14. Gryphon

Chapter fourteen

Gryphon

O liver finds me sulking alone in the nest.

Lachlan and Barret didn't join us tonight. They have gone to their own separate bedrooms, knowing that Oliver and I needed some time together.

I have no idea what happened in the kitchen. For a moment, I was convinced that Governor Frederick was standing in my very own house, stealing my Omega from right beneath my nose.

I know Oliver didn't mean it when he said he would kick me out of the nest. Even when we fight, he always has room for me.

But it just felt as if she was taking him away from me.

I was worried she would take my place in the nest. Hell will freeze over before I let that Beta into my Omega's nest.

Oliver is mine…

The door to the nest opens, and Oliver has arrived at last. The moment he steps over the many green pillows and blankets, I smell her.

Mila Stone.

A growl rumbles in my chest. Oliver sighs and kicks me in the shin.

I look up, and the growl dies in my throat.

He lays down next to me, snuggling up close, and how the tables have turned.

Normally, he's the one sulking in the nest. Not me. The Alpha.

At least Oliver has an excuse. His heat is coming up.

I'm just a moody bastard.

"What's the matter, Gryphon?"

I don't speak. I continue to glare at the cushioned walls, imagining her face there.

Why does the green have to match her eyes?

"Look, she's not going to steal me away from you…"

I lift my lips, snarling at the mere suggestion. I will rip her head off before that day ever comes to pass.

"But that's no excuse to rip her head off."

My growl stops, and I close my eyes, keeping his shirt by my nose. How did he know what I was thinking?

He tugs on the bond, reminding me that nothing between us is sacred anymore.

I gave up my private thoughts the day I decided to give him my mark.

Now we know all of each other's hopes, dreams, and wishes.

"I smell her on you," I mutter, scowling at the wall.

I still see her eyes.

Oliver pauses, glancing down at his chest. He must have found another shirt.

Good. I saw the way that Beta looked at him. She's hungry for my Omega. Not that anyone could blame her, but Oliver is mine…

I won't have her or Frederick taking him away from me.

"I'm sorry, but she's going to be around for a while. So it's best you get used to her scent."

I roll around, meeting his eye. "You like her?"

Not that I would normally be bothered. If my Omega wanted another mate, I would happily oblige him.

But I don't want him to choose someone who could be a threat to us or our pack.

"She seems sweet enough. It's hard to say, but I don't think we have anything to worry about with her. At least not yet."

I agree… maybe. While Mila may be innocent, her reasons for being here are not.

She is Frederick's creature. So that makes her the enemy by extension.

Governor Lily warned me. I can't let my guard down and neither should my pack.

Otherwise, the consequences could be dire.

Oliver laughs, and I peer up. "What?"

"You trying to take a page from my book? Normally, I'm usually the one who comes here to sulk. You sure you're not really an Omega, Gryphon?"

He kicks me playfully, and I take his flirting to mean that he isn't mad at me anymore.

With a growl, I roll us around and pin him to the bed. I'm stark naked beneath these sheets, and I don't miss the way his eyes darken when they trail down my body.

They stop at my knot. My dick kicks up, stretching against my stomach. I meet his round eyes, smirking. "Does this look like an Omega's cock to you?"

He licks his lips and whispers. "No, Alpha…"

"Care to give it a try?"

Oliver has had my knot plenty of times, but tonight, I am going to give him what he truly deserves.

He has been a bad Omega after all, disobeying me by bringing that Beta into the house, and it's time to teach him a lesson.

He smells like her now, and it makes me angry.

Horny…

She smells so good on his skin.

My mind wanders, wondering what it would be like if she were in here watching us right now, and the idea isn't all that atrocious to me.

In fact, I think I like it.

It's just unfortunate that she may be a potential spy.

For that reason, she can never join the nest. The moment we let our guard down, that's it. No going back.

Oliver lays down on his stomach for me, and I slip his pants off, exposing his toned ass.

He's already wet for me, and I use his slick to coat my shaft.

I press my inflamed head to his backside, yanking his hair back with my fingers. I growl deeply into his ear. "Think you can take my knot, Omega?"

He's panting for breath. "Y-yes, Alpha..."

"We'll see about that."

Finally, I enter my Omega, and the pleasured sounds of his release fill the nest as I rut him into oblivion.

My hips snap against his ass, working him up to a second orgasm, and when he clenches around me tightly, crying out my name, I think of her…

And I know I am not the only one.

Through our bond, I catch him thinking about her too, and I rut him harder, snarling viciously so I can chase all thoughts of her away.

My hips stutter, and when I come, letting him milk my cock with his ass, my mind blanks. My knot swells, sealing me in place inside him, and now I lose myself to the rut.

Unfortunately, her face is all I can see as my thoughts bleed back into awareness, and I am going to have to do something about that.

Oliver is the only one for me.

I will never let her in.

Never.

That Beta will never be a part of our pack.