Chapter 16

Sixteen

LYRA

A fter dropping off the dishes, to the servants' shock, I started to make my way back to the living area. I hoped everyone was calm by then because I couldn't take the fighting much longer. I just wanted Kodan to get along with my fathers.

Walking down the long hallway covered in red carpet, I stopped and looked into the ornate mirror. My hair was a mess after traveling for hours. I quickly tried to pat down my hair as I tied it into a ponytail.

My hair still looked messy, but it would have to do.

I turned and saw Kodan down the hallway, making his way toward me. I gave him a small smile as he pulled me in for a silent hug. We didn't even have to communicate as we hugged each other for comfort.

I gasped when I felt his raging erection press against my stomach.

"What naughty thoughts were you thinking about?" I laughingly accused him.

"Just thinking about knotting you again, little princess," he said in a low voice in my ear.

Shivers swept down my spine, and I felt my panties start to get drenched with arousal. He grasped my hand in his large one, leading me away from the throne room and up the staircase.

"What are you doing?" I asked, trying to pull my hand away.

"To your room," he said. "I'm sorry, princess, but it's been hours. I need to rut you at this moment."

My pussy clenched with need. I needed him, too, but it was so inappropriate. What if someone heard us?

"It's not a good idea, Kodan," I said, protesting as we walked up the steps. "My parents will know."

"There's no negotiating this one," he said gruffly. "I need you open and ready for me. My cock is going to fucking explode."

"Let's go to my room," I said quickly, leading him by the hand to my room. I was horny as hell too, and maybe a quickie wouldn't hurt.

Once we were inside, I hastily locked the door with shaking fingers. This sigma wasn't waiting for anything.

Kodan pressed me up against the wall and smashed his mouth over mine. He kissed me roughly like it was going to be the last time we'd ever kiss.

Closing my eyes, I took him in.

His scent and the cologne he used this morning were intoxicating to me. His lips searched mine, kissing me with force behind it like he had been craving me.

" Fuck ," he said against my lips. "You taste so good. I missed kissing you."

"You shouldn't have been so distant this morning," I said.

"I didn't want to manipulate your decision," he said. "Enough talking. Lift your dress. Now."

Kodan

I don't know what took over me.

All I knew at this moment was to fuck my omega wife. I needed her—more than air itself.

My cock was fucking ready to erupt, and my balls were tight. I let my jeans fall to the floor as I kissed her again. Her hands surrounded me for support when I lifted her right thigh up. I pressed my other hand to the wall to steady myself as I caved her in.

I needed her tight, delicious cunt. I pressed a finger into her warm opening and found her ready for me.

"Good girl," I said out loud.

"What?" she asked innocently.

Her eyes were wide and glazed over with desire. Even though she said this wasn't right, her body said otherwise. Her breasts rose and fell with her rapid breathing as I swirled my finger around her pussy, feeling her readiness.

"My finger is sticky with your slick," I said. "Are you ready for me to go deep inside you?"

"Yes," she breathed.

"Yes, what?"

"I want you deep inside me," she breathed. She looked at the door as if worried that we were taking too long. I didn't give a fuck about the others.

I was going to take my wife when I pleased.

Removing my finger from her pussy, I pressed my slick-covered finger against her mouth as she opened her lips. She looked surprised and confused as she sucked my finger with her full pink lips.

"Do you like tasting yourself, little princess?" Her cheeks reddened with shame, but she nodded quietly. "Good girl. I like tasting you, too."

Her thigh was soft to the touch as I held her wide open for me. She grasped my waist for balance as I inserted myself inside her. Inch by inch, her stomach flexed with her fast breaths as I pushed all the way inside of her.

Fuck .

Her pussy surrounded my stone-hard cock, enveloping it in her warmth. I slammed into her, covering her mouth as she gasped loudly. Keeping my hand over her mouth, I pulled back and then pounded into her hot, throbbing pussy.

I couldn't think straight.

I felt like I was in my rutting phase, but that was only triggered by an omega's heat—and she wasn't in heat.

At this moment, my vision was clouded, and I could only see her. My innocent omega in front of me, open and needy for me.

My cock slammed into her tight cunt repeatedly until she gasped with her own climax. Her pussy clenched tight around my shaft, sucking it deeper inside her, and I removed my hand from her lips. Instead, I covered her mouth with mine, sucking in her light gasps and breathy moans.

I bucked my hips against her once more. My cock hardened even more from the warmth of her pussy.

My cock began to tighten, getting hotter with each thrust. The heat of my semen erupted from the end of my shaft, filling her.

