Owned by the Alphas

Claire had never broken into anywhere before and starting with the office of three alphas had to be among her worst ideas.

She’d smelled plenty of alphas over her years, and it always stirred the conflicting impulses of excitement and fear. That was an omega’s lot, however. To crave what would destroy them, to want what posed the most danger to them. Every alpha she encountered made her want to drop to her knees and yet flee at the same time. She’d keep her distance, use lavender oils to dilute their scent—anything to lessen her reaction—but it still soaked into her.

If she’d been anywhere else, doing anything else, she’d have run as fast as she could. Even one alpha could ruin everything, so the scent of a few clouded her head.

Still, she didn’t have a choice. She couldn’t run.

What she needed had to be locked somewhere inside that office, and she lacked any other options. Despite having gone over things a hundred times, she’d come to the same conclusion—the information was there.

Claire opened another drawer of the desk, her hands shoving papers aside, looking for notes, a calendar, something. The files on the computer would tell her what she needed, but they’d be password protected. She couldn’t break into it, since even turning on her computer challenged her some days.

She didn’t need much, just a name—one clue to who she searched for.

Another drawer checked and nothing.

The gnawing ache in Claire’s stomach made her shut her eyes and force breath through clenched teeth. Her skin heated and the sweat between her shoulder blades had her top clinging to her back.

What was wrong with her? It reminded her of the start of a heat, but she’d have recognized the signs long before. Heats didn’t just happen. She’d have felt unsettled, not hungry, would have wanted to make a nest. Weeks beforehand, she’d have had symptoms telling her it neared, giving her time to up her medication and avoid it. She hadn’t reached thirty as an omega without recognizing the signs of an upcoming heat.

The sensation had started after she’d sniffed a rag when searching Jackie’s home, smelling something on it she couldn’t place. Strong pheromones, but not alpha, not quite. The only thing her brain had told her was that it was wrong.

Not that it mattered right then. Whatever caused the pain in her stomach, whatever drew forth the sweat on her forehead, she had to ignore it. She needed to focus, to finish her search and get out.

The entire room reeked of alpha. Three of them spent time in that space, and she could pick out the scent of each one. She wanted to close her eyes, to inhale deep, to draw the smell into her lungs and let it seep into her. Hell, she wanted to crawl into the couch and bury her nose in the cushions. The moment the idea came to her, she chastised herself. If they returned to find someone in their space, someone searching their things—well, Claire had no desire to see what they might do.

Alphas weren’t known for their wonderful temperaments or willingness to forgive. They tended toward territorial, angry and possessive. The last thing Claire needed was to get taken in, to risk tests that might show her for what she was.

Life as an omega wasn’t easy ever, but to be tagged? To have to run again? To try to make a new life, a new identity, assuming that no one sold her off before that? No, she wouldn’t risk losing all she’d built.

She pulled her lock picks from the pocket of her cargo pants, taking the rake and the tension rod she’d practiced with for months. She’d taken up the hobby as a way to keep her hands active when anxiety got to her, but it seemed she’d need to put the skills into practice. She worked the tools until the cabinet clicked open.

Claire leafed through the files for the date she needed, but they organized nothing by date, only names. Even with that, the paperwork had payroll for receptionists, receipts for business expenses, but nothing on clients.

She shoved the cabinet closed on a huff, the metal clashing. Where the hell else could she look? Where else might she find something on clients and installation schedules?

The clearing of a throat behind her had Claire spinning. Had someone caught her? Could she talk her way out of it? When she turned, she came face to face with her worst nightmare. Three huge men stood between her and the only exit.

No, not just men. As the scents hit her and her stomach clenched and her head spun, she realized three things.

One, the three men were alphas.

Two, they were the alphas who always spent time in this room.

And three—the worst part—Claire was for sure in heat.

She doubled forward, her stomach cramping. She grasped the side of the desk to stay upright, her breath sawing in and out of her chest as her body went crazy.

She was in heat. Her body rebelled against the years of suppressants she’d used to keep her natural cycles locked away, pain nearly driving her to her knees. It only cared for the alphas in the room, the alphas who could satiate the need crawling through her.

