Matias' POV:

I'm not sure why I feel so inclined to take care of Everest. Truthfully, I've never been an Alpha who planned on helping an Omega through heat that wasn't my own, but Everest reminds me so much of Cody that I can't help but want to be around him.

However, I'm not only spending time with Everest because he reminds me of Cody. There's a different spark to him that draws me in. No one has ever appealed to me like this in my three years of loneliness, especially not after only four days.

Everest groans and rolls on his side, his eyes fluttering open. "Close the window."

"The window is closed."

"The shade," he clarifies. "The fucking shade. The sun is going to kill me!"

I flop on top of him and pin his hands above his head. "You're a werewolf, not a vampire. They don't even live in the states."

"You pinning me down is hot and all, but the sun is still in my eyes," Everest grumbles, and I kiss his lips before sliding off of him and drawing the shades. "I'm past my peak, so you can leave whenever."

"Do you want me to leave?" I ask, sitting down beside him.

Everest scoffs. "I'm just giving you the option. Isn't it pretty obvious that I'm enjoying all of this attention and affection?"

I smile and open my arms to him, which he quickly crawls into and tucks his head under my chin, like he's been doing all week. "Then, I suppose I'll have to stick around," I whisper, kissing the top of his head.

"Good, because I'm still really horny," he says, tugging at my underwear. "So..."

"We've literally been having sex for four days and now you're shy?"

Everest glares. "I will bite you."

"Kinky."

"In a mean way, dipshit."

I lay him on his back and admire his already naked body. The only reason I'm wearing anything is because I had to go to the lobby and pick up real food because Everest can't keep eating ice cream for every meal.

"Stop staring and just fuck me."

"Please."

He scowls. "This is abusing my neediness."

"Saying please is not a hard thing to do, Everest."

Pursing his lips, Everest lays silently for a few seconds before sighing. "Please."

"There you go," I say, laying down on my stomach and parting his legs. "You're already wet?"

"I'm in heat. Obviously."

I like how he's not embarrassed the way that I've heard other Omegas are. He knows what he wants me to do and he's not scared to say it. Except for the random moments where he gets shy and anxious.

I'm proud to say that I haven't had to use the anxiety medication on him through the duration of this heat, which makes me feel proud of myself. It's implied that I'm proud of Everest as well, for trusting me enough to stay calm and know I'm going to be here.

I bury my face between his legs, kissing up his thighs until I'm running my tongue across his hole, lapping up the sweet slick dripping out. Despite being near the end of his heat, he's still wet as hell and it's really hot to see.

My tongue pushes inside of him and I get a whimper and a hand in my hair in response. It almost makes me smile, but I want him to feel good so I stay focused and keep sucking and licking at his hole.

He tries to move closer, so I grab his hips and pin them down, moving to suck on his cock. Everest has expressed how much he hates whimpering, but he's not holding back now.

It'd be hard to with how I'm teasing him and sucking his cock without putting in enough effort to make him cum. Two of my fingers push inside of him, and I feel him clench around me. Once again, Everest tries to arch his back so I use my unoccupied hand to push down the center of his belly and keep him still.

"Don't move or I'll stop," I scold him, which makes Everest immediately still. "Good boy."

"I hate that your words have an affect on me."

I make eye contact with him, smirking as I press my fingers against his prostate. "I'm sure you do."

Everest lays his head back as I finish stretching him and rub the tip off my cock between his ass cheeks and prod his hole. He seems to have picked up on my desire to be possessive and dominant right now because he doesn't try to press back on my cock.

The temptation is too great, so I finally push in, groaning at the warm heat the surrounds my cock. Trying to take it slow isn't going to work with how turned on I am, so I begin moving, thrusting shallowly into his tight hole.

"I think this is going to be the last round for a while," I grumble. "We need to go get you some food."

Everest pouts his bottom lip out. "We have ice cream."

"Everest, you can't just eat ice cream."

"Why can't-"

I cut him off with a kiss, slipping my tongue into his mouth and pushing all the way into him. "You're not going to eat ice cream for every meal," I whisper, running my fingers through his hair. "Fuck, you feel so good."

Everest wraps his arms around my shoulders and his legs around my waist. "Harder," he begs, kissing my lips once more. "Please."

I can feel some kind of anxiety radiating off of him, but when I pause, he pushes back against me.

