Page 47 of Monsters After Dark

It wasdivine agony watching the little omega and waiting for her to give in to the inevitable. She’d already lasted longer than I’d expected.

It was pure luck that she’d ended up in the set of caves I claimed as my own and not in one of the many others in the area. If I hadn’t scented her at the entrance and followed her trail I still could have lost the opportunity to claim her as my own.

And I would claim her. The little omega was mine, she just didn’t know it yet. I’d paced outside the cavern she’d chosen until I was sure she was too far gone to run before moving inside and announcing my presence.

I chuckled again at the gasp that escaped her. There was no way she hadn’t heard the stories. The tales of monsters living in the mountains, hunting the woods, killing the villagers who strayed too far.

They were exaggerated, of course. Not the monster part, that was true enough. By human standards my kind were certainly monstrous with fur, claws, fangs, and horns, but we rarely killed villagers unless they gave us reason to.

“Wh—what do you mean?”

Her voice was a breathy gasp, her fingers stilling at my announcement as a hint of fear crept back into the sweet scent of her. Her eyes searched the area around me, too weak to see through the darkness as I could.

“You know what am, omega. You knew the minute I stepped into the cave. Your body warned you even before, yet your heat made you stay because you know I can ease the pain.”

I shifted from the crouch I’d held since approaching her nest, moving to kneel right on the edge of the depression. It was a pathetic nest, but it was likely the best she’d been able to do in her circumstances. It was clear she came from one of the villages and didn’t have the knowledge to be on her own in the wild. My curiosity about how she got her could wait though.

She whimpered, one hand clutching her belly as the other moved with unconscious thought between her thighs. The scent of slick drenched the cave, drowning me in the pheromones of a breedable female.

My cock leaked more fluid in response, the tangy scent mingling with hers and trying to entice the human closer. I could see her nostrils flaring, her eyes locking on me despite her inability to see.

She didn’t need sight to know where relief waited. It was better this way. It would be easier for her to accept me if she couldn’t see how different I was.

My toes flexed, claws scraping the stone beneath me and causing her breathing to stutter.

“Monster.”

The word was a mere whisper, but it still brought a smirk to my lips. I’d been called it enough times in my life for the sting to no longer affect me. It’d become something of a badge I proudly wore.

“You’re right, human. I’m what you’d call a monster, though I’ve met enough humans who have earned the title more than I have. What’s more important at the moment is the other thing you should be calling me.”

I watched her thighs clench and her hips lift instinctively. Monster or not, I was alpha, and she was omega. Her body yearned for mine the same way I was drawn to her.

“Alpha,” she breathed.

My cock jerked, spitting a glob of seed onto the cloak she’d laid over the grass to cushion her nest. Fingers curling around my length, I pulled, bringing more of my offering spilling from the tip.

The little omega licked her lips, body leaning closer as she sniffed the air. Her dark hair shifted over her shoulders, hiding her lush tits from my view, but I held back the growl that threatened. I’d worked too hard to reach this point to scare her off now.

She turned until she faced me, still braced on one hand with the other buried between her legs, her neck stretched toward where I rested outside the bounds of her nest. As wretched as it was, it was still her sacred place, and I wouldn’t invade without invitation.

Her knees shuffled, moving her closer until the hand guiding her slid into the seed on her cloak. She froze, body going stiff before she lifted her fingers to her nose.

I couldn’t stop the groan that left me as her tongue extended to lap up my offering, my erection jerking in jealousy. I was leaking so much it ran down my shaft to matt the fur covering my balls and thighs, my knot already threatening to swell.

After the first tentative taste the little omega sucked her fingers clean, scooping up the rest of what was on the cloak before letting out a whine of disappointment.

“There’s more where that came from. Just come a little closer.”

I could reach her if I stretched out my arm, but I wanted her to come to me. I needed her to be the one to initiate and bring me into her nest.

Then I’d take what I’d been waiting so long for.

Omegas were rare and jealously guarded. I’d never thought to find one, much less one as perfect as the little human.

I held my breath as she hesitated. I was reaching my limit, and if the omega didn’t give in soon I wasn’t sure I’d be able to continue holding back.

She saved me from that thought as she went down to all fours, crawling closer. Quiet whimpers escaped her throat, but I pushed out a purr to reassure her and guide her to me. I could tell when she was close enough to feel the heat from my body since she paused and sat back on her heels once again, and it was a fight to keep my purr from dipping into a growl.

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