Thankyou To Teegs for beta'ring.
Chapter Two
With a jerk Alec disengaged the mechanism and threw the gun over the bridge into the sea. Too big to try and get through the checkpoints, better to ditch it. But that left him without a weapon with Max in heat. He had to find somewhere safe for her and he had to do it fast. He had no prior experience of heat to draw on, only what he had leaned in Sex Ed at Manticore. The reality of it was like nothing he had imagined. Her scent was so intoxicating, he never had he felt desire like this before.
His heart was pounding, his body his senses all his instincts, felt like they were in overdrive with the sole focus Max and him naked somewhere skin on skin. Groaning inwardly he moved discreetly to adjust himself. He was so hard even sitting still was uncomfortable. He was seated as far back on the bike from her as he could be without falling off. No part of his body was touching hers. If he could just keep from touching her, he knew he'd be okay, would be able to control himself.
His body was disciplined he'd been training it all his life. He decided it obeyed. Her heat wouldn't change that. Max was his friend he cared about her, hell he more than cared about her. He knew he could never be a threat to her and would never do anything to harm her. All he had to do was get her somewhere safe so she could ride this out. The bike throbbed to a standstill and Alec looking about him realized that max had brought him home. He jumped off quickly without touching her. Okay now what
Max watched him fidgeting in front of her, rolling his shoulders clenching and unclenching his fists, eyes darting over their surroundings looking everywhere but at her.
He's so sexy. No he's not.
"I'm not in heat, Alec, I'm not due for another week at least."
"Yes, Yes you are in heat. It just hasn't hit you yet," he said emphatically.
"How do…?"
"We can't stay out here Max," he interrupted. "Its not safe we have to get you inside." Reaching out to grab her, he thought better of it, jerked back his hand and instead made the sign for her to walk.
"I'm not going in there with you Alec."
"Yes you are. It's not safe out here, when your heat hits you won't be able to defend yourself and I can't protect you out here." Again he made the sign for her to move.
"When my heat hits who's gonna protect me from you."
Or rather whose gonna protect you from me.
"What…?" he said frowning at her in disbelief. "I'd never hurt you, never make you do anything you didn't want too, whether you're in heat or not, you're safe with me," he said, his hurt apparent.
He really doesn't understand how heat is for me.
"I've never been around another X5 when I've been in heat. You haven't either, have you?" she asked, glancing quickly up at him where he fidgeted.
"No, but they told us about it at Manticore and I've heard about it from other guys...you know…" he trailed off, his eyes moving restlessly around them as he shuffled from one foot to the other. He could feel her watching him, his eyes swung to hers of their own volition. Brown eyes captured green, Alec swallowed, unable to pull his away from the dark intensity of hers.
He has such expressive eyes. I thought they were green, but you can actually see them change colour, now they're the colour of a dark choppy sea. Finally, managing to tear her eyes away, Max looked down at her hands as they gripped the handlebars of her bike.
"Come inside, Max, and I'll tell you what Manticore taught us about heat," he promised his voice deep and husky, smiling sweetly at her as he gestured for her to walk.
Max gazing up at him raptly nodded her head and moved without conscious will into his building with him following behind. Alec threw the bolts on the door and checked that all the windows were locked. Safe no one can get to her here.
"It's hot in here, why are you closing all the windows?"
"Safer." He opened the cupboard where he kept his guns, his lower lip caught between his teeth. An absorbed look on his face as he took them out, checked them all thoroughly, before arranging them all on the counter
Max watched him shuffle his guns around in amusement.
That thing he does with his lip when he's thinking is so cute.
"So what now," she laughed. "We sit here and wait for me to go into heat, while you play with your guns. Gonna be long and boring!" she yawned, as she settled back into the couch.
Don't look at her, don't talk to her. You'll be fine you're a soldier, disciplined.
Silence.
"You said you would tell me what Manticore taught you about heat."
More silence.
She looked over at him. He'd finished playing with his guns and was now prowling around his kitchen.
"Alec stop fidgeting and come over here and tell me, I need to know. The others, why did they behave like that? What would have happened if we hadn't got away?" she asked quietly.
Sighing he sat in the chair opposite her. "We would have fought for you."
"And whoever won, would have tried to have sex with me, whether I wanted it or not."
"No Max. I would have won, no one would have tried to force you."
Looking at him as he stared down at his fidgeting hands, she knew she had been safe because he had been there.
"But if you hadn't been there," she persisted.
