Chapter 29

Twenty-Nine

JADE

I was in Dravin's arms, delirious with pain as he bounded up the stairs.

We were in Caleb's room, and he gently placed me on the bed. Dravin, Nick, and Bruce surrounded me as Caleb attended to his mother outside. I groaned as a wave of pain squeezed down my belly and my core.

"Let us give you some relief Jade," said Dravin.

"No," I said harshly, up in pain as another wave of pain struck my body.

"Caleb isn't here," said Bruce, knowing that I felt reluctant about their pack leader. The thought of relief from these relentless attacks that Argon brought on was appealing.

"I can't," I cried out when my stomach clenched again at the emptiness within me. "I'll ride out the heat, and if I'm about to die, I'll let you know."

"Jade, don't do this," Dravin said, sitting beside me. His voice was thick and full of pain. He laid a comforting hand on my back. "Don't hurt yourself over your differences with Caleb. We care for you deeply. This is hurting us as much as it's hurting you."

"Please give me time to think about this," I gasped. "I'll call for you if I need you. Argon didn't listen to me, so will you?"

"Fuck that hurts," said Dravin. "We'll leave you alone for a little bit and give you space to think. I'll be right downstairs."

I nodded slightly.

When they all left the room, guilt hit me. I shouldn't be feeling guilty. But they sounded sincere, unlike Argon.

I needed a shower badly. I smelled like smoke and ash. Argon's touch and caress had to be erased. With immense strength, I got up from the bed, the dirty sheet dropping to the ground. I didn't have my towel or anything. I desperately needed to get under the water. I limped to the bathroom while holding my middle. I was slow, but I made it inside, shutting the door behind me. With one hand gripping the counter, I twisted the golden faucet until the shower came on.

Standing under the running cold water relieved my stress but not the pain. The pain worsened in my belly as I scrubbed my hair with Nick's coconut-scented shampoo. I tried to rinse my hair quickly but doubled over in pain, letting out a small yelp.

God, my first heat was too much. I hated this.

"Are you okay in there?" said Caleb, bursting into the bathroom, seeing me sitting under the spray of water, curled up in pain. "It's your heat, isn't it?"

He came over to me, pushing my wet hair back from my face, calmly squeezing and rinsing the remainder of the shampoo from my hair. He rubbed soap down my back, carefully washing it in circles.

"What are you doing?"

"I'll finish washing you. Just relax," he said close to my ear.

I was self-conscious of my naked state, but it wasn't like he'd never seen me naked. I held my middle, sitting in the bathtub as he washed and rinsed me.

"Thank you," I said in a low voice, and he kissed me on the forehead. His kiss felt like a warm hug. An oasis of protection and safety. I couldn't let the warm feelings overwhelm me. He helped me stand as he carefully wrapped a clean towel around me, drying me off.

"You're trembling," he said, studying me as I stepped out of the tub. "What did that bastard do to you?"

I shook my head silently. Then unable to contain it anymore, tears rolled down my face as a feeling of helplessness struck me.

Caleb hugged me to his chest.

His scent of the trees filled my senses, giving me life again. The feeling of hope again. He hugged me tight as I cried and shuddered against his chest.

"I'm sorry," I blubbered, but he only hugged me tight.

"You're safe with me, baby," he muttered. I felt the vibrational wave of his purring as he softly comforted me as I cried. When the tears stopped, I pulled away embarrassed, wiping my eyes with the towel.

"It was horrible," I hiccuped as I blew my nose into a tissue that Caleb handed me. I watched Caleb's face turn to fury as I described the night. The devil's intensity to bring me to heat. The near-climaxing on repeat for hours on end until my heat came.

"I'm so so sorry, sweetheart," he said, all sincerity in his voice. "I will never let something like that happen to you ever again."

I wrapped my towel around me tighter in the foggy bathroom. Caleb's touches had soothed my pain a tiny bit, but it was coming back in full force. Taking a deep breath, I approached Caleb and rested a hand on his chest, covered with a gray shirt.

"Will you help me through my heat?" I asked. I wasn't sure if I was making the right move at all. I just knew I couldn't live with this pain for the next few hours. It was unbearable, and it hurt like hell.

"Do you trust me?" he asked, placing his hand over mine. I felt his heart beating under my palm. "I am nothing like the monster that you were trapped with. Do you trust that I will never hurt you? Because after I rut you, I want you to be my mated omega. Forever."

