Chapter 10

Ten

ALANA

M y body was wracked in pain as James gently set me down on the soft bed. I briefly wondered how they got it here in the first place.

Did they do all this just for me? Just to kill me?

"James can have her first," ordered Volgriff. "He was the one who kept her nice and healthy for us until her heat. Go ahead, James, and have your fill. Then I will go next."

James nodded, climbing onto the bed and resting his hands on my knees.

"I want to help you, Alana," he whispered, an earnest look on his face. "It will help your pain."

I shook my head, tears silently going down my face. But I needed some kind of relief, even if it wasn't going to be a knot.

"In front of everyone?" I whispered. He was able to hear me above the racket with how laser-focused he was on me.

"We have to. Then I'll drink some of your blood in front of them too."

"Then, what?" I asked, scared of what he would say. And he didn't say anything to me, just watching me wordlessly, his hands still on my knees, waiting for me.

In spite of the pain, I spread my legs for him.

The towel hiked up to my stomach, my pussy exposed to everyone. I didn't dare look around to see what the vampires were doing, but from the sounds of it- it was nothing good.

Once my legs were spread for him, James pushed his loincloth to the side. This time, I was more than ready for him. My pussy clenched as I stared at his cock, hungry for him to enter me. For him to relieve some of the burning heat within me. We stared into each other's eyes as he plunged inside of me.

I cried out at the impact, and he covered my mouth with a kiss.

"It's just you and me," whispered James harshly against my lips as he plunged deeper inside me.

"I want more," I cried out, scratching his back as I tried pulling him deeper. He was relieving some of my pain, but it wasn't enough.

It wasn't enough for an omega in heat.

His hips pistoned into me, thrusting into me with all the force he could muster. I moaned at the impact. The jeers from the vampires around us made me nervous, but I focused on James and only him.

"I'm sorry, sweetheart," he said. "Your pussy is clenching a lot, needing a lot more than I could give. I'm so fucking sorry."

"Don't be sorry," I breathed against him as he pounded into me. "You're helping with the pain."

But I knew as soon as he pulled out of me, the pain would come back threefold, and I was terrified.

"I'm going to drink some of your blood now," he said. "Focus on my bite. Focus on the pleasure I'm about to give you."

He brought his lips to my neck, and I leaned my head to the left, closing my eyes so I didn't make eye contact with any of the hellions around us. He stopped thrusting momentarily, and then I felt the burn of his fangs puncture my skin. I cried out as he licked my skin, relieving the pain with his saliva.

My heated center clenched and released more slick as he started sucking on my blood. The coldness of his lips against my skin felt amazing, and I was getting so aroused to the point of climaxing just from him feeding on me.

He quickly pulled away, and I opened my eyes to see him licking his bloodstained lips.

"Why did you stop?" I asked.

"I don't want to lose control," he said gruffly, thrusting into me a couple more times. "Fuck, I'm going to come."

After a few more seconds, he pumped one last time into me despite me clinging onto his shoulders for dear life. When he pulled out, my pussy walls tightened again in furious pain. I started crying from the pain, and he looked panicked. He lifted me in his arms, carrying me off the bed.

"Where are you taking her?" demanded one of the vampires, punching him on the arm playfully.

"She's thirsty and needs a break," said James, breaking out of the circle of vampires.

"What's going on?" asked Volgriff, coming towards us. I noticed his hard-on right away, and I swallowed, remembering what he said about taking me next. My heart started beating faster. There was no way I would make it out of this alive. Either I'll die from my heat or at the hands of the vampires.

"She needs water," said James.

"Okay, I'll get some for her. No need to walk away," said Volgriff jogging towards the house.

I watched James's eyes flick back and forth. Then before I knew it, he began sprinting at top speed away from the vampires. As he ran, I wrapped my arms around him, clinging tightly for dear life. His comrades started running after us.

"I will get you to safety," breathed James under his breath as he continued running. I looked back, seeing that we were far ahead of the vampires.

James was fast, and he was determined.

My pain had come back in full force, crippling me again as I lay in his arms. It was horrible, and I couldn't concentrate on anything around me as I focused on the center of my pain. Right in my belly- clenching and releasing.

I opened my eyes to see that we were back in the complex cave that I had gone through.

"Where are the vampires?" I asked, through my pain.

"They're scared to come here," he muttered as he made his way to the other side. The opening to my side of the world. "Where can I take you for help? Even though I hate this, is there an alpha you trust?"

The pain spiraling through my belly caused me to cry out. I couldn't think straight. But there was only one alpha that I knew who could help me.

"The heat clinic. Take me there," I gasped as another sharp pain ripped through me.

Then all I saw was black.

James

She was unconscious in my arms.

Panic rolled through my body as I ran across the beach and to the roads. My feet were burning from the hot ground without shoes, and people stared at me like a spectacle as I zoomed past them. I knew I looked like a wild man compared to what they were used to. Everyone was fully clothed in her world, and I was careful not to make eye contact with anyone.

I ran past street vendors, stores and fruit stalls. I half-expected to see omega auctions, but I didn't see a single one. That must have been outlawed now. No one was close enough to see what I was as I sped past them, looking for anything that looked like a clinic. I never learned how to read, especially when vampires were discriminated against and not allowed to go to school with werewolf children.

I went down a back alleyway and saw a beta. He was smoking, sitting cross-legged on the ground.

"Do you know where the heat clinic is?" I asked him gruffly, with the omega still in my arms. His eyes widened when he looked at me, and I instantly wrapped my fingers around his throat. "Tell me, beta, before I suck all your blood dry and leave your corpse in the dumpster."

"It's over there," the beta choked out, dropping his cigarette. "It's the only heat clinic here. Everyone knows about it."

"Where?"

He pointed in the general direction of the clinic, his face red. "The blue building with the glass."

"Thank you," I said, looking at him in the eyes. I stared deep into his irises. "You will forget that you saw me. Nothing happened, and you will continue to smoke like the mindless idiot you are."

I released his throat, and he blinked, looking confused as he picked up his smoke again. I wish I could compel Alana to forget me but omegas and alphas were immune to compulsion. It was something about their genetic makeup. I ran in the direction the beta pointed out, looking for the blue building. When I finally saw it, I breathed a sigh of relief. The time was ticking, and Alana's condition was getting dire.

Standing in front of the building, a slew of nurses rushed out, seeing the omega in my arms.

"What's going on?" one asked without looking at me. She felt for Alana's pulse. "Bring the stretcher!"

"She's in heat," I said quickly, looking down in case they saw my eyes. But none of them were paying attention to me as I handed Alana over to them with a last kiss on her forehead.

Then I sprinted away from the clinic, my heart heavy. I hoped she would be okay. It was all my fault that she didn't get help before she went into heat. I couldn't betray my people earlier, but now I was considered a traitor because I followed my heart.