"It's the DNA Max, we can't help it. Most of the guys there wouldn't have tried to force you, they would only have tried to make you want it. Some would go further than that. Transgenic males are no different from ordinary males; some are good, some not so good. The only difference is that ordinaries don't have the DNA compelling them on."
"Is that what it's like for you?" she whispered.
"Yeah. It hasn't even started for you and already it's driving me crazy," his eyes slid past hers.
Don't look at her you'll be fine
"How come this never happened to any of the other X5 females?"
"What heat?" he asked in confusion, his eyes on her downcast head.
"No what happened to me," she said in a small voice.
"They know how it affects us, Max, so they are prepared for it when they go into heat," he said gently. "Just like you'll be prepared next time."
Prepared how you knew before I did.
"Yes," she whispered dejectedly, her hand swiping at the unwanted tears. "Next time I'll be prepare."
"It's not your fault Max. You didn't know." Sitting down quickly beside her, he put his arm around her shoulders and tried to brush her tears away with his fingers.
Shit, shit what are you doing, don't touch her, you fucking idiot!
Max's eyes flew to his and Alec couldn't move, couldn't look away.
"Alec, you know what you said about your DNA compelling you," she asked, her eyes large vulnerable and luminous from her tears.
"Yes," he replied, his voice raw, eyes riveted on hers.
"It's the same for me," she whispered. "When it hits I'm gonna be all over you. I won't be able to control it."
"What," he blinked at her.
"I won't be able to resist you."
Oh god I've died and gone to heaven.
"You're going to have to resist for both of us."
No fuck! It's hell, I'm in hell!
In his preoccupation with his reactions to her, he hadn't considered how her heat would affect her. That it might make her want him had never entered his mind.
Well why the hell would it? He thought derisively, she'd always made no secret of her feelings for him.
How could he have been so fucking stupid? What had Manticore taught them about this? Oh yeah he could remember it word for word in fact his photographic memory just ran it through his brain again. 'Heat makes the female amenable to mating and ensures a successful copulation.' Great, just fucking great, good old Manticore master of under fucking statement.
"Um no, that's not how I thought it would be. You don't want me, you've never wanted me. You don't even like me much. I didn't think your heat would change that," he replied his eyes darting to hers.
"I thought it would be me resisting you. I can do that. I can control my own body. I'd never coerce or force you into anything. But if you're coming onto me that's different. I don't know if I can do that," he said urgently. "Its already strong for me and its gonna be ten times worse once your hormones start dumping and mine start reacting to yours."
She stared back at him unblinking.
"I don't know if I can do it if you're coming onto me." He repeated hoarsely, his eyes intent on hers his fingers still on her cheek. At least she's stopped crying.
Lost in his stormy green eyes, Max's eyes fluttered closed briefly as she felt her body start to heat and a wave of hormones flood through her. She'd never been so aware of her heat before never felt it as powerfully as this. She could feel it moving, pulsing, and flowing through her body.
Alec knew when it really started to hit her desire, need, heat, lust he watched it all wash into her dark sultry eyes, he watched her pupils grow until they were large, hazy and unfocused. He watched fascinated as her cheeks flushed and the soft glow of perspiration dewed on her forehead.
Max watching him watch her saw his lips part and his throat move as he swallowed, she saw the same heat, need and longing that she was feeling reflected back to her in his eyes and thought it was the most erotic thing she'd ever seen.
She's so beautiful, so alive all her feelings, there for me to see.
When her hand moved up to touch his cheek he stared in surprise. She watched his eyes flutter languidly as he groaned and moved his cheek against her hand.
He's beautiful so sexy.
Enthralled, lost in her dark soulful eyes, he unconsciously stroked her hair back from her face. She leaned up and kissed him gently, experimentally. Shocked, surprised he didn't respond. She pulled back and looked up at him anxiously through her eyelashes.
Fuck! Stop looking at her.
Tearing his eyes away from her, he shook his head to try and clear it. You have to fight this, she doesn't want you its just hormones she loves Logan. If you do this it will change everything. When it's over she'll hate you. Probably won't want you around her, you'd have to leave, be on your own again, like your were when Manticore first burned. Would that be worse, than not taking this one chance to kiss her, touch her, he asked himself eyes darting back to her. Fuck, fuck.
Her eyes were still fixed intently on his face, but they were now wary and apprehensive. He doesn't want me she though in desperation, her hunger for him was burning through her body, choking her with need. It's never been this bad before. She moaned inwardly, as heat poured through her scalding her. Frustrated brown eyes gazed helplessly into green.
Shit now what have I done? She's scared of me.
