Chapter Seven

Back at Kekoa's side, Haravin swayed and tried to keep herself awake. The lights outside were an invitation to come and chat with the king. Haravin was stuck.

He shifted his position, and Alohi moved between them and pulled her against him. Kekoa slid a hand to the back of her head and massaged slowly.

She heard the conversation flow around her, and Alohi spoke periodically, but the medication held her down.

Eventually, Alohi shifted, and Kekoa settled her on his lap, a hand wrapped around her hip and the other behind her back.

He cuddled her against him for hours, talking to all the people who had heard of the new addition and had come running to see for themselves.

She was awake; she was just under the influence of a muscle relaxer and painkiller. Every now and then, she felt a kiss on her temple or forehead, but it was a tremendous distance away.

When she was carried up to Kekoa's room, the housekeeper part of her fretted that someone needed to clean up.

She was stripped and tucked between them then all sound ceased except for their breathing.

She closed her eyes and remembered Kekoa getting changed and felt a surge of slick inside her. Her eyes opened, and she stared into the darkness.

"Haravin. Rest. Everything is normal, or our other forms would not be a match. Right?"

She blinked and whispered, "Oh, light sleeper. Right."

He stroked her cheek and cuddled her.

Alohi had his arms around her waist and planted on her thigh.

"Relax, Haravin. You're home."

She nodded and slept.

She got through the last rounds of medication and was introduced to several of the locals and people around the house. Kira wasn't actually too bad once she understood why Haravin was there.

On day three, she woke up and was able just to take a shower and get dressed. Alohi was responsible for making sure she was properly dressed. When she got out of the shower, he unwrapped her and tied everything so it was nice and supportive.

"There you are." He smiled. "So, did you want to take a walk through the village today?"

She held up one hand and did a plié. No pain, no tugging, no worry. Her grin was wide. "Yes, I can take a walk through the village."

"Wait, you can do ballet?"

"I got to my toe shoes, but shortly after that, I went for the surgery, and after that, stretching like that on a daily basis was out of the equation."

"How did they explain that?"

"They said that I had internal stitches that restricted my motion. They weren't wrong. I had to work my way back to the splits slowly."

He smiled. "Remind me to let you demonstrate while we are naked."

She laughed.

He closed his eyes. "Shush. I am getting a mental image."

His hip wrap rose, and she darted forward and put her hand over it to push it down for some reason.

Haravin realized what she had done when he opened his eyes and grinned.

He tilted his head. "Feel free to explore."

She looked at him. "Over or under?"

He grinned. "Under. By whatever means you choose."

She shrugged and dropped to her knees, sliding her palms up his thighs, and she got his rich gold length free. "C'mere, rabbit."

He laughed, and she wrapped her hand around the fat length of him. It looked like any cock in a medical textbook, but the skin was so soft and resilient that she didn't think she would ever mistake it for anything or anyone else. At least he didn't have a knot.

She used both hands to stroke him slowly, and he balanced with a grip on her hair. She leaned forward to lick the dripping purplish tip, and there was a scuffle behind them. A gasp and then the whisper of footfalls.

She looked up at him, and he wrinkled his nose. "Housekeeping?"

He shook his head. "Kira."

"Ah, well, in for a penny, and it isn't like she doesn't know about this anyway." She leaned in and sucked Alohi's cock into her mouth and slowly backed away while keeping the suction. When she flicked her gaze up to meet his, there was a throb, and he drowned her.

She coughed and spluttered, and he quickly knelt at her side. "Aw, Hara. Sorry. Hang on."

He was back in a moment with a face cloth and helped her clean up. When she had swallowed and cleared her face, she saw his grin.

She sighed. "Noted. The rabbit spits."

Alohi laughed and gathered her in a hug. "Sorry, it's been a few days."

"No offence, but I am going to wash my face again. And I now know not to play with the omega."

He frowned. "What?"

"—when I'm dressed." She looked down, and there was a stream of cum that had made its way across all of her clothes. "Do I have spare clothing?"

Alohi chuckled. "You go and scrub up, and I will be ready to get you dry and dressed."

The shower was quick, and she washed the hair around her face before trying to remove Alohi from her skin. Kekoa might not care, but a lot of the alphas were watching and sniffing. Her scent was getting stronger, so she didn't want visitors to have any more excuses to lean in and inhale. An omega's scent on her would do it.

