6. NEPHELINE

6

NEPHELINE

Mateo stole me into his lap after breakfast, content to stay in the middle of my nest where I demanded. It's an involuntary reaction, an absolute need to remain in this little space. I have all the scents I need even if I don't understand why. While my Alphas have been talking, I've been trying to fight through a haze. Their words sound like I'm underwater, unable to swim to the surface.

My heart is beating in my ears and my entire body feels like it's on fire.

"Princess, where do you keep going?" Mateo breathes in my ear as one of his hands settles on my thigh. The other splays across my stomach beneath my shirt, his heated touch drawing a moan from my lips. This needy Omega shit is not helpful when I'm supposed to be leading a pack. I wiggle in his lap, avoiding the loaded stares from my Alphas but their boosted scents are making it harder for me to concentrate. "Nepheline, what's wrong?"

"I can't fucking focus. You guys came back and I… his scent. It's my Beta, isn't it? Where is he?" That's when everything clicks. The memory I couldn't quite get a hold of, the boy in my dreams, and the absolute need to have the tattered, bloodied clothes Asani and Mateo brought back into my nest. Tears glaze over my eyes as I stare at the Beta's shirt, remembering the man I fell in love with. Even then, I knew he would be my forever.

I had hoped so.

And then, somehow, things changed and Flynn became the Beta I remembered. He always told me we would be forever; that I was his but the feelings weren't the same. I don't regret killing that bastard, although I want to bring him back to life and kill him again for not telling me about the one I truly loved.

"Where is he?" I ask again. Their silence doesn't sit well with me. "Is he-"

Asani quickly shakes his head and settles beside me. "No. He's not dead." His gaze flicks up to Mateo, whose arms tighten around me.

I twist around to meet the deep brown eyes currently full of regret. "We made it out to the clearing just as Calista and Pierson did. They are taking him back to the cell outside of the council meeting room. As much as I wanted to demand that we would take care of the wolf, asserting my status would have made them suspicious. Princess, I will get your Beta back. I promise you that."

"Are you firing them? They should be fired. Fuck, they should also be dead." My words are a lot harsher than I intended but I'm not taking them back. Every sitting member of the current council is responsible in some part for my family's death—whether because they had a hand in it or they sat idly by. Even the one elder that Mateo actually likes needs to at least step down for not stopping Calista and all her dirty dealings.

When no one responds to my outburst, I look up to see my Alphas with varying degrees of amusement plastered on their faces. I can't tell if they're laughing at me or just find my wording hilarious. River is chewing on his lip rings again, wiggling his brows at me. "As a matter of fact, the council is getting fired. Unfortunately, it's not just as easy as cleaning house and starting over. There's a process but the moment we address the pack, Mateo is going to address it."

All I can see in my head is Mateo publicly shaming his mother and Remi's father, Kylan scowling on the side as their power is ripped from them. An evil giggle slips from my lips before I can catch it, more laughter spreading through the room. As funny as it is, I need a new council. Mostly because they currently have my Beta.

There's no doubt in my mind that my Alphas will bring him back, especially with the way Mateo's lips dip to my shoulder, encircling his bite. A tendril of need and adrenaline rush through me as my emotions funnel into to anger. My fucking mother-in-law has my Beta. Then it hits me that Mateo mentioned he's my Beta. They've accepted a man they've never met. I grant him a small smile before gathering a few shirt scraps and pulling them to my nose again. It's like a drug that runs through me, igniting me from the inside out.

My eyes roll into the back of my head as a moan falls from my lips, that familiar feeling of slick gathering between my thighs. I whine at the immediate discomfort as my pussy clenches around nothing, my fingers digging into the fabrics. My stomach churns and I reach out for relief, suddenly enveloped in Remi's arms as he removes me from my nest and heads to our room.

"I got you, Sunshine."

"I don't understand. I just had a heat. I… ungh." Another bout of slick slips between my thighs as I curl into Remi's chest, clinging to him when he tries to put me down. Trying to have a serious conversation when my Omega only wants a hard fuck is annoying. The moment there's a break in all this craziness, I'm going for heat blockers.

Asani moves into the room as well, settling beside my head, his fingers moving through my untamed hair. "I wasn't sure before but that Beta is definitely yours, precious. Finding his scent is going to bring out your Omega. Completely. Embrace it, Nepheline." My back arches off the piles of blankets I've set up, Remi working quickly to undo his pants. Not soon enough, he's sliding into my pussy, his knot fluttering at my entrance.

