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Idia Shroud buried his face into his pillow with a groan. He was pathetic. The son of the prestigious Shroud family and an Omega he should have Alpha’s fighting over his hand, instead, he’d gone out drinking last night in an attempt to lose his virginity, and the only thing he’d lost was his moneypouch. His parents wanted to marry him off to some old fart noble in the Queendom of Roses and he didn’t want to! He’d rather die than suffer a kingdom that thought croquet was the best game ever, and drinking tea was a national sport.
Idia hated tea.
Thus his attempts at debauchery the night before. The Queendom valued the purity of noble Omega, in fact, according to their laws the contract would be immediately null and void if his was sullied.

He wanted that, he needed that so badly. He’d met his prospective husband and he hated him already.
Omega’s should be seen and not heard. He had that down fine, but it was the rest that was unacceptable.
Omega shouldn’t pursue the sciences.

Fuck. That.
The Shrouds were some of the great leaders in the advancement of technology. Idia was a genius who had been helping his parents since he could walk. Science was important to him on a soul-deep level. His technomagic would revolutionize the field…if he was allowed to continue. Unfortunately, the laws that an Omega must be bound to an Alpha by the age of 18 were final and his time was running out, the field of prospects that wanted a skinny, surly Omega with a fucked up heat cycle was as barren as he was thought to be.

And he’d been thrilled initially when he’d only gone into heat three times a year rather than the near monthly a normal Omega had to deal with.

Idia rolled over to stare out the window of his room, blindly watching flecks of snow drift past. If this continued it would be his last holiday here. The Queendom celebrated things very differently. Not that Ida enjoyed being forced to family affairs but, Ortho loved them.

And Idia couldn’t imagine life without Ortho.

Idia sighed and peeled himself out of bed, picking up his clothing from the night before. A quick sniff test said it would be fine to wear again. It wouldn’t be time for his monthly bath until the weekend.

He needed a new plan. Going into the city dressed as a noble wouldn’t work, and there were never Alpha among those who worked the docks and corners, and the idea of going to a brothel felt pathetic.

With a sigh, he left the house and headed to his lab, grey clouds threatening snow. It was near the edge of the property and he had a friend there he could ask for advice…to a point.

Idia wasn’t sure what this friend was as he had never seen him, but Idia had been playing against himself at Go when he’d been called away. Upon his return he’d discovered that a piece had been played. Curious he’d played the next move and left it to work on his inventions. When he’d come out around sunset another move had been made. He’d tried to catch the person in the act more than once and failed, so he’d started leaving notes. They’d moved from Go, to Chess, to Ma Jhong and Idia had been thrilled to find someone to play with…and to speak with. It was easier exchanging anonymous messages with Lilia than speaking to people in person. He’d left a note about his current plight in the game box and was eagerly awaiting a response. Vibrating with nerves he pressed the hidden latch in the game box...He’d decided it wouldn’t do for his family to come across his mystery correspondence.

My Gloomy Friend,
It seems you are in quite a pickle!
Normally humans do not ask for assistance from my kind without fear,
But as you have won several of our games, and indulge my play
I will assist with no tricks.
Go to this address and give them the card to have your problem taken care of.

Humans. Idia had suspected that he might be communicating with a fae, but that had simply wanted him to play more games with Lilia. Who better to play against than a creature that played games with human lives?

The note held nothing but the bat drawing that was Lilia’s signature but under it was a small piece of parchment with an address.

Idia held the paper with shaking hands. This was his only chance. He was desperate and grasping at straws and he knew it. There was a good chance that he’d be killed and eaten or spirited away and never seen again.

But he wouldn’t have to marry that disgusting Alpha and be bored for the rest of his existence.

He’d said to his parents that he’d rather rot than give up what gave him joy in life and he’d meant it.

All he had to do was go to the address…it looked like a lounge of some sort…perhaps it was a spot to pick up Alphas like the bar?

As Idia dithered over his decision on the way to his room he froze as he heard his parents talking.

“He’ll be here to inspect him tomorrow. I do wish we’d been able to find a more suitable Alpha. I don’t like my baby being given away like this.”

He didn’t have to hear anything more, Idia turned and made for the front door. He didn’t have time to think. He had to escape.
                                                   
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A light fall of snow greeted him as he left the house and he shivered withiut a jacket.

The address was outside the gentry quarter, but not by much and it overlooked the sea without being overwhelmed by the stench of the docks. Sophisticated…even if something about it felt off. Almost shady.

Chewing his lip, nerves rising he sidled to the door and pushed it open nearly jumping as a small bell rang clear through the air. The place was relatively busy and he could smell Alpha and Omega scents mingling.
“Welcome to the Grotto, esteemed customer.”
A tall man he hadn’t noticed before he’d heard his voice was suddenly in front of him, a pleasant smile on his face. Idia swallowed as he raised his head to meet the man's gaze immediately feeling like prey. The smile didn’t quite meet the man's eyes, made even more unsettling because each eye was a slightly different shade.

Maybe he shouldn’t have come after all.

“Would you like to be seated?”