“Who are you?” The question came from one of the men, but it was far away. At least, it seemed that way, as if he called through water miles off.

When a hand set on her arm, she realized he must have spoken from closer.

She could recall none of the excuses she’d come up with. Everything beyond the clawing need inside her vanished until all she could do was turn and bury her face into the warm neck of one of the alphas, to draw his scent into her lungs.

“Fuck. She’s in heat.”

Hands grasped her arms, pulling her away from the heat, the warmth and the smell. She fought against it, a snarl on her lips, until she realized the two who had pulled her away were alphas as well. Any one of them could satisfy her, could take away the pain that spread through her body, that infected her mind and reduced her to instinct.

The alpha she’d pressed against caught her cheeks, forcing her to look into his eyes. A hard growl from him drew her attention, that edge of fear and excitement catching her. “Do you have any medication to stop this?”

She shook her head. Like most omegas, she left all medication at home where it wouldn’t be discovered on her. She’d never expected to be caught in a heat outside. She took her pills on time, never failing, never missing a dose. The price for forgetting was too high.

Why is this happening?

His lips pressed together, and his hand came to rest across her lower stomach. Even the touch caused her cunt to clench around nothing, her hips to rise.

A similar growl came from each of the men, cut off just as fast.

The man turned to speak to one of the others, but the words didn’t matter to Claire. She didn’t care about words.

“She’s too far gone.”

“You can’t just knot an omega who breaks in here.”

“What else are we supposed to do? This sort of reaction? The way she reeks of lavender? She’s been putting this off too long.”

“We could call the cops. They’ve got alphas on staff to deal with this.”

“Then we never figure out why she’s here, and she gets shoved into the system? Come on, Bryce, you know what happens to omegas like that.”

They argued, but the alpha in front of her allowed her to drag her nose against his throat, to drown in his scent, so she stopped struggling. Between his smell, the grasp of the other’s hands and his hand on her lower stomach, it was enough for the moment.

Too soon, he pulled back to look into her eyes. “What do you want, omega? I can call the cops and they’ll have an alpha who can help you.”

Cops. Arrested. Registered. Those words broke through her haze, had Claire shaking her head. She couldn’t have that happen, couldn’t let them do that.

“Easy, omega,” said the alpha to her left, a soft purr offered after the words.

While the idea of an alpha calming her with his purr would have had Claire ready to snarl at any other time, right then, it helped. It eased the fear and tension.

The alpha in front of her exchanged looks with the other males before nodding. “Okay. We won’t call, not yet, but we’re still in the same position. You came out near your heat, and with your reactions, you’ve been putting this off for a while. We can take care of you, omega.”

We?

Claire had never wanted a single alpha, let alone three. She’d managed a decade without the touch of an alpha, without submitting to the part of her she hated. How could she throw it away now? How could she give in to what she’d fought so hard to get away from?

“What do you want?” The man before her snapped the question.

A flinch from Claire brought a harsh answer from the one on her right. “You have no idea how to talk to females, do you? Look, sweetheart, you’re going to be hurting, might even be dangerous to go through. You let yourself go too long, and this, it won’t be fun, not without some help.” The voice came out sweet, charming.

Another wave rushed through her, and a thin whine left her throat.

The last man spoke, the silent one who had purred for her. He ran his finger across her jawline, a light touch she leaned into. “We won’t hurt you. You’ll be safe, I promise.”

Claire moved backward, shaking her head to clear it, the men releasing her. It put her in front of all three, each larger, stronger, more powerful than her.

What did she want?

She wet her lips with her tongue before nodding. “I want you.”

Claire’s back hit the wall so fast she gasped. The male who had spoken first crowded her body with his as he took his first kiss.

His strong hands glided over her, his first strokes cursory, as if memorizing her form. He yanked her shirt out of the waistband of her jeans. The warmth of his skin against hers had her crying out, but he swallowed the sound.

He broke the kiss to tug her shirt off, taking the break to speak. “My name is Bryce. Say it.”

