Chapter 35

**Archer**


Two months.

That's how long we have been searching. I have reached out to my best guys in hopes of catching a blip of movement from the people who held my girl captive. How are they hiding their tracks so well? It doesn't make sense.

I have been camping out in my home office almost constantly looking for anything, but still nothing.

Another message comes through as I'm going through another search and I curse when it says that another one of our leads is a dead end. Every time we find a possible location it's cleared out before we arrive. They know we're coming and haven't stayed in one place for long. I have been wondering if they are being tipped off but I can't think of someone who would do that. Everyone we work with wants these Omega sellers to be caught. That hasn't stopped us from taking down a few smaller targets through the weeks though.

"Hey." A soft voice says near my ear as warm arms wrap around me from behind.

My eyes fall closed and I sigh. I was so engrossed in my work that I hadn't heard Elise come in.

"Hey." She has been the only good thing that's come from this shit show.

She is the balm that has healed all of our edges and fallen right into place.

Her hands stay flat on my chest but she steps around my chair and climbs onto my lap. I reach out and rest my hands on her waist and let myself absorb her warmth.

"You look tired." She says, her face tight with worry.

"I'm fine," I say but she can see right through me.

She watches me silently for a while and I let myself enjoy the feeling of her so close to me. I'm addicted to everything about her.

"Come to bed. Please?" Her voice is soft and my chest gets tight at the pleading sound in her voice.

My eyes move past her shoulder where my program is scanning the latest batch of intel. It will take hours for it to finish, and sitting here waiting won't make things move any faster. Besides everything is linked to my phone so I'll be alerted if anything is found. Maybe some alone time with my girl is exactly what I need.

Her beautiful eyes are still fixed on me when I look back at her. She is patient with us and never demands anything from us that we don't already give her. We keep telling her that if she ever needs us that we would drop everything to be there, but she never does. She never asks for anything other than us to sleep with her in her nest when we're feeling up to it. We don't deserve her patience and sweetness.

Weston has been training her a few times a week and I can see how strong she has become. I'm proud of her but she hasn't complained about the lack of progress we've made. She sees us working constantly to find the people who hurt her, and she always tells her how grateful she is. She and Liddy are best friends now, and Liddy even has Elsie come in to work the reception desk at the clinic for a few hours a day. They are almost inseparable and love it. They deserve all the joy of having another Omega in their lives.

When she isn't training or helping Liddy she is out back in the art studio we built for her. She's transformed the whole yard into something of beauty. There are trees and flowers everywhere and she even set up a few raised boxes where she grows food. Weston and Ezra helped her put it all together and sit out there watching her in the garden any chance they can. We all love watching her enjoy small things like that. She always looks so peaceful.

The amount of contentment she has brought us has been a real blessing. We were burned once, but if we hadn't we may never have found her and it's clear that she is meant to be here. Sometimes when she doesn't think we're watching I see her mind get lost and silent tears will fall but she never says anything out loud. She doesn't talk about the bad things unless absolutely necessary. She doesn't want to burden us with her past and instead suffers those memories in silence. I wish she wouldn't but I'm worried to ask her about it.

"I think I can pull myself away for a while," I say and her lips spread in a wide smile.

Such a small thing makes her smile so brightly and it makes my chest swell any time I'm able to bring that smile out.

I can't resist her looking at me like that and lean in to steal a kiss from her pretty pink lips. They are so soft and as soon as our lips touch I get a whiff of her enticing scent. That's another thing...

Because whatever was given her has somehow changed her DNA, she has never completed her heat as most Omegas do. It seems it is triggered any time she feels turned on and every time it sends us into a rut. Several times one of us has been stuck in the nest with her for a couple of days at a time. We can't get enough of her.

I groan and pull away from her lips to rest my forehead on hers.

"You're killing me, sweetness," I say and she laughs quietly.

"Sorry." She says shyly but I shake my head.

"No reason to be sorry, but you know what happens when you do this. I won't be able to leave you." I tell her and I see her happy smile fall a little.

She hates that she can't always control her heat unless she is really focused on it, and it makes her exhausted any time she has to suppress it.

I cup her face and force her to look at me. "Don't. We love when you want us because we always want you. Since I have nothing going on right now I am more than happy to take care of you."

Her smile retusn and I wrap my arms around her lifting her and she wraps her arms around my neck.

"What do you need sweetness?" I ask her softly and her face flushes a little.

It's cute when she gets shy about asking for what she wants.

"How about I surprise you?" I say knowing it's hard for her to voice her wants.

Omegas like structure sometimes and I'm happy to help if it means I get to enjoy her.

She's wrapped around me now and I rub one of my hands up to cup her ass. Just that small thing makes her gasp in a quick breath and her eyes close.

Yeah, she needs some attention.

I walk us into the nest and set her carefully on the bed. She releases me and looks up at me with eyes full of lust and want. I pull my phone out of my pocket and shoot a quick message into the group chat to let the guys know I'm going to busy for a while. It doesn't take long for them to reply.

Ezra: what the hell does that mean?

Me: Our girl needs so attention.

Sawyer: Shit, why did I have to be sent on this fucking scouting job?

Me: you always steal time with her, so stay away or I will kick your ass.

Weston: Send me a photo

I laugh at that?

"What?" Elise asks.

She's moved further back on the bed and is watching me patiently. I climb toward her and sit beside her to show what the guys sent. She laughs.

"Do you guys always send photos to eachother when we're together?" She asks but she doesn't sound angry.

"Hell yeah. We like to make eachother jealous." I say proudly.

I set my phone aside and lean closer to her and kiss her neck softly. She melts against me and I pull her toward me. She turns so that she can stardle my lap again and I pull her into a deep kiss as soon as she is faciing me. She whines against the kiss and her scent grows stronger. My eyes nearly roll into the back of my head as my body starts to react to every part of her that is touching me. My cock grows instantly hard and she grinds down on it making us both moan.

God I'm addicted to her.

"I need you." She says breathlessly when we pull apart.

I don't need to be told twice. I roll us so that I'm hovering above her. Thankfully she's wearing one of those flowy dresses she likes with buttons running all the way down the front. She got smart and realized easy access was best when her Alphas are wild for her. Unfortunately, she still has to fix a few buttons because we tend to just rip everything off her.

This time is no different. I'm so hard that I don't think I can take the time to unbutton each button. I sit back on my heels and pull hard on her dress. She isn't wearing a bra but she is wearing a simple pair of white panties with a bit of lace along the top. It is so simple that maybe it wouldn't turn some guys on but on her, it is as sexy as if she was wearing lingerie. Everything about her is sexy.

"Archer..." The way she says my name breaks me.

I'm a goner for her.