Frantic (The Omegaborn Trilogy 2)

“They just want to escape out into the wilds,” Triss replied softly.

“There is no delaying estrous, Triss. Not even the strongest omega can,” I said softly. “Ravick, we need to get out, now. Find us the fastest route out of the city.”

Snarls and whimpers intensified all around us. Droplets of slick pelted down onto the rocks below our feet, signs that would alert any alpha in the vicinity to our presence. Already mated and claimed, the power of its scent was muted to me, but I know that for the alphas awakening under the influence of the anti-suppressant, it would be far stronger and more than a simple temptation. It would be a powerful need and one that would be impossible to ignore.

Especially when there were so many ripe omegas just begging to be taken.

It was several miles to the city border. There was no way these women could make it to the walls of the dome in time. Their heats were coming on quickly, far more quickly than they had likely anticipated. I don’t know if it was the effect of the drug or if it was just a side product of never having experienced a natural estrous cycle in their life, but their heats were coming and fast.

It wouldn’t be long now before this group of omegas came under attack.

The first alpha ran in from a side alley, quickly catching up with the pace of the omega group. He lunged and grabbed a trailing brown-haired omega and threw her up against the wall. She cried out in both fear and unquenched desire as he tore her pants from her body, baring her to everyone that happened to look her way. A rush of omega slick splashed out onto the ground and he deftly pushed his pants down out of the way before he slammed his cock into her pussy in a single hard motion. She lifted her chin, crying out in pain and pleasure as he started to fuck her. It was a very territorial claiming. He’d found and taken his omega, just like that. He was marking her as his and he wouldn’t stop for hours. She’d smell of his alpha cock for days.

The brown-haired omega was the first casualty.

Nikki looked back, her face falling. She knew better though. She was no match for an alpha claiming an omega entering the throes of heat.

The group ran forward and one by one, they began to fall.

Alphas surged to our group, called by the sweet aroma of omega slick. The women clustered closer and closer, trying to protect each other from being taken, but it was no use. Omegas were substantially smaller and physically weaker than an alpha. Most of them were very small, not much taller than five foot tall. Alphas were much taller, genetically built with hard physiques composed of thick, strong muscle. They could punch and kick and try to fight their way out, but ultimately, they’d be subdued by the much bigger mass of an alpha.

At one point, a group of three alphas joined together, cutting off the path of the omega women so that they had to pause their journey to the walls. At the lead, Nikki snarled in obvious challenge, and the three men focused on her. Once I saw them narrow their eyes, I knew they had spotted their prize. One of them walked forward, purring softly and Nikki’s knees faltered. Another growled and I could smell the slick oozing from her body.

“No,” she whispered, her voice extremely unsteady with both fury and fear. It was as though she couldn’t believe that her body was responding to the call of these three men. The silver-haired woman pressed her hands on her belly, staring down at herself in disbelief.

Triss struggled over my shoulder, but I didn’t let her down. There was nothing she could do. Nikki would have to fend for herself. I wouldn’t put my mate at risk by disturbing the natural order. Omegas were meant to be claimed by an alpha. Nikki would learn that, sooner or later. No matter how hard she fought, she was going to be taken.

A horn blew loudly overhead. I swallowed.

I may not be from the city, but even I could figure out what that meant. When rushing into battle, movements were directed through loud sound. The city was calling their army and soon, this place would become even more dangerous than it was now. I turned back toward Ravick, expecting him to explain what that was, and he did.

“The city leader, Philip Savile, is calling the beta army to the forefront. As alphas, we are strong, but even we don’t stand a chance against the number of men he has at his disposal. If we don’t get out soon, it’s going to be a bloodbath,” Ravick said softly, his gaze sweeping across the dwindling numbers of omega women.

They had started out in numbers close to a hundred, but now that looked to be more like forty.

Up ahead, Nikki crouched low and gripped the dart gun she’d shot me with in her hand. The three alphas rushed toward her and her arm flew up, aiming at each and every one. She hit one of them, but he quickly pulled it free from his throat. It didn’t take long for him to fall to the ground, passed out. Another man ran in from a side alley, taking his place. More men ran in from the sides, trying to take her down but her aim was precise and true. One of them reached her and she elbowed him in the face. He growled as his hands rushed up toward his nose, trying to stem the blood that was freely flowing down his face. She shot him point blank in the throat with her last dart and he collapsed. Completely out of darts, she threw the gun to the ground and began to fight with a knife she pulled from her belt. She fought hard, trying to take down those coming for her, but they were too fast now that their alpha natures had been awakened.

One of them tore the weapon from her grasp and threw it away. Another gripped the top of her leather vest and tore it down the center, buttons popping and flying this way and that. Her breasts bounced free and the look of angry defiance that crossed her features was delightfully beautiful. The others made quick work of her pants, and soon she was naked. She cried out for help, but by the look on her face, even she knew that all was lost.

“It’s too dangerous to continue to the wall with them. They’ll have to make their own way. When the number of omegas get too low, it’s possible that other alphas will try to fight us and take Triss as their own,” Garret observed, and I grunted with agreement.

It was quickly becoming more and more dangerous the longer we were in the city.

The horn blew again, this time with two consecutive short blasts.

“The beta army has gathered in their designated stations. They’ve been directed to secure their quadrants and take back the city,” Ravick replied, translating the sounds for us.

Another omega screamed with fear as an alpha tore her clothes from her body and thrust her down to the ground beneath him. He pinched her naked breasts and she cried out from the pain, but the ground grew wet with her slick beneath her.

“Mine. This sweet little omega cunt is mine,” he roared, unbuckling his belt and pushing down his pants, freeing the hard shaft of his cock just before he took his fingers and splayed the folds of her pussy wide for everyone to see.

“Look at you. Already sopping wet. Your body is just begging to be fucked good and hard by your alpha,” he yelled, and she whimpered quietly, her hips surging up toward his. He pressed between her thighs, slamming his cock into her entrance and claiming her as his, once and for all. She strained beneath him, but soon, she was begging for him to fuck her harder. For him to make her come all over his cock.

Ahead of us, Nikki growled loudly in defiance. Her pale naked body glowed, flushed with blood and heat from the oncoming throes of her estrous. Her fists tightened by her sides, every muscle in her body tensing with her deliberate rebelliousness.

The three men before her straightened, towering over her by a long shot.

Not even a single muscle in her body quivered with fear. Whoever eventually claimed her as his was going to have to prove their worth to her and earn the honor of her submission. Even I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy.