Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR

Fletcher

I t was exhausting, and it had barely even started.

“That’s it, baby,” I gasped as I thrust into Gid’s wet, gaping hole over and over. “I’ve got you. You’ll be okay.”

Gid was splayed under me in the mating position, his hips up to receive my thrusts and his head and shoulders down. I had the Heat Lightning device loaded and ready to go beside us. My fingers and hand were coated with the generous excess of Artemis’s last orgasm, and Gideon sucked at it all like he was starving for it.

He was starving for it. All omegas in heat were desperate for alpha cum in them however they could get it. Gid moaned and pushed back against me, his tongue lapping up everything from my hand and drawing my fingers deep into his mouth. I thrust as hard and deep as I could, but his panting, plaintive cries continued, tearing my heart and soul to shreds.

I couldn’t give him what he needed. I was just an omega. My cock wasn’t big enough to soothe his aroused insides. I couldn’t get anywhere near his womb, let alone penetrate it and give him a breeding orgasm. It didn’t seem to matter how much of Artemis’s cum I’d injected into him, the relief was only ever temporary before his overwhelmed senses demanded more.

“Fletcher! Fletcher!” he cried out once my hand was clean, rubbing his face into the pillow in case any drops had fallen there. Or maybe to dry his tears before I could see them, I wasn’t sure.

I was hot all over myself, thrusting with everything I had and trying to reach my own orgasm. I’d managed to come in Gideon before using the Heat Lightning device for the first three heat waves, but I was thoroughly spent now. I wasn’t an alpha. I couldn’t keep going like this forever.

“I’ve got you, sweetheart,” I panted, pulling out.

It hurt to give up. It hurt so badly, but I had to. My heart was breaking and I could only barely hold back the tears as I grabbed the Heat Lightning device and gently inserted it where I had failed just moments before.

“There you go,” I said as soothingly as I could, pressing the button to eject Artemis’s cum and inflate the false knot.

Gideon cried out, almost like it hurt him, then fell into rocking movements and a humming sound that wasn’t quite contentment. The least I could do was reach under him and stroke his cock, causing him to moan and shudder as he came in fitful spurts.

When it was all over, I left the Heat Lightning device where it was, its knot locked, and dropped to my side, pulling Gideon into my arms, his back to my front .

“I’m sorry,” he groaned and sniffled, weeping as I wrapped my arms around him. “I’m so sorry.”

“It isn’t your fault, love,” I said, stroking and caressing his hot, sweaty body. “I love you so much. I love you more than anything.”

The one small blessing of the Heat Lightning system was that I could still give Gideon aftershock orgasms by touching him and handling his cock. I did that until his body had tensed and relaxed enough times for him to settle. I continued to stroke and kiss him lightly until I was certain he’d fallen asleep.

“I love you, sweetheart,” I whispered against his ear, smoothing back his sweat-damp hair from his forehead. “You’re so beautiful and so strong. We’ll get through this, I swear to you.”

“Is everything okay in there?” Artemis’s hesitant question sounded through the half-open double doors.

I tensed slightly, suddenly very much aware of Artemis’s mown hay scent. I checked to make certain Gid really was asleep, then I shifted away from him. I tapped the button to deflate the false knot, then slid the device out of my love’s messy hole and took it with me as I got out of bed.

“Everything’s fine,” I said, walking back into the room where Artemis was still thoroughly strapped to the bed. “His waves are getting more intense, but he’s sleeping now.”

Artemis nodded as much as he could with his head strapped down as I came into his limited line of sight. “You know if there’s anything else I can do to help, I will,” he said. “Think of me as your instrument to help your husband.”

A smile tugged at the corner of my mouth. “Thanks,” I said. “You’ve been so incredibly helpful so far, even though I know this isn’t the fantasy you wanted. ”

Artemis smiled in return. “It’s fine.”

He was almost as much of a mess as Gideon. He’d surprised me during all three heat waves by not only producing more than enough cum to fill the device and give me handfuls left over for Gideon to suck and swallow, he’d apparently come again each time just by listening to me and Gid fucking.

Even now, his entire torso was a splattered, sticky mess. His cock continued to be partially hard, too, like Gideon was still moaning and panting in the throes of his heat wave.

Instead of heading to the bathroom on the other side of the dressing room, where I’d set up the milking chair, I veered to stand beside Artemis. Damn, he was hot all restrained and aroused the way he was. I knew alphas had incredible stamina when they were in rut to correspond with an omega’s heat, but Artemis was something else.

