In his clan he had set rules of conduct. They were clear, strict and if he was ever caught breaking them he would have been thrown out or at least severely punished. Alfred's followed them for years no matter how much he hated them. He vowed that the moment he was free he'd cast them aside but now with the opportunity he's finding most of them hard to let go of.

The first rule he's broken without batting an eye. You never sleep with an Alpha that's not either your mate or part of your family. He's slept with all three, in fact at least two of them a night. He's not ashamed since he can simply say it's for their warmth or to avoid the nightmares that haunt him when he's alone.

It's out of necessary and nothing more but, now as the days grow shorter and the nights longer he's finding himself drawn to them as more than just roommates. It's the second rule and it's starting to weigh heavy on his mind as his heat draws closer. He has a choice to mate with one of the Alphas or to suffer alone for a week yet he doesn't want pick either option. "Shit…" he mutters to air as he stares at his half built nest in vain. "It's not right."

After another minute of glaring at it he sits in the middle of the array of thick furs and feathery pillows. "One or none but," He starts crossing his arms over his chest. "I don't want one." His eyes turn to the closed blanket. "I want to be a fucking greedy bastard."

Already he can hear his father's voice in his head. "Thought you told them you weren't a slut but looks like my no good son is a whore."

He tries to force his father's voice out of his head. "Shut up. I'm not a slut, they're my mates."

"They're Alphas you idiot. They'll fight over you until they kill each other than once again your stupid ass will be alone." His father's voice calls out with a cynical laugh. "It's called instincts."

"It's called survival," Alfred says lying back in the warm nest. "I allow it so they don't end up coming to their instincts and if I give one of them a kid-"

"They'll throw you out into the snow and watch how quickly you freeze." Again it seems to come with a laugh that turns the Omega's stomach. "Or even better yet they'll keep you as their personal breeder and you can kiss your freedom goodbye."

In a flash he sits up. "At least they'll love me more than you did, you jackass."

"Ouch, was that supposed to hurt?"

"Hurt you? No, cause you're a figment of my imagination but after dealing with your rules for all of my life I think I'll make up some of my own. Hey you said it yourself my body is a powerful thing only to be used when needed by my Alpha and it's gonna be needed here really soon."

He hears a sigh he's heard a million times before. "Where did I go wrong?"

"At selling me to the highest bidder." Finally after days of torment Alfred feels good about his decision. "My life, my rules, my body and you don't get to decide anything anymore."

The voice in his head is once again forced to the back of his mind as he throws back the curtain seeing the three sitting by the warm fire as they prepare dinner. Normally he'd be helping clean the slaughtered moose they took down but seeing it now only turns his stomach. The only reason they took down the animal was solely for him and he knows it, so as he joins them he can't take his eyes off of the animal.

"Hey Kid, you all ready?"

Alfred gives him a halfhearted smile as he sits beside them. "I'm about done but I wanted to um ask about my heat."

Gilbert chuckles as he slices apart the animal. "I think the other Omegas should have told you about that already."

"Funny Dude," Alfred answers with a shake of his head. "I meant um..." Again the words won't come out as he feels his face turn a hot red.

They watch him as he stares at his hands so Allistor takes his shoulder squeezing it gently. "Take your time Alfred, it's your body."

With a nod Alfred takes a deep breath. "I know it is and I want to mate. I want to um," He says as he closes his eyes letting his heart speak for him. "We're family and I love you guys already and see you as like my mates anyway and well…it's gonna be weird for everyone and it's so not what anyone was expecting and really I'm talking a lot and should shut up."

The three Alphas exchange confused looks before Gil looks him in the eye. "We can tell you're being serious."

"I am and like I said it's weird and you don't have to."

"No we don't but," Gilbert starts seeing his companions nod. "We'll talk about it."

Again Alfred puts on a smile as he hears his father start to laugh at him. "Okay, like I said it was just an um idea and I have to go finish my nest so I'll be back for dinner." The laughing gets louder with every step he takes back to his room until it's a booming laughter. "Shut up." He says quietly as he sinks into his nest forcing the tears away.

"Didn't go the way you thought it was going to huh? This is what happens when you have such stupid ideas." His father's voice says as he hides his face in his hands. "You don't even understand what love is."

Hot tears start to fall as his shoulders quake but he can't say a word to the voice in his head. "Lad?" He hears but again he doesn't answer until he feels the Fox holding him. "Alfred, look at me."

"I get it," Alfred starts looking him up. "It was." He's cut off by a soft kiss.

"It caught us off guard I mean yah have a knack for doing that you know." His smile is genuine as he kisses Alfred's forehead. "This will change a few things."

The omega wipes his eyes. "It doesn't have too."

"Naw it will because that Neko and Albino will probably want to touch your arse every once in a while and I can't do anything ta stop it." It gets the laugh the Fox was hoping for so he runs a hand through the blonde's hair. "So no more tears, alright?"

"Alright." Alfred says daring to return the kiss before looking around. "I'll have to make this nest bigger…"

Standing Allistor reaches for his tobacco, "Only slightly." It's not hard for him to see the Omega is still afraid of something he'll wait until after his week is over. "I'll call yah when dinner's done." He says leaving the Omega to his work. "Poor lad…we'll have to go easy on him."

A/N: Like with most of my stories there will be no lemon and my 'pairs' will be very unique to put it mildly but I have a method to my madness. Alfred while having three mates will only have these three