Chapter 2
"Clarke, it's time for you to wake up." Lexa informed nudging the sleeping omega awake.
"Hmm ? What's going on?" Clarke questioned as she was shocked to be back in Lexa's room after a long time of having been alone in the hadn't been in lexa's room since before the mountain and being back here brought a flood of memories and emotions back. Clarke suddenly remembered how much she had once cared so deeply for the girl that stood in front of her. Clarke was also surprised that the pain from the night before was no longer anywhere near as bad. It had changed to a dull ache and her temperature was no longer quite as elevated.
"Do you remember last night?" Lexa asked concerned.
"Y-yeah it's coming back to me." Clarke answered. "Mhmm what is that , something smells really good!" Clarke questioned as she began sniffing around.
"It's probably me, also my bed and my clothes. They are probably all coated in my scent. Take this, it will help. It's a little lighter of a dose this time." Lexa informed offering Clarke a small shot glass of suppressants.
"Thanks." Clarke thanked as she took the suppressants.
"We gave you an extremely strong dosage last time expecting you to have a much stronger heat because it was your first after having been so long deferred. But yours didn't seem so bad. Also the strength of the suppressants was why you were a bit loopy last night." Lexa explained.
"That was supposed to be not that bad?" Clarke questioned incredulously.
"Yeah , I have seen heats much worse than that." Lexa nodded. "hell I've had a rut worse than that! And ruts are normally nothing in comparison to heats." Lexa chuckled.
"What the fuck , are you saying next time it will be worse?" Clarke asked worried.
"Maybe, I don't know, everyone has heats and ruts of various strengths." Lexa answered.
"Ok ." Clarke exhaled worried about her next heat. " Now can we talk about your damn goons searching for me?" Clarke snapped angry.
"I needed to talk to you Clarke. I missed you and I was worried for your safety. Especially after people from Arcadia began having problems with their implants. I knew that if you were alone out in the wild and you went into your heat there was a decent chance a stray alpha would attack you and I couldn't stand the thought of someone doing that to you." Lexa explained.
"How did you know I was an omega?" Clarke replied suspiciously.
"I have always been able to smell it on you, your scent has always felt special to me, and I have just always known that even though you carry yourself like an alpha you are truly an omega." Lexa smiled and sat on the edge of the bed next to Clarke. "You are so beautiful." Lexa smiled placing a hand lovingly on Clarke's cheek as she gave off an calming and loving scent.
Clarke moaned and pushed her cheek into Lexa's touch at first before she remembered she was angry with Lexa. It took all the fight in her body but Clarke sat up and backed away from Lexa. "No! I'm still mad at you! You abandoned me at the mountain, you left me to kill them all myself! You betrayed me!" Clarke screamed fighting all of the emotions in her body welling up begging her to forgive the alpha who clearly cared so much for her.
"I know and I am so sorry. I betrayed you and I will spend the rest of my life trying to make it up to you." Lexa apologized.
Clarke glared at Lexa trying to work out her own clouded feeling towards the alpha who clearly still had feelings for her. "wait why did you care if I chose to get knotted by a stray alpha? It is none of your business!" Clarke questioned in order to get a better understanding of Lexa's motives, suspecting that Lexa still cared about her the same way her emotions screamed that she still cared about Lexa.
"I- I just wanted you to know what all mating and knotting entails before you got yourself into something you didn't mean to." Lexa lied.
"Oh … ok." Clarke replied honestly kinda hurt because she had hopped that Lexa would admit that she still had feeling for her. "You said you wanted to talk?" Clarke asked impatiently.
"I wanted to talk about the mountain and apologize for what I did. I also wanted to talk about bringing Skiakru into the coalition. It is the best way to protect your people." Lexa explained. " But that can wait , your mother wants to see you." Lexa mention as she got up and moved to leave the room.
"Lexa, c-can you stay? Y-your scent , it's really comforting." Claire requested stammering, hating to admit that she wanted Lexa to stay with her.
Lexa's face lit up at the thought that Clarke needed her. " I thought you were still mad at me for betraying you?" Lexa taunted.
"I-i am. But I also still have feelings for you and my heat is making me crave physical affection like crazy" Clarke paused. "especially yours." Clarke admitted blushing and turning her head away.
Lexa was delighted to see Clarke admit that she still had feelings for her , and that she craved Lexa's touch. Lexa had always suspected that Clarke was her intended mate. Lexa had never believed the stories that some of the grounders would tell of how everyone had one person whose scent was distinctly different to them , and that that was the person you were meant to bond with. But the day she first kissed Clarke was the day she knew , Clarke had always smelled different to her. But the day they first kissed was the day that Clarke's true scent first leaked last the sky people's odd form of suppressants. Lexa had been thoroughly taken by Clarke's unique scent and she knew immediately that Clarke was her intended mate. Lexa only hoped that Clarke would be able to smell it too now that her suppressants were wearing off and her sense of smell as an omega could finally develop. "Ai hod yu in Clarke and I would love to stay with you and give you all of the physical affection in the world. But something happened last night and I must addresses the coalition soon." Lexa explained.