My pulse raced as I stared into his eyes. He was being serious about me for once. He wasn't playing games, and I could sense it.

"I trust you," I whispered. He was saying everything that I'd dreamt of over my lonely nights.

"I never meant to match you with another pack after that night," he explained. "You might not believe me, but I promise you that I was fully intending to cancel with them and keep you for myself."

I swallowed, remembering how seeing those texts pained me.

"Okay," I said, my heart softening towards him again. My wishful omega heart was so weak against this pack that it was ridiculous. "Am I being stupid?"

"No, you're not," he said, kissing me soundly on the lips with my hand over his heart. I felt his heart beating faster as his lips pressed over mine. "Do you feel my heart?"

"I do."

"Then you know the truth of how you make me feel."

Caleb

Jade was a vision to behold as I gazed upon her naked body on the bed.

Dravin held her right leg open while Nick held onto her left leg. Her weeping pussy displayed in the middle for me made my cock harden like never before. I stood naked before her, gazing at her face while Bruce rained kisses on her neck while palming her breasts. Her long black hair fanned around my pillow, her lips cherry red as she bit her lower lip nervously.

"Please, Caleb," she breathed, her face pink and flushed. Her small hand was on her belly. I could see she was in pain even though she tried to hide it from us. My cock was hard and ready. Ready to penetrate her tight little hole as it quivered under my gaze.

"Yes," I said, immediately climbing onto the bed to join them.

Nick and Dravin rubbed her inner thighs when I approached her. My dick stood straight out, ready to impregnate this omega.

She was mine. Or I would make her mine after this.

She would know who her alpha was after I knotted her. As I knelt between her legs, I took a good look at her pussy. Spreading her pussy lips open, I saw how bright pink it was. Her body heat was high, and I could see her little hole opening and closing, waiting for me.

Gripping my hard cock in my hand, I lined it up to her pussy, touching her with it. She groaned as I teased her entrance.

"No games, please," she moaned, eagerly lifting her hips.

No, I wasn't like that asshole Argon. I would give her the release and the pleasure she deserved.

I pushed into her, and her breasts bounced at the impact. Damn , my dick felt so good inside her tight heated hole. I was going to be her first during her heat, and I was honored.

"Do you like this, little omega?" I asked as I pushed deeper inside of her.

"Yes, it feels so good, Caleb," she said, gazing at me with wonder and admiration in her eyes. I plunged deeper into her and thrust into her tight channel as it hugged my cock. I was already about to orgasm since it had been a while, but I held on. She needed a good fucking after being teased to death in that hellhole.

Nick reached down, his fingers strumming her clit as I pounded into her heated slit.

"Does this feel good?" asked Nick.

I groaned as her pussy squeezed tight around my cock waiting impatiently for my knot.

"It feels so good. Keep doing it like that, Nick," she breathed. "In circles with your thumb. Oh, moons."

When her pussy squeezed my cock tight again, I dropped my head to her shoulder, softly nicking her skin with my sharp incisors.

"Oh," she gasped when I marked her at last.

"My mate ," I whispered. "My omega. Say it, baby."

"I'm yours," she breathed, wincing from the bite as her pussy clenched tightly around my cock. I allowed myself to finally explode inside of her. My liquid spurted deep inside her belly. Just as I liked. My usually controlled breathing was erratic as I huffed and puffed over her curvy body.

I licked the tiny droplet of blood from her shoulder.

"Be ready for my knot," I said, kissing her on the lips. My cock slowly swelled inside of her from the base, filling her up to bring her relief. "How do you feel, baby?"

"So much better," she said, smiling for the first time since we pulled her out of the guesthouse. "I didn't think a knot would bring me instant relief like this."

"See?" I said, kissing the smile on her luscious pink lips. "We're here to serve you. To protect you and to fulfill your every need. Every alpha around you right now is ready to knot you and help you through your heat."

"I understand now," she said softly, giggling when Bruce bit her earlobe. "Bruce, stop."

"Sorry, honey," Bruce said. "After Caleb's knot goes down, I'll take you next."

"We can take her at the same time," said Dravin.

"I guess I can play with her pussy until it's my turn," sighed Nick. He was always the last one since he was quiet.

"Nick, it's always better to have it one-on-one," I winked as I sunk my knot deeper into Jade's pussy. Nice and tight with just my cock in her.

Nick smiled widely.

"I know."