He leans over me, his arms propped up on either side of my head. "You are gorgeous, Nepheline. The best Omega. The best Luna. Ours and we are yours." Remi places a light kiss on my lips before picking up a slow and sensual pace. He grabs one of my legs to wrap around his waist, opening me up so that I feel every inch of his cock inside of me.

I grab at his arms, a little disoriented. "I don't-"

"Shh, it's alright," Asani purrs, the sound settling me further until I'm only focusing on the two of them. The burning need for their touch slowly dissipates until I'm whining for Remi to knot me. He gladly obliges, the muscle swelling until I'm spread around him.

"I'm going to bond you, sunshine. You're going to be mine this morning. I wanted to wait, make it special but no more waiting. Will you have me?"

A whimper is my only response as Remi dips his lips to my shoulder before moving a little farther south. His teeth graze my breast before sinking into the flesh, my fingers digging into his back as pleasure shoots through me. A tether connects to the other bonds I already have, a strange web of magic that strengthens when Remi loosens his bite to lick at the new wound.

My pussy clenches around his cock until I shatter, writhing beneath my Alpha as my fingers dig into his skin. My head bows backward, Asani still dragging his fingers through my hair as I orgasm. The Beta's scent is still here, lingering around us and I feel almost selfish for falling apart to yet another man's presence.

"I don't understand," I finally push out as Remi rolls over so that I'm lying on top of him. A new calm runs through me with the added bond but it's the lingering magic with a silver tint that doesn't make sense to me. I know it's a bond with the Beta I've lost but only Alphas can bond someone into the pack. Or at least that's what I've been taught. Remi's hands settle on my hips before moving upward to bring me closer to him.

He nurses his bite, my Omega satiated for the moment. My Alphas' purrs start up, lulling me to sleep against my desire to continue planning.

"We don't have time for this," I mumble, followed by a sigh of contentment.

Asani chuckles, as he directs Remi to move to his side so that I'm between both of my Alphas. "We have all the time we need for you, precious. You're more than just our Omega now. You are the pack's Luna and the center of our growth. What you need, we need."

My face scrunches up as I twist back to look at Asani. "I don't like that."

"You don't have to," Remi murmurs, the vibrations of his words running through my chest as he continues to nurse his bite. "But we'll keep telling you how important you are. How precious you are. How absolutely perfect you are until you start to believe it. Goddess, even the bond feels fierce."

If I thought being an Omega was inconvenient, Remi placing his bite on my tit is even more so. An Alpha has to nurse their bite over two to three days and I'll have to be fucking topless for that. Which means that every last one of my mates will be locked in as Remi plays with my tit. My Omega will want more and then it'll just become a huge fuckfest while we're trying to sort out our pack, Silas, and the super wolves.

"You couldn't have put your bite next to Asani's?" I whine even as my hips buck forward, Remi's knot sinking further into my pussy.

"Sunshine, I wanted to bite you a little bit lower so that you feel me every time I fuck you but it didn't work out. I might still bite you there." He wiggles his brows before reaching down between us and pressing a finger to my clit. I squirm and then shove at his arm before hissing at the way his knot pulls at my entrance. My pussy strangles his cock as I come again, Asani's lips attaching to the bite on my neck from behind. "Maybe we'll get this pierced," Remi muses as he continues to massage my clit.

"No. Piercings," I push out as my body shudders with pleasure. River has enough piercings for all of us.

"But Asani is a doctor," he whispers, leaning forward to steal a kiss. Asani grunts in response as they consume my rational thoughts. "It'll be painless. Just imagine my tongue on your clit," he says in tandem pressing his fingers against me again. "Sucking that little bar into my mouth as you coat my tongue with your slick."

My hips buck forward as I try to tuck my face into Remi's shoulder. It doesn't work as Remi continues to kiss me before returning to his bite, a pleasured cry tearing from my throat. His words have me flushed and needy but the overwhelming anxiety from before is gone.

He knew that all I needed was another tether.

Another bond.

Another bit of magic surrounds me, telling me that I'm more than just an Omega.

Or their Luna.

That I'm theirs.

And they are mine.