by Nora Phoenix
13
When Palani walked into the kitchen after a long day at the paper, he expected Vieno to be there, preparing whatever meal he had planned for that night. Instead, the kitchen and living room stood empty. Where was everyone?
Lidon hadn't returned yet from work, he knew, as he’d texted he was running late. He’d been working long hours after his uncle and aunt had come over for dinner, something about a big drug bust he wasn’t sharing much about with Palani, which he completely understood. They’d barely seen each other aside from a quick shower fuck that morning, and Palani missed it. He missed him.
They had so much to talk about, so many things Palani wanted to ask him and Grayson, but he’d have to wait. It proved to be challenging, coordinating schedules when three of them had irregular jobs.
He walked to their bedroom to change into shorts when he heard Vieno’s voice. Or rather, his moans.
He smiled as he opened the door. Vieno was riding Enar, his back toward the man, his ass sliding up and down that fat cock. Enar’s hands held his hips, and the look of bliss on his face told Palani he needed only seconds to orgasm. Underneath the sexual bliss, Palani spotted the stress on the alpha’s face.
Ah. He must have had a rough day, and Vieno, being the sweet little omega that he was, had tried to let him fuck the stress out. Vieno had tried hard, but it looked like Enar needed something else that Vieno couldn’t give. And as luck would have it, Palani’s day had been shitty as well, and he couldn’t imagine anything better than taking it out on Enar’s ass. God, he hoped Enar would let him, as so far that privilege had only been granted to Lidon.
They hadn’t heard him, too caught up in the lovely way Vieno pleasured himself on that cock. Enar’s eyes stayed glued to that perfect view in front of him, and who could blame him? The sight of that bubble butt taking in a big cock again and again was mesmerizing and erotic as fuck. And Palani wasn’t interrupting, not until Enar had come. The man deserved his orgasm.
“Ungh!” Enar moaned. His hands tightened on Vieno’s hips as he lifted his ass up and rammed inside him with three, four deep thrusts before he groaned low and deep, his body tightening as he came.
Palani waited till Enar had caught his breath again. “Fuck, you’re so sexy when you come,” he said.
Two heads turned toward him, and he’d already stripped out of his clothes before he crawled onto the bed. He kissed Enar first, a slow, wet kiss, the alpha still panting into his mouth from his release. Then he scooted over to Vieno, who sported that smile, which made him so ridiculously cute.
“Hi, baby,” Palani said. He found a spot between Enar’s legs, facing Vieno, so he could kiss him. What a joy it brought to no longer have to hold back in his affection for Vieno.
“And you are so damn gorgeous when you’re riding a big alpha cock. Show me how you fuck yourself, baby. Show me how beautiful you are when you come.”
Vieno lifted his head as he resumed his rhythm. Palani watched, enraptured, as he shifted his hips, finding a position that allowed him to impale himself over and over again until his cheeks flushed with desire, his eyes glazed over, and his cock wept precum. He was so beautiful like this that it took Palani’s breath away.
Vieno’s hand circled his own dick, and it only took a few tugs before he sprayed his fluids. His eyes fluttered as a long moan fell from his lips. Palani caught it, pressing their mouths together for another long kiss, wanting to drink in every little sound Vieno made in his pleasure. Finally, he dragged his mouth away.
“He needs you,” Vieno whispered.
“I know, baby. Thank you for taking care of him.”
He gave Vieno a last kiss before allowing him room to climb off Enar, who watched them with guarded eyes. God, Palani hoped he’d be granted the permission to take care of him the way Enar needed him to. He stretched out next to Enar, then held out his arm. It only took a second before Enar rolled over and came to him, burying his head against Palani’s shoulder.
“Shitty day?” he asked.
“The worst.”
“Will you allow me to take care of you?” he asked. He almost held his breath, waiting for permission, but it came fast.
“Please.”
They cuddled for a minute or two till Palani felt Enar relax in his arms. Only then did he kiss his head and roll both of them over, then positioned himself on top of the bigger man. He loved exploring Enar’s body, but now wasn’t the time. He was probably nervous, seeing as how this was Palani’s first time topping him, so Palani would skip the foreplay and focus on the end goal.