"You are talking about when you called me your omega aren't you?" Clarke asked already knowing the answer.
"Its best we don't talk about this." Lexa replied knowing that this would only lead somewhere that would cause Clarke to hate her.
"Too bad I want to talk about it!" Clarke argued.
"Clarke this conversation doesn't go anywhere good!" Lexa forewarned.
"Too bed Lexa! I want to know why you called me your omega and why it is such a big deal!" Clarke demanded.
"Yes that is why I must address the coalition. And I am sorry about calling you my omega . I overstepped." Lexa apologized. "You aren't my omega, I just missed you and my inner alpha got the best of me." Lexa explained.
"Do your people see an alpha bonding with an omega as a form of ownership?" Clarke asked.
"Not for the most part. When I said it I intended it in the same way one would say keep your hands off of my girlfriend." Lexa informed.
"Oh." Clarke blushed, flattered on some level. But then Clarke saw the look of guilt on Lexa's face. "But that isn't how the rest of your people took it?" Clarke asked suspicious.
"No they saw it as me staking a claim on you as a slave of war. And when I didn't reprimand you for addressing me as Lexa instead of Heda I seemed weak." Lexa explained.
"So your people do see omegas as property?" Clarke pressured Lexa for further elaboration.
"Only when a person of my authority level is concerned. Heda's are not supposed to show any weakness and my authority is already in question amongst many of the clans of the coalition. Especially when it comes to you , many have accused me of having a soft spot for you. Many demand that I kill you to take your power as wanheda. But as I'm sure you already know I care about you too much for that to even be an option. And the only other ways to claim your power as wanheda is to have you submit to me as my slave and as my omega." Lexa explained.
"As your what?" Clarke questioned outraged.
"I didn't say I liked it or that that is what I want!" Lexa snapped. "I'm just explaining why that was such a big deal that I called you my omega." Lexa explained angrily. "You asked why I have to address the coalition! I am just answering your question." Lexa argued.
"I just hope you don't expect me to obey your orders as a slave!" Clarke snapped.
"It wouldn't be like that!" Lexa snapped back angrily. "It is just a public submission! Something to satisfy those that question my authority as Heda. Ugh I shouldn't even be talking to you about this , it's stupid and it isn't going to happen so don't worry!" Lexa yelled frustrated.
"How big a deal is it that these people are questioning your authority?" Clarke asked suddenly understanding that this might be serious.
"I don't want to talk to you about this anymore!" Lexa snapped not wanting Clarke to do something she wouldn't want to in order to protect her.
"You are in danger aren't you?" Clarke realized , reading Lexa like a book.
"I must go and speak with the coalition." Lexa dismissed as she stormed out of the room sending Abigail in after her.
"What happened? I heard yelling." Abigail inquired.
"Lexa is in trouble and I can help but she doesn't want me to." Clarke explained.
"Oh what do you need to do?" Abigail asked opening a bag of medical supplies.
"I think I would have to be her slave?" Clarke questioned even herself.
"Jesus , are you even considering that?" Abigail inquired incredulously as she gestured for Clarke to lift her arm.
"Honestly I don't know." Clarke answered unsure. "What are you doing?" Clarke asked her focus changing to her mother poking and prodding at her arm.
"Your implant, it's supposed to become absorbed into the body by the time it wears off, but yours is still here." Abigail paused. "I think I need to remove it." Abigail explained.
"I've seen you remove one of these before haven't I?" Clarke asked remembering the time someone had an implant in their arm that needed to be removed. Clarke also remembered having to assist her mother , handing her tools as she dug the implant out of the woman's arm.
"Yeah I think so. Are you ready for me to do it now?" Abigail asked pulling a needle of numbing solution from her bag.
"Yeah do it." Clarke nodded preparing herself for the shot.
"Little pinch" Abigail lied as she stuck the needle into Clarke.
"Fuck , you liar!" Clarke accused.
"Watch your mouth or else I will start removing it before the novocaine sets in." Abigail teased.
Clarke growled at her mother angrily. "What the fuck is that ? Why do I keep growling at people?" Clarke questioned.
" It's part of no longer being on the suppressants. They dampened our alpha/beta/omega instincts and now that it has worn off you are going back to how you should have been." Abigail informed.
"Interesting. Also weird." Clarke noted.
"You will get more and more accustomed to it as time passes. Most of Arcadia is off of suppressants by now. It's much different." Abigail explained.
