29. Brody

Chapter 29

Brody

K ellen knots Ella from behind as Alastor takes her pussy, and the look of pure rapture that takes over my sweet Omega’s face has me in a chokehold.

I’m more than happy to watch this time.

Ella didn’t need my guidance, and it seems her Omega knows exactly what to do.

For now, I will let the Alphas be there for her. It’s their knots she needs most after all.

However, something feels amiss.

We’re not a complete pack.

Sure, the guys managed to repair their bond on their camping trip, but Theo is absent.

Ella didn’t have to tell me directly, but I knew she wasn’t ready for him.

Not quite yet.

But sooner or later, her Omega will call out to the Alpha.

Even if Theo leaves the house, her Omega will know.

They’re awfully good at sensing such things.

But as more time wears on, it’s becoming painfully obvious…

Ella is going to need a third knot.

And Theo just happens to be in close proximity.

Has her Omega identified him as one of her Alphas? They can be quite needy when in heat, but I’m not so sure how to proceed.

I can’t quite bring myself to fully trust Theo again.

He was the reason why my own first heat was less than ideal, but I’ll be damned if Ella’s heat isn’t fantastic.

So, it may be time I put my pettiness aside and learned to trust Theo. Just this once.

Ella needs him.

We all do.

The Alphas may have fixed their frayed bond, but we Omegas need to learn to trust.

Theo went on that recent excursion. So, he is trying at least.

That’s what I try to convince myself as I crawl toward Ella, kissing her cheek.

Her cheek is covered in sweat and when she looks at me, her eyes are glazed.

“How are you holding up?”

She doesn’t respond. Those glazed eyes just fall on my lips. She grips the back of my head, fingers wrapping around my curls, then brings me closer.

Now her mouth crushes mine.

Kellen flexes inside her, making Ella move beneath him.

Alastor does the same at her front, and I can see him moving in her swollen stomach.

Fucking crazy…

Female Omegas are something else, and they sure have stamina, but I hate that I have to leave her and seek out the one who can finally complete her.

I pull away from her kiss, booping her nose with mine.

Ella purrs, and the sound shoots straight to my cock, making me hard.

Kellen and Alastor purr in approval, and I envy them in that moment.

She’s really cuddly and sweet when she’s like this, but it’s their knots she needs.

Yet, it is me she wants.

She keeps purring, even when she traces a reverent finger around my mouth, pausing at the hollow beneath my nose.

My own Omega stills and damn… I don’t want to leave.

Whenever she’s done with Kellen and Alastor, she always seeks me out right away, and I have the scratches to prove it.

Her lacerations run up and down my chest, and I wear them proudly like a war wound.

“Brody,” she whispers, her breath fogging my glasses, and I shut my eyes.

“I won’t be long. There’s just something I need to do.”

She groans, digging her fingernails into my scalp, and my heart pounds. Then she opens her mouth and massages my tongue with her wet one, and I’m the biggest idiot on the planet.

Who would want to leave this precious creature?

But I must find Theo.

She may not know it yet, but I can already sense it.

Her sweet, sugary watermelon scent isn’t quite as content as it ought to be.

There is just something missing.

Hence why I must seek out Broody McBroodison.

Leaving her is hard.

But I won’t have her wanting. Not like I wanted during my first heat.

Ella will have it all.

It's time for her to see how big of a cock Theo has after all.

Finally, I rise to my feet, finding my pants amongst the pile of discarded clothes.

When I slip them on, she wakes, eyes flaring slightly in worry. “Where you going?”

It should be, “Where are you going?” and her slurred, broken English only confirms that she is still in the throes of it.

That’s good.

Because that means there is still time.

“I have to go, but I will be back. That’s a promise.”

If Theo refuses, then he may never earn back my trust again. Ella may not ever learn to trust him, or the guys.

What a waste, they went on that trip to make up only to fall out all over again.

I don’t know what happened between them, but they almost resembled three brothers when they returned.

I almost cried from the sheer joy of it all.

When I first arrived, they never once looked that close. There was no comradery, only bitterness and rivalry.

Ella is about to protest but then Alastor distracts her, sitting up to meet her lips with a kiss, and the Omega shuts her mouth.

Alastor’s a good kisser after all.

Kellen nips her throat and she leans her head back, reaching her arm around to run her fingers through his luxurious hair.

Even when fucking for three days straight, that Alpha has good hair.

It seems Kellen and Alastor know what I intend to do.

It's why they helped to distract her.

If we were bonded, I would thank them internally.

One day. We will all be connected.

It just depends on Theo’s choice now.

I find him sitting in the living room in the end in my corduroy pants; it wasn’t hard to make them out in the pile.

Alastor has black jeans with chains and Kellen dirty ripped denim.

Then there’s Theo, in his camouflage pants.

They’re all he wears lately.