I couldn’t help it. I ran two fingers through the mess on his belly, causing him to flinch and strain, then put them in my mouth. I’d never been more than passingly interested in alpha cum when I wasn’t in heat, but Artemis’s was like candy for some reason. I swiped up another two fingers full and sucked on it like it was the cream filling of a donut.

“You know, when you do that, your omega scent ramps up,” Artemis said.

I raised my brows, looked down at him, and treated myself to another swipe and suck.

“You know, when I do this, you get harder,” I said, teasing him.

That should have alarmed me. It did, really. I didn’t joke with the alphas I brought over to get Gid through his heats. I barely even talked to them. I milked them and used what they offered to help my husband.

Artemis chuckled at my joke, his hips thrusting a bit as his hard cock beaded with precum. “In case you had any doubt,” he said, “I’m in seventh heaven right now.”

“Really?” I grinned wickedly. “Aren’t you getting sore from being strapped down so long?”

Artemis winced. “I am a bit,” he admitted.

I nodded, held up a finger for him to wait a second, then headed into the bathroom to put the Heat Lightning device in the sink. Then I returned to Artemis and started undoing his restraints.

“Gid should sleep for a while,” I said. “He’s usually out for an hour or so after the third wave. That’s when he really starts to feel the strain and when the whole thing exhausts him.”

Artemis hummed in understanding. “Heat is hard enough for an omega when they have an alpha to take them through. I know Heat Lightning is a revolutionary system, but it must be?—”

He stopped. I hoped it wasn’t because he saw the forlorn look I couldn’t hide.

“I’m sorry,” he said, proving he had. “This must be hard for you, too.”

I nodded. It was all I could manage without crying. It was hard on me. Maybe harder than it was for Gideon. Physically, no. I was a little hotter and itchier than usual, but I was fine. Mentally and emotionally, I was barely holding it together.

“Why don’t you take a quick shower?” I offered Artemis once I had him unbound.

He sat up in the chair, rubbing his arms and legs, then running a hand through the stickiness on his belly. “Yeah, a shower might be a good idea. If you have something for it, I can wipe this chair down, too.”

God, he was killing me. Alpha cum donors weren’t supposed to be this nice. I wasn’t supposed to feel like this around him.

“That would be great,” I said, heading for the door before I did something stupid, like throwing myself at him and weeping on his shoulder at the unfairness of it all. “I’ll head to the kitchen and make us some sandwiches or something.”

“Great. Thanks.”

Artemis sent me a smile, and for a second, I couldn’t look away from it. He was absolutely gorgeous in every way, all tall and broad and muscley. I couldn’t decide if I wanted to be him or do him.

No, I definitely wanted to do him. Or be done by him. And that was terrifying. I hadn’t wanted anyone but Gideon in years.

I left the room and headed downstairs as fast as I could to get away from the pull. It was biology, I knew. I was an omega, Artemis was an alpha, and the house was currently full of heat hormones. Even if I couldn’t smell Gideon’s scent or pick up on his hormones, I was affected. I had no desire at all to put on clothes as I rushed down the stairs and across the living room into the kitchen and my hole was leaking slick so badly it had me walking funny.

We didn’t have neighbors anywhere near us, so I didn’t feel self-conscious about puttering around the kitchen naked and dirty. I heard the shower go on above me as I threw together half a dozen sandwiches and grabbed a bunch of bottles of water from the fridge. I even added a bag of chips to the old picnic basket I used to carry it all back upstairs again because they were Gideon’s favorite.

That was my job. That was my reason for being in this world. I was there to take care of Gideon. Yes, I had a day job, but it was trivial compared to what my husband needed from me. I would quit it and ghost the place in a heartbeat if Gideon needed me to, if we needed to run again.

I nearly tripped halfway up the stairs as I remembered what Gid had said about him possibly knowing where we were. I very much doubted anyone had traced us. I’d been super careful in the last few years. Nothing was in our names. The house was owned by the shell corporation I’d created to hide our identities. We were safe, I was certain of it.

That didn’t stop me from being instinctively glad Artemis was in the house.

That relief pulsed into something else as I walked into the dressing room just as Artemis was coming out of the bathroom, naked, rubbing his wet hair with a towel. The sight of that hard, sculpted body, his cock protruding needily, had me weak in the knees, whether I wanted to be or not.

