Chapter 9 – Heat
Day one of Ally's heat found Cordy sitting on her bedside, forcing her to uncurl her aching fever-ridden body to sip fruit juice from a straw while the young doctor wiped her sweaty brow with a cool cloth.
Dean was installing a new keyed lock on the door that Jey bought when he picked up two air mattresses; one for him downstairs and one for either Cordy or Naomi on guard duty outside Ally's door.
That was the first problem that arose with the rutting Alpha.
Despite the fact that Dean and Cordy were true mates and employed scent-marking until she was ready to be claimed, Roman still didn't like that Dean was so close to his naked mate while she was in heat, and charged the hallway like a rabid beast.
Naomi and Jimmy headed him off, getting between the two Alphas with Naomi taking the lead.
"Now Rome, you know damn well Dean thinks of her as a sister, and his true mate is in that room with yours." She held up her hands, pushing the big man back until he growled at her and she slapped him across the face. "Don't give me that butthurt look! You growled at me! Now get your ass back to your room before I slap the taste out of your mouth again! Go!" She stomped her foot; a painted fingernail pointing towards his door.
Roman cradled his stinging cheek in his palm; his hurt eyes narrowing on the furious mate of his cousin before averting to the floor, and turning towards his door with a pout.
"I think you hurt his feelings." Jimmy chuckled, wrapping his arms around his wife's midsection.
"I don't give a shit. I won't have him growling at me like that. I'll knock that big bastard on his ass." She grumbled, sitting on the mattress with her mate; the two of them laughing once they caught each other's eye.
Dean smiled at the couple's boisterous laughter before a pained whimper from behind him made him frown. He darted his eyes over his shoulder at Alyssa on her bed, curled up in the fetal position.
The woman was in absolute misery. He could feel it in the air around him.
Dean had always loved the smell of an Omega in heat. It appealed to every unmated Alpha on the planet; drove them crazy with the urge to knot. Seeing her now; even naked with sweat-glistening skin, he didn't feel the pull towards her like his brother assumed he would.
Alyssa was a beautiful woman. Dean would always think so; and would probably be chomping at the bit to get to the sweet-smelling Omega if he had never met his true mate. No, no matter how delicious the heat-stricken woman looked to him, Dean was her brother-in-heart, and Cordy was the only Omega for him.
He felt bad for his pack mate. It hurt his heart to see her in pain and know that something far worse was on the horizon for his brother.
"I've had tons of heats." Ally groaned, clutching her stomach. "Why is it so bad this time? I feel like I'm dying." Her voice broke, staring up at her friend with tears trekking down her face.
"It's bad because your Alpha is next door." Cordy kept her tone soft while she dabbed a cool cloth over Ally's forehead. "Your Omega wants her mate, hon."
Cordelia remained silent while dipping the washcloth in the bowl of cool water and continued wiping down her friend's heated skin. She knew Ally was struggling against her Omega's instincts and didn't want to upset her more in her current condition.
"Is Roman okay?" Alyssa whispered; concern in her sad eyes.
"He's riled up right now; lashing out at the men that dare to get between you." She smirked when Dean chuckled behind her.
"How long before his rut starts to debilitate him?" She directed the question to Dean; tears choking her words in her throat.
"It's different for every Alpha." He shrugged his shoulders; nervously toeing the carpet. "Some can last anywhere from two to four days but never beyond that before the pain takes them down."
"And a knotting is the only light at the end of his torment?"
"Oh darlin, a knotting is the only cure for all that ails both of you." He gave her a tight-lipped smile; trying for levity but knowing it fell short when she averted her eyes to the wall separating her room from her mate's.
"I'm going downstairs to cook something for the two of you." Cordy picked up the bowl of water and passed it to Dean to empty in the bathroom. "Both of you need to keep your strength up. Jey bought some Gatorades too and that'll do you a world of good with all this sweating. Maybe afterwards we can run you a cool bath?"
"And who is taking care of Roman while you two and Naomi and Jimmy wait on me?" For a moment, the haze cleared from Alyssa's eyes when her emerald rings circled her brown irises; her irritation flashing across her features.
"He isn't easy to deal with, Ally. Naomi and I can head him off in the hall when he tries to bust down your door but Jimmy and Dean aren't too thrilled with the idea of us going into his room." Cordy hedged towards the door when a shroud of darkness settled over the room.
"She's right, darlin. There is no way I'm letting my mate near a rutting Alpha like that." Dean returned from the bathroom and placed a reassuring hand on the back of Cordy's neck. "Jimmy and I might feel better once he's bedridden."