When she was out of the shower and dried off, Alohi dressed her again and whispered, "I am definitely going to return the favour."

"I don't slick by the litre."

He giggled. "Come on, time for breakfast."

"I'm full."

He laughed and wrapped his arm around her waist. "Come on. Kekoa's on the fine edge of control."

"Uh, maybe I should just organize the drawers or something."

She was hauled bodily down to the hall where they had breakfast. Kekoa was seated and talking with a few of the business owners of the village. His gaze glowed as he looked at them.

"Good morning. My sister is upset, Haravin. You are abusing poor Alohi?"

She inclined her head gracefully and curtsied. "No, Your Majesty, I was demonstrating a split, and he helped me up. It took a while."

Alohi rubbed her back. "That was very pretty. I am here to confirm that I am fine, my alpha."

Kekoa beckoned to Haravin, and she eased into his range. He touched her chin. "You don't address me as your alpha?"

"Technicalities, Your Majesty. I do try and remain correct on this sort of thing." She looked at him and smiled politely as the merchants were watching curiously.

"Ah. So, you are feeling better?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." She kept her head down and tried to guess his mood, but without a link, she could only go by body language.

He beckoned her closer, and she stepped toward him. He tapped his lips, and she glanced at the alphas and betas watching but kissed him. His hands snagged her and pulled her onto his lap.

The alphas snickered, and the betas stared.

The kiss was deep, and she felt the amusement when he tasted Alohi. Damn, she had forgotten to brush her teeth.

He chuckled, and as he kissed her, she felt his fingers dragging her skirt up. That was the point where she started to struggle. Having her bits on display to strangers wasn't on the agenda.

Kekoa's fingers touched her and slipped and slid. She started panicking at being watched and struggled.

Alohi stepped forward. "Kek. There are people here she doesn't know."

The kiss that had been pulling at her soul eased, and he lifted his head. "Is that the problem?"

She blinked and nodded.

He lifted his head and simply said, "Out."

There was laughter from the alphas, and they ushered the betas out. Haravin listened to the humiliating conversations about betas who radiated heat.

She looked up at Kek warily. "I don't like being watched by strangers."

He smiled. "I understand, Hara. So, playing with Alohi was fun?"

He slipped a finger into her, and she blinked as her body tried to drown him out. He laughed. He slid a second finger inside, and she gasped.

"Well, that is promising. You are holding tight, but no pain?"

"No pain."

He grinned. "Good." He slid in a third finger, and that was when she remembered how large his hands were.

The breath whooshed out of her, but there was still no pain.

His hand moved, and there was a distinctly squelching sound.

Alohi came over and was watching Kek's hand. "Wow. She's really wet."

Hara squirmed against Kek's hand. "I am trying to figure out if this feels good or not."

Alohi reached forward and stroked her clit for a moment and then licked his fingers. "Oh, wow. I should have tried something this morning. She tastes like she smells."

Kek continued to move his hand inside her, and with the extra fingers on her clit, she tensed, trembled, and clenched hard around his fingers as a slow pulsing orgasm moved through her... and out of her. Her thighs and Kek's hand were soaked.

Alohi whined, and Kek held his hand to him.

Hara hid her face against Kek. Their expressions were a little too intense.

Kek chuckled and said, "I think he is taking the meat off the bone."

She slammed her thighs together.

He laughed and kissed her again. She tasted herself on him and slowly responded. He gave her enough care that she started rubbing her thighs together.

When he raised his head, he asked, "So, what do you call me?"

"Kek?"

He nipped her lip, and she felt the graze of his canine.

"Your Majesty?"

He leaned back and narrowed his eyes. "Are you kidding?"

"Dude?"

He sighed. "So, not until you wear the mark, huh?"

"Well, it isn't accurate until then. If you find a beta who suits you better, it will be their title to use."

Kek lifted her higher and looked at her eye to eye. "Why are you so stubborn?"

"Because the last time I thought an alpha was mine, he wasn't. So, until you confirm it, I am just going to keep to myself, Your Majesty." She shrugged apologetically.

He sighed. "Right."

Alohi paused, "Hara, did you want to go surfing today? It will take your mind off... things."

"Yeah, I doubt I will be able to get specific things out of my mind. Sure, I wouldn't mind learning to surf."

