Chapter 18

Eighteen

ALEX

V anessa seemed to adjust well into my pack.

As I watched her play monopoly again in the living room with my packmates, a feeling of satisfaction and completion entered me. It had been a couple of days, and she was starting to feel comfortable sleeping next to us in bed. She would hump my knee in her sleep, but I never told her that in the morning. She was getting close to her heat and I could feel it. I also couldn't forget the first night with her on my kitchen counter and how much I wanted to fuck her.

While she rolled on the ground laughing, I stared at the little pink spandex shorts that hugged her ass. She wore Jack's shirt, which hung loose around her. At first, we were all bothered by the scent of another alpha on her, but we had gotten used to it.

It definitely made my hackles rise on the first day.

The only problem was that I didn't enjoy getting too close to her when she was wearing that shirt. She could be doing that on purpose.

"I win!" she shouted, her hands full of fake cash.

The alphas sitting around her chuckled at her infectious laugh. Ever since she joined our pack, the men were fighting less and acted maturely, especially when she was around.

I sat in the dining area, slowly drinking my black coffee and watching them. She was energetic this morning. I was glad that Vanessa looked much happier than she had the first day she arrived here. She hadn't shown any of the usual signs of an omega wanting to escape or running away. She looked content.

Or maybe she was tricking us all .

As I watched her jump up and down, fist-pumping after an hour-long game, I noticed a dark stain on her shorts from the front. Just where her pussy was nestled in. I suddenly came to a realization.

I should have trusted my gut instinct the entire time.

My heart pounding hard, I shot up from my chair and into the living room. Vanessa turned to me, her eyes wide and her face flushed pink.

"You're in heat, aren't you?" I asked her, watching her breathe hard. Like a rabbit caught.

"No, I'm not," she said a little too quickly.

"Take off your shorts. And panties," I ordered. "I'll check you myself."

She swallowed, her eyes darting fearfully between me and the other alphas. There was no way out, and I wasn't going to have mercy on her. As an unmated omega, it was our job to mark her as ours and keep her protected from other rival alphas.

"I'm not in heat," she said defiantly as she bent down and pulled off her shorts roughly. She stood there in her small panties, her long sexy legs bare.

"Panties off, too," I said, my cock stirring underneath my jeans as I watched her slowly remove her panties. The other alphas had long abandoned the chess game, watching her eagerly. Mason's hand was in his shorts. He had no self-control, but there was nothing I could do about it. "Give me your panties."

She quickly straightened her shirt over her privates, but we could all smell her. She had worn the spandex shorts to disguise her heat. Her sweet omega candy scent lingered in the air, thickening each second as the alphas gazed upon her half-naked body. Her big breasts were outlined under the oversized shirt, teasing us. There was no hiding it anymore.

I took the pink panties from her, inspecting them.

A clear film of slick covered the seat of her panties as I turned it over between my fingers. The musky, sweet odor wafted to my nose as I held it to my face. I looked at her very red face.

"I'm not in actual heat," she said, grasping for straws now. "Otherwise, I'd be in pain."

"Laurent, please grab a thermometer," I said. "She's making this difficult for us. I will make sure. Vanessa, on your knees."

"Please," she begged, trying to inch for the door.

"On your hands and knees. Now Vanessa," I ordered with my alpha baritone, using her full name instead of any of the pet names we came up for her. She was hiding things from us, and I was going to get to the bottom of it. She sank to the ground, trembling before me.

Presenting her bottom to me.

I flipped her t-shirt up, revealing her large pale cheeks, which looked like orbs.

Her scent was like a drug as I grasped her ass in my hands. I used my feet to separate her thighs apart until her pink, quivering pussy was on display. Her scent deepened with arousal, filling the air around us.

Damn.

I wasn't sure how much self-control I had at this point. I wanted to bury my fucking rod into that tight hole. To lose myself inside of her.

"Fuck," whispered Blade, watching with wide eyes. Mason was furiously working his dick in his pants.

I stuck my middle finger into her pussy, and her hips jerked up. She was very wet, and her opening felt warm, almost hot. It was the first time I was able to see her pussy, and I wasn't disappointed. Nice and tight.

"She's hot," I said. "Do you see how bright her pussy lips are? That's also a sign of an omega in heat." I gently tugged on her pussy lips on each side, opening her, and she shuddered under my touch.

"She's very sensitive to your touch," observed Blade.

"I paid a lot of attention to sexual health back in school," I said.

"Probably to stare at omega pussies," muttered Vanessa.

I smacked her bottom, and she yelped. "That's enough of your smart mouth. Did you think you could trick us and not let us know when you're in heat? How are you not doubling over in pain?"

"It'll happen soon enough," she said. "I swear it's just the beginning part of it. I'm in pre-heat."

"Here's the thermometer," said Laurent, handing it to me. I quickly snatched it and spread her ass with one hand. I stared at her dark little sphincter, waiting to be penetrated.

"I'm going to take your temperature now," I said, slowly sticking the cold metal tip directly into her anus. Stretching her anus as I placed it inside. She yelped again, and I smacked her across her cheeks as the stick jiggled between her ass. "Stay still. Before I shove it in deeper."

While we waited for the thermometer to beep, all our gazes were on her ass. I could admit I was enraptured by her large ass. I couldn't wait to see what the temperature said and implant my seed deep inside her. I was going to rut her for days to make sure she got pregnant.

Her back was curved, beautifully presenting her ass to me. Begging me to take her. She was getting arrogant and sneaky for my own liking. The little blue thermometer finally let out a long beep.

Laurent spread her ass as I pulled the thermometer out. Her temperature was high.

She was officially in her heat.