Page 71 of The Omega Verse

She moans, her fingers raking my chest. She tries to rise, but we’re locked so close all I can do is gently rock my hips. I brush my thumb across her nub, stunned by the way I’m swelling inside her perfect pussy. “Look at you. Taking me so good.”

It makes her cry out, her back arching as she comes. And one flutter of her walls on my knot and I’m rearing up, pumping her with my scorching cum.

“Claim me, Kobi!”

I already have my mouth at her throat. Her skin is wet under my mouth, her pulse pounding wildly against my tongue.

“You’re mine and I’m yours.”

I bite, and the world explodes. She’s blood and starlight and a bond that tugs at my chest until tears spring in my eyes.

We shoot into those stars, bright as comets. And when we come down, we clutch each other, sweat cooling on our trembling skin. Cass moans and flutters around me, arching her neck as I lap at my bite. She’s still got her back to the screen, but I don’t think she cares who’s getting eaten right now.

It makes me smile, and she palms my face, her eyes curious. “Just thinkin’. Biting you during Jaws… That’s a story for the grandkids, right?”

She studies me for a moment, then bursts out laughing. And damn if my heart doesn’t light up brighter than the night sky.

River

Cass came in after her date with Kobi on cloud nine, and I don’t think any of us were surprised to see the claiming bite on her neck. I’ve known Kobi for years, and I can’t remember when he last looked so content. He loved his wife Raquel with everything in him, but they barely got together before she was diagnosed with cancer. What should have been a fairytale future for them was a pain-filled nightmare, and he told Jett he couldn’t see himself ever forming a pack after he lost her.

But then along came Cassandra Rain.

I know that’s not her name, but it’s how I think of her. There’s no way I can look into her eyes and not think of her brother. Steven will always be a huge part of me, and I thank the universe every day that I have his mating bite over my heart.

Our relationship wasn’t an easy one – Steven wasn’t an easy man – but before the end, we both got to prove how much we loved each other.

Do I want that with another alpha? Not yet. It’s way too soon. And I don’t think I could ever be close like that with someone new. But maybe one day I’ll take Jett up on his standing offer – platonically, of course – just to feel that closeness again.

Although the sight of Cass smiling at me in the grainy light of pre-dawn is more than I ever hoped for. A second chance, but also a new beginning, because Cass is like the first real breath of air I’ve taken in months.

“Want to come shower with me?” she whispers as she lifts the covers. Tom is at work and Jett is no doubt already out catching an early wave, but Silva and Kobi are sprawled across the bed, bare chests gleaming in the dim light. I feel the faint clench of arousal as I look at them, especially after witnessing their goodnight kiss last night. Now that Kobi has claimed Cass, I doubt it will be long before Silva is wearing his bite, too.

“Definitely,” I whisper back, and we sneak out of the room. With her early starts, she’s courteous enough to use the bathroom down the hall so she doesn’t wake us, which is just Cass through and through. Always thinking of others, even if the water pressure in here isn’t as good as the master bath. “Want me to wash your hair?”

“Yes, please,” she murmurs, sinking back against me. Her hair is down, a thick river of black silk as I drag my fingers through it. She purrs under me, arching her back until she brushes against me and my dick perks up. But there’s a wistful note in her voice as she says, “I think I need to make some big decisions today, River.”

“Bigger than these?” I brush my thumb over the three mating bites. “Because these look damn fine.”

“I know.” She shoots me a smug grin and I chuckle into her hair. I love seeing her so proud of her mates, even though I can tell she’s still shocked it all happened.

“Finally nabbed your dream guy, huh?” I tease, since we all know about her lifelong crush on Kobi.

It makes her cover her face with a rueful laugh. “Oh, God. I think I’m still waiting for the credits to roll. It feels like I’ve been in the movie version of my life, and not the real thing.”

“Maybe it’s a song,” I tell her as I rinse her hair and soap up her shoulders with the shower gel that smells like Steven. “Only it’s playing on a loop, so it never has to end.”

“I’d like that.” She turns and winds her arms around my neck, pressing our soapy bodies together. I drop my head and taste her lips, marvelling at the way she can scramble my senses with a single breath. “As long as all you guys are in it and every day starts exactly like this.”

I groan into her neck, licking the warm skin around her bites. But then she captures my lips again, and we fall into the kind of kiss that strokes my every nerve. The omega in me wants to hold her and cherish her, but the man wants to pin her to the shower wall and fuck her until she screams my name.

And then her hand is on my dick, peeling it off my belly where it’s flexing like an iron rod. Another first for me – getting this hard over a woman - but I revel in the way her fingers brush over me like warm silk. She strokes me while I suck on her wet nipples, my body singing as it slides against her soft curves.

Fuck, I only have to look at a bakery box now and I’m as horny as a high-schooler.

And then she’s backing against the wall, bracing a foot against the shower ledge so her thighs fall open in invitation. “Will you put that beautiful dick inside me, River?”

I catch my breath, stunned by the sight. It’s been years since I was inside a woman, but my cock knows what’s on offer and flexes so hard, I can smell my slick in the air.

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