“So much.” I let out a sigh of relief, letting my body melt against the wall. I feel a small gush between my legs, but I dare not say anything for I fear they could lock me in the room again.
“We need to have a family chat.” I see Darrell out of the corner of my eye. Standing there, in well, his boxers. I gulp at the sight of him, in all his hard-on glory. My heart races in confusion. I feel like I shouldn’t want to see what’s hidden under those boxers of the man who has been like a father figure for so long, but I can’t help but look and wonder.
“Come on, Lolli.” Colson loops his arm over my shoulders, leading me to the living room. I take a seat on the couch, Colson dropping down next to me. The rest stand across the room. Darrell, Mitchell, and Dashell.
“Family chat, yet Colson’s here.” I elbow him in the side as I laugh.
“He’s part of this, has been since you came to live here.” I raise an eyebrow at Darrell. Colson is practically family. He basically lives here, going home only when he wants to. I’m not sure how he fits in, but I guess I’m about to find out.
“What Darrell’s trying to say is, that we have a lot to tell you and not a lot of time to say it,” Colson says, knocking me in the shoulder with his.
“Okay,” I say ominously. “Does this have something to do with Mitchell’s knot and my heat?” I ask, shifting uncomfortably in my seat.
“Yes,” Dash answers, dragging out his s like he wants to say more, but doesn’t.
“We know what we are. Darrell is the Alpha, well, we’re all Alpha’s but he’sThe Alpha,” Mitchell says. “We’ve kept you safe all these years because we thought you were going to be our omega. The one meant for us. Specifically designed to be our mate.”
“So does that mean, that I-” I pause and look around the room, taking in the sight of all of them, “I belong to all of you?” How could I belong to four different men? How does that work?
I watch Darrell’s face change. “I never had an Omega. Both of my wives were Betas, not Omegas like you. They couldn’t handle being with an Alpha. My first wife bore me children, barely. She died giving birth to Dash. I couldn’t be with her, not completely. Through science I was able to provide her with my seed, and we had it implanted in her to create our boys. My second wife.” He pauses. He means my mother. “She was, well, convenient until you came of age. I needed to keep you close, protect you at all costs. I kept her safe, in order to protect you.” He stops for a second, almost like he’s trying to read my body language. But I’m stiff and confused. “Right before she died, I learned of your family. Your true family. She told me that your grandparents on your father’s side were like us.” Like us? This whole knots and heats part of us, or the oblivion kind like I was. “But they produced only a Beta heir. Leaving no one behind to take over when they died.” Oh he means like us, knots and heats. “So when you reach the age to have sons, if they are Alphas, they will be able to claim the fortune your grandparents left. For now, you are granted an allowance from it for several years.”
“Until I came of age. You’ve had this planned since I was four?!” I feel my body shaking. I was four when I first met them, all of them. I barely remember it, but shit.
“The second Dash saw you, he wanted to stake his claim on you. He was barely older than you, already showing signs of becoming an Alpha. Since he was only four also, that obviously couldn’t happen. When Mitch was introduced to you, he wanted to do the same. I kept my distance from you, your mother made sure that when I saw you, it was from afar. She knew what I was and wanted someone powerful to help raise you. When you crashed your bike, I brought you your favorite flavor lollipop and you asked me to pick you up. That’s when I felt it too. The pull to be near you, to protect you.”
“Knew what? That your new step-daughter was the person you wanted to fuck?” I stand up with anger boiling over me.
“That’s not how this works, Veronica. Now sit the fuck down!” His voice booms through the living room, and I feel the command deep inside, like a part of me needing to listen. To obey. So I do, dropping back to the couch, crossing my arms over my chest.
“Oh, thats fucking gold. Teach me your ways.” Dash laughs.
“All of you sit down and shut up. Please,” Darrell commands. He runs his hands through his hair and begins to pace. Colson links his fingers in mine, rubbing the back of my hand with his other one. “I’ve always felt like I was waiting, that I would never find my omega. When we thought you were ours, we made an agreement,” he turns to face Dash, “and you fuckers just couldn’t keep your dick in your pants. We agreed to wait until your first heat, confirming you were an Omega. Our Omega.”
“I told Mitchell and Colson that I saw her first, and I would be the one to take her first.” Dash bows his head. “This is my fault. I couldn’t wait. When I saw her giving Colson head at school, I nearly lost my shit.”
“She what?” Darrell turns around and looks at me and Colson.
Colson lets off a small chuckle. I take a deep breath and tell them exactly what I thought about this. “Hey, try being one of the only eighteen year old senior virgins at school and then tell me what you would do to lose it. I was tired of the names, the bullying, the constant looking over my shoulder.” I watch as Mitch’s chest puffs up. He protected me while he was at school, but when he left, I had no one.
“Knock your shit off,” Darrell growls, calming Mitch back down as he lets off a groan.
“Are you like wolves or something? We keep talking about Heats, Alphas, Betas, and Omegas. Isn’t that what wolves have?” I ask.
“Like the wolf, we have some similarities, passed down through our blood. My grandpa used to say our ancestors could shift, long ago. But as the bloods have been diluted, so have our powers. All we have now, is the ranks, characteristics.”
“And the knots,” I point out.
“And the knots.” Darrell grins.
“Well, some of us.” Dash crosses his arms over his chest.
“Aw. Poor Dashy-Poo doesn’t have his yet.” I make a pouty face, teasing him.
“If they would’ve let me in there with you then I would have fucked you until you couldn’t feel your legs. I would have locked myself deep inside you until you didn’t know which way was up.” Dash growls as Mitch shoves him back.
Fucking men. What in the hell have I gotten myself into? I just wanted to lose my virginity, but I didn't sign up for all of this.
I suddenly feel hot, like I’m on fire. I fan my shirt and look around at the guys. “Are we sure my heat thingy is over?” Sweat beads on my forehead.