Nic quickly shut off the burner, covered the skillet and moved it to the back of the stove. His heart was thumping wildly, his cock was leaking in his jeans, his hole was throbbing while slick trickled from it at an alarming rate.

Dinner could definitely wait. Having sex with the magnificent alpha before him could not.

While Marlin didn’t say it, Nic had a feeling he knew what was happening on Wednesday. He was well aware that Marlin was the next in line to find his omega, the fated mate he would spend the rest of his life with. It also explained why Marlin had returned so soon and was planning on staying for the next five nights.

Five nights this alpha would be his. Five. He would take advantage of every minute with him.

And when the prince left Wednesday morning, he’d watch him go, wondering if he’d ever see him again.

When Marlin mentioned they’d swim together, Nic couldn’t believe his ears. He never swam with anyone else before. He’d never spent time in a raft of seals, even though Selkies were social creatures, especially in the water. To have someone swimming by his side for the first time in his life would be like... a dream.

Normally, he didn’t take his boat out on the weekends, but he was damn well sure that they’d be making that trip to the docks tomorrow after he told Marlin to call Kenn to meet them there with his seal skin. He wasn’t passing up that opportunity to swim with the alpha who was now sitting in a chair that faced away from his kitchen table, his knees spread, his erection in his hand, waiting for Nic to come to him.

Nic didn’t hesitate. He stepped between Marlin’s parted thighs and dropped to his knees, taking his alpha’s cock into his mouth, savoring that salty tang on his tongue. After circling the edge, he then stroked the length with the flat of his tongue. Flicking the tip with the tip of his own tongue, drawing out more of Marlin’s precum.

Marlin’s fingers gripped Nic’s head, guiding him up and down his shaft. “That’s it, my omega, show me how much you appreciate your alpha’s cock.”

What Marlin said should make Nic want to roll his eyes, but it didn’t. Instead those words sent lightning shooting down his spine and set a fire smoldering in his belly. He sucked harder and faster, then tipped his eyes up to see the prince’s intense, darker-than-normal blue eyes glued to him. That sent a shiver rolling through him once more.

“That’s it, Omega, take me to that very edge... Get me ready so I can bend you over this table and take that slick hole of yours. I bet if I touched it right now it would be dripping. Isn’t that right?”

With his mouth full, Nic could only hum an answer and when he did, Marlin let out a low groan.

“Drop your pants, Omega, let me check how ready you are for your alpha.”

Without releasing Marlin, Nic pulled at the button on his jeans, ripped down his zipper and, with trembling fingers, pushed his pants and briefs down to his knees.

Marlin’s voice sounded strained when he demanded, “Gather some of that slick for me.”

When Nic trailed a finger through his crease, he whimpered at how open and sensitive he was. Marlin continued to guide his head up and down, setting the pace in a none-to-gentle way, forcing his large cock deeper down Nic’s throat, which he tried to relax so he could take more of him. He lifted his fingers with the evidence of his arousal to show his alpha how the male excited him, and before he knew it, Marlin had those slick fingers in his mouth, licking and sucking them clean.

Nic just about came right then and there as Marlin’s tongue played along his digits. A long string of precum hung off the tip of Nic’s own throbbing, hard cock and he closed his eyes as he imagined plunging deep into his alpha’s waiting, tight hole.

Marlin suddenly curled his fingers tighter into Nic’s hair and yanked his head back, his cock, wet with Nic’s saliva, slipping free.

“I’m not done,” Nic moaned.

“You’re done for now.” Marlin hooked Nic’s armpits and yanked him to his feet as the prince stood up from the chair. He pointed to the table and then pushed Nic forward and down with a hand to his back. “Present yourself to me.”

Nic’s breathing shallowed as he pressed his chest to the small wood table, spread his feet as wide as his pants, gathered at his ankles, allowed.

“Omega,” Marlin growled. “Present yourself. Show me what you offer.”

His erection was caught at the edge of the table. He needed to adjust it, so he wouldn’t be injured if Marlin decided to take him roughly.

Holy hell, he hoped Marlin would take him roughly.

With a quick adjustment so he didn’t accidently get neutered, he reached back and spread his cheeks wide, showing Marlin what he wanted to see.

Which was him open, slick and ready for his alpha.

“What you offer is generous, Omega. Is it all for me?”

“It is, Alpha. I belong to you.” Nic pressed his cheek harder into the wood table as he fought the urge to come all over his kitchen floor. But simply saying those words caused a shudder to run through him.

Nic caught his bottom lip between his teeth when Marlin’s fingers dug into his hips. “Your slick tasted so good on your fingers, it made me hungry for more.”

Nic’s eyes rolled back in his head as Marlin’s tongue swept over the heated skin of his ass, trailed down his crease and teased his hole.

In the past month, they had played like this plenty of times. Nic knew Marlin loved to please him, that he got off on making Nic lose control. He wouldn’t take Nic, take his own release, until Nic first had one of his own, then by the time Marlin was done spilling his seed deep inside of him, Nic would be ready for his second.

And Marlin would take care of him all over again.

Marlin turned out to be the most generous lover Nic had ever had. And he enjoyed every minute that Marlin spent on taking him over that delicious edge. Whether with his tongue, with his cock, with his fingers or, even better, a mind-blowing combination.

The prince’s tongue dipped and teased, circled and flicked and Nic bit down harder on his bottom lip when the alpha’s long fingers wrapped around his dripping cock.

“I want you to give me every drop of your seed.”

Yes! Marlin knew just how to draw every drop of cum from him, too.

The prince’s broad hand kept a tight grip as he began to pump Nic’s cock. His warm, wet mouth captured his sac and sucked it hard, as he plunged two fingers into Nic’s slick hole. His alpha found that walnut-sized spot that drove Nic right to the precipice. He worked it with his fingers until Nic was thrusting his hips forward, driving his cock into Marlin’s palm, moaning, crying out, begging for his release, which he knew was not far off.

Just a few more strokes inside with the alpha’s fingers, a few more strokes outside with his palm, along with the wet suction on his balls...

He screamed out, “My alpha, I’m coming.” He did so because he knew that was expected. It was something Marlin insisted he hear. He liked to know when his omega was about to explode with ecstasy.

When Nic’s body twitched uncontrollably, his cock spurting long, hot streams of cum somewhere under the table, Marlin didn’t let up. He never did. Not until Nic couldn’t take anymore. Until he had nothing left to give. Until he was completely drained.

Completely satisfied.

Even after being turned into a puddle of jelly, Nic always looked forward to what came next. Which was his alpha taking him, knotting him and claiming him by biting the back of his neck.

While Nic knew it was all pretend, that this was only a way to get them both off, for them to live their fantasies, he suddenly wished it was real.

As he heard Marlin rising to his feet, Nic stilled. He didn’t move. He couldn’t think like he was because he would only end up disappointed. Heartbroken once again.

He reminded himself that he was a hybrid omega, a simple fisherman that lived in a modest cabin in the woods. The male about to make him his was a Selkie prince, a royal alpha.

And Nic was not his true mate.

So no matter how many times Marlin took him, even alpha-claimed him, it would never be real.

He opened his eyes when he realized he’d squeezed them shut. When he realized Marlin was speaking to him.

“...condom?”

Nic twisted his head and saw Marlin with his pants open and pushed down far enough to frame his long, thick cock and heavy sac as he stroked himself.

“What?”

“I need a condom. Where do you keep them?”

Shit. “I don’t have any. I figured you’d bring them. Otherwise, I would have picked them up at the store.”

Marlin’s vibrant blue eyes widened. “You have none in your house?”

“No. I’ve never needed them before.” Being on heat suppressants there had never been the worry about him being thrown into heat if he had sex with an alpha male. But in truth, Kai was the only other alpha male that he’d been with that could have pushed him into oestrus.

“Never?”

“No, I’ve always been on suppressants. It wasn’t a worry.”

Marlin released a ragged curse. “I said I wasn’t going to rut with you again without one.”

Nic sighed impatiently. He was ready to rut with his alpha who was delaying needlessly. “And that’s why I thought you’d come prepared.”

“I planned on it, but I rushed out of the castle as soon as I heard...” His words drifted off.

Right. As soon as he heard that six omegas would be presented to him naked as the day they were born, on their knees with their foreheads pressed to the floor and their asses in the air. That dignified stance of an omega being presented to an alpha of nobility. Nic was sure the ceremony was completely embarrassing to the poor omegas, who probably wondered if the alpha inspecting them even gave a rat’s ass about them.

Which, of course, they didn’t, otherwise they wouldn’t be presented like livestock. Instead, they could hold a dignified party with clothes and everything. An omega didn’t have to be naked, or even in a certain position, for an alpha to recognize his fated mate.

No. It was just a way to show who was in charge, who was the big, bad, powerful alpha male.

It was degrading to every omega out there. And while Nic didn’t mind assuming the submissive possession in private with Marlin when they were about to fuck, he would never, ever agree to do it in a ceremony in front of others.

That was one reason why he was glad he was not full-blooded. And even if he was, he wasn’t sure if he was “good enough” for the Seekers to have chosen him to present to potential royal mates.

Funny though, “good enough” or not, Nic had had two princes in his bed. Whether the Seekers found him good enough didn’t matter, the princes had. At least for fucking purposes.

And he couldn’t give a damn about breeding purposes.

But right now, Nic found himself bent over a table, his pants down around his ankles and his slick glands expressing themselves like a waterfall. The only problem was, Marlin was delaying because of this crazy notion that he needed to wear a condom even though Nic had been on heat suppressants his whole life, or, at least, since coming of age.

Annoyed, Nic growled, “So, are we getting dressed and going into town to get condoms or are you just going to take me like you’ve been taking me for the past month without an issue?”

Marlin’s fingers dug painfully into Nic’s hips. “Your attitude is vexing me, Omega.”

“And your unnecessary hesitation is vexing me, Alpha. Like you said, we have futted countless times and you have never used a condom once.”

“Because I knotted you—”

“Exactly, so you’re needlessly worrying about nothing.”

“Omega,” Marlin growled.

“Alpha,” Nic growled back. “I’m ready for you. Either take me or don’t. But stop making me wait.”

“You shouldn’t speak to your alpha like that.”

“When, and if, I ever have an alpha of my own, I will take that into consideration.”

“Nic.” The warning was a low grumble and Marlin’s fingers dug deeper into his flesh as he held him down against the table.

“Either fuck me or release me, Marlin, so I can finish preparing dinner.”

“You will first serve your prince and your alpha on the table with your body, then afterward, you will again serve your prince and your alpha on this very table with your meal. Understood?”

Blood rushed through Nic’s body, landing not only in his nether region but also rising into his ears. He began to tremble uncontrollably at Marlin’s dominance. He was never one to be submissive, but with Marlin he had no problem with it. Actually preferred it. It got his blood boiling in a good way.

Marlin leaned over and pressed his weight onto Nic, effectively pinning him down. His lips parted as his breath puffed rapidly from between them. And when the alpha pressed his own lips to Nic’s ear and asked slowly, distinctly, “Is that understood, Omega?” Nic didn’t hesitate to answer, “Understood, my alpha.”

Marlin didn’t lift his weight from Nic. Instead he shifted and Nic felt the wide crown of Marlin’s cock at his entrance. The Selkie didn’t slowly, gently take him, no. He took him fully with one deep thrust, ramming Nic hard and fast, driving Nic’s hips painfully into the hard edge of the table. He did not slow down nor did not stop the relentless pounding.

Marlin was teaching him a lesson, who was the alpha and who was the omega. Who was in charge, who was not.

Marlin held him pinned to the table with his hips, his weight, and a hand to the back of his neck.

Nic held back his whimpers, his cries, everything he’d normally release when encouraging the prince during sex. He didn’t want Marlin knowing that this wasn’t punishment to him, that he was enjoying every pounding thrust. He loved the sound of their skin slapping together forcefully and with a sense of urgency.

He wanted to beg the alpha to knot him, to bite the back of his neck, because his cock was hard again, and he wanted to come once more. But if he begged, he knew Marlin would deny him this time. Because this was a lesson.

A lesson Nic was supposed to learn.

But in the end, he didn’t have to ask, he didn’t have to beg, because he felt Marlin tense and a ragged curse rip from him as he began to swell even larger deep inside Nic.

His alpha couldn’t control his knot with him. Marlin was exposing the fact that Nic was his weakness. The excitement of taking Nic like this was backfiring from a so-called punishment to a complete pleasurable experience.

With a loud roar, Marlin bit down hard, grasping the flesh at the back of Nic’s neck within his teeth and Nic let his body go loose in preparation of taking the knot.

Not even a second later, Marlin’s knot expanded and Nic finished locking them together by tightening down around him, holding him deep as the alpha planted his seed with every twitch of his hips.

This time Nic couldn’t fight back the cry as he came once again, his cum landing at his feet. Marlin reached below the table and milked him of every drop once again.

Nic’s body felt boneless, wrung out to dry, and even if his alpha hadn’t been collapsed on top of him, he’d have a difficult time moving from the table on his own. But he had nowhere else to go for the next ten minutes or so.

Then after that, Nic would try to gather enough energy to make his alpha a good meal, feed him and then take him to bed.

If he only had five days left with the prince, then he was going to make every minute count.