She refused. She didn’t want any bond between them, to give him anything beyond what biology demanded of her.

His denied growl had her growing wetter, the sound barely leashed and primal. “No? Then give me your name.”

Again, she wouldn’t. Her name belonged to her. She owed it to no alphas. It wasn’t the name growled out before, when she hadn’t had a say, when she’d meekly accepted her place. No, Claire was the name she’d created, the life she’d made for herself, and it belonged to only her.

He flicked the button of her jeans, drawing down the zipper before pushing his hand into the parted fabric. His fingers slid against her drenched pussy, his breath heating her ear as he groaned.

He pulled his hand out, then slid her jeans and underwear over her hips. He used his foot to shove them to the floor, but her feet wouldn’t come out with her shoes still on.

A grumble, then another set of hands worked her shoes off. “You always were impatient,” said the charmer.

Bryce twisted his head to snarl at the man helping disrobe her. “Shut up, Joshua.”

Bryce spun her around and shoved her against the wall once her pants and shoes were gone. The smooth paint cooled her cheek, easing the heat that covered her skin.

Bryce’s hand grasped the back of her neck while his other pulled her hips from the wall. He kicked her feet apart, spreading her legs, before the blunt head of his shaft pushed against her cunt.

Before he entered her, he stilled, leaning forward to rake his teeth against her earlobe. “My name. Say it.”

Claire shook her head, the action pressing her cheek tighter against the wall.

His growl came out low, threatening, and only made her need him more. “You’re lucky I can’t resist your scent. Otherwise? I’d have you begging me before I gave you a thing.” He bit down on her shoulder, and his hips moved forward to fill her.

The moan from Claire was one she hadn’t heard in a long time. It was long, drawn-out and desperate. Her hands, set on the wall, curled in at the way his cock stretched her.

His shaft filled her, forcing her body to part, to yield to him. Each thick inch he fed into her set off another gasping shudder as he stroked parts of her untouched for years. He woke something inside her she’d thought long dead, a lust and want so strong it frightened her. He never stopped or slowed his advance, and her body greedily took everything he had to give.

A decade had passed since she’d had sex, a decade since she’d allowed herself this. The thoughts of the last time would have overwhelmed her if not for her heat. It left her nothing but instinct and need with no room for her past.

If Bryce hadn’t given her what she’d needed, she would have scored her nails down the wall and demanded.

He did, though. The thrust of Bryce’s hips, the way her body surrendered for him, had her back arching to press against him more. His bite remained until his body sat tight against hers, until he’d buried every thick inch into her, trapping her between him and the wall, two immovable things.

He released her shoulder, then dragged his nose up her throat to behind her ear. His chest didn’t leave an inch of space between them as he inhaled and released a heady groan. He gave her no time to adjust, the hand not trapping her against the wall going to her hip before he set a hard pace.

His cock teased her walls, dragging against each sensitive place inside her, but his powerful thrusts did nothing for her clit. Her nipples pebbled against her bra, the only item of clothing she still wore, but it wasn’t enough. She moved her hand down, ready to reach between her thighs, to stroke her clit to get herself off.

Instead, Bryce caught her hand and pinned it to the wall. “You will come on my knot alone.” His rasped demand reached deep inside her.

That dominance would have terrified her any other time. It was worse than him just being an alpha, deeper than that. His demands seared past her skin and crawled through her body until she wanted nothing more than what he did.

The reminder of his knot, of how she’d feel shortly, had her pushing back against him harder. She needed more, needed everything from him. She wanted to feel the way his cock would swell at the base, locking them together and stretching her deliciously in a way no toy could replicate.

A heat would last hours, and with the other two nearby, there’d be no shortage of satisfaction for her. After it was over, she’d worry about what it meant, about the risks.

Instead, she shoved her hands against the wall and pushed back, taking him deeper.

He moved his hand from her neck to her hair, wrapping it in a tight grip. He yanked back to steal a half-hearted kiss as he fucked her, the power in his body displayed as he subdued her.