He slid down Enar’s body, nudging him to open his legs so he could kneel between them. He quietly signaled Vieno, who had wrapped a sheet around him and sat at the foot end of the bed, to grab lube, which he handed over.
When he pressed his slick index finger against Enar’s hole, his eyes pinched shut. “Eyes on me, Doc,” Palani said. “You’re not hiding from me, not now.”
“It’s hard,” Enar confessed, meeting Palani’s eyes.
“I know, but there’s nothing to be ashamed of. I got you, but you need to focus on me, okay? Don’t hide from me.”
He kept talking as he pushed his finger in, his eyes trained on Enar’s. Finally, the alpha allowed him in, his tight ring of muscles relaxing. “That’s it, Doc. Damn, you’re tight. You’re gonna clench so fucking snug around my cock, aren’t you?” Palani said.
He added a second finger when Enar loosened up, then a third, all the while encouraging him with sexy talk. His own cock was leaking by the time Enar was ready for him.
“Pull your legs up, Doc. Yeah, like that. Vieno, baby, why don’t you melt the man with one of your kisses while I take his ass, hmm?”
Vieno crawled past him and dropped himself like a stone on Enar’s chest, making Palani grin. Seconds later, their mouths were fused together, and sucking sounds filled the room. Good. That would help the alpha relax. Palani figured Lidon achieved the same effect with sheer intimidation and alpha dominance, but since he didn’t possess that, he had to work with what he had.
Enar’s body tensed when Palani pushed the head of his cock in, but then relaxed again. He took him slowly, staying shallow until he felt his hole open for him. “You ready for me, Doc? You ready for me to pound your ass? Hang on.”
He planted his knees so he’d have a good grip, then surged in. He’d been right. Enar’s ass gripped him like a tight fist, hot and slick and perfect.
“Damn, you feel good, Doc. I’m gonna ravish your ass. You feel that? You feel me bottom out inside you?”
His balls slapped against Enar’s flesh, a wonderful sound Palani loved almost as much as the sloppy sound his cock made as it thrust balls deep inside the alpha. Then there were the soft moans Enar let out, muffled by Vieno’s mouth against his, and Palani’s own grunts as he fucked him deep, every thrust precise.
His hands found grip on Enar’s legs, spreading them wider, folding them tighter until he had the perfect position to slam in. Enar’s grunts sounded harder now, and Palani looked up to find Vieno cradling his head, no longer kissing him. The omega looked at Palani with love in his eyes, and they shared a moment, taking care of Enar.
The opening of the door interrupted their moment, but it was Lidon who stepped in, his face breaking open in a sexy smile when he spotted them. “Now that’s how I like to come home,” he said.
He kissed Vieno first, as he always did, a deference to his position as omega, which never failed to make Palani’s insides go weak. He always took his time too, never satisfied with a short peck but ensuring Vieno’s mouth was claimed.
Palani stopped thrusting to receive his own kiss. He loved how Lidon kissed, all possessive and dominant, simply taking what he wanted. What he deserved, somehow. And Palani gave freely, gladly, until he damn near ran out of breath.
He expected Lidon to come for Enar next, but he didn’t. Instead he shedded his clothes. His cock was already hard when he stretched out next to them, putting his big hand on Enar’s n
eck and pulling his mouth toward him. “I’m damn proud of you,” he said before kissing him too.
Palani watched as the two alphas kissed, his stomach once again doing funny things. The kiss was hot, sure, but it went beyond that. What the four of them shared, what they were starting to build was extraordinary. It was so much more than sex, and watching Enar surrender to Lidon was the proof. He was so close to taking that final step.
Lidon broke off the kiss, then sat up and smacked Palani’s ass. “Wreck him.”
“I plan to,” Palani said, grinning.
He’d been worried for a second Lidon would tell him to pull out, that he would claim the right to fuck Enar, but he’d seemed more than happy to let Palani do the honors this time. Lidon stretched out next to Enar on his back, and seconds later, Vieno all but dove on top of him, eager to get more kissing in, by the looks of it.
Palani had no trouble finding his rhythm back and let out a content moan as he sank his cock back deep inside that tight heat.
Enar’s body was on fire but in the best way possible. The muscles in his legs twitched from being in the same position for a while, his hips burned from moving against Palani’s thrusts to get him still deeper inside him, and his ass. Oh god, his ass. It throbbed and stung so deliciously that he didn’t even have words to describe it.
Having Palani take him, it was…everything. Why had he waited this long? When Lidon fucked him, he chased the release, the domination, and the not having to think. It was being used and taken and not having a damn say in it. With Palani, it was pure erotic pleasure, Palani focusing on making it exquisite for Enar. He’d taken his time in prepping him, and his thrusts were deep and precise, aimed at bringing them both pleasure.
It was heaven.
And he hadn’t been weird about it, hadn’t so much as hesitated or given Enar a strange look. Vieno either. The omega had been so super sweet when Enar had come home from work, his eyes red-rimmed from working for almost twenty hours straight. He’d been so fucking tired but too wound up to sleep, and Vieno had taken one good look at him and had led him into the bedroom where he’d stripped and basically lowered himself onto Enar to ride him into an orgasm.
Palani’s hand wrapped around Enar’s slick cock with a delicious pressure that had him moaning. A few more jacks like that and he’d come again. But Palani kept his movements slow, bringing Enar to the brink without sending him over.
Enar growled, then brought his own hand to his cock, where Palani swatted it away. “Hands off. I got you, Doc.”
“You need to…” Enar started, then moaned low and deep as Palani squeezed his crown hard enough to make Enar dance on the edge of his release a few seconds longer. His balls pulled up, but Palani squeezed again, the pain just enough to stave off the orgasm. Oh god. He would fucking kill him with this.
He closed his eyes, no longer able to concentrate.
“Uh-uh, eyes on me, Doc. I don’t want you to forget who’s fucking you,” Palani said.
He opened them again, let out a frustrated grunt. As soon as he did, Palani’s body stilled, his cock halfway inside him and his hand still on Enar’s cock but without any pressure. What the hell was he doing?
“Nononono,” he pleaded. “Don’t stop! You have to…”
Palani looked at him, his brown eyes calm. “I have to what? Who’s in charge here, Doc?”
Dammit. The beta had his number, didn’t he? “You are,” he admitted.
“So what did you want to tell me about what I have to do?”
“Nothing,” he said. He sighed, a strange sense of calm filling him. “Nothing at all.”
“Good.”
Palani thrust back inside with a force that slammed the air out of Enar’s lungs, at the same time putting the pressure back on his cock. Oh fuck, that was amazing.
A sound to his right made him turn his head. Vieno sent Lidon a sexy smile as he lowered himself onto the alpha’s big cock, taking it in like it was nothing. His cum still lingered in there, Enar realized, and it was both erotic as fuck and deeply gratifying to know that Vieno would have both him and Lidon inside him. They shared him, like they all shared each other. For the first time, Enar felt like he did belong, like he formed an unmissable part of them.
“Doc, eyes on me,” Palani told him, and Enar whipped his head back.
God, the beta was glorious when he acted like this, all sassy and mouthy and bossy as fuck. He played Enar like a finely tuned instrument, and damn if he didn’t love it. In the past, it had always been a bit of a struggle to surrender to Lidon, but after this, he’d willingly surrender to Palani every single time. Somehow, he knew exactly what Enar needed.
The pressure in his balls built again, and he moaned as he tried to reach for his orgasm, wanting it so desperately. But as soon as he did, Palani’s hand loosened its grip again, and his release danced away from him, always close but just out of reach. When would Palani let him come, dammit?
“You’ll come when I think you’re ready and not a second earlier,” Palani told him, reading his mind, apparently. The beta’s cheeky smirk shouldn’t be so hella sexy, but it was. It made Enar’s heart do a little jumpy thing he’d noticed more when he was around Palani.
“And when am I ready, oh great and all-knowing master?” he shot back at Palani, not willing to give him all the power.
The smirk widened. “You’ll know it when I’ll let you come.”
