Chapter 72

**Bennett**


Luna and I end up spending a lot more time writing notes back and forth. We asked all the questions we could think of and when we finally got tired of all that writing we cuddled up and relaxed into the nest. I can feel how at ease she is with me now, and I am full of pride that we went from sitting awkwardly to her tucked under my arm. Her scent has started to thicken again and I have had to...adjust myself more than once in the last hour.

I can't tell what is causing these heat flare-ups, but it doesn't seem consistent just yet. If milo is right and she is going into heat then it may be a little more unpredictable than he read about. Luna shifts into me a bit more and her fingers clench my shirt for a few seconds and then she relaxes. That's been happening for the last twenty minutes now, and I'm wondering if that's her holding back. We want her to set the pace but she's shy and maybe a little help wouldn't be so bad.

When she tightens her hold on my shirt once again I take my chance. I rest my hand on top of her's and when she loosens her hold on it I take her hand and bring it up to my lips. She sucks in a breath and I glance down and find her wide golden eyes looking back at me. Instead of releasing her hand I turn it over and place a soft kiss on the inside of her wrist. Her throat bobs and I feel her body shiver from that simple touch. It makes me curious if she will react more if I nipped the sensitive area. So I lower my lips to her wrist once again and pull a bit of the delicate skin between my teeth.

She gasps and I bite back a smile of satisfaction. I love how responsive she is to such a small thing, and it causes an array of ideas to flutter through my mind. Pushing those thoughts back for now I focus on trying to continue this little game I'm playing. A new wave of thick honey scent rises around us and my body heats in response to it. My head is starting to feel foggy but in the kind of way that reminds me of a place between being buzzed but not drunk. I take a moment to try and clear my head but it feels like I am pushing through literal honey. The urge to claim my Omega becomes harder to ignore by the second and I realize that I may have started this game but Luna could win easily.

My self-control crumbles too soon and I lean over to pull Luna onto my lap. She is such a tiny thing that it takes no effort at all, and soon she's straddling me. Her hands are resting against my chest and it's putting a little distance between us but not enough. I lock eyes with her's and try to look for any sign that she wants to stop whatever it is we are about to do, but I'm met with heated eyes. Her chest rises and falls as quickly as mine but neither of us moves yet. We sit like this for several minutes like each of us is waiting for the other to make the first move.

Well if she is waiting for me to crack first that is what I will do. At this point, I am ready to beg her to touch me. My skin is getting too hot and I need something to relieve the burning that keeps growing. I need to get these clothes off...it's too hot. This whole room feels ten degrees hotter than it was when we came in. I push myself to sit up and Luna sits back watching while I pull my shirt off. The air around me does nothing to relieve the heat I'm feeling, and when Luna tentatively reaches out a brushes a hand against my skin I feel even more heat from her skin.

Is this what Rowan was feeling? How did he stop and walk away from this? It's so strong...

I grab Luna by the hips and pull her closer to me and slamming our lips together desperately hoping to relieve myself from even a small amount of this heat. Luna kisses me back a little hesitantly but the harder I squeeze her and pull her closer the more she meets my hunger with her own. She is hovering just above my lap but I need something...anything to relieve the pressure. I push her hips down and groan the moment she grinds down against me.

More...I need more.

I feel that dark part of me spark under her heat and I grab her shirt and pull it off her as fast as I can. My mind is lost now and I can barely see or hear anything clearly, I need her. Pain pulls me through the fog and as I focus back on my surroundings I feel Luna's tight grip on my hair. A flicker of panic hits me and I drop my hands from her. Before I can lift her off of me she moves her hands so that she is holding my face still. I don't have to hear her voice to know what I see in her eyes. She shakes her head and I swallow nervously. Before I can overthink further her lips are against mine and this time I focus all my attention on the feeling.

Her lips are soft and her kiss is firm but not harsh. She's working me slowly back up but with more control than I had a minute ago. How is she doing that? I remember now that an Omega brings balance in a pack, and our pack is full of aggressive Alphas. Clearly, it's easy for Alphas like us to lose our heads but Luna is countering that with her calm and control. This is a shock to me since I figured an Omega in heat would be desperate for relief from her Alphas and her Luna is pulling me back.

Her hands slowly move down my neck and rest on my shoulder. My hands work their way from her still-clothed hips to the bare skin of her waist. Heat flares inside me once again but I try to focus on everything I'm feeling and not the reaction it causes inside me. I feel the softness of her skin and the small bumps that form as I run my hands over all of her that I can reach. My hands stumble when I reach the back strap of her bra and I don't hesitate to quickly unclasp it. Without breaking our kiss I reach for the straps and slowly work them down her arms. When her bare breasts brush against my chest she breaks our kiss with a gasp.

Her hooded eyes meet mine and I watch her carefully as I brush my thumb over one of her firm peaks. She gasps and shudders under the touch and the slight movement makes me groan again. I am getting so hard that it is painful now. Nothing I have experienced before compares to this and I think I might lose my mind any second if I don't feel more of her soon.

The sound of the door opening makes my head snap to focus on the intruder and I nearly growl at the interruption when I see that it's Milo. His expressionless face takes us in and for a second di think he's going to stop us. He walks over to the bed but Luna hasn't noticed him yet. She has moved closer to me and is nuzzling into my neck breathing me in. I low growl escapes my lips when I feel her lips press against the skin of the junction from my neck and collar bone.

My eyes follow Milo who is now removing his black combat boots and dropping them to the floor. I can no longer keep my eyes open as Luna's lips travel further now my skin and all I can do is hang on to her hips as she works. Milo pulls his shirt over his head and moves between my parted legs to place himself behind luna. His hands grab her by the waist and he tugs her until her back is flush against his chest. She gasps with her eyes widened in surprise. I let my eyes roam over her naked chest while Milo lowers his mouth to her neck. Her eyes fall shut and she releases a small moan that has me feeling that wild darkness from earlier come rushing back. I pounce on her and take one of her breasts in my mouth while squeezing the other in my hand.

I need to do more though and without much thought, I bite down hard and she whimpers but it only lasts a second before it shifts into a louder moan. My tongue dances along the new mark to soothe the pain.

When I pull back I take in my mark on her honey skin and I smirk at Milo. He rolls his eyes but nothing is going to take away from this moment. The best thing is I get to mark her again when this one fades.