Idia glanced around and licked his lips nervously, holding out the gold card that had been hidden with the note. “My…friend told me to give that to you. He said you could help me?”

As the man stepped closer, the omega swallowed hard. He couldn’t smell anything coming from the man and that screamed danger. He had heard of people who wore scent blockers but he’d never met one before. Who was this man?
Duochrome eyes flickered over the note, amusement face impassive so Idia couldn’t tell what it meant to him. The card had no writing Idia could discern on it but the man seemed like he was reading.

“Hmm…I see. A special request. Please do follow me.” The man turned and led Idia into the back of the room, passing through a nondescript door. Steeling himself, Idia followed, yelping slightly when it caught his long braid as it slammed shut behind him.
He was led through a hallway and into what looked like a private room. He bowed and held the door.

“Please wait inside, we will be by to help you shortly.”
The noble scuttled into the room, eyes sweeping over the plush couch next to a small table. He turned just as the man closed the door, a strange smirk on his face. Idia couldn’t help but shiver, he almost felt like prey.

What had he been thinking?

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He wasn’t sure how long he’d waited in the room watching the snow come down through a tiny window near the ceiling. His braid was partially unraveled because he kept playing with it, and his nails were bitten down to the quick. Finally, the door opened and the guy from before sauntered in. From how relaxed and rumpled he looked now, Idia wondered if he’d had a good lay, but he couldn’t smell the spicy, salty scent he associated with people in the sex trade. He wasn’t sure what else could cause such a large change in demeanor unless…

Was he in an opium den?

The man studied him ,before leaning in with a smirk to take a good sniff. “He was right! A fresh untouched Omega. Heeeeh. Your hair looks like a squid, pretty.”

Idia was confused when a mirror image of the man stepped through the door and swung it shut with a decisive clang.

“Floyd, Azul said to treat him like an honored guest. You know he hates being in debt to anyone and Vanrogue gave us shelter when we were exiled to the land.”

“Sorry Firefly-squid, didn’t mean to scare you…you just smell so good.” The first man…so he wasn’t Jade? Twins?

Floyd turned to his twin and grinned, making Idia shiver at the sharp teeth displayed. “Jade, he smells so good…I want to squeeze him.” He moved fast for such a tall man and was suddenly in Idia’s space. “You’ll let me breed you, won’t you little Omega?”

Idia’s eyes widened at the proximity of the man, fingernails digging into his thighs. He looked up at Jade, with wide, golden eyes. Was that what he was here for? With one of them? His mind raced.

Being “ruined” had been his amorphous plan before this, it would render him unsuitable for marriage to someone from the Queendom and buy him time. They wouldn’t be able to look for a new Alpha to marry him to until they could check to see if the seed had taken root, and that could take months since he wasn’t in heat. If he lied and said he had a lover but they weren’t ready to take the step to marriage yet he could buy himself even more time. It was frowned upon and would likely become a scandal but it would still mean he could stay home…with his labs and family and Ortho. It was also the plot of his favorite novel, but with luck, no one would connect the two.

“Oi! Lord-squid. It’s boring if you just sit there.” 

He snapped back to the present just as Jade put a quieting hand on his twin's shoulder.

 
“You seem nervous. Are you certain you want us to fulfill your request?”

“Wh-” Idia took a deep breath and tried to steel himself. “What exactly did the letter say?” Fae were known to be tricksters and now that he was thinking about it, what if he’d been set up. What if Lilia had given him to these men…he’d end up their Omega slave…
Why did that make his body ache the way it did when he read smut novels?

“It said you were in a delicate situation and you needed some steps to be taken to nullify the problem. It’s not a service we normally offer, but our boss does like assisting poor unfortunate souls.” Jade’s eyes met Idia’s as he smiled pleasantly. “ We will have no problem accommodating your request. We will simply need payment for services rendered. After all…” his pleasant buisiness smile turned darker. “Nothing is free in this world.”

“I can give you money…” Idia pulled out his belt pouch and handed it to the man. It was a large sum he’d planned on using to run away if it came to that.

Floyd, the rougher of the two Idia had noticed, leaned closer to him, hand against his own neck, head tilted in a roguish way Idia found oddly attractive. “Money isn’t the only thing we take here…Lord Squid.”

“Stop calling me that.” He blinked slowly as scent hit him like a ton of bricks. Floyd had obviously been wearing a scent patch and removed it…the scent of Alpha flooded his senses, a spicy edge to it that he knew was arousal and he couldn’t stop his body from responding. He could feel slick staining his undergarments and his body seemed too warm.

Embarrassment flooded him as both men took a deep breath, Floyd was closest to him so he could see the mans pupils dilate and the Alpha’s scent grew muskier. Idia swallowed as he looked at Jade, who seemed to be holding himself in check. Were both twins Alpha? Or was Jade’s lack of scent natural and was he a beta? His body had never ached like this before unless he was in heat and his mind was too clear for heat to have come early. He wasn’t sure where he’d decided in his mind that both would be involved. Floyd may have been fetched to be the one to do it after all.

“It’s good to know you’re receptive. Our boss would like to clear his debt with your…friend. We just need you to sign this contract. It’s standard to protect us. We wouldn’t want anyone thinking you were unwilling after all.”