"And he reacts badly to any Alpha near him when you're in heat." Cordy added with a guilt-ridden look.
"So you just leave his food and water at his door and run off? No one is checking to make sure he's okay in there?" Ally's voice rose with a growl; her anger rising with the protectiveness over her mate.
"Ally, darlin…" Dean cut off when Naomi stuck her head in the door.
"We need you two downstairs for a moment." She jerked her head towards the hall before vanishing a second later.
"I'll be back with your food." Cordy gave the irate Omega a quick smile before following her mate out and down the stairs.
"What's going on?" Dean glanced between the concerned Naomi and the frustrated twins before Jimmy dragged his gaze from his brother, and faced the couple.
"Jey can't stay here any longer."
"Why not?" Dean turned his attention to the self-conscious twin that seemed to get more uncomfortable the longer he stood there.
"I'm feeling the effects of her heat." Jey mumbled while his cheeks flushed in embarrassment. "Look, I'm an unmated Alpha and I don't have my true mate beside me to distract me from that scent. I need to leave before I cause more trouble rather than help you."
"He's right. We don't need two horny Alphas under one roof sniffing after one Omega." Naomi addressed the room; patting Jey on his shoulder.
"If you guys need me to pick up anything at the store just call and I'll send it back with Aunt Patty." He gave his brother a one-armed hug before turning to Dean.
"Thanks, Uce. You've been a big help so far and I'm sorry we didn't think that you'd be affected by her heat before now. It was stupid of us really." Dean hugged Jey and slapped him on the back before taking a step back.
"It's alright, Uce. There's a lot going on around here with you and Rome finding your true mates. I understand things slipping your mind especially with her heat kicking off his rut. Be sure to call if you need anything. I'm gonna run." Jey gave a tentative wave, turned on his heel and strode out the back door like his life depended on it.
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Dark brown eyes followed Jey's trek out of the house from upstairs. Ally quietly observed her family converse while making their way towards the kitchen before she turned her head towards Roman's door down the hall.
On four furry brown paws, she skirted the air mattress and traipsed across the carpeted floor until she reached the shut door. 'I clearly didn't think this through.' She sat with a huff; staring at the doorknob for a moment. Casting a quick look over her shoulder to make sure the coast was still clear, she lightly scratched at the wood barrier between her and her mate, whining softly.
The door swung open before she could lift her paw to scratch again, and she stared up at her Alpha.
"Baby girl." Roman rumbled low in his throat, stepping aside to let her in and closed the door behind her. "Are you alright? I've been feeling your pain for hours." He sat down on the floor in front of her, stroking a hand between her ears and down her neck.
"You've been in agony. I can't believe you managed to shift." He ran his fingers through the fur on either side of her face; absorbed in the urge to just feel her.
Ally cocked her head, taking in his appearance and whining low in her throat. He was shirtless; sweat glistening on his bronze chest and arms, wearing just a pair of loose black basketball shorts that did nothing to obscure a painful looking erection.
Roman blinked in surprise when his mate placed a paw on his chest and leaned forward to lap her tongue over his face. "You came to me in this form because you're afraid I'll pin you down and knot you." He let his eyes follow his hands that skirted through her fur on her sides before fixing his gray on her brown. "But you did come to me because you're worried about me and if it's possible, I love you more for that." He gave her a watery smile before laughing when she licked his nose.
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Cordy balanced the tray on her arm and opened the door to Ally's room, feeling her stomach drop when she found no sign of her friend. "Dean!" She turned towards her mate that was trailing her up the stairs with a tray for Roman. "She's not in here!"
Dean sat the tray down at the top of the stairs and rushed into Roman's room with no thought of his own safety. At a quick glance, he noticed the bed was empty and moved to the other side, looking down at the floor. There he found Roman curled up around wolf Ally; his chest pressed to her back and an arm curled over her side to rest on her furry stomach.
They were sound asleep.
He tip-toed to the door; taking care not to wake them up, and met Cordy out in the hall. "Leave her tray of food but take her drinks back to her room. She'd have to shift to drink unless we get her a bowl, and I doubt she'd want to do either of those." He chuckled when his mate vigorously shook her head in the negative. "I'll leave his tray and they can eat when they wake up. We leave the door open and sleep in the hall to make sure she gets back to her room."
"Sounds like a plan." She smiled; rising up on her toes to peck his lips.
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Day two was worse for Alyssa. The cramps and fever were unbearable and the pain excruciating when she attempted a shift but she managed to check on her mate.
She spent half her time in wolf form with Roman; giving him comfort with her presence and licking the sweat from his aching body. He kept his fingers buried in her fur and nuzzled his face against it as often as he could.
Their caretakers were hard-pressed to get food and fluids in either of them when they were together. Roman couldn't bring himself to remove his hands from her to feed himself.
The only way they could get either of them to eat and into a cold bath to soothe their feverish bodies was to separate them, and the only way to separate them was to tell Ally that her presence was hurting Roman as much as it was helping.
The Omega in her reeled at the thought of causing her Alpha harm. She grudgingly left him a few times that day so that he could eat and bathe. Upon returning to her room, she shifted back to human form and did the same.
Roman begged her not to leave him each time she went to her room.
Neither of them got a moment of rest or sleep while apart.
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The morning of day three, the big Alpha succumbed to the worst of his unfulfilled rut. His aversion to the sunrise ensured the blinds were drawn casting his room into darkness. His hearing was so sensitive that their caregivers had to whisper even when downstairs.
The only sounds to reach Roman's ears were his mate's whimpers and sobs but it hurt too much to move to check on her. Naomi and Cordy wouldn't let him enter her room but he would have preferred to at least get out of bed and sit by the wall; as close to her as he could get.
Silent tears fell from Roman's eyes, trailing down the sides of his face into his pillow while he stared towards her room. He was stuck in bed; his senses working against him while his dick felt like it wanted to explode.
"Ally…baby girl…please…"
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The pain in Alyssa's lower abdomen and emptiness in her pussy had her curled into a tight ball on her side. She couldn't shift to be with Roman if her life depended on it. Maybe if his life depended on it but she felt she'd surely die shortly after the transformation.
She felt a million times worse separated from him; needing physical contact from her mate to; at the very least, calm her down. Her heat took that small comfort from her too, and kept her from providing it to him.
Tears fell non-stop from her eyes today.
"Why are you fighting it, darlin?" Dean rasped softly from the doorway; his blue eyes gazing at her with so much sympathy and exhaustion that she could feel it. "He promised that he won't claim you until you offer it. Now I know a rutting Alpha is hard to control and follows his instincts but I never claimed an Omega when we shared her heat and my rut." He crossed the distance to the bed and sat on the edge.
"Do you not trust him? Is that it?" He cocked his head at her, glancing between her fever-bright eyes.
"I think I trust him." She shrugged her bare shoulder and shook her head. "Shockingly that isn't my issue right now even though I still don't want to be claimed."
"Then what is the problem, Twilight?" He reached for the wash cloth on the nightstand, dunked it in the bowl of fresh water and wiped down her forehead.
"I'm craving his knot."
"All Omegas crave a knot when they're in heat, darlin." Dean chuckled; his attention focused on lifting her hair to trace the cloth over the back of her neck.
"I've never taken a knot before, Dean."
"Oh!" He froze for a moment; eyes widening before a grin pulled at the corner of his mouth. "Now I really feel bad for Baron. Ow!" He rubbed at his thigh where she managed to pinch him; still laughing beneath his breath. "So, you fear the Monster Cock and what size of knot comes with it?"
"There is that and being tied to him and my fucking biology wanting it despite how much I'm scared of it." She rambled out quickly, panic setting in.
"Shh, calm down." Dean set the cloth aside and ran his hand over the side of her head. "Rome loves you, Ally. I don't care how crazed he is in rut, it goes against everything he is as a man, not just an Alpha, to hurt you. As for the knot, I know you hate your biology but you were made to take it, darlin. I don't mean to sound like a knothead but I don't think our species would go on if Omegas didn't like their Alphas' knots." He wagged his eyebrows and smiled brightly.
"I hate you."
"I know." He held his hand out and lifted a brow. "Let me help you to your mate."
She stared at his hand like it might bite her before she slipped her shaking one into it. He helped her sit up; a whine rising in her throat from the movement, before he wrapped his free arm around her back and helped her up on to wobbly legs.
The walk out the door was slow with Alyssa almost doubled over and leaning heavily into Dean's side. Her feet began to drag in the hallway like he was carting her off to her doom or she was changing her mind. When they finally reached his door, she was shuddering so hard that Dean was genuinely concerned about this whole idea.
"Send Naomi and Jimmy home with my thanks." She whispered while she stared at the door before them; her voice trembling with her body. "He's not going to like smelling you on me." She said as an afterthought; delaying her entry into that room to work up her nerve.
"Lucky for me he's weak as a newborn pup. Speaking of, you'll probably have to get this started. He can barely move right now but once he's inside you for a while, his strength will return and he'll be all over it." He smirked; his tongue poking from between his teeth when she turned an arched brow at him.
"I hate you." She sighed; the tremors lessening with the exhale of breath.
"Yeah, yeah. Get in there and bring my brother back to life." He opened the door just wide enough for her to step through and pulled it shut with a smile.
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Roman physically flinched from the soft light in the hall even though his eyes were closed, and the muffled sound of the door closing hurt his ears. It added to the pain that coursed through his hot body. He'd been panting through this agony for so long now, he hoped he would hyperventilate and pass out.
'No such luck.'
His chest hurt from the rapid breaths and he forced himself to take one deep inhalation, and that is when he smelled her.
"Baby girl?" He tried to reach out a hand to her but it hurt too much to lift it from the mattress.
"I'm here, Roman." She winced at how fragile her voice sounded. She didn't know if it was her heat or the fact that her mate was sweaty, naked and helpless in bed with a raging erection. 'Maybe all of the above.'
"You're you? I mean, of course you're you but woman you, not wolf you. Damn it, I sound like an idiot." He turned his head towards her and took a deep breath. "You smell so good, baby girl."
She took a step forward when his voice shook; her protectiveness coming to bear.
"Oh." Roman forced his eyes open and took in her naked form; his tongue running over his lips. "I want you so badly, my Omega."
Her steps faltered and she stopped, fisting her hands at her sides.
"Please, mate. I need you." His pain-filled gaze beckoned her closer until she stood at his bedside. "Please touch me. I need you to touch me – anywhere."
"Remember your promise?" She asked while she slipped her fingers into his open hand.
"I remember, mate." He nodded his head despite the pain that pounded through his skull, and weakly wrapped his fingers around hers.
Alyssa bit her bottom lip, running her eyes over her mate's body before she shakily placed her left knee on the bed and swung her right over his hips, straddling his waist. Her fear skyrocketed when her wet pussy settled on his thick shaft but the need for comfort by his touch overshadowed it.
She leaned forward, pressing her bare body to his; just lying on top of him, their sweat-slick bodies touching from her cheek pressed against his chest to her bent legs against the outside of his thighs.
Roman sighed in relief when her hands slid up his chest and held on to his shoulders. Just the feel of her body against his was easing the ache in his bones. His little mate was shivering against his large form despite the fever that burned through her body; she was scared, and after a few minutes of contact with her, he was finally capable of lifting a hand to settle on her back.
"Everything will be okay, baby girl." He whispered against the top of her head, pressing a kiss there while his fingertips flexed back and forth over the skin beneath them.
"I've never been knotted, Roman."
Somehow those five words made it through Roman's rut-addled brain and his breath catches in his chest. That alone is a small miracle given the man had been panting almost uncontrollably for twenty-four hours straight. The hand on her back curls its fingers into her skin as he forcibly lifts his free hand to cradle the back of her neck, holding her to him almost desperately.
"I can barely move right now, mate, but the longer you touch me the better I get." He moved his hands to encircle her lower ribcage and lifted her until she sat up; a low vibration rumbling in his chest when she applied pressure to his cock. "I promise I'll go as easy on you as I am able when I knot you." He tilted his head at her like he asked a question, getting a hesitant nod in return.
Alyssa dropped her eyes to her hands resting below his navel; the head of his cock protruding from beneath her; pressed between his stomach and her pussy. Her lungs began to heave when the thought of touching it entered her mind, and she bit her bottom lip when a case of nerves struck her.
Roman smiled softly, seeing his mate at war with herself and took the initiative. His big hands drifted down her sides, gripping her hips and slid her back and forth along his hardened length. He was completely mesmerized by the sight of his cock disappearing beneath her and then spreading her lips open when he pushed her back. The sound of her hitched breath is the only thing that drew his attention away and the look on her face held it.
His beautiful Omega was sitting straight atop of him; her fingertips grazing his hipbones while her head was tilted back, eyes closed, lips parted and breasts heaving when his cock nudged her clit.
"You're so fucking beautiful." His words mirrored his thoughts while he stared at her in wonder. "I don't know how I got so lucky." He ran a reverent hand down between her breasts before skimming his palm over a nipple; licking his lips when it pebbled at his touch. "My gorgeous Omega."
"Ro!" Ally whimpered; her need growing with every touch from him.
"Tell me what you want, baby girl." His gray eyes darted down to their sliding pelvises. "You're so wet for me, Ally." He moved his free hand from her hip to the juncture of her thighs and circled her clit with his index finger; drawing a strangled groan from his lady. "Tell me, mate."
