43. Declan

It's swelteringhot outside as I jump into the pool to cool off. I've had to handle two fucking assholes at the casino today, and I just don't have it in me to deal with any more shit.

Employees have gotten a little out of hand with us being so hands off over the last couple of weeks dealing with Anthony and going through Elena's heat.

That shit has been absolutely squashed.

Between Lorcán and I playing good cop and bad cop, I think they get the picture.

Elena comes strolling out, hissing with each touch of her bare feet against the pavement.

"Ah shit!" she yells as she hops from each foot before jumping into the pool.

The water splashes around me as she pops up to the surface.

"Hi," she greets, swimming over to me and wrapping her arms around my neck.

She's the one thing I look forward to now. It's not lonely anymore. I know I have my girl's smile and smart mouth to come home to every night.

"You need to wear flip-flops when you come out here."

"Okay, boss," she jokes, and I bark out a laugh.

I grab her ass, and she wraps her legs around my waist as I go to shallower water.

"We could get you a pool noodle, you know."

"I'm a man. I'm not sitting on a fucking pool noodle."

"So sensitive," she teases, grazing her teeth against my jaw. "What's wrong?"

"Rough day."

She brushes a hand through my wet hair. "I hate not being able to feel you," she sighs.

"You don't want to feel this. I don't want you to deal with my shit."

"You know I'm bonded with Finn, right?"

I shake my head and kiss her cheek.

"Lorcán said he'd give me a bond mark so we can feel each other through him."

"What are we waiting for?"

I push her wet hair off her shoulders. "It's a big ask."

"He really is the best of us, isn't he?"

"Don't make me admit I'm not the best."

She wraps her arms around my neck as she holds on tightly to me. "I just never want you to feel left out. You mean just as much to me. I need you."

"Don't sell yourself short, you know that you don't really need any of us."

She pulls back, her big blue eyes searching mine.

"I loved my dad, like, I thought he was amazing. But there wasn't a lot of laughter in my house growing up. I've never smiled or laughed as much as I have around you. Never say I don't need you, you're my sunshine."

An odd sensation rolls through me.

"I think that's the best thing anyone has ever said to me."

"Makes sense, Maeve is your mother."

I laugh, and she does too, her eyes twinkling as she plays with the wet hair at my nape.

"You're my sunshine too, blondie."

She leans forward and kisses me, and my bad day seems to disappear with the press of her mouth.

"Don't you want to be able to feel me?" she asks against my lips.

"I feel you right now."

I accentuate the point by squeezing her ass.

She pouts, and I kiss her soft lips again.

"Go get Lorcán."

"Really?"

"I can't deal with your pouting. He agreed to it a long time ago, but I don't know if he still feels the same."

"You're more loved than you know."

"Am I?"

I grin lazily at her, and she rolls her eyes.

"Bond with me, and maybe you'll know."

She pushes me away as I head to the stairs to get my shoes.

"Come here, let me carry you inside."

I carry her bridal style inside, and immediately, my mother starts complaining as we walk through the back door.

"And who the fuck is going to clean up all this water?"

"Sorry, Maeve," Elena apologizes on our behalf.

"She's the only one around here with any fucking manners."

Elena grins, and my má shoos us away.

"Lorcán!" I scream his name through the house, and Elena winces. "Sorry."

The man in question comes running down the stairs.

"What? What is it?" He looks at me, holding Elena, and takes a relieved breath. "The fuck, Dec, I thought something was wrong."

"You ask him," I tell Elena, putting her on the ground.

She's still sopping wet as she approaches him.

"Ask me what?"

I look away, not being able to do it myself. I know we talked about it before, but it was all hypotheticals then. Elena wasn't a real person, and now that she is, it's a big ask. Bonding with me, even though we don't have a romantic relationship, isn't common. Lorcán and I would be tethered together in a deep way, but it would also connect me to Elena.

"You can think about it. You don't need to give me an answer right away," Elena starts, and Lorcán's brows furrow as he looks at me and then back down at her.

"What is it?"

"You don't need to be stressed," she tells him, placing a hand on his chest. "Declan said that you two talked about you bonding him so that we could be connected. I understand that it's a big?—"

"Fuck, that's all?" he interrupts her. "I thought someone was trying to kill us again, or you were thinking about running away or some shit. Why didn't you lead with that? I'll do it right now."

"What?" I stare at him, and he shrugs.

"Let's do it now."

"Just like that?"

"You're my best friend, Dec. You were my brother when I didn't have one. Why shouldn't you get this piece of being a pack because of your designation?"

"You'll be connected to me."

"Like I don't spend most of my days with you as it is? Stop being difficult. Where do you want us, princess?"

Elena is sniffling. "God, that was the cutest fucking thing I've ever seen. I can't decide if I'm more touched or turned on."

"This is what you want?" Lorc confirms with her.

"Absolutely. Let's become a pack in every sense."

"Where?"

"My nest."

Elena grabs my hand, our wet foot prints leaving a trail behind us as we make our way to the nest.

