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Luca’s hand slid to her waist at that, pride bleeding through until even I felt it.
"You'd vouch for this Alpha Zeke?" Nova addressed Elara directly, recognizing omega to omega communication as the most trustworthy.
“I’d vouch for the contract. And I’d want to meet him myself. Words can lie. Scent can’t.”
Nova and Alleria exchanged one of their silent conversations, entire conversations passing in micro-expressions I couldn't decode despite growing up with her.
"We'll meet him." Alleria spoke for them both, her protective instincts clear. "But if this is some elaborate trap—"
“It’s not.” The certainty in my voice surprised even me. “Zeke is ruthless, yes. But practical. He’ll want her skills, not just her scent.”
"Ruthlessly practical." Nova's smile held its first real warmth. "I can work with that."
Quinn had remained silent throughout the exchange, but now she leaned forward, her face filling the screen. "For what it's worth, I think you should consider it. The offer, I mean. Freedom to pursue your work, protection from the matrons, keeping Alleria?" Her expression softened. "Sometimes the best rebellions look like compliance."
"Send us information about meeting him." Nova's decision rang with finality. "We'll hear what Alpha Zeke has to say. ButJaxom?" Her gaze speared me. "If this goes badly, I'm holding you responsible."
“Understood.” The weight settled familiar on my shoulders. I’d been trying to shield her until she was taken. Maybe this time I wouldn’t fail.
"Elara?" Quinn's attention shifted back to our omega. "You're really okay? The heat, the bonding, everything?"
"I'm home, Quinn." Simple words that carried everything. "For the first time in my life, I'm exactly where I belong."
Seth's hand tightened on her ankle. Luca's purr rumbled beneath her words. My chest swelled with something too big for a name.
“Then I’m happy for you.” Quinn’s smile glistened with tears she’d never admit. “I hope to visit soon.”
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
ELARA
After taking one long bubble bath, I lay naked in my bed, wearing nothing but the clan’s necklace Luca gave me, feeling needy… my heat was returning in full force.
My room was dark, with only the light coming from the moon shining through the window. Its beam seemed to make my skin glow against my nest’s dark comforter.
None of my pack mates had returned from dinner yet, leaving me to satisfy myself without them here to aid me. I wasn’t faulting them for the predicament they had placed me in. They’ve been by my side endlessly for over a week now, and I know they must be feeling the need to escape my nest filled with the scents of our endless mating.
Instead, they’d told me to stay behind with the ladies while they took care of me, bathing me in my bubble bath. I’d told them they were no longer needed, and I wanted some time alone, which they freely given, telling me they would send my pack to return.
And I needed them to return…
Closing my eyes, I pictured Luca naked as he was earlier today when I found him swimming our private pack pool. Then, his icy blue eyes smoldered as he bit his bottom lip with his focus only on me.
I lightly traced my nipples, making them stiff, pretending it was Luca doing so.
Slowly, one of my hands traveled down my stomach to the juncture between my legs as the other gripped the breast it was working on and rolled the nipple between its thumb and index finger hard. I pictured Luca sucking on my nipple as he cupped his hand on my slick drenched pussy.
I could feel how wet I was as he dragged two of his fingers back and forth along my slit. When he reached my clit, I gasped as I could hear the rumble of his purr from him being pleased by my reaction.
It was as if our connection made him feel right here, with me, feeling the same things I was feeling. How come no one ever explained what it felt like—to be bound to an alpha for eternity. Nor was it ever explained how deep an omega’s connection to their pack was… and if it was similar to their syzygy bond with their alpha.
I gasped as he sucked my nipple harder as he traced my clit, causing me to moan. He gripped my pussy with his hand and spread its lips, giving his finger more room to draw circles around my clit. Then, flicking it, he did a pass up and down my slit as he made sure he teased my entrance before going back to attack my clit.
“Please!”
“If it’s pleasure you want, I can make sure you keep screaming our names.”
Stilling, I jerked open my eyes and sat up, allowing my hands to fall to my sides.