"I need you, Roman." She gasped; rolling her hips against his cock and finger.
"I know what you need, baby, but I asked you what you want." Roman stilled her movements and met her brown gaze.
"I want you – in me now."
"You're gonna need to ride me for a bit, mate. I'll take over in a few minutes." He settled her back on his thighs, gripped his cock at the root and held it up; his gray eyes sliding up to meet her brown.
Roman could see her gaze flick down, catching on the beginning swell of his knot above his hand; biting her lip before rising up on her knees. She met his eyes right before taking his considerable girth in her small hand and positioned him at her entrance; taking a deep breath and releasing it while she sank down on him.
Alyssa clenched her eyes against the stretch and intense sense of fullness. Her mate was hung like a fucking horse and she had to pause to adjust to his size. A few tears streaked down her cheeks when she continued to fill her pussy with his long, thick cock until finally he was seated completely within her.
"I think I'm going to die." She gasped; sweating profusely from the effort of taking him in.
"Don't be ridiculous, baby girl." Roman grinned up at her; grabbing her shoulders and rolling them until he was staring down into startled eyes. "You're going to live a long life cumming on my cock, milking my knot in this tight pussy of yours, and eventually carry my pups." He growled against her lips before taking her mouth in a kiss.
He braced his weight on his left forearm, used his right hand to drape her leg over his hip, and slowly pulled a few inches out of her before gently gliding back in. His right hand mapped out her curves; committing every inch of her he could reach to memory. He never broke their kiss.
Ally felt the painful ache in her body fade with every push of Roman's cock into her soaked pussy. The feverish burn in her skin was replaced with intense pleasure from the delicious fullness he filled her with. Her hands danced over his pecs to his shoulders and buried themselves in his hair, keeping his mouth attached to hers.
On one particularly forceful thrust, Ally moaned deep in her throat, arching her back to meet his penetration and wrapped her arms around his shoulders to press her chest flush with his. Her eyes fluttered open; her emerald Omega rings bright around her brown irises fixing on his gold Alpha rings around grays.
Roman felt her need; reaffirmed by her crossing her legs over his ass to pull him into her, and nodded his head in understanding.
"Are you ready? You're taking me so well, my little mate." He gasped; running a hand over her sweat-dampened hair while his hips picked up their pace. "It would be easier if you were properly presented to me but we can save that for when I claim you." He grinned when her eyes narrowed on him before her head went back when his hips clapped into hers. "My knot is filling out so try to relax, baby girl. "
Roman rose up on his knees, taking her hips in his hands and lifting her lower body off the mattress. His eyes darted from her bliss-filled face to her heaving breasts and finally to his cock penetrating that tight, wet heat and he lost it. He moved her slight weight with ease; pulling her hard on to his invading cock until his knot pressed against her before withdrawing his hips.
"My perfect little Omega, I'm gonna knot you now." He panted while his hips thrust harder and faster; his knot slipping in and out of her pussy. Ally cried out before him; not in pain but with her building pleasure, teetering on the edge of release. His knot was inflating quickly, making it difficult to pull free. He knew it would take a couple more thrusts before it lodged into her; remaining in place and tying them together until it eventually went down.
Roman fell forward on to his forearms; staring down into her eyes while he ground his cock into her, watching her mouth fall open, small whimpers from her throat when his knot caught deep inside of her, sealing his seed close to her womb. His mate came when his filled her up; her breath catching in her throat and nails digging into his biceps.
Their hearts thundered in their chests, beating frantically against their ribcages while they struggled to control their breathing. Roman let his sweaty forehead rest against hers, staring deep into her wide eyes and rolled them so that she was sprawled over his chest.
"You did so good for me, baby girl." He whispered in her ear, running his hands over her back in an effort to calm her when he came again. "You took my knot so well, mate. Your little pussy is gripping me tight and milking every drop out of me. Shh, easy, my love." He traced a hand over the back of her head when he felt her shudder with his next release.
"How long will we be tied together?" She spoke softly; her lips brushing his chest.
"My knot could last up to an hour and I can cum several times during our tie as you can probably tell." He chuckled against the top of her head, reaching for the bunched up sheet beside him to pull over their lower bodies. "Get some rest, mate. We have a few days of this ahead of us and need all the sleep we can get. When we wake up, we'll soak in the tub, eat and prepare for the next wave of heat that hits us."
"Why am I not surprised that Monster Cock has a tennis ball-sized knot to go with it?" She yawned deeply, snuggling into his chest before she succumbed to exhaustion.
