Page 27 of Unsubmissive Omega
“Get… out,” I ground the words out between my gritted teeth and held my breath through the next wave of pain.
“If you’d just let me…”
“NO!”
The latch wentclackand the only sound in the room was my labored breathing and the soft grunts I tried to contain. When I was certain I was alone, I buried my face in the pillow and let out an unearthly moan and prepared myself for three days of hell.
Chapter 13
DARIUS
Xander had been sleeping when I arrived back at our room. I was disappointed he hadn’t wanted to join us at the pack lunch, but I understood that there had been a lot of changes for him, and he was probably overwhelmed by it all. And though he’d seemed okay when we’d done our tour of the compound, there had to be some anger and resentment festering beneath the surface.
Sure, there had been some signs that he’d forgiven me for the disaster of our mating night - like when he’d let me hold his hand and not taken it back – and I’d been hopeful we could make a go of our union. But his moods fluctuated wildly, running hot and cold with me, and when he suddenly went cold, I couldn’t pinpoint the cause of the sudden about-face. It was frustrating. I… well, I was going to have to talk to him about it. Not something I looked forward to, as my mate was decidedly prickly.
As I stood beside the bedside, pondering my complicated mate, I noticed his breathing wasn’t regular. He rolled over, and the hair fell away from his face, exposing the flushed cheeks. Beads of perspiration dotted his hairline. His plump lips parted and a soft moan made its way out. I frowned.
He looked to be unwell, or at the least, in pain.
I was startled by a stirring in my pants. Fuck! Surely I wasn’t getting turned on by my mate’s pain…Oh!I wasn’t, was I? It was something else. The distinct scent of slick registered with my conscious brain and I finally understood what my body had instinctively known.
My mate was coming into heat.
This was unfortunate, as I would have liked us to have cemented our emotional connection first, but I could take him through his heat, I knew what to do.
Xander moaned, writhing under the covers. It was coming on fast, possibly triggered by our mating last night.
Trying to ignore the increasing discomfort in my jeans, I hurried to the bathroom to moisten a washcloth.
“Hey,” I put my hand on his shoulder and gave it a gentle rub, hoping to ease him awake. His body was going to be on fire when he came to, and he didn’t need to be startled into it.
“Don’t touch me!”
I placed the cool washcloth across his forehead, trying to ignore the bitter shaft of hurt that lanced through me. He was my mate; it was my duty and an honor to ease him through his omega heats.
“It’s okay,” I tried, “Your heat has started. Let me take you through it.”
“No!” My heart bled as he refused my help. Didn’t he know what he was going to endure? A mating-induced heat was far more extreme than a normal one, nature having decided a mate wason hand to help the omega with their symptoms and this being a good time to impregnate the omega as well.
I had no intention of doing that, however. We hadn’t discussed whether Xander even wanted pups, and until we had managed to establish our relationship, I wasn’t interested in bringing up the topic.
“Please, you need to let me help you,” I begged.
“No!” he clung obstinately to his refusal.
“Xander, if I don’t…”
“Get the fuck out of here!” Xander’s bellow was fierce but his voice broke pitifully at the end.
I didn’t want to go. I knew I could make him feel better. He didn’t have to experience the worst of it. I didn’t think any omega had ever died from an untended heat, but ithadbeen known to traumatize them. And damn! He might even enjoy it if he let himself go.
But I had to respect my mate’s wishes, even if it was devastating my heart to leave him to endure this alone.
I tried one more time before I left the room, but the answer was the same.
“NO!”
I pulled the door closed behind me and leaned back, the wood reassuringly solid behind me. My chest rose and fell as I drew in a deep breath, but instead of steadying me, a wave of slick and omega pheromones hit me, making me stagger forwards. My head spun, the dizziness unexpected. Meanwhile, down south I popped a full boner.
