, didn’t make any sense.

I already had her. It took me a moment to collect my thoughts before I realized it was because of Haru.

They stared down at our omega like she was a morsel ready to be consumed.

The same urge rose up in her and she snapped forward, away from Velda and me before I could stop her.

Her teeth latched onto Haru, and he bit her in return, their connection surging through me until I could hardly breathe.

Caden pulled me back against his chest, holding me tightly. “Just breathe. I’ve got you. In and out.”

He planted his palm above my breasts, exaggerating his own breathing behind me, and I used it as a guide, an anchor. The bond was bright and vibrant, awash with light, overwhelming in its beauty.

How much of that had they chosen and how much was driven by instinct?

“Don’t let me bite her,” Caden begged in my ear. ”I can’t expose her to Rachel, and if she bites me first, I won’t be strong enough to stop myself.”

Oh, good. Another impossibility on my to-do list. I would probably have to tackle him in my lioness form to stop him if he was determined and drowning in instinct.

We let Haru and Logan tend to each other. Maybe the bond would calm things quicker. I could hope, anyway. I was well aware of what it felt like to experience Haru’s side of a knot, and with the way my omega was twitching and the cadence of her muffled whimpers, I knew she was feeling it too.

Another thread.

I kept my focus on Caden’s breathing so I didn’t succumb right along with our mate. The last thing I needed was to fall under that sway with her. I couldn’t take care of her like that and I refused to fail her again.