Every drop of my seed stuck tightly inside her. I groaned in relief as my cock swelled at the base, locking her in.

Her eyes widened in shock.

"I forgot to take my pill this morning," she said as my knot grew bigger. She tried to pull away, but she winced in pain. "I thought I was staying with my parents."

"Don't hurt yourself," I growled. "It's too late now."

I held her hips in place and carried her to the bed. It was a canopy bed with a sheer white cloth hanging down the side. While I was still locked inside her warm opening, I gently laid her down in front of me.

"Now I won't have a real choice to leave you or not," she said, not meeting my eyes. "What if I get pregnant?"

"You can't blame me," I said. "I gave you the pills last night."

She shook her head, not wanting to see reason. Damn, she was stubborn.

"If you hadn't stolen my pills in the first place, this wouldn't have happened," she said, trying once again to pull away from my swollen cock and wincing again from the resistance.

"Breathe, just relax," I said. And apparently, that was the wrong thing to say when her eyes widened.

"How could you tell me to relax?" she said. "Okay, I know I fucked up not taking the pill, but now I could get pregnant. And your brother is running around Howl's Edge, terrorizing everyone. It's not safe to have a baby."

"You're not in heat," I said, kissing her neck and rubbing her back. I had to get her to calm down. I didn't want our relationship to end in a fight before I had to hunt for my brother and leave her here with Luke. Jealousy stabbed at my heart at having to leave her alone to bond with another mate. I knew it was the norm to share an omega, but I had never done it before. "You have nothing to worry about, little princess. Why are you crying? Tell me."

She huffed and tried to turn her face away from me. But I wouldn't let her. I grasped her chin and kissed her on the lips.

I kissed away her tears. Her pain was my pain, and I was surprised to learn that then. My heart ached when I saw her like this. I wanted to fix her pain.

"I don't want you to leave," she finally sighed against my lips once I had calmed her down with my petting and purring.

"Are you saying you want to stay with me?" I asked.

"Yes."

I stopped breathing, and I paused while rubbing her back. She actually wanted to be with me. She wanted me. Me, an outcast sigma hated by her people.

"Is that your final decision? Are you very sure?" I asked unbelievingly, gazing into the depths of her sky-blue eyes.

"I'm very sure," she said, laughing and crying. I hugged her tight, and she wrapped her shaking arms around me as my knot held her tight to me. My heart filled with warmth and pride that my omega wife wanted me.

"I love you," I said gruffly, not caring one bit if it was too early and that there was the fact that it was only days since we were married.

"Already?" she smiled, kissing me on the lips.

She didn't say it back, but I felt it in her kiss. One day, she would say it. I knew it from the deep feeling I had in my soul about her. She was the one I needed, the one I wanted, and the one I never would let go of. If she couldn't recognize it fully, that was okay.

"I'll come back for you as soon as I have the problem at home sorted," I said. "Are you willing to give up this beautiful bed and all your luxuries for a rough old sigma?"

She giggled again, pulling on the black bow tie she forced me to wear this morning alone with a dress shirt. She relented on letting me wear the black jeans with it. This morning didn't start out well for us, but then I saw hope for our future.

"Yes," she said. "Believe it or not, I don't care about this stuff anymore."

I didn't believe it, but I vowed to myself to make her as comfortable as possible living with me.

"Your room is cute," I said, looking around at the bright curtains and her books scattered on her desk. There was a large armchair with makeup supplies strewn all over it. "I take it you like to do makeup?"

"Yes," she said, her eyes lighting up. I want to open my own salon one day to help omegas on their wedding day."

She had ambitions and goals that I didn't know about. We had been too busy screwing around and not talking enough.

"Wow, I'm sure you're amazing at it," I said.

"Yeah, like when I was doing my cousin's makeup at the cafe before you barged in to destroy everyone," she said with a cheeky smile.

I groaned at the thought of ever hurting her.

"There's no need to keep remembering that," I said, kissing her on the lips to quiet her.

The knock on the door made us both jerk up, and I looked down to see us still knotted together. Her pussy was still expanded to handle my knot, pulsing around my cock.

"Who is it?" she called from the bed, pulling a blanket over us.

"Just wondering where you went," said Luke from outside the door.

"I'll be down in a minute," she said.

"Is Kodan in there with you? I can smell his scent," said Luke.

I rubbed my forehead in annoyance.

"Yes, Luke. You'll have all the days with her while I'm gone," I said.

"Sheesh, I get it," said Luke. "Calm the fuck down, sigma. Don't enjoy yourself too much, Lyra."

I rolled my eyes and turned to find Lyra smiling as we listened to his footsteps disappear down the stairs.