A louder, more possessive growl passed his lips, swallowed by her before the base of his length swelled inside her. The new pressure forced a cry from her, the way the nearly fist-sized knot rubbed against the nerves locked deep inside her that could be satisfied by nothing else. He ground against her instead of pulling out, his knot growing and stretching and forcing her body to adapt to the new width. Finally, his knot locked behind her pelvic bone and the tugging sensation of being trapped, the instinctual need it fulfilled in her made her toss her head back against the wall. Pleasure rushed through her, stealing every thought from her mind and her breath from her lungs as she came.

She didn’t have a chance to fight against it, and hell, she didn’t want to. Biology was a bitch and it took her over the edge. Her pussy squeezed down, pulsing around him, milking his knot. His cock jerked inside her, his pelvis grinding against her since he couldn’t withdraw or move more than the tiniest shift.

He came, filling her with what she’d needed so badly. His cum worked like a balm, easing the ache in her body, the tension. It signaled nature that she’d given in, that she’d surrender not only to him but to her own raging instinct. Not that it would last, not until the heat ended.

With each spurt of cum he forced into her pussy, her fight dissipated. He wrapped his arm around her, clutching her to him, taking her weight. “Good omega,” he whispered, and fuck if the praise didn’t go straight to her core, making her tighten around him yet again.

Bryce moved backward, locked inside her, before collapsing onto the couch. Each tug of his solid knot on her overworked body had her whining softly, the sense of being trapped creeping into her.

At least, it did until another set of strong hands stroked her sides, then slid behind her to unlatch her bra. Green eyes and a too-charming smile met her as he pulled the bra from her. “Hey there, beautiful.”

Claire frowned, but said nothing before he leaned in and took her lips in a kiss.

He didn’t kiss her like Bryce, not as if owning her. No, he coaxed, he played, he teased her bottom lip until she parted and let him in. He cupped her full breasts and his thumbs brushed her nipples. The touch set off another aftershock, causing her to tighten around Bryce’s knot again.

Bryce groaned, hands on her hips. “Damn it, Joshua, wait your turn.”

“I’ve never been good at waiting,” the alpha, Joshua it seemed, all but purred when he broke the kiss. He leaned down and captured a nipple between his lips, swirling his hot tongue around it.

Her hips squirmed, that need which had only just reduced rising again. How could she feel that need again? How could he make her want him so fast?

His other hand continued with her nipple, first brushing it with his thumb, then closing his fingers around the peaked tip with a tight pinch.

She arched into the touch, into his callused palm and against his full lips.

The touch of his fingers against her swollen clit had her gasping, though, even stretched as she was around Bryce’s rigid cock. It seemed wrong for an alpha to touch her while she was still knotted by another, and part of her expected a fight.

Instead, Bryce groaned when she pulsed tightly around him as Joshua leaned back, lips pulled into a wider grin.

“Oh, little omega, you’re going to be so much fun.” The words, sweet as they seemed, sent a shiver through Claire.

Joshua might prove more difficult than Bryce to control herself around.

The next ten minutes passed in a haze as Joshua tormented her needy body. He traced her pussy, spread wide and trapped on Bryce’s thick knot, and each time she started to come down from her high, he ground his thumb against her hardened clit again. No matter how she squirmed, how she whimpered at the sensations forced on her, she could do nothing but feel. As Bryce’s knot shrank, the delicious pressure deep inside her lessened. A hard stroke of Joshua’s thumb against her clit had her cunt tightening down enough to force Bryce’s knot free.

An unhappy whine signaled her feelings at the loss, Joshua’s agile fingers and his attentive lips having stoked that need to a blaze.

He chuckled as he pulled her up, then into his lap on the same couch, and for the first time, she realized he’d stripped down. His cock, already hard and eager, had her reaching for him. She wanted to press her nose to his groin and down in him.

He wrapped his hands around her wrists to keep her from her goal. He had her sit on his upper thighs, so his erection rested between them, close enough that when she shifted her hips, her drenched pussy dragged against it. It teased her, toyed with her, made her want to snarl out demands.

He trapped her wrists behind her back with a single hand and shoved his other between her spread thighs to rub her hardened clit.