Idia tried to ignore his arousal and Floyd’s scent as he tried to read the contract that was shoved into his face. It stated that he was sleeping with them of his own volition. There was a large space in between the words and the signature spot, but the paper would have been oddly unbalanced if there hadn’t been. He’d planned on questioning it, but Floyd’s hand settling on his thigh as very distracting. 

This was what he wanted right? To pop his cherry, end the farce of a marriage contract, and pursue his own things. To stay at home with Ortho.
Taking the offered pen he signed the contract and Jade rolled it up carefully, sticking it into his jacket.

“N..Now what?” Idia swallowed, nerves mixing with the heat churning through his body as he looked between them.
“Scared?”  Floyd hadn’t moved away from him and Idia knew the Alpha could smell his fear. The amused grin on his face said it all
“No?”
“That sounded more like a question than an answer, pretty omega.”
“You don’t have to lie. I know I’m not pretty.” He snapped. 

Idia was tall and skinny with a long face, narrow hips, and long skinny legs…not the wide childbearing hips most Omega sported. He wasn’t sweet or soft…he wasn’t small and cuddly. He hated going out, hated the way people stared...
“Ohh! This one has some bite. I told you he looked fun!”

Idia jumped as he was dragged into the Alpha’s lap. He could feel the bulge of the man's cock through both of their trousers and he swallowed thickly. It felt huge…but his body didn’t seem to react with fear, in fact, he was fairly sure the slick he was leaking was soaking through his own pants into Floyds. He felt fingers trail over his ear and down his chin, a gasp escaping him as his head was forced up to look into Jade's mismatched eyes.
“It smells like you’re more than ready to begin, so let's not waste time.”

Idia’s eyes widened as his mouth was claimed by the twin in front of him. He’d never been kissed before, never really saw the attraction in books, but suddenly it felt like his whole body was aflame. His eyes had slid shut and he couldn’t find it in himself to open them, but he could feel.

Large hands slid over the silken shirt covering his torso and pulled, tearing it in two to expose his chest. Long fingers brushed against his nipples and tugged them as if testing their elasticity. Idia’s gasp was muffled by Jade, the man's sharp teeth catching his lip. He could taste the metallic tang of blood. He tried to pull back, but all he did was shift in Floyd's lap settling himself directly on top of the man's trapped member eliciting a groan. Floyd's scent and Jade's lips were driving him mad and Idia moved again, this time deliberately. His pale fingers raised to ground himself, clutching Jade's perfectly pressed dress shirt and he felt the man draw away.

Idia’s eyes opened in panic, watching the man smooth his fingers over the creases Idia had left in his shirt. The Omega didn’t have any time to wonder what that was about because his chin was grabbed roughly by Floyd as the man tilted his head to an almost painful angle. His lips were occupied again and he lost track of Jade until he felt two hands undoing his trousers, he lifted his rear instinctively as they were pulled down his legs…they stuck to his legs, so soaked with his slick he felt shame twist his stomach.

 
“Look at that. Your first time and you’ve soaked my pants, little Omega. I think you like being our little slut.”
Slut.
Idia had always thought it was just a word…an insult.
But in Floyd's rough voice it sent shame and heat twisting through his body and he whimpered, hips shifting for more stimulation. He’d never had this much physical contact with a stranger and the harsh treatment was overwhelming. Idia looked down, his chest was bare, nipples erect and flushed from Floyd's fingers playing with them stood out lewdly against his pale skin. Jade's hands were sliding up his thighs, thumbs barely brushing the thatch of hair between them then ghosting away. Soft gasps and moans were coming from somewhere as those fingers circled where he wanted them the most and Idia’s hand came up to cover his mouth as he realized they were coming from himself. He clamped them tightly as he watched Jade pull his gloves from his fingers with his teeth, a wicked smirk on his lips.

“You don’t get to do that, little Omega. We want to hear you.” 

Idi felt his hands gripped tightly by Floyd; tightly enough that he knew there would be bruises in the morning, and they were ripped from his mouth just as one of Jade's long fingers slid higher to caress the omega's slick cocklet. Idia nearly came undone with that simple caress, body shaking as he cried out, pleasure shivering through him in waves. Floyd's hands pulled his own behind his back and he was lifted as the Alpha shifted. Idia was too distracted by Jade’s ministrations to wonder what was going on until he felt something hot, slick, and solid slide between his cheeks.

“Oi, I call dibs, You don’t mind, do you little Omega?” 

“Floyd,” Jade’s silky tone sent shivers through Idia. “You have no patience.”

“So? He seems to want it badly enough…and I bet he’d like it rough.” 

Floyd punctuated his sentence by grabbing Idia’s hair and yanking his head further back.  The pain radiated out from his scalp morphing into pleasure shooting through his body. His cocklet twitched between Jade's fingers, more slick dribbling from his hole.

Jade raised his fingers to his lips and cleaned them thoughtfully with his tongue.
“You may go first then.”

Idia watched Jade hazily as he was lifted again, as he was lowered he felt something large…far too large