Page 109 of Mercy & Her Devils

“Alpha,” I whine again.

“I’ve got you, beloved,” a Scottish voice rumbles.

Kai.

Recognizing him cuts through the fuzziness in my mind, bringing me back from the edge into some clarity.

I’m tipping into heat.

It’s a heat that feels more intense than any one that I’ve been in before. It’s ravaging me, as if its seeking out a bond that no longer exists.

It’s also one that may kill me.

Do the others know?

I turn my head toward the voices and watch the serious and worried ways that Lark, Antonio, and Gabriel are talking on the other side of the chamber, and I realize that perhaps, now they do.

Gabriel’s expression is grim.

It lightens, when he notices that I’m awake.

“You’re back with us, Mer.” Gabriel marches to the bed, dropping to kneel next to it and take my hand in his. “Are you okay? How are you feeling?”

“Hot,” I whisper. “Need your knot.”

Antonio chuckles. “And a needy Omega can even rhyme.”

Kai rests his cool hand on the back of my neck and then on my forehead; it feels heavenly. “Her temperature is higher than it should be at this stage.”

Gabriel’s expression tightens. “Antonio filled me in about what this heat means. But I’m not letting you go, when we’ve only just been united. I’d follow you to hell and back. We’ll get you through this heat, even if it means that our knots are sore for the rest of the month because of how many times we’ve knotted you. We’re going to rut you, over and over, while Lark and Antonio make you come on their clever fingers and tongues. I’m military; I know how to plan a roster. We’ll stand guard over your pleasure and make sure that you ride out this heat, okay?”

My eyes widen, but at the same time, more slick gushes from my pussy.

Fuck, yeah.

I nod.

“We need your consent to bond, however, while you’re still aware enough to give it.” Kai strokes down my neck. His touch sets my nerves on fire. “I know that you’ve agreed to bond with Gabriel. But Antonio told us that bonding with multiple Alphas increases your chance of survival. I only intend to bond with a willing Omega. I need you to know, lass, that even before I knew that you were my brave soldier’s Mercy Dragon, I was falling for you. I want you, sweet Omega. Will you bond with me?”

In answer, I twist in Kai’s arms and capture his lips with mine in a long, deep kiss.

I whimper, desperate to feel the huge dick in his trousers inside me.

With an act of incredible control, he doesn’t hump against me, but kisses me thoroughly, instead.

When I pull back, his cheeks are flushed.

He’s not as unaffected as he looks.

Lark is watching our exchange with quiet longing. “How are the Alphas in this room, which reeks of pheromones, not falling fully into rut? Shouldn’t you be as needy as us Omegas?”

“I’m never needy. I may become wild.” Gabriel arches his brow. “Soldier here; I have self-discipline.”

Kai smirks. “Scottish. They make us hardy there, lad.”

Antonio strolls toward the bed, before snatching up a plate from the top of the fridge. A single peach has been neatly sliced into delicate pieces.

Then he calls over his shoulder at Lark. “Come on, needy Omega, we have a job too. You’re going to be the tongue, and I’ll be the fingers.”

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