Kek nodded. "In that case, have breakfast and head down to the beach. I will join you."

She blinked. "You will?"

"Of course. Alohi never goes too far from my sight. The tourists occasionally stray and think time with an omega would be fun."

"Okay." She squirmed off his lap and ended up at his side. Alohi grinned and headed to the kitchen to tell them that they were ready to eat.

She washed her hands in the bowl, and Alohi and Kek reached for food. "For the love of... wash your hands!"

They both laughed at her but washed their fingertips before eating. She settled in on a few bites of bread and fruit.

Kek rolled together some meat and a steamed vegetable. He held it out. "Open."

She nodded and ate the offering.

He fed both her and Alohi in turn, and she smiled. They were groaning, and they had to take a household guard with them first until Kek could catch up with them.

People didn't bother with clothing, and Alohi just had to speak to someone with surfboards, and they had two boards ready for use.

Alohi asked her, "Are you a strong swimmer?"

"No, but if I get in trouble, I will drop to the ocean floor and walk in."

Alohi smiled. "Right. Nice backup."

"I think so."

They waited for forty minutes, and she met a few more locals with Alohi making the delighted introductions.

When Kekoa appeared, he had a shorter wrap on and was carrying a surfboard as tall as he was.

The sound of the surf was steady, and it was the sound she heard when she slept. That, and Kek and Alohi breathing.

The instruction began, and a woman came over and offered her a shorter wrap that tied over one thigh and a band that didn't have much support but would help her out. She smiled. "Thank you."

"No problem. It's easier for them to be naked, but walking out of the water with all eyes aimed at you needs to be something you work up to." The woman set her original clothing aside and smiled. "Not everyone has the confidence of the king's omega."

"Yeah, I am pretty distant from that level of confidence."

"Are you visiting?"

"Um, sort of? Maybe? I hope to stay."

The woman smiled. "Good."

Kek called her and frowned. "Where did you get the clothing?"

"A woman gave it to me."

He whispered in her ear, and she dropped the clothing in the sand.

He went over instructions, and she picked up the board and followed them into the water. She lay on her board and paddled out, smiling at the turtle that swam under them in about fourteen feet of water.

The first time she met the water here, she was expected to do it unclothed. Alohi was naked, so she wouldn't feel uncomfortable. They paddled far out and turned.

Kek grinned. "It's coming, can you feel it?"

Haravin felt the humming beneath her. "Yes, I can feel it."

Alohi chuckled. "And so we add to a long list of things that will be at home between your thighs."

She splashed him, but Kek quickly told her to balance, stand up, and position herself from there. It was move with the water and then swim for the shore.

She nodded, and when the back of the board tilted upward, she hopped up and crouched. And as Kek led the way, Alohi followed, and she brought up the rear.

Haravin used a decade of dance and balance, experimenting with the waves, and then she saw a curl forming around her, so she bent and raced the collapse of the water. She was grinning, her hair was plastered to her, and she saw the blur of her alpha and omega go by as she kept to the edge of the wave as it shallowed out and pushed her toward shore.

She glided in and stepped off the board, smiling at her astonished companions. "Again?"

Kek chuckled. "You go, we will watch."

"Delightful."

She took the board and paddled out again, heading at a right angle to the current. She got out about as far as she had been the first time, and then she sat on her board, feeling the waves through the board, and when she felt the large swell under her, she waited until the push started and got onto the board. She was up and balancing and saw a pod of dolphins under her. She grinned, and then she saw grey launching out of the wave and straight at her. She went gold and dropped as the dolphin struck her. She was deeper than she had thought, aimed herself at the shore, and started walking.

She found a few watches and several phones and came out of the water with Kek silvered and waiting for her. She dropped her haul to the sand and looked at him as she shifted back to soft skin with the crowd watching.

"Fucking dolphins." She grimaced and stomped toward him and Alohi. The hug that she got from the omega was intense.

He whispered frantically. "He was really worried, but he wanted to show everybody what you are, but he had to shift so that he could feel if you were okay. You are definitely getting a mark tonight. He was really worried."

She nodded. "I understand. Does anyone have some fish I can have?"

The crowd muttered, and one guy came forward with a basket. "Why do you want them, Miss?"

"Oh, I have to punch a dolphin."

The crowd started giggling, and then it was a roar of laughter as her words were repeated. Kek wrapped an arm around her, and it went from silver to his normal bronze. "No dolphin punching."