"God fucking dammit," I hear my má complain behind us, and we pick up our pace while laughing.

"She complains, yet she won't let us hire someone else," Lorcán grunts.

"She just wants to be with her family," Elena responds.

Lorc puts in the code to the nest, and we enter. My heart thunders in my chest as we reach the center of the room.

"Where do you want your bond mark?"

"My left ass cheek."

"Don't joke," Elena chastises, smacking my chest. "I know I'm asking a lot of both of you to make this work, but I want you to be comfortable too."

"Definitely not on my neck," I say, looking at Lorcán.

"What about your forearm?"

I shake my head and point to my upper pectoral.

"Is it ‘cause you want me close to your heart, or you're ashamed of me?" Lorcán teases and I nearly consider saying fuck it and going back to the pool. But Elena grabs me by the waistband of my shorts.

"That's a great spot," she says, rubbing a hand over my chest.

She kisses my chest and then licks me from nipple to neck.

"Take your shorts off."

Lorcán pulls the straps of her bathing suit from the back, sending the top to the floor before tugging the bottoms off.

"It's not a big ask, Declan. We all want this," she assures me. "You want this, right?"

I nod, keeping my focus on her as I slide my shorts down my legs. They splat on the floor, and Elena wraps her hand around my cock as she kisses my neck.

"If I could, I'd mark you right here," she tells me, playfully nipping at my neck. "Would you let me?"

"Yes," I reply as Lorcán undresses and grips her hips from behind.

"We'll all be connected. A fully bonded pack," she practically cheers as she strokes my length twice before cupping my balls.

"On the bed," she demands, walking me backward until I have to get on the bed and lie on my back.

I'm still wet from the pool, and I know I'm dampening the sheets beneath me, but she doesn't seem to give a fuck. She crawls on top of me, grinding her wetness on my length and kissing up my chest. Lorcán is fiddling around in one drawer, and I wonder how he knows what she wants.

"I want you inside of me when you take your bond mark. Once Lorcán's knot swells, he'll pull out and mark you," she says.

Lorcán comes back with the lube, stroking his cock as Elena lines mine up with her dripping pussy before sliding down, taking me deep inside of her. I moan as she leans forward and captures my lips with hers. I have a hand tangled in her hair and another on her backside.

Lorcán spreads her open, lubing up and fingering her ass. Even the pressure of his fingers feels good, and I hold Elena closer to my chest.

Once he's sure she's prepped enough, he slowly pushes his cock inside of her back entrance while I fill her pussy.

"Fuck," I hiss as he pushes deeper inside of her, making the fit tighter and tighter.

Elena moans in my ear, and her cunt clenches around me.

"Look at you, taking it all. You like having your holes filled by your pack?"

"Move," she begs.

I buck into her pussy in tandem with Lorcán, who is relatively quiet, letting me have this moment.

"Such a good Omega."

Elena keens for me, kissing my throat and collarbone while she gets fucked relentlessly.

"My greedy fucking girl. Almost as greedy as your holes."

She puts a hand on my throat as I fuck her, and my eyes roll back at the sensation.

"Right there," she moans, and I thrust into her harder, making her collapse on my chest as her body shakes, and she pants in my ear.

Lorcán's flesh slaps against her ass, and he can't hold back anymore.

"Fuck, I'm going to come on this perfect ass."

Elena's cunt clenches as she shifts to one side. She cries as he pulls out, stroking his cock, cum splattering on her ass and my leg as he leans down. His teeth dig into my chest as Elena grabs my hair and kisses me passionately.

I continue fucking into her as Lorcán solidifies the bond. It's painful the way his teeth dig into my chest, but it's dulled by the pure bliss of Elena's cunt wrapped around my cock.

My hand involuntarily clutches the back of Lorcán's head as he licks the wound, cementing the connection.

Elena's lips part from mine as her tongue peeks out and licks over the mark, too. I spill deep inside of her, bucking my hips into her sweet pussy while she kisses Lorcán above me.

It takes a moment as my cum and Elena's slick drips down my thighs and balls, but then I feel it.

Both of them.

Feeling Lorcán isn't as intrusive as I thought it would be. He's happy, genuinely fucking happy.

And the Omega still sitting on my cock? She's in fucking love with the both of us.

I groan as she slides off of my cock and kisses my bond mark.

"I told you there were people who loved you," she says softly, kissing the mark again.

"Love you," I whisper to her.

"You can't deny that you also love me, I feel it," Lorcán chimes in, ruining the moment with his smug grin.

"Go put some fucking pants on."

"That's really no way to treat your bonded Alpha."

"I'll fucking cut it off if you're going to act like this," I bite back.

Lorcán just laughs, kisses the side of Elena's head, and walks over to the bathroom to take a shower.

She lies on top of me, my cock going soft, but my heart feeling full.

"Not so bad?"

I shake my head and hold her face with both hands, wondering how I got so fucking lucky.

"No, it's the best thing anyone has ever given me."