At least he’s taking care of Eggnog and Sweetpea like I asked, and now the puppy and kitten sleep curled up on his camouflage pants.

He looks up with those onyx eyes when he senses me staring, and there’s no missing the lust when he spies me in nothing but my pants.

I’m not sure if he is reacting to Ella’s scent on my skin or to me being semi-naked, but his eyes are blacker than usual.

Looks like his pupils have blown.

His nostrils flare as he takes in my scent fused with Ella’s, and I don’t bother reprimanding him.

May convince him to join us.

Let him see what he is missing.

I step toward him, taking the chair opposite him. I nod my head at the children.

They are children. Even if they have paws and are covered in fur.

“Have they been good for you?”

The Alpha’s eyes are still blown as he never takes his gaze off me, chest heaving. But then he shakes his head, gazing down at them.

Eggnog stretches his paws and then curls up again. Sweetpea yawns and snuggles in closer.

“Yeah… they’ve been great.”

He reaches up, running a hand through his thick ebony hair, and it looks like he’s been doing that a lot.

I bet he has been listening for the past few days to Ella’s sweet moans, and how the hell he could resist, I’ll never know.

She’s far too tempting.

Another of her groans travels through the house, and a rumble sounds in the Alpha’s chest.

The sound doesn’t disturb the children and it looks like they have both grown attached to him.

He's the only one they have seen these last few days, and it seems we’re all going to have to take turns checking in on them.

I cast my eyes around, spying all the discarded toys.

There’s a squeaky dog toy shaped like a hamburger and a little catnip-scented ferret on a string, and they really are a handful.

At least they’re sleeping now.

I suck in a breath, choosing my words carefully. “Theo. I have come to ask you to join us.”

The Alpha doesn’t respond. He just continues to stare at me with those blown-out eyes, and he’s stiller than a statue.

I take that as my cue to continue. “Ella will need all three Alphas of Pack Titan, I can feel it. Her Omega has decided that you are her Alpha… despite everything…”

I don’t look away from his eyes as he absorbs everything I say.

Then when another of Ella’s sweet, sweet moans fills the house, he closes his eyes, sighing. “I am not worthy…”

I hike a brow.

I wonder how he figured that one out.

Still, all joking aside, his services are needed.

He has to realize that it’s not him Ella needs, but his knot. And I know first-hand that it will be the final jigsaw piece to sate her heat.

“That may be, Theo, but in the end, you have to join. What’s the alternative? Brooding down here?”

Granted, he has the best kind of company, but still…

There is a needy Omega upstairs.

The children will be fine. So long as they stay asleep.

They have access to food and water.

Besides, it shouldn’t take too long.

Just his knot. That is all Ella needs.

“Did Alastor and Kellen tell you?”

I meet his lust-filled eyes again. “Tell me what?”

He closes his eyes, as if to hide his guilt. “That I was thinking about leaving you. I figured that they were all you and Ella needed. I’m…”

Silence fills the room after his confession, and it takes me a moment to respond.

I’m not so sure how I feel about it. There is one thing I do know; I would have been pissed if he left, giving up so easily without at least trying.

I would have considered him cowardly, and I’m glad he changed his mind in the end.

“If you want to thank anyone, then it’s those two. They convinced me not to leave.”

And I highly doubt they were gentle about it, too.

They probably scolded him. I would have.

I inhale through my nostrils. “Well, you’re here now. That’s all that matters, but Theo… I am not ordering you here… I am merely asking. Trust me when I say that you are needed.”

“Yeah, my knot maybe.”

I tighten my lips.

Well, he’s right on that account.

But I’m sure Ella will come to want him one day, too.

I know she does. I spy her longing…

Fuck, even I long for him.

We’ve sort of rekindled our relationship lately. He’s been teaching me how to hold and shoot a gun.

He understood my need to want to protect that beautiful Omega upstairs.

So, I try again.

This will be the last time I ask.

“Well, it’s up to you, Theo. I just hope you make the right choice. And you’re wrong. We wouldn’t have been able to go on without you.”

He’s not only needed but wanted.

He just needs to pull his finger from his ass and learn to Alpha up.

I’m sure he will in time.

Even Kellen has made strides, and I never thought I’d see the day that immature bastard would learn to give.

I get up, making my way back to the nest.

From the corner of my eye, I spy Theo rising, and now I watch as he lays Eggnog down beside Sweetpea.

They barely stir.

The cat snuggles closer to the dog, and they barely even notice as the Alpha leaves.

Looks like we have a short window here.

They will wake again soon and be destructive as usual.

The coffee table already has teeth marks, and the wallpaper has scratches.

Still, I can’t help but smirk as the brooding Alpha follows me like an ominous shadow up to the nest.

Looks like I can be very persuasive, and maybe things will work out.

Maybe we can be a whole pack after all.