Palani sped up, his thrusts pummeling Enar’s hole, wrecking it in a way he’d never experienced before. He let go of any thought of coming anymore, too busy focusing on staying in the present and not losing himself to the sensation. His eyes drilled into Palani’s, which darkened with desire as he let out a deep moan. His hand squeezed Enar’s cock, then again and again.
Enar’s eyes never left Palani’s as the beta spasmed deep inside him, then flooded him with his fluids.
“Now it’s your turn,” Palani panted.
His hand gave one last jack on Enar’s cock, and his orgasm slammed into him, leaving his vision white-spotted and his head reeling. His muscles jerked as a wave of pleasure barreled through him, radiating tingles through his entire body.
Palani dropped like a stone on top of him, and Enar’s arms came around him, even as the man’s cock still jerked inside him, releasing the last of his juices. Enar had spurted all over himself, and his cum was now being smeared all over his body by Palani, and he didn’t care one bit because this sex had been filthy and bossy and absolutely fucking perfect.
His eyes drifted shut as his breathing slowed down, and seconds later, he was asleep.
14
His uncle’s words had kept buzzing around in Lidon’s head, ever since the visit a week ago. The story of his grandfather passing on his powers to Lidon sounded like science fiction, and yet…deep down, it felt true. Not with his mind but with his soul. He connected with this truth, acknowledging it deep inside his alpha.
He’d looked at family photo albums again, and lo and behold, his uncle had been right. His beta grandfather had been there all along, but his father had never identified him as such to Lidon. Both his beta and his omega granddaddy had died days after his grandfather, which made sense if they had been fated mates. Melloni had explained to Palani and Enar that the lifelines of fated mates were connected, that they usually could not survive without each other, especially not if they’d been together a long time.
But Lidon needed to learn more about that last statement his uncle had made.
“Grayson,” he started on a Sunday afternoon as they all lounged in the cool shadows of the porch with a beer. “Have you ever heard of the legend of the True Alpha?”
Grayson looked up from the crossword puzzle he’d been doing on his phone. “I have, but who mentioned it to you?”
Something in the man’s tone was sharp, sharper than Lidon had ever heard him speak.
“My uncle.”
“Your uncle Leland, the younger brother of your father?” Grayson asked with that same sha
rpness.
“Yes, but why does that matter?”
“I’ll explain in a sec, but just to verify. He’s your oldest living male relative from your father’s side, correct?”
“Yeah. My dad had younger sisters who got married, but only one brother, Leland.”
“And he mentioned this to you? What did he say precisely?”
“He said I was the True Alpha, and when we asked what that meant, he said to ask you.”
Grayson gasped. “He called you the True Alpha?”
“You’re freaking me out, Grayson, and not in a good way,” Palani commented from the swing where Enar lay cuddled up against him on one side and Vieno on the other.
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” Grayson held up his hands. “It’s just… Fuck, this is big. Okay, let me explain ‘cause I see you’re getting frustrated with me.”
“You got that right,” Lidon mumbled, taking another swig from his beer.
“The legend of the True Alpha is not common knowledge. It’s passed on from storyteller to storyteller…and beyond that, only those who are related to the True Alpha can know about it. Your grandfather was a True Alpha, which is why your uncle knows. But he couldn’t have told you unless he knew for certain you were a True Alpha because he would’ve brought dishonor on himself and his family.”
“You’ll need to explain what this whole True Alpha thing is, but if what you’re saying is true, how do you know about it and why are you telling us?” Palani asked.
Grayson smiled. “Because I’m a storyteller…who heard the legend from my grandfather, another storyteller. And look around. Lucan is not here, and neither is anyone else but us: me, the storyteller, and the four of you, Lidon’s family. By telling Lidon and mentioning me by name, his uncle has sanctioned me to tell you.”
“What is the True Alpha?”
Grayson leaned forward. “Every generation, there is one alpha who will lead all shifters, one alpha with extraordinary powers who will bring about change for the good of our kind: the True Alpha. It’s been like this for centuries, and there are stories of each True Alpha and what he has done for his kind. Your grandfather was the last True Alpha. None have been recorded in the generation after him, though some claimed to be. But a True Alpha can’t be faked. The power is felt by everyone and can’t be denied. It’s confirmed by the alpha’s oldest living male relative…”