Claire’s mind blanked. The touch of his fingers, a touch that spoke of clear experience, only served to heighten her desire. She wanted him. Bryce had taken, demanded, and she’d pretended it hadn’t been her choice. He’d made it easy, but Joshua didn’t seem the sort to give her such deniability.

Instead, he pinned her with those green eyes, hard and excited. “Do you need me, omega?”

She closed her eyes to hide from his gaze, from his question, from the answer they both knew.

He closed his fingers around her clit in a hard pinch. “Don’t hide, sweetheart. What you need is right here, but I won’t force you. You’ll have to rise up and slide my cock into your soaked cunt.”

She wouldn’t. Damn him, she wouldn’t do it. She wouldn’t—

“You don’t think you will?” He spoke as if he’d pulled the words from her mind, or hell, maybe she’d said them out loud. His smirk said what he thought of her resolve. “You will. You see, I don’t mind you coming, and I’ll have you coming over and over, but we both know that won’t be enough. No, not for an omega. What you need is my knot, and that I won’t give you. That, you’ll have to take when you’re tired of trying to fight me. Then? Then you’ll ride me right here until I knot you and your pretty little cunt milks me dry, taking exactly what you need.” He dipped his head to stroke his tongue against her nipple, then blew cool air over it. “And I think we both know you’ll give in first, don’t we?”

His filthy words did what he’d claimed they would. She struggled against his hold as she came, an empty joke of an orgasm. Her body tightened around nothing, desperate and empty and only serving to drive her need higher. A broken cry left her lips as he didn’t slow his touch, as he tormented her clit with sure motions.

Worse? He moved his hand, and his thick shaft would brush her body like a taunt. Her ability to be satisfied, to feed the lust inside her sat so close, she could grasp it. That was his game, though, wasn’t it? Where Bryce wanted to take, Joshua wanted her to take, wanted her to have to.

Even as she told herself she wouldn’t, his fingers didn’t stop, and the crest of another orgasm drifted toward her.

“Stubborn omega,” he purred, though excitement colored the words.

The bastard was enjoying her struggle.

The next orgasm grew until she couldn’t ignore it, couldn’t deny it anymore. It crashed over her, causing her to arch farther, to try to escape his fingers and be filled with something. Even the thick cum that still sat in her, that dripped onto Joshua’s legs didn’t sate her nature, didn’t sate her omega side that needed more, that demanded more.

Joshua leaned in, lips against her ear, voice sweet and drawing. “Come on, sweetheart. I know how much you want it, how badly you must feel. It’s right here, just take it.”

Claire closed her eyes before she gave up the fight. Pride was nothing against instinct. She rose, aided by Joshua sliding his hand from her clit to her waist. He released her wrists, allowing her to reach forward, between them, and grasp his hard-on.

It was the first cock she’d touched since—

She shoved the thought away. What did that matter? That had been a long time ago, and she’d been a different person. In the middle of her heat, that old life didn’t matter.

His heated length brushed her cunt, and she rubbed it along her slit once before settling it against her.

A deep breath when she gave herself over to her need, and she lowered, spearing herself on his thickness. His dick opened her, the burn not quite as deep as with Bryce, but she’d already been spread wide by one alpha, hadn’t she?

“Good girl,” he whispered to her, and the praise did exactly what it had before, tearing away her nerves and forcing her to settle into the sensation.

That was the thing about heat—it took away those concerns. Even when they reared up, when they clawed at her ankles and threatened to pull her under, it wouldn’t let them. It took away the worries, the fears and the shame in a way nothing else could.

So when she sank all the way down, when her thighs stretched wide and her body met his, when he had driven as deep as he could, she released a heavy breath at the relief.

He moved a hand to the back of her neck and pulled her in for a kiss. His talented lips teased her, stroked hers, and when she parted? His tongue did the same. He tasted of alpha, of everything she’d woken up drenched for over the years.

Claire lost herself in his intoxicating taste, in his strength. The rest of the room went away as she rose and sank back down. She wrapped her hands around his shoulders, her nails biting into him as she did what he said, as she took.