Clarke could tell that her mother was trying to convince her to return home. "I'm not coming back." Clarke noted confidently.
"Can you feel this?" Abigail squeezed Clarke's arm.
"No" Clarke shook her head.
"Good." Abigail took a scalpel and slowly cut into Clarke to find the implant. "Why won't you come home. You have gone through a long enough period of exile. You need to come home." Abigail insisted as she used a pair of tongs to pull out the implant.
Clarke winced at the sight of her mother digging the tool into her arm. "I'm not having this argument. I'm not coming home."Clarke dismissed.
"So what do you just plan to stay here and become Lexa's slave?" Abigail questioned judgmentally as she pulled the implant out of Clarke's arm. "Got it." Abigail paused as she looked at the implant. "It seems that this one was defective. I would be cautious with your heat , it might get worse or suddenly end in the next day or more. Just expect your heat to be unpredictable. It could take up to a month, but your heat cycles will stabilize eventually." Abigail advised beginning to stitch Clarke up.
"O-ok." Clarke nodded slightly worried about what this meant. "And I don't know what I'm going to do." Clarke answered hollowly.
"Well I had some of your friends make their way out here to help you with some stuff. I will leave you to them as soon as I finish this stitch." Abigail offered as she finished stitching Clarke up and wrapped some gauze around the wound. "Thanks Mom." Clarke thanked as her mother headed out.
"When you are ready they will be waiting out in the main room when you are ready." Abigail informed her daughter.
After a moment Clarke got up and headed out to the main room to see Raven and Octavia cuddling on a couch. "Since when the hell did you two get together? What Happened to Lincoln?" Clarke questioned dumbfounded.
"When my implant wore off Lincoln and I had a lot of problems about who got to be the more dominant one in the relationship and we fell apart pretty quick." Octavia explained .
"Aww O I'm so sorry, I know how much you liked him!" Clarke apologized sitting down on the other side of the couch.
"Oh it's more than ok, hehe, I might have lost Lincoln but I gained his beautiful little bird!" Octavia teased Raven as she began attacking the omega with dominant kisses.
Raven melted into Octavia's arms at Octavia's kisses. "O!" Raven moaned as Octavia continued. Clarke began whimpering needily wishing it were her who was being attacked by an alpha.
"Oh sorry Clarke! Didn't mean to tease you." Octavia apologized as she stopped kissing at Raven.
"What the hell is happening to me Raven?" Clarke asked assuming that Raven was a fellow omega.
"You are in heat Hun, it will be ok. I suggest you find yourself an alpha, it makes heats a lot of fun!" Raven winked.
"Mhmm." Clarke whimpered at the thought of having an alpha to help her through her heat.
"The first is normally the worst." Raven comforted moving on the couch to hug her friend. " I know physical contact while in heat can help a lot , even if it's not from an an alpha." Raven informed as Clark hugged back.
"Thank you Raven." Clarke thanked.
"Aww it's too cute!" Octavia hummed at the sight of the two small omegas comforting each other.
"Thanks Raven, that does actually help." Clarke thanked with a smile as she pulled away from the hug. As Raven pulled away Clarke notice that Raven was wearing a collar for some reason but she didn't asked anything of it.
Raven smiled back as Clarke could see Octavia's head peaking out from over Raven's shoulder. "Sorry Clarke she is mine." Octavia joked before she grabbed Raven by the hips and yanked backwards. "Get back here my little birdy!" Octavia teased as Raven fell back into her alpha's lap.
"You are the worst!" Raven giggeled.
"And you will respect your alpha especially, In company!" Octavia commanded.
"Yes my alpha, I'm sorry my alpha." Raven bowed her head submissively to her alpha as she rested against her.
"Is that normal between alphas and omegas?" Clarke asked hesitantly.
"I enjoy submitting to my alpha, most omegas do. And while I admit that we are a little extreme." Raven mentioned as she began paying with a collar that rested around her neck.
"This is her collar, it is a signifier that she is mine." Octavia mentioned tugging slightly at the collar.
"Octavia is the best owner an omega could ask for!" Raven smiled happily resting her head on her owner.
"I-umm ok ?" Clarke shifted her head to the side surprised and confused.
"You might not want anything like this, but most omegas do. The longer that you are off your suppressants the more you will understand omegas tend to be a little weaker and smaller , and with this comes a primal need to be owned, or protected by an alpha." Raven informed.
"Wait Lexa mentioned something about me becoming her slave is that at all similar to this?" Clarke asked.
"It's very similar, practically the same thing in fact. It has some subtle variations socially to the grounder people but for the most part it is kinda the same." Octavia answered.
"Can you explain what all it entail" Clarke asked Interested in knowing exactly what Lexa needed her to do but wasn't willing to ask her to do.
