Page 63 of They Love Me Knot (Starsfalls Omegaverse #2)

Daphne

I stare at Ciro in shock as my perfume blooms around us, as unexpected as a sun shower.

I was so happy when he asked to court me, but I didn’t think I was like, that excited. Maybe it’s my omega who is eager to celebrate locking them down, because I certainly wasn’t horny a minute ago.

Still, I’ve been so tired and just off, I really don’t understand why I’m perfuming now when by all accounts I’m in no condition to fuck.

I sniff hard to see if I’m just imagining that my scent is overpowering everything, but no, that’s my vanilla and honeysuckle.

“Daphne,” Alister chokes out.

I don’t answer, still trying to figure out why my scent has gone wild.

“Your heat’s starting. We need to get you out of here,” Feliks orders.

No, it hasn’t. How would Feliks know that? Unless he can smell it. And if he can smell it that strongly as a beta, then it must be …

“No! I’m on suppressants, my heat isn’t supposed to come for months,” I deny, even though my scent is hanging around us so heavily that it’s practically visible, like fog.

My alphas are reacting to my perfume, their scents getting stronger too, all six of us mixing into the most delicious bouquet I’ve ever smelled. It’s even better than my flower arrangement with all of our scentsakes, and it’s making me way hornier than the flowers ever did.

The slick covering my thighs is proof of that, and I can feel myself getting wetter by the second.

I try to scoot away from Ciro, confused about this coming on so suddenly, but he growls and clamps his arms around my legs, keeping me where I am.

I whine but choke it off.

I need to think. I can’t give in to my urges yet because I don’t understand why this is happening.

The suppressants must have failed.

I take it every morning with breakfast.

Except I’ve been getting up earlier than usual because of the fair, so I’ve been eating breakfast on the go instead of at home, and I always forget to bring the suppressants with me…

I’ve missed doses before on other event days when I had to get up early and it was fine, no breakthroughs.

Is it too much to ask that one pill keeps working for a whole week? Can’t they invent a slow-release pill??

I think I’m deep in denial, because sitting here and complaining about the pharmaceutical industry isn’t helping anything.

It’s definitely not going to prevent my heat-fueled perfume from spreading through the fair and attracting the attention of unwanted alphas. The only alphas I want are right here, and they’ve gotten a nose-full of me already .

Feliks tries to pull me off the bench, away from Ciro who is wrapped around me, and my other alphas pressing close, touching me everywhere they can reach.

“Ciro, let go,” Feliks says, but Ciro ignores him, pulling my legs open to fit himself between them.

I moan and clutch his shoulders.

Feliks tries to pull Kieran away, but he shakes him off too, leaning down to nuzzle my hair.

My perfume gets stronger as they rub against me, hands under my shirt and pulling down my leggings.

I dimly hear Feliks still talking, more interested in the hands and mouths on my skin.

Alister growls menacingly, but I ignore it, confident that my pack will protect me from any dangers.

“Enough!” Alister barks

I whine in frustration as they stop touching me.

I lock my legs around Ciro. I won’t let him get away at least.

“Your scent…it’s perfect. You’re our scent match,” Alister says, tilting my face up to his by gently pulling on my hair, drawing my attention away from Ciro’s smooth, unblemished neck.

I blink at Alister. Of course we’re scent matches, why is he stopping just to talk about that?

“Did you know we were scent matches?” Ciro asks me.

Alister loosens his hold, but after glancing at Ciro, I quickly look away. I can’t handle the awe on his face.

They weren’t the only ones keeping secrets.

My guilty thoughts are interrupted by a particularly nasty cramp, making me double over in pain.

“Let us take you home, kitten,” Feliks urges.

I can’t deny it anymore, either my heat is starting, or I’m having intense breakthrough symptoms, and I feel the urge to get somewhere safe and cozy to ride it out with my pack.

Ciro hugs me tightly and purrs, the heat and vibration soothing me.

I wrap my arms around him and nod. “Take me home.”

He stands up with me wrapped around him, and I keep my face buried in his neck as he walks us out of the fair, our pack surrounding us to keep me hidden. It won’t do much to hide my scent, but in the open air, the lure should dissipate quickly.

They hustle me into the back of their SUV, Ciro untangling me to put me on the seat. As soon as he and Sterling join me though, I’m climbing all over them.

My heat is ramping up, skin flushed, and my clothes are trying to smother me.

The clothes on my mates are also smothering, and I try to claw them off Ciro and Sterling as I switch back and forth kissing them.

The car jostles me as it goes around a turn, and Kieran steals me away from Ciro’s lips, leaning over the seat to kiss me.

I eagerly switch my focus to him, reaching to get his shirt off too. My omega doesn’t want anything between us, clothes or car seats. I’m not sure I’m strong enough to tear through a car, but if we don’t get somewhere with a nest soon, I’m willing to try.

“Hold on for a minute,” Alister says.

I ignore him, so close to getting what I want.

Alister grunts and then barks, “Ciro, Kieran, Sterling, wait!”

Well, if Alister wants a turn, fine. I turn to climb into the front seat with him. Alister kisses my hand, but doesn’t pull me into his lap. I pout at him .

He smiles and kisses my hand again.

“How are you feeling, baby girl?”

“Horny,” I say and lunge for his lips, but Ciro and Sterling grab me, stopping me from getting to Alister or toppling to the floor.

“Before the heat haze takes over, I need to know if you want us to help you through your heat,” Alister commands, making my omega perk up and pay attention.

It takes me a moment to process what he said, but then I practically yell, “You’re courting me, of course you’re helping me through this heat!”

“If you want to,” I add politely. I won’t force them to, but if they want to court me, surely that involves helping me through heats?

“You agree we can court you?” Ciro asks, the hopeful look making him seem younger.

“Yes, of course. I want to be with you, all of you,” I say, realizing I never had time to tell them since my body decided that was the right moment to go wild.

“Take us to the pack house,” Ciro tells Feliks in the driver’s seat.

“Not her townhouse? Daphne, is it okay if we take you to our house?” Feliks asks.

“Your place is good,” I get out between kissing Ciro.

There are no more silly interruptions after that.