"Are you okay?" I ask him softly, kissing both of his cheeks and then his forehead.

He nods. "Fuck first, talk later," he responds, holding my face in his hands and leaning up to peck my lips.

There's nothing in his eyes that concern me, so I begin to fuck brutally into his tight hole, which makes my knot start to form.

I grab his cock and begin to stroke him in time with my thrusts. The clenching of his hole around my cock is my undoing, and I watch cum splatter on Everest's chest as I fill him up and lock us together.

Everest is panting as I hover over him and kiss his lips. He watches me with lust in his eyes as I scoop up the cum on his stomach with two of my fingers and then push them inside of his mouth.

I'm glad it doesn't gross him out because it's hot as hell to watch him suck on my fingers. I reach into the nightstand and grab a baby wipe to clean him off all the way.

Once we're both cleaned up a bit, I lay down on my side and pull Everest to my chest. A purr echoes from him, but there's still the anxious edge to him that I'm unsure about.

"Why are you anxious?" I ask him, lifting his chin so that we're making eye contact. "You've been fine for the entirety of your heat, until right now."

He frowns. "I am fine."

"Now who's the liar?"

Everest sighs. "I... I'm scared to be alone again when this heat is over."

He's nearly whispering, and it surprises me that someone so strong-willed is afraid to be alone. It's clear he's afraid of abandonment, but I don't know how deep that fear runs.

"I didn't plan on abandoning you," I say, kissing his forehead. "I can't be in a relationship of any kind with real feelings, and I'm not sure that's what you want anyway, but I'll stay here with you. So you at least have someone."

Everest raises an eyebrow. "Why would you do that if you aren't getting anything out of it? We don't even really know each other."

"Because... we've both gone through shit and we might as well hang around each other. Plus, it's kind of a built in person to help with heats and ruts."

"Well... there's no risk of unplanned pregnancy, so that's cool."

I sigh. "You speak way too lightly of something that clearly hurts you. It's not good to make jokes about it."

"I don't usually repress." He gives me a pointed look.

"Do I?"

"You never talk about Cody."

I told Everest a bit about Cody during his lulls, but not enough for him to really know all about my poor little mate. The one who I couldn't save.

"Yeah, that's true," I respond, and then we fall silent.

When I'm able to pull out, I get Everest dressed up and we walk to the lobby of the hostel and get some food. Since Everest doesn't feel like anything heavy, he just gets a bowl of fruit and I make him get some water as well.

We end up sitting outside in a small park area where no one else is sitting. The park benches are a bit wet, so it must have rained last night, but they're not horrible.

"Thank you," Everest says, poking his fork into a piece of mango. "For helping me. Even though you didn't have to."

"I'm glad that I could."

We sit in silence, eating, for fifteen minutes before a cold chill comes over me. A dangerously familiar scent wafts through the air and I immediately stand up.

"Get inside," I order Everest, my voice deeper and more dangerous than he's ever heard it. "Now."

Everest stands up, his legs shaking, but before he can move, a dark figure moves into my sight.

"What are you doing here?" I growl, noticing two other soldiers blocking Everest's path toward the hostel. "My parents seldom let you out of the house."

Anthony, my parents' head of security, rarely leaves the mansion's property.

Unless they directly sent him.

"It's time for you to come home," he says in his thick Italian accent. "With your new mate."

Everest is staring at me, but I don't meet his eyes.

"He's not my mate," I say, trying to hide my desperation.

"Your scent is all over him," Anthony says plainly. "This can go the easy way or the hard way, Matias. You know I don't like fighting with you."

"Because I always win."

Anthony pulls out a gun and points it at Everest. "I have orders, Matias, you know this. I will not be physically fighting you. Either you leave with us or he dies. I'm sure you wouldn't want to cause the trigger to be pulled on another Omega?"

My blood runs cold and I'd love nothing more than to kill Anthony with my bare hands right now.

"Do it, I'll fucking haunt you," Everest says, and I slam my hand over his mouth.

"Fine!" I shout, grabbing Everest and pulling him into my side. "I'm sorry, Everest."

He doesn't know what's going on, and I feel even worse when I watch one of Anthony's men puncture his neck with a syringe and knock him unconscious.

Anthony knows I'm not dumb enough to take off, so he has me carry Everest to the car where we head to the closest airport.

I never planned on going home... but I have no choice now.

I won't let another Omega die due to my desire to run.