Page 33 of Sinful Shifters

If this is what it's like now, I can only imagine what it'll be like when I'm in the middle of my heat.

"What happens when I'm in heat? Explain it all to me. Assume I forgot everything."

"Of course." He sits beside me, near my nest but not quite in it, his bulky weight a comfort. "You'll be knotted, only this time, we'll fuck you with our knots. Our barbs will rake inside you and make your slick clench around our cocks until we're tied to you. Your slick will pulse on each of our cocks until we come inside you several times, sometimes even over a dozen times."

"That sounds nice," I murmur, and he purrs in agreement. "Then the marking?"

"Yes. As we come, we'll bite you, leaving a mark on your skin, and you'll bite us back. Afterwards, the knot will subside, but you'll still feel us inside you—as a presence, instead of a physical sensation."

I shudder. "And I do that four times? In a row? With four knots?"

Everett cradles my cheek and kisses my forehead gently. "At least. Some omegas are satisfied by four ties. Others need six or seven before their heat cycle finishes. Still others, even more. They tend to have more than one alpha, like you, or at least one very, very well-hung alpha with a lot of stamina."

I snort. "I can imagine." Licking my lips, I admit, "I'm worried that I won't be easily satisfied. What if it feels like torture—always wanting more, never feeling like it's enough?"

"I'm sure it won't be that bad." He kisses my lips, his stubble brushing up against my skin. "Either way, we'll be with you, ready to satisfy you completely."

I can't imagine having sex six or seven times in a row, but then again, I just spent an entire night with Everett's cock and knot inside me, and I still feel needy and flush with desire in the morning.

"It must be messy," I murmur, doing the multiplication in my head. "All that cum... and that slick. I bet it getseverywhere."

"Thankfully for us, I have a mobile bath station at my fingertips." He wriggles his hand and summons a tiny jet of warm water that strokes my cheek playfully. "But yes, it is quite messy. The nest helps. It serves as a place for all the bodily fluids as much as anything."

"Afterwards... will I be pregnant?"

Everett's breath catches, and his eyes gaze into mine like diamonds. "I wish, my Sweetness. That precious omega belly deserves a babe with the same fierce gentleness as her mother. Unfortunately, the wellspring has made all four of us impotent, no matter how many times we come inside you. Only a magic spell to sever us from it will change that."

I remember Teller's words, promising to sever them from the wellspring, and grow uncomfortable. Would it really be so bad, I wonder, to have the men without their knots? Would they suffer and wish for them back if it meant being free and having children?

Almost as soon as I have the thought, I dismiss it. Eli was weak and strange because Teller neutered him. And I don't trust the evil witch with anyone's body after what he tried to get Klaus to do to me.

No, the guys will have their knots no matter what. I just don't know if there's a way to stop more omegas from being born.

Disturbed, it occurs to me that all the omegas I saw in Teller's future, including the screaming woman, could be my descendants. If that's how omegas come back into the world—if my guys and I have children who will grow up to be tortured and enslaved—I can't imagine they would want that.

I have to tell them about Teller's vision. I will, soon. Once I decide what it means, and what to do about it.

I just hope that keeping it from them doesn't make me as big a liar as they were.

Before I can ask Everett any more questions about my heat cycle, Thale interrupts us, striding into the room without a care for the fact that we're both naked. He takes a long moment to survey my body, his eyes roaming towards my breasts and thighs, before he clears his throat and announces that we have to get started.

"The Sky Pack needs us even sooner than we feared. We've received reports of attacks on the outer parts of their territory. Lucian will have to take over as soon as possible, or the whole pack will perish."

Chapter26

Rina

"Iknow someone has to replace the alpha, but why would it be Lucian?" I ask, as Everett and I get ready, my nest abandoned. "Is it because he's the element of the air? And the Sky Pack is that element too, somehow?"

"Correct. The wellspring here is rooted to the earth, and connects all the elements together. But the other three regional packs that are tied to this one represent the other three elements, and they'll flourish best when an alpha who's blessed by that element is leading them."

Thale reaches out to help me button up my shirt. His fingers skim my breasts, and I inhale sharply. Licking his lips, he leans down to kiss me, and I melt against his mouth, loving the brush of his beard against mine.

Bringing his mouth to my ear, he murmurs, "I haven't come in you yet, Dear Heart. Perhaps I've been too patient, or unwilling to risk becoming overwhelmed by your slick and going too far. But I don't want to miss my chance—tell me that you still have room in that sweet omega pussy to take another alpha's cock."

I shiver, glancing over his shoulder to Everett, who has turned subtly away to give us privacy. "Do we have time? The Sky Pack needs us."

"Lucian is scouting ahead now with his powers and a wing of my warriors." Thale presses his thumb to my mouth, and instinctively part my lips to lick and suck on it. "I won't try to knot you. That would take too long, and I... don't have the control not to tie you to me for life. But I would like to coat myself in your slick, if you'll allow it."

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