Page 36 of Galaxy Between Us

“Oh, fuck, Ari,” I breathe out the words with wavering restraint.

He moans, face red as he shuffles against me until my tip pokes his hole. Breathing heavily, I put my hands on his hips and grip him hard to stop him. With a huff of greed, his heavy-lidded eyes peer down at me in confusion.

I feel a dangerous tingle in the base of my cock. My pheromones seep out of my skin, filling the room with the potent scent of my arousal. I’m going into a rut. If I fuck him, I’ll knot him, but he’s not in heat right now to match my libido.

I try to sit up, but Arius shoves me back down.

“Ari, my ruts are dangerous,” I warn him, voice husky with aggressive lust. “I could hurt you. I need to get out.”

“Knox,” he hushes me, still trying to rock back against my wet erection. “Let me help you through it.”

“I don’t want to hurt you.”

“You won’t,” he smiles softly. “It’s not in your blood to hurt me.”

Tense with panic, I hold his gaze for a moment. He’s not scared at all. I don’t know how, but he trusts me more than I trust myself. Yes, I’ve always protected him, but only when I was in control of my strength and my aggression.

Ari moves fast, leaning down to capture my lips before I can protest. A wave of need and obsession crashes through me, and I growl into his mouth. My chest erupts with feelings for him that might’ve always been there but are only now surfacing. Still gripping him tight, I roll us around so that he’s on his back and I’m looming above him.

“Mine,” I nip at his neck, and he moans blissfully.

“Fuck me, Alpha.”

His hands wrap around my neck as I devour him. My arms shake as I hold myself up, still fighting against my intense desire to pound him into the floor. I squeeze my eyes shut and let out a trembling breath, swaying through the intensity. I just want him to have a chance to say no. To leave if it’s too much.

I’ve already fucked up once letting him get away, I can’t miss my second chance at having him in my life.

He doesn’t retract his consent. Instead, Arius trails his fingers along my biceps.

“You’re okay, baby. You’re not hurting me,” he comforts me gently. “I want you to have this. To have me. Nobody else could ever– “

My eyes shoot open, pupils dilating with need as I cut him off with a grunt.

“Mine!” I bite his jaw instinctively, a little harder than I meant to. He gasps but doesn’t shove me away. He can’t say things like that to me. Such pretty words from such pretty lips.

“Yours, baby,” he rasps, fingers gripping my hair while I kiss the indents of my teeth in his skin. “Go ahead, Knox. Let me take care of you. I don’t want you to have this with any other Omega. Ever.”

His legs open, inviting me between them. Claiming what’s mine, I let my cock find his hot, soaked hole and pop the head inside with a low grunt. Tears prickle in the corners of my eyes as my composure wavers. The euphoria encompassing the sensitive tip of my dick is too much.

“There you go,” Ari continues talking me through it, rubbing my arms and shoulders.

His reassurances don’t stop me from trying to hold back, sucking in a sharp breath between my clenched teeth. I don’t want to take advantage of him. This Omega that I’ve been so devoted to protecting because he’s perfect and I’ll never find another like him. I don’t want to let my Alpha instincts take over and ruin this, but my dick is in paradise.

“I’m going to knot you, Ari,” I try to say it as a warning, but it comes out sounding like a threat.

His hands come up to my face, lifting my head to make me look at him.

“Knot me then.” The lazy smile on his lips confuses me. Is he in some sort of Omega trance?

“That can’t be what you want,” my voice is almost too deep and raspy to hear.

“You’re already inside me, Alpha.”

“That doesn’t mean– “

“Might I remind you that I’m an Omega, Knox. I’m designed to handle it. Are you going to make me beg for your knot or are you going to give it to me?”

“Fuck,” I shudder again.