Chapter 3

Chapter 3

The den door slammed shut behind them.

Riven didn’t put him down. He carried Kai straight across the large, dimly lit room and dropped him onto the massive bed in the center. The second Kai’s back hit the furs, the Alpha was already over him, knees forcing his soft thighs wide open. The cool air of the den kissed the wet mess between Kai’s legs, and he shuddered hard.

Riven’s eyes dragged down his body like a physical touch—flushed chest, soft stomach, the glistening slick coating his thighs and the swollen, used hole that still fluttered from being fucked in front of the entire pack.

“Look at you,” Riven muttered, voice rough. “Already ruined and I’ve only had you once.”

Kai tried to close his legs. Riven’s hands locked around his thighs and shoved them wider, pinning them open against the bed. The Alpha leaned down and dragged his tongue in one long, filthy stripe through the mess of slick, from Kai’s hole all the way up over his balls. Kai’s back arched off the furs with a broken cry.

“Riven—wait—”

“No.”

The word was final. Riven pushed two thick fingers back into him without warning, curling them deep. The wet sound was obscene in the quiet den. Kai’s hands flew up to cover his face, but Riven yanked them away with his free hand and pinned both wrists above his head.

“Don’t hide from me,” he ordered. “I want to see every face you make while I knot you.”

Kai’s breath hitched. “You’re going to—already?”

Riven’s mouth curved, dark and hungry. “You’ve been dripping since the clearing. Your body is begging for it.” He added a third finger, stretching him wider, watching Kai’s face the entire time. “I’m not waiting.”

He pulled his fingers free, lined up, and thrust back in to the hilt in one hard stroke.

Kai choked on a moan. The stretch was even more intense than before—deeper, relentless. Riven didn’t give him time to adjust. He started fucking him in long, powerful strokes that rocked the entire bed, hips slamming against the soft curve of Kai’s ass with wet, filthy sounds. Every thrust punched a broken noise out of Kai’s throat.

“Fuck, you’re soft,” Riven growled against his neck, right over the fresh claim mark. He licked the bite, then sucked hard enough to make Kai whimper. “Soft everywhere. This hole. These thighs. This stomach.” One big hand slid down and gripped the soft flesh of Kai’s belly, holding him in place while he drove deeper. “I’m going to fill you until you can’t take anymore.”

Kai’s head thrashed against the furs. The heat was climbing too fast, turning his thoughts into static. Every drag of Riven’s cock over that sensitive spot inside him made his toes curl. Slick poured out of him with every thrust, soaking the furs beneath them. He could feel the base of Riven’s cock starting to swell—the knot beginning to form.

Panic and need tangled together in his chest.

“It’s too much—”

“It’s not.” Riven’s voice was strained now, barely human. He fucked into him harder, chasing the knot. “You’re going to take it. You’re going to take every drop I give you, and then you’re going to stay locked on my cock while the bond settles.”

The knot pushed against Kai’s rim, thick and demanding. Riven snapped his hips forward once, twice—then forced it inside with a deep, guttural growl.

Kai screamed.

The stretch was blinding. The knot locked behind his rim with a heavy, irreversible pressure that stole the air from his lungs. Riven’s cock throbbed deep inside him, and then the Alpha started coming—hot, thick pulses that flooded Kai’s hole in heavy spurts. The sensation triggered Kai’s own orgasm so hard his vision went white. His body clamped down around the knot, milking it, shaking violently while Riven held him down and groaned against his throat.

They stayed locked like that, both of them panting.

Riven’s full weight settled over him, chest to chest, still buried to the root. One hand stroked slowly over Kai’s soft side, almost gentle now that the knot was seated. The other stayed tangled in his hair, keeping his head turned so the Alpha could keep licking and nuzzling the claim mark.

Kai’s voice came out small and wrecked.

“You didn’t even ask.”

Riven lifted his head just enough to look at him. His eyes were still dark, still hungry, but there was something heavier underneath now—something that looked almost like possession sharpened into obsession.

“I didn’t need to,” he said quietly. “Your body already answered for you.”

He rolled his hips in a tiny, deliberate circle, making the knot tug against Kai’s rim. Kai whimpered, oversensitive and still twitching around him.

Riven’s mouth brushed his ear.

“You’re in full heat now. This is only the first knot. I’m going to keep you on my cock until your body stops producing slick. Until the only scent left on you is mine.” His hand slid down between them and pressed lightly over Kai’s lower belly, where he was still pumping him full. “And when this heat ends… you’re still not leaving my den.”

Kai’s breath shuddered out of him.

The bond pulsed between them—hot, alive, and already too strong. He could feel Riven’s satisfaction bleeding through it, thick and dark and absolute. Worse, he could feel his own traitorous body answering it, soft and open and still aching for more even while the knot held him locked in place.

Riven kissed the corner of his mouth, slow and claiming.

“Sleep if you can, little Omega,” he murmured. “I’ll wake you when I’m ready to fill you again.”

Outside the den, the pack waited in tense silence.

Inside, the Alpha’s knot stayed buried deep, and Kai—claimed, marked, and already half-lost—could only lie there and feel every thick pulse of come still spilling into him.