She sighed. "Fine, but if I see him again, we are going to have words."

"Of course, you will, treasure."

She suddenly realized. "Oh, no. The board!"

He chuckled. "It came in without you. It was much more buoyant."

"Speaking of buoyant, can I get dressed now?"

He nodded.

Alohi came over and got her dressed in under a minute. She sighed and said, "So, we have surfed. What's next?"

Kek chuckled. "Lunch. My treasure has started to turn bright pink."

She scowled and then realized he meant she had started to burn. "Dang it."

Alohi grabbed her hand and tugged. "Come on, treasure."

They started back to the palace, and she laughed. "You aren't going to put anything on?"

"Not until I get the salt off my skin."

"Oh. Right."

They got back to the house, and he hauled her up to the bedroom. "Wash my back?"

She snorted. "Fine. I will. I am enthused by the idea of getting the salt out of my hair."

"There is going to be a toll for joining me in the shower." He hauled her through the bedroom.

She snorted. "What? Drowning on dry land?" She paused, "Again?"

"Not exactly. If you use your hands, the result will be the same."

Haravin laughed. "You are that easy?"

"Only for you and Kek. Technically, I shouldn't be hot for you, but I can't resist."

"Deal. Get the water on." She chuckled and stripped. She was rapidly getting used to the lack of clothing.

He started the shower, and she got a soft, clean cloth, covered it with soap, and lathered his back with slow, circular strokes. She pressed up against him, and her hand and the soft cloth moved around to stroke his very erect cock. She stroked him slowly, wrapping her arms around him and discarding the cloth to jerk him off with soft kisses on his shoulders and neck.

He whispered, "Faster, please."

She moved her hands faster, he groaned, and his hips jerked as his cum hit the wall and then washed down the drain.

She kissed his neck and sighed, moving her hand slowly as he trembled in her grip. She pulled away, and he slumped. He pulled her around him and kissed her. She returned the kiss and then caught the motion behind him. She squeaked, "Oh, hi, Kek."

Alohi kissed her again, holding her head and moving his lips against her ravenously. "You didn't know he would come when we played?"

She blinked. "I knew you would."

He laughed and said, "Okay, you washed my back. Now you can get the salt off."

He stepped away, and the spray had taken the suds away. Kek came into the shower, and Hara quickly rinsed off before trying to get past him. "Uh, it's all yours."

He was extremely aroused, and the band of his knot was wide and taut.

She muttered, "That looks painful."

"Oh, it is. Very. Can you help me with it like you assisted Alo?"

"Sure, but I am not sure I can reach around you."

"Oh, you can face me for it."

She stepped forward and wrapped her hands around his cock, and she began a slow stroking that had him narrowing his eyes.

He murmured, "I don't think this will do."

She blinked. "Harder? Faster?"

He smiled. "Softer, wetter."

Hara looked at him and swallowed. "Oh."

He chuckled and lifted her, turning the water off and lining his body up with hers. To her shock, the wide head slipped in without much issue. She felt the pressure, but no pain came with it.

She looked up at him in surprise.

"I knew that playing with Alo would get you started." He smiled. "He's insidious."

He was supporting her and slowly eased her down. Her lids fluttered as he went deeper. It felt so nice. Better than nice.

"How are you doing?"

She bit her lip and nodded, "Uh-huh."

He chuckled, lifted her, and lowered her. Her eyes opened wide as that set off a whole new set of sensations.

A soft whine left her throat, and he moved her faster, harder until the building tension told her she was going to fly apart again. She clutched at him and softly whimpered as he continued the thrusts until she gasped and groaned as her body pulsed around him. That was when he pushed hard, and she shrieked as the knot fully corked her, and heat rushed into her. She shuddered while her muscles clasped and squeezed him, and he shoved in deeper.

She panted, and then he licked her neck before biting down, and she howled in surprise.

He kept his teeth buried under her skin, and her heart pounding had a slower echo suddenly, followed by a twisting of a sort of a ribbon of emotion between them in a thick silver with the ripple of a thinner gold strand. Satisfaction came through the silver strand, and happy excitement came through the gold.

She was limp, pinned in two places.

When the link was thick enough, Kek released his bite and licked at her gently. She softly whined again, and he surged into her further. She was stretched and uncomfortable, but there was no pain.

She asked, "How much further can you go?"

"Invitation or query?"

"Query. An invitation would look like this." She brought her legs up and widened herself to one hundred and eighty degrees.

He shoved her against the tile wall and pressed into her.

She gasped and squirmed, but he got all the way in. She couldn't close her legs if she wanted to.

She huffed and looked at him. "Guess we didn't need those toys."

"They are all flanged. We can use them for anal training."

Her eyes snapped wide. "What?"

"Don't you think it would be fun to be between Alo and myself in his heat or my rut?"

"You have a weird idea of fun. It sounds sweaty to me."

"But with you able to do the splits, we can both get all the way to the hilt."

"He doesn't have a hilt."

Kek pushed against her rhythmically, and she noticed that something inside her was causing a different sort of excitement.

He kept up the lazy rocking, and the tension built and built, and then she screamed softly as raw pleasure spilled through her. She felt the surge inside her and suddenly felt that Kek might slip loose.

He rocked into her again, and this time, he slipped back a little. Kek laughed. "I am not ready to let you go. Not quite yet, but you know you will have to be close to me for the rest of the day and possibly the week."

"Why?"

"Because I need to tend the bite, and sex with you feels amazing. Both of those are excellent reasons."

She felt the lazy ripple of the ribbon in her mind. "So, you can find me now."

"Yes, without shifting forms."

She nodded. "Yes. That."

Kek rubbed his cheek against hers, and when she lifted her head to his, he kissed her. She could feel his pleasure, and he could feel hers. It took the guesswork out of it but was very gratifying.

They clung together for another four minutes, and the swell of his knot gave way, and he pulled out of her.

She looked down. "Glad we are in the shower."

He grinned. "Sex is messy if you do it right. We did it very right."

She squirmed, and he released her legs, though he didn't drop her. The shower went on, and when the spray was warm, he pivoted and washed them both off.

Her sex was hot and achy, but it was otherwise fine. When washed, rinsed, and washed again, she was wrapped in a drying cloth and carefully walked into the bedroom. Alohi was smiling, and he looked at her mark, grinned, and said, "It looks nice and clean."

She nodded. "Um, thank you." She found the gold strand and showed how dazed she was.

"Oh, treasure. Have a seat. I will get you something to wear, and then we can go down for some food."

"Food will be sent up in the next thirty minutes."

Alohi blinked. "Really? We never eat up here."

"I am not sated yet, so it is best for all of us to remain here for the day."

Alo blinked. "Right."

Kek smiled and lay on the wide platform. "Alo? Would you and Hara join me?"

Hara paused until Alo was snuggled in, and then she settled near them. Arms reached out and pulled her into their pile, holding her against Alo.

Alo rolled and snuggled her in between them.

"You had a busy morning, Hara. Get some rest. Mating day is rough on betas." Kek was crooning. "You have done so well, treasure. I am so proud of you."

She thought about it. Rough? No, he had been careful right until his knot wedged in.

She snuggled against the omega with her lips pressed to his collarbone. She nuzzled his neck and sighed. Now that her body was awake, it was humming slightly. She squirmed against him, and he helped her get his erection between her thighs. She rocked her hips on him and felt Kek's hand on her hip.

She moaned as she got him slick, and he returned the favour. Hara conveyed what had become urgency, and Alo smiled, kissed her, and pulled her under him. He pressed into her slowly and undulated until her opening took him in.

She rocked with him, wrapping her legs around his waist, and hung on. She focused on the sensations coming back to her until he rotated his hips and started pressing on that spot that the knot had found.

Hara started whining, and he grinned and pressed his teeth over Kek's mark. A whirling mix of happiness, lust, satisfaction, irritation, and urgency broke through to her. She came hard when Kek loomed behind Alo and bit the back of his neck slowly. There was a hot rush inside, and she felt the pleasure waves in her start again.

Alo grunted and got heavier, and to her astonishment, Kek settled on him, moving slowly. Alo got hard again, and she felt the slow and careful thrusts that he was getting from Kek.

She felt the movements and tried to listen through the link to figure out what they felt like, but theirs was a long-standing relationship, and despite him moving inside her, she didn't feel like she was involved.

Kek groaned, and Alo whined and shuddered, spilling into her once more.

She had had her fun, so it was only right they had theirs.