His hips lifted in shallow thrusts, as though he couldn’t not fuck her, as if it went against his nature. It gave extra power to the thrusts, made him sink deeper, reach farther into her.

“I’m going to give you every drop of cum I have, sweetheart, then I’ll knot you so it stays put. When I do, I want you to moan my name. It can be quiet—no one else needs to hear it—but I want you to moan my name when you feel me giving you what you need.”

Claire wanted to argue, but when he drove his hips up to fuck into her deeper, she was lost. His cock thickened, and he locked his hard, wide knot inside her so each movement pulled his cock against her exhausted pussy.

“Joshua,” she whispered, the name like a plea for mercy on her lips.

It set him off, and with a snarl, he did exactly as he’d said. He curled his fingers against her as he came, as he filled her pussy with his warm cum. Just like before, it pulled yet another orgasm from her, stole her breath, and left her panting and shaken

When she could move again, she rested her forehead against his shoulder and draped her body over him, giving in to his strength.

Her eyes slid closed, exhaustion pulling at her even though she knew her heat wasn’t over yet.

Claire woke to something pressed to her mouth. When cold water touched her lips, she parted them and drank.

“Neither of you take good enough care of females.” The voice was new, not Bryce or Joshua. The third man? The one who had purred?

“You worry too much. Omegas are tougher than you think.”

Claire opened her eyes when he pulled the water away to find herself on the couch, stretched out, the last man perched beside her.

“You weren’t out long. Just dozed for about twenty minutes.” He set the cup aside, then ran his fingers through her hair. “How are you feeling?”

She used her tongue to wet her bottom lip as she decided. “Okay,” she said, her voice soft and unsure. She sat between two points, still drugged enough by her heat to not panic but clear-headed enough to know she should.

His lips spread into a smile, a kinder one than she’d seen prior. “Good.” He pulled a breath through his nose, slow and deep. After a moment, he shook his head. “You’re not finished yet, omega. Your heat isn’t quite over.” He set a hand to her lower stomach, his palm cool against her heated skin, then pressed to massage there.

The action had her gasping, her body sore and tired but unsated.

He stopped, sliding his hand to her hip and offering a purr. “It’s okay, love. Easy. I thought you’d be sore by now. My friends aren’t known for being gentle.”

As she woke more, as the touch of his fingers and his scent surrounded her, she found her heat rising again. It threatened to pull her beneath its waves again.

The man’s lips quirked, the smile nothing like Joshua’s. “Your pupils are dilating, and your breathing is speeding. You’re feeling it, aren’t you?”

Claire arched into the touch, her damp thighs rubbing against each other as the hormones that drove her heat increased, as they dragged her under the weight of nature.

The man leaned in and pressed his forehead to hers, the action surprisingly sweet given their position, given all that had happened. Sweat and cum covered her, but he nuzzled her as if they were lovers, as though she mattered, as if this entire thing wasn’t the clusterfuck it was. He tasted her, running his tongue along the seam where her lips pressed together. Even before she could part them, he pulled back.

“Doesn’t matter if she’s sore, Kaidan. You know damn well what she needs. Trying to keep it from her just because she’s sore is going to hurt her more in the long run,” said Bryce, who leaned against the wall, dark eyes intense enough to unnerve Claire.

Kaidan, the man with her, didn’t respond to Bryce. Instead, he looked at Claire as if he couldn’t pull his gaze free. “Don’t worry. I’ll take care of you.” He scooted down the couch, placing his hands on her inner thighs to spread her legs wide. He traced along her skin, a sweet stroke that drew shivers. “You hurt now, but soon all those hormones will surge and you won’t be sore at all. You won’t feel anything but good. Do you trust me?”

Did she? Claire shook her head. She didn’t trust anyone, least of all alphas she didn’t know. Alphas couldn’t be trusted, no matter how sweet their smiles or words or how useful their dicks.

