Page 188 of Galaxy Circus Act One

“I am not sure. Echo is acting weird. It’s getting close to his heat, and his actions are that of an unmated omega.” My alpha does not sound happy, and I know I will probably be punished for my behavior, but I can’t help myself. Something is driving me to cover myself in the Earth woman’s scent. I’m not sure what that means.

“Well, that’s clearly not the case since you are his mate, so what else could it be?” Caspian continues to stroke his hands over my fur almost like he’s reluctant to remove them. I preen, knowing how soft and silky my pelt is.

“Shift, Echo.”

I can hear the confusion and anger in my mate’s voice as he orders me to shift. He must be really mad to do that, because an ordered shift is painful. I yowl and roll off Caspian, my body contorting and bones cracking as they reshape into my bipedal form. I’m panting with exhaustion by the time it finishes, and I stumble slightly as I get to my feet. Caspian kindly puts out a hand to steady me. I stare up at my alpha, feeling mixedemotions—anger that he commanded me to shift in a painful way instead of just asking, and guilt because now I have to explain my predicament.

If we were back home on Iceen, it wouldn’t be unheard of for us to take a few more into our streak if we found someone appealing, but it never would have been another omega. We wouldn’t be able to share with one another. It would cause continuous infighting until one took out the other, so it would have only been betas or another alpha, and only then if Maxsim okayed it.

“What are you doing?” he asks, crossing his arms and still looking down at us.

I feel the kraken get to his feet behind me, and with one quick movement, he leaps back up next to my alpha. I stubbornly shake my head, refusing to answer. Maxsim growls, but Caspian just holds out a hand, offering to help me up.

“It’s okay, Echo. I’m not upset, you just surprised me.” I take the proffered hand, even though I don’t need it, and allow him to pull me up and out. To my disappointment, I wasn’t very successful in transferring her scent from him to my nest. It mostly smells like an ocean breeze, which is what the kraken smells like.

Unashamed of my nakedness in front of our guest, I turn my back and walk away from Maxsim, still hurt that he ordered me to shift. “Can I get you something to drink?” I ask the kraken, heading over to our replicator. I press a button and order my favorite Iceen freezie. This conversation is definitely going to require some alcohol.

When I turn back, Caspian is glancing awkwardly between Maxsim and me, and he shakes his head.

“No, but thank you. Maybe another time. Look, I’m going to leave the two of you alone. Just let one of the Adams brothers or Lila know what you decide to do.”

Caspian leaves without an explanation for my weird behavior, but Maxsim hasn’t stopped staring at me with his lip peeled back in a snarl.

“What was that?” he demands again, and this time he puts the alpha command behind his words.

“Fuck you, Maxsim,” I manage to snarl back before my omega compulsion kicks in and I have to answer him. “He smelled like the Earth girl. I want that smell in my nest.”

He snarls and leaps toward me, grabbing my mane.

“Why would you want that? She is a pathetic human. She cannot be anything to you.”

Wow! I’m not sure he even realizes how much he sounds like Natalia now.

“Why not?” I’m stubborn, and I refuse to give in to his jealousy.

“Because she is not a lightning cat, and she is not an alpha. She can’t give you what you need. How empty would you feel without a knot stuffing you full?” His voice has dropped to a low rumble, and he mutters all of this into my ear, knowing it will trigger something inside me.

Sure enough, my cock, which has been semi-hard since I shifted, hardens even further. He pulls my head back and bites into my neck over his claiming mark. He is not gentle, his jealousy insisting he reassert his dominance over me, and I shiver with excitement as all thoughts of the Earth girl float away.

I whimper, and I feel his lips turn up into a smirk against my neck as his own cock hardens against my back.

“I think we need to finish what was interrupted before. I think you need to be reminded of who your alpha is.” He tightens his grip on my mane and drags me over to my nest before shoving me into it. I allow him to manhandle me and fall into it, excited and breathing heavily in anticipation. Suddenly,Lila’s scent hits my nose, overpowering the previous scent of the kraken, and I almost come in my nest. Maxsim jumps down into it and wrinkles his nose at the smell, growling angrily.

“I’m going to fuck you and fill you with so much cum that you will never smell her in our nest again. I will paint your body with it if I have to and remind you whom you belong to. Now present for me.”

The last words are laced with alpha command, and I roll over, giving him my ass. He leans in and bites down on my neck again, wrapping one of his big hands around my weeping cock. He drags a claw along it, and I grunt in pain as he uses his other hand to probe my entrance.

“Look at this, you are dripping with slick, ready to take my cock like a good little omega.” Maxsim’s voice is still growly and gruff, but it causes my fur to stand on end. He shoves two fingers in roughly, and I grunt with the intrusion, the sharp bite of pain quickly turning to pleasure as I adjust to them. I rock back, pushing myself onto them, needing more, and he removes his fingers before slapping my ass hard.

“No, I am in charge. You will take what I give you when I give it to you.” He smacks my ass again. “You have been a bad omega, lusting over a girl who can’t give you what you need.” He smacks my ass again, and I jolt forward, my cock sliding through his hand, bringing me a combination of pleasure and pain, and I yowl out loud.

He caresses where he smacked, and his voice gentles. “If you need another alpha for your heat, we can start looking for one when we get home, or even a pretty beta to suck your cock while I fuck you hard with my knot. That would be fun, wouldn’t it?” He tries to appease me, but I say nothing. Thankfully he didn’t use his alpha voice, because I don’t have to admit that only Lila will do. As an omega, I should be in charge of who we let into the streak, but Maxsim is so very alpha he has trouble wrapping hishead around that. His mother’s mates always get an equal say in everything.

I don’t say anything, but I don’t think he was looking for an answer. All I want right at this moment is his knot. With my heat getting closer and closer, I need it rough and hard and fast. “Now, Maxsim, please,” I beg, and he chuckles smugly, all thoughts of Lila gone from his mind.

“Yes, my omega.” I feel him line himself up and slowly push into the ring of my asshole. I’m slick, though, and he prepped me well, so I don’t want slow. I’m still super annoyed at him despite being desperate to fuck, so I slam myself back on his cock, shouting at the intrusion before purring when that pain blooms to pleasure. He leans over me, and I brace my hands, ready for what’s to come.

“I’m going to fuck you so hard you’ll forget your own name, let alone that little Earth girl’s.” He pounds into me, his body curled over mine, still gripping my cock firmly in his grasp. It’s weeping so much now that it provides enough lubrication so it’s a smooth glide.