"Its all right Max, I'm not going to touch you." He said placatingly, eyes earnest as he moved his hands in a calming motion. "Neither of us wants anything to happen between us, so your gonna go in the bedroom and I'm gonna stay out here."
Brilliant! Now your thinking Alec.
No, no I don't want to go in there by myself! She wailed inside her head. She could literally feel another wave of heat surge through her veins. He was right about our hormones reacting of each other. I've never felt it this strongly before my body is throbbing, pulsing with in.
"It'll all be okay as long as you're not coming onto me," he said, more for his benefit than hers. "Nothing's gonna happen." He was trying to sound reassuring but instead sounded harsh.
Why is she just standing there? He wondered impatiently.
" Move!" he said harshly, more harshly than he had intended, as another rush of adrenaline rush surged through his body.
Max, feeling hotter and more desperate with every passing moment, stood rooted to the spot, her head full of thoughts of the pain, misery and desolation of her previous heats as another wave hit her.
My skin feels like it's going to melt. She thought in frustration. Why the hell can't he just fuck me?
"Oooohh god I hate heat!" She wailed powerlessly. "It's disgusting, revolting." She sobbed tears streaking down her face. "I hate the way it makes me feel, I hate what it makes me do, I hate it," she raged.
"And I hate you Alec," she yelled, as she stormed past him to the door. She was sobbing so hard now she couldn't see to properly operate the locks on his door she kicked it in impotent fury.
"Open the fucking door! I'm going back to Terminal City."
Revolting, disgusting what…does she really believe that? he wondered in disbelief.
"Open this door Alec! I'm not staying here."
"Yes you are Max, you know what will happen if you go back to Terminal city. Do you want that?"
Still sobbing, back against the door, she slowly sank to the floor.
"Fuck you Alec."
She was clutching her bent legs, her face hidden against her knees as she sobbed.
Sitting down beside her, he instinctively reached out to soothe her, she raised her head from her knees and their eyes locked as he jerked his hand back.
"I'm not contagious," she snorted. "You won't catch sex from me," she said furiously.
"Okay as long as you're sure," he laughed, tentatively putting his arm around her shoulders and when she didn't resist, gingerly pulling her against him.
Bad idea, he realized instantly, as a fresh wave of testosterone pounded through him, making him groan. Fuck this is torture.
Her eyes swung to his. "You just dumped more hormones," he explained, shifting to try and relieve the painful pulsing ache of his erection.
"How can you tell?"
"Smell it," he said tapping his nose. "And my body can tell somehow too," he shrugged.
"The crying helped calm me down a bit," she snuffled. "I don't feel so bad now."
He looked at her strangely. "Do you always cry when you're in heat?"
"No, not until after I've…you know," she said defeatedly.
Frowning he pulled her closer into him.
"You were right about our hormones reacting of each other, its never been this strong for me before," she said in a small voice.
"Ah sorry about that." Yeah sorry your making her hot…right.
Leaning into him, putting her arm around his waist, she settled her cheek more comfortably against his chest. More hormones pounded through her.
He groaned torturedly and shifted again. She laughed into his chest.
"What are you laughing at?" he asked indignantly.
"You! You're funny, I like it that it's making you crazy too…serves you right."
"What…what I haven't done anything," he stammered.
"Your male," she snorted irritably.
"No kidding," he thought, shifting once again to try and accommodate the painful proof.
Her senses were full of him now, his scent heady, his body hard and warm where it touched hers. Eyes fluttering hazily feeling another rush of heat flush through her, she wriggled to get closer to him. Realizing she couldn't do this sitting beside him, she impatiently shrugged his arm of her shoulders and quickly moved to straddle his lap. Oh god this is better. Eyes closed rubbing her breasts against his chest, she nuzzled his neck breathing him in.
Alec, his lap suddenly full of warm squirming Max, dazedly brought his hands to her waist and slid them up her back as he pulled her tighter against him.
"We'll stop soon," he thought. Eyes closing as her arms went around his neck and her tongue snaked lazily around his ear.
"Soon," he thought. Eyes glazing as she gently sucked his earlobe.
"Soon," as she kissed down his neck, across his jaw and nibbled across his lower lip, before sucking on it softly.
"Soon," he thought, as she squirmed in his lap, his hand tangled in her hair, his mouth moving on hers as his world spun hazily out of focus, until there was just Max and the pounding of his heart.
Max clung to him, lost in his kiss drowning in sensation. Heats never felt like this before. Her last coherent thought, before the haze of heat claimed her.
TBC
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