“Sorry,” Artemis said as he wandered back to the milking chair. “Should I put clothes on?”

I frowned, wondering why he would ask something like that.

Then I realized that I was growing visibly harder at the sight of him.

Guilt warred with arousal in me, but I forced myself to ignore both feelings. I had just told Gideon that he didn’t have to feel sorry for his omega biology. I needed to listen to the things I said, too.

“I’ve got sandwiches and water in the basket along with some chips if you need a recharge,” I said, ignoring his question as I put the basket on the cabinet. “I need to clean out the Heat Lightning device and get it ready for Gid’s next wave.”

“Oh, I already did that,” Artemis said, stopping me in my tracks. I turned back to him and he added, “I learned how to clean and operate the device when I donated before.”

I nodded. My throat closed up a little with…gratitude? The need to cry? The desire to drop to my knees and suck on his cock until my stomach was coated with his cum?

I gasped at that thought and shook it off by heading back to the basket.

“I hope you like turkey,” I said.

“I love it,” Artemis said enthusiastically.

We reached into the basket at the same time and our hands touched as we both tried to lift the plate. That simple touch took my breath away and made my heart race.

“You’re doing a great job,” he told me with a casual smile, shifting to take the bag of chips out of the basket while I brought out the plate of sandwiches. “I’ve never seen a husband so caring and considerate of his spouse.”

I shrugged and turned to sit on the edge of the cabinet with him, taking a bite out of the sandwich. “Gideon is everything to me,” I said once I’d swallowed. “I don’t have much of a family. We don’t talk, at any rate. Gid is my family.”

“How did the two of you meet?” Artemis asked, munching on his sandwich and eating the whole thing in just a few bites. He must have been starving and dehydrated.

I wasn’t all that keen on telling the full truth. It would reveal too much about Gideon and where he’d come from. But I trusted Artemis enough to say, “At a homeless shelter, actually.”

Artemis’s brow shot up. He swallowed his bite, then said, “Gosh, that’s…that’s a lot. ”

I shrugged, pretending it didn’t matter. “We both made it out of there by sticking together.”

“You obviously have money now,” Artemis said, opening a bottle of water. He froze, then said, “I’m sorry, that was rude. Forget I said anything.”

He proceeded to down the entire bottle of water without stopping.

“It’s okay,” I said as he gulped. I was transfixed by the bob of his Adam’s apple, but tried not to pant and drool too hard. “The shelter had a learning center attached to it. We took some classes there, learned computer skills, and we both have jobs now.”

Artemis finished his water, then nodded. “I have a friend whose company funds a lot of those schools. They do good work.”

I caught my breath as another wave of…no, I wouldn’t call it adoration swept over me. I liked Artemis Montgomery, that was all. He was genuinely nice, deeply attractive, and smelled like home.

That though sparked all my guilty feelings again. Gideon was my home. I had no business feeling so damn drawn to Artemis.

As if my heart had called to him, Gideon groaned and squirmed on the bed in the other room. I hadn’t shut the doors, so when Artemis turned at the sound, he got his first sight of my beloved.

Artemis caught his breath and pushed away from the cabinet where he’d been leaning. Immediately defensive, I stepped away with him. I liked Artemis, but I would fight him tooth and nail to keep him away from Gideon, dying in the process, if I had to, if he planned to so much as touch him.

Artemis only took two steps forward before checking himself and holding back. He glanced briefly at me with what felt like an apology, but also an ask for permission, then looked at Gideon again.

“It’s his choice,” I said, as if he’d asked me outright if he could get a closer look at the omega he was technically servicing.

“Understood,” Artemis said.

Gideon tensed on the bed. “Fletcher?” he asked, desperate and frightened.

He pushed himself up to sit and twisted to look for me. When his eyes landed on Artemis, his mouth dropped open in what I was afraid might be a silent scream.

Artemis was a sight to behold, standing there naked and erect as he was. I could tell he was affected by Gideon’s heat from the way his breaths started to come in deep pants and the flush that spilled over his entire body. And I absolutely kicked myself for not making sure Artemis was firmly strapped down while Gideon was awake.

“Fletcher?” Gideon asked again, his face contorting with desperation. “I need you.”

“I’ve got you, baby,” I said, forgetting everything else and running to him.