"Well, I am Raven's owner." Octavia began petting her omega. " And I am to take care of her, love her support her , care for her, insure her safety and happiness. All that good stuff. And then I'm also just her girlfriend and her alpha. And in return Raven obeys and respects me, and does what I say. Or at least when she is being a good girl she obeys me." Octavia teased the omega resting against her. " When she doesn't obey me I have the choice to punish her appropriately or to forgive her immediately instead. But when it comes to a slave/master dynamic the owner doesn't have that choice. They are obligated to punish the omega fittingly for the transgressions." Octavia explained.
"How bad are these punishments?" Clarke asked warming up to the idea of potentially becoming a slave.
"Umm depends. It's stricter and more severe punishments for slaves tho. Oh also slaves must wear shackles of some sort. Some slaves have nice ornate shackles as a symbol of how much their owner treasures them others have harsh heavy iron shackles which are likely to be rather unpleasant and painful but that is uncommon. There are a number of other subtle variations, but it would be best to discuss them with an alpha you would be interested in being with." Octavia finished.
"So it's not like a slave that gets ordered around and has to work out in the fields every day? Or like a slave who is ordered to do things they don't want to?" Clarke asked.
" Omega slaves are never treated like that. Omega slaves are treasured and loved above all else. Alpha slaves of war are occasionally treated like that , but even then it is normally just those that committed war crimes.." Octavia clarified.
"Good to know , thank you." Clarke nodded as she began pondering the idea of being Lexa's treasured omega slave, loved and taken care of by her strong alpha. As Clarke thought about Lexa and potentially becoming her omega she began to blush and Raven quickly recognized the look on Clarke's face.
"Are you considering becoming Lexa's slave?" Raven teased.
"I don't know, I'm still angry with her about the mountain but there is something about her scent ever since my implant wore off , I can't really stay mad at her. She just smells too good." Clarke attempted to explain.
"We know what you are talking about." Octavia and Raven replied with a smile.
"Haha I take it you two appreciate each other's scent greatly also?" Clarke smiled.
"Yeah she smells perfect!" Raven mentioned rubbing her face against her alpha.
"This one smells pretty damn good too." Octavia agreed holding her omega tight.
As Clarke watched onwards at her friends making eyes at each other there was a noise of the doors swinging open suddenly as Lexa entered the room clearly distraught. "Lexa?" Clarke stuck her head out over the couch to see the alpha she was thinking about submitting to.
"Yes Clarke?" Lexa asked exhausted.
" Are you ok Lexa?" Clarke asked worried.
"I'm fine , I just need to rest." Lexa lied as she headed over to her room.
"Can I follow up with you two later?" Clarke requested getting up from the couch to follow the upset alpha.
"Certainly, we will be here in polis for a couple days." Octavia informed.
"Thanks for all the help you two!" Clarke thanked running off to see Lexa resting in bed. "I assume It didn't go well?" Clarke asked knowingly.
"No It didn't. How was your second examination from your mother? And how was visiting with Octavia and Raven?" Lexa attempted to change the conversation.
"My mom removed what was left of my defective implant and stitched up my arm. And I am still processing most of my time with Raven and Octavia. But you are just trying to stop us from talking about you." Clarke teased as she got onto the bed next to Lexa.
"Why such a keen observation." Lexa chuckled.
Clarke moved closer to Lexa on the bed before she spoke again, resting her head on Lexa's lap. "Is everything Ok?" Clarke asked worried for the alpha she could no longer deny her feelings for as every part of her body screamed that she needed Lexa's touch.
"Dont worry girl." Lexa comforted as she began scratching behind Clarke's ear.
"Mhmm that feels really good!" Clarke mewed in pleasure.
"How is your heat going by the way?" Lexa checked in on Clarke.
"I barely feel it right now honestly. My mom said it would be unpredictable for as long as the next month because of the defective implant. She said it might even stop suddenly." Clarke informed.
"Interesting. Hope its unpredictability isn't too hard on you." Lexa attempted to comfort Clarke.
"Yeah, I am a little worried about that. Would you mind if I stayed here until my cycle has stabilized?" Clarke requested.
"I would love for you to stay here , but if you are going to stay I need us to to talk about us. I never stopped caring about you, and If you are staying in polis we need to talk about us." Lexa demanded gently.
"That is fine , but can we talk tonight? I wanna nap right now." Clarke countered, drowsy from her suppressants and thoroughly enjoying Lexa's lap.
"Of course girl." Lexa comforted. "Sleep, you need your rest." Lexa ordered as Clarke allowed herself to sleep. "Ai hod yu in Clarke." Lexa began to repeat , whispering softly as she rubbed a hand on Clarke's back and scratched behind her ear.
End of Chapter 2