Before he realized it, his lips were brushing against Ersa’s forehead again and again. He rolled his hips, prolonging Ersa’s orgasm. When the omega came again, writhing and whimpering beneath him, a smile slashed across Xander’s face, pleased with himself.
A while later, when Xander’s knot had subsided, he slid off Ersa to lie next to him. Just as he was about to drift off to sleep, Ersa sat up and said, “I should go find Nora. She told me to come to her as soon as we were done.”
Before Ersa could swing his feet to the floor, Xander was already out of bed and putting his clothes back on.
“I’ll go get her for you. You should rest,” Xander said as he made his way out of the room. As soon as he stepped into the hallway, he caught the faint murmur of muffled voices, which he easily identified as that of the nurse and Vina. He followed them to the cooking station. The low hum of conversation abruptly stilled the moment the door slid open.
“He’s ready for you,” Xander said to the nurse.
“Okay,” Nora said, taking a final sip of her tea before she slid off her chair at the counter and made her way out of the cooking station. Xander turned to Vina, who was busy behind the counter, clearing the dishes they’d used. She’d clearly been taking good care of Nora and keeping her company as well.
“Thank you for keeping her company. You didn’t have to do that,” Xander said.
“I know,” she said, turning away to place the dishes in the sink. “Did everything go well with Ersa? He looked nervous earlier. I wasn’t sure he would go through with it.”
“It went well, but we’re still not out of the woods yet. We might have to do this again if it doesn’t work. For Benjn’s sake, I hope it works,” Xander said, worry for his cub weighing on him. “How is he?”
“I tried to feed him, but he spit out the formula. I’m going to try again in an hour.” Vina sighed. “I hope things will get better soon.”
“Me too,” Xander said.
Chapter 6
Ersa
Stillhighfromthepleasure he’d found in Master Quin’s arms, Ersa tugged on the soft pillow under his head with his free arm to get comfortable as he extended his other arm to Nora to do as she pleased. As Ersa shifted, the rumpled sheet rustled and released Master Quin’s dark scent into the air. Ersa shuddered as another wave of pleasure caused his hole to spasm needily.
Aftershocks. He gasped, clutching the pillow to anchor himself, trying his best not to breathe in the alpha’s dark, oppressive, yet intoxicating scent.
If anyone had told him three years ago that he would one day like another alpha’s scent besides Mason’s, Ersa would have told them they were crazy. He didn’t know what it was, but he didn’t hate Master Quin’s scent. Or hate the way he’d touched him. Or kissed him.
Even though Ersa had agreed to have sex with the alpha for medical reasons, he hadn’t thought that he would enjoy it. That he would like it so much he’d want to do it again and again, even though Master Quin was an aggressive alpha.
It’s because it’s been a while, Ersa reasoned, watching Nora through heavy lids. Nora’s touch was featherlight and quick along his arm as she administered the hormones. Ersa braced for the sting of the needle and the rush of coldness as the hormones entered his bloodstream, but this time, Ersa barely felt a thing.
“When will I know if it worked or not?” Ersa asked.
“We’ll run tests a week after your heat,” Nora said, smoothing a pain-aid over the needle wound. She looked up then, a bright smile lighting up her face. “You’d have started experiencing symptoms by then.”
“You say that as if this is going to work.”
Nora gave Ersa’s arm a reassuring squeeze. “Have faith, honey. Everything is going to work out as it should. But that’s not something you should be worried about right now. Focus on your heat. We can worry about everything else later, okay?”
Ersa nodded.
“Go back to sleep and enjoy your heat with that handsome alpha out there.” When Nora let go of his arm and walked out of the room, Ersa missed her warm and kind presence. Her reassuring words made him feel better and less anxious about what he needed his body to do. It had to work. Benjn needed him.
It will work. All I need to do is wait, Ersa told himself, a yawn splitting his mouth wide. As he turned to his side, facing away from the door, his hole pulsed as his heat returned with a vengeance. Ersa reached for his hole, biting off a moan as he smoothed his fingers over the tender opening. Master Quin had stretched him wide and deep; Ersa could still feel the imprint of the alpha’s cock around the rim of his hole and deep inside. It was as if Master Quin was still inside him, rocking his hips. The thought had Ersa bowing off the bed as his hole throbbed, and slick gushed out to coat his fingers.
Fuck, Ersa silently groaned, staring at the wall in confusion. When did his heat get so intense? Ersa felt like he’d go crazy if he didn’t get something inside him. His mouth hung open on a silent scream as he pushed two fingers inside his sopping wet hole. He rocked his ass back to meet his thrusting fingers as overwhelming pleasure burnt like wildfire along his spine to his toes.
The bed suddenly dipped, startling him. As Ersa turned around, Master Quin’s arms came around him and pulled him to his naked chest.
When did he get naked?
“You started without me,” Master Quin growled as he sank his teeth into Ersa’s earlobe. “You couldn’t wait for me, huh?”
“I… please… please…” Ersa mewed, backing his ass into the alpha. When Master Quin held him still, Ersa thought he was going to make him wait because the way he’d said Ersa started without him had sounded as if he was displeased.