The feelings slammed into her harder than anything words could describe. That doesn't stop Alice from trying to find them as she struggles to name each new emotion attempting to overwhelm her already wondering mind.
Longing, Rejection, Need, Fear, Shame, Hunger., Regret.
Where once was the tender tug of a tentative bonding between her, and her girlfriend was now a white-hot stab of pain, unlike anything she'd ever read of in the books her Papa had so thoughtfully gathered after her presenting as an Alpha as a jumbled string of thoughts rather than feeling spilled into her mind.
She should be here. Rumpelstiltskin had said she would be here before sending her here with a wave of his hand.
Why wasn't her Alpha here when Robin needed her?
"I have to go." The words came as a whimper as Alice tries to stand from the little table laden with mismatched tea sets and little cakes and finger sandwiches some of them, she snatched up for a time her waiting Omega would be wanting something sweet to nibble as Alice hurried to be with her.
It was only a few weeks, but it seemed her love's heat had hit earlier than even Robin had anticipated. Oddly enough the move aligns in a near-perfect match with Alice's earlier-than-expected rut.
The very reason she'd chosen to hide out among her few Bata friends in Wonderland until she'd gotten the worst of it out of the way least, she does something horrible to anyone when not in full control of her more Alpha mind. Mainly the tempting yet-to-be-mated Omega that was Robin Mills.
Robin may have agreed to be Alice's girlfriend, but becoming her mate was a discussion the two hadn't exactly gotten around to having yet. Both of them are too shy to bring the topic up least they spoil their growing friendship by pushing for anything more regardless of the fact anyone who saw them could see they were already mated. Claim mark or no.
Did she not want to be here?
Had Robin misread the signs that the Alpha she already thought of as hers had wanted her back in that way?
"But your tea…"
"Hang the tea she needs me." Alice snarls feeling another hard tug deep in her chest. Part of her knew it wasn't Robin's fault that her kindhearted Omega would ever intentionally cause her so much pain but at the moment Alice wondered if Robin even knew what she was doing.
Why would Rumplestiltskin send her here where everything smelled like her Alpha if he suspected or downright knew Alice didn't want her back?
Alice feels her inner wolf puff up in pride once she realizes just where she could find her silly-minded Omega.
Silly Nobin. Any alpha would chew off their own reason for being an Alpha if that was what you wanted for the chance of having such a strong Omega like you for their mate. Too bad for them your all Mine. Or at least you will be as soon as I get home.
Alice hadn't intended for her mental message to be so possessive. Still, her approaching rut had already stirred up her inner Alpha and her wolf didn't take to kindly to their Omega thinking so lowly of themselves. Besides, it wasn't as if Robin would be able to hear her back.
But then the mental gasp shook the growing link forming in the back of Alice's mind.
Gross Tower Girl, why'd you put that idea in my head when I'm practically in heat? Also, what the hell you can hear me? I can hear you? But then that means…
Alice gives a preening grin regardless of Robin being physically unable to see it as the blonde gratefully takes the small bundle of properly packed snacks the Hatter had put together for her after her rudely given comment of her not to immediate departure from his so thoughtfully suggested tea party.
The hat-making Beta always knows just the right blends to soothe even the roughest of heat or rut symptoms.
It means we're going to be spending a lot more time together my lovely true mate, just as soon as I've finished chasing down the right rabbit to come home to you.
Alice's fingers dig white-knuckled into the edge of the small table beside the Hatter's front door at the husky Lucky bunny. You should be chasing me drifting through her clouding mind.
I already did chase you my wily Omega. Alice remembered thinking back to that first time she'd given chase to her newly met mate after Robin had generously released her from that horrible yet ingeniously built cage of hers. I chased you and caught you fair and square, my Nobin. And once I get home, I'll do what I should have done right there outside that horrible tavern and ask for your bite.
At that Alice could almost hear Robin's needy howl considering most Alpha's rejected the idea of having a mate mark of their own after laying claim to an Omega or even a Beta they'd rightfully caught during a chase.
God Alice don't tease like that please, I'm in enough pain as it is….All of this old scent. Why does everything here smell like you but not like you at the same damned time?
I'm not teasing love; I want your mark as much as I want to be your mate. Alice answers along with the mental scent claim she was attempting to give when she realized just how hard her Omega's unexpected heat had struck.
Sorry for the mess Alpha but I had to ransack your wardrobe for my nest. Robin confessed equal parts smug temptress and worried puppy in that single string of shared thoughts. And it's kind of in the middle of your bed.
Alice almost trips of her own hurrying feet at that added a comment as to their newly tapped-into bond deeps the longer they keep the link open.
Careful my Alpha. I want you home in one piece." Robin scolds all of her early playfulness gone on that single second of wavered unease "besides if anything draws your blood tonight it's going to be my teeth against your neck.'
How Alice's legs don't completely buckle under her at that suggestive whisper she'll never know. My Alpha is strong is why. My Alpha won't let a little thing like dirty talk make her hurt herself unnecessarily on her way back to me. Robin praises picking up on Alice's puzzled self-given question.
Where the Devil is that blasted rabbit. The Alpha girl snarled her hybrid golden blue eyes scanning once more towards the unmoving underbrush of the little grove she'd stopped at in her crazed dash into the surrounding wood of the Hatter's Wonderland cottage.
'I really don't want to think about anyone but you right now my Alice. Especially the mutt who took my sire."
'Sorry love' Alice whisperers back her inner wolf now growling hotly at her for upsetting their mate.
'Easy my Alpha, I know you didn't mean it." Robin soothed only for an overwhelming stab of pure heart-stopping fear to pour through the Omega's side of the newly gained bond. "Alice…..Alice Help!?"
"Robin?!" the yell of her Omega's name wasn't intended to be said aloud as well as in her mind as Alice skids to a stop when the link between them splinters like crakes on a mirror before shattering altogether