I jumped onto the bed with him, pulling him into my arms so I could cradle and kiss him. Gideon was burning up with his next heat wave. His mouth was hungry against mine and his hands roved my body, but he wasn’t finding what he wanted or needed.

“Oh, God, Fletcher!” he gasped. “This one is strong! I need…I want…I….”

“I know, sweetheart. Hold on. Artemis is right here, and he can give us what we need.”

I was half babbling as I rubbed and soothed my husband, wishing to God that I could suddenly sprout alpha DNA and be what Gideon needed.

“Fletcher!” he cried out again, pushing out of my arms and twisting on the messy, rumpled covers.

He knelt facing Artemis for a second, the surprise and fear bright in his eyes as he drank in the sight of him. Artemis hadn’t moved from his spot, but his whole body was flushed now, and his muscles flexed with the control it must have taken him not to charge at Artemis and fuck his way all the way up to his womb.

“I’ve got this,” I told both of them, scrambling off the bed. “Stay where you are. Don’t move,” I told Artemis, though he was already doing just that.

There wasn’t time to strap him to the chair again. I wished I could keep myself between Artemis and Gideon, but the Heat Lightning device was on the cabinet behind Artemis. I rushed to grab it, then darted back to Artemis.

“You’re doing a great job,” Artemis said, touching my arm as I fumbled with the device in front of him.

Damn him for praising me when I was at my weakest, and damn that praise for sinking straight into my soul and making me ache with arousal.

“Fletcher?” Gideon called out again.

“Just a second, baby,” I called back to him.

Gideon was still on his knees on the bed, his arms flailing a little, like he didn’t know whether to hug himself to hide his body or whether to fly at me with open arms.

Correction, whether to fly at Artemis with open arms. Artemis was the one who had his attention now.

“Hold on, sweetheart,” I said, then turned and dropped to my knees in front of Artemis.

There wasn’t time to grab a pair of gloves. I didn’t even have lube with me. My brain was short-circuiting, and my body felt like it was coming apart. My cock stood straight up and slick poured from my hole as I grabbed Artemis’s cock in my free hand.

I don’t know what made me do it, but instead of just plopping the Heat Lightning device in place and pumping Artemis until he filled it, I leaned in and closed my mouth around the head of Artemis’s cock, sucking and slurping for all I was worth. My eyes even rolled back in my head with delight.

Artemis gasped in surprise, then let out the breath in a moan of pleasure. He grabbed a handful of my hair, and as I bobbed deeper and deeper on his massive cock, he thrust to meet my motions. It was so good that I wanted to cry, and weirdly enough, I didn’t gag at all, even though he sunk so deep he cut off my air.

When he started to come down my throat, I thought I’d died and gone to heaven. His cum was so good. It was the best thing ever. No wonder Gideon was so hungry for it.

Gideon! I’d almost forgotten about the most important thing in the universe.

Artemis was still coming as I pulled back, sputtering a little, then positioned the Heat Lightning device over the head of his cock. I stroked him to keep his orgasm going, and somehow he managed to fill it until the light went on. He hadn’t been lying when he said he produced a lot of cum.

“I’m coming, baby,” I panted, rocking away from Artemis and stumbling a little as I launched myself toward the bed.

Gideon had already turned around and assumed the omega mating position while I’d been sucking on Artemis’s cock. The thought occurred to me for about half a second that it was notable that Gid felt either comfortable or desperate enough to spread his legs and show Artemis his wet, pink hole like that. He was moaning even before I reached him and pushed the Heat Lightning device in, and when I pressed the button, he cried out and rocked restlessly as Artemis’s cum filled him.

It was one giant mass of chaos. Gideon started coming without my stroking. My own head was spinning so much that, with the taste of Artemis’s cum still on my lips, I spilled my pitiful, omega seed all over Gideon’s leg. Best, or maybe worst, of all, I could hear Artemis coming again as he watched us. Not only that, as Gideon started to settle into his post-wave bliss, Artemis approached me and spread a handful of his cum down my back and over my leaking ass.

I gasped at the incredible feeling, then thrust into what I could only describe as an aftershock orgasm.

When the whole thing subsided, I left the Heat Lightning device in Gideon, then fell onto the bed, so exhausted I couldn’t even grasp onto a thought. I wasn’t sure I could do this. I couldn’t take my beloved through a heat wave and manage my own wildly swinging thoughts and feelings at the same time. Something was going to give.