He paused, the smile sliding from his lips. He rubbed small circles on her knees with his thumbs. “I suppose that’s to be expected, given the circumstances. Just try, just for a while, to trust me.” His hands were large enough to dwarf her as he swept them from her knees to the juncture of her body and back again. He shifted down her body until his knees rested on the floor, his upper body braced over the couch. The position placed his face above her cunt. His breath blew over her, chilling her as he spoke. “Relax. You’ve earned it.”

Her thighs framed his features, the blue eyes, the light hair cut short, buzzed near his scalp. He didn’t have the boyish face of Joshua and lacked the hard edges of Bryce. Even so, something in his face, an honesty there, had her thighs falling open.

His smile returned and he pressed a kiss to her inner thigh. “There you go,” he said before lowering his lips to her folds.

The first swipe of his tongue had her hips lifting off the couch. He slipped his hands beneath her thighs and grasped her hips to keep her still before he dragged his tongue along her folds, dipping it into her.

He had to taste the cum from Bryce and Joshua, but a pleased grunt said he didn’t mind. He used his tongue to explore her folds, tasting and teasing each place he could find until he reached her clit. He ran his tongue around her clit, then used one hand to pull the hood back. He didn’t taste her half-heartedly, not like she’d heard about, not just as a chore. No, he ate her out with fervor, as though there was no place that he’d rather be than feasting between her thighs. His lips, his tongue, the soft tease of his teeth all blended together.

Claire closed her eyes. She focused on the stroke of his tongue, the gentle tugs when he latched his lips around her clit and sucked. Her hips moved, seeking more, so he took the hint and gave what she needed. He sucked harder, the pressure driving her higher.

She opened her eyes to meet his gaze, to see those blue eyes staring up at her from between her legs, and that sight tossed her over the edge. She came, the feeling still empty without him inside her, but it wasn’t the game Joshua had played with her. It wasn’t just a ploy for something, a way to get what he wanted, a means to an end.

It felt safer.

Kaidan pressed his tongue to her slit again, scooping inside as she squeezed down, another aftershock tearing through her. He moved up her body, his form blanketing hers, then took her lips in a kiss.

He fed his agile tongue past her lips, and she tasted herself. Not just her, but also Bryce and Joshua. Her omega side basked in the gluttony of not one but two alphas’ cum.

She moaned around his tongue, sucking to take every drop he offered. Between the orgasm and the taste of cum, her body rebounded, demanding to be sated again.

Kaidan rested his weight on one knee, lined himself up, then sank his hard dick into her in a smooth motion. He slid into her with sure and steady thrusts, filling her without hesitation. Just as he’d promised, it didn’t hurt. She wasn’t sore, didn’t whimper, didn’t pull away.

He didn’t break the breathtaking kiss as he caught her thigh and pulled it up and around his hip. He fucked her with slow, leisurely thrusts. It helped ease the tightness in her stomach, helped her come down from the heat, from the need.

She wasn’t as desperate as she had been at first, not as mindless. She wound her arms around his shoulders and stroked the back of his neck at his hairline. The weight of his body pressed against hers, something she’d missed, something that had kept her up at night so many times in the past decade.

Claire lifted her hips to meet his thrusts, the first real joint sex she’d perhaps ever had. It was give and take. It was sweet and, for just a moment, she felt free. Not trapped, not worried, just happy.

Time passed, though she wasn’t sure how much, lost in the movement of his body, in the way he wrapped around her. By the time the telltale swelling in his cock pressed against her said he could hold off no longer, Claire’s desperation consumed her. She craved the way his long shaft would jerk inside her, the way his solid body would pin her as he sated her with his cum.

She wasn’t sore, but tired. Worn to the bone by the sex, by the heat that had been denied too long, by it all. While she was sure there were hours left, she couldn’t think about it. He broke the kiss and buried his face in her throat, nose against her pulse. He knotted her, thicker than the others, an immense presence that had her crying out in surrender. He carded his fingers through her hair, a grip tight but reassuring. “Close your eyes, love. Just rest for a while.”

Claire couldn’t fight the weariness that overtook her. She closed her eyes, lulled to sleep by the overwhelming scent of the three males who had serviced her, the three she knew nothing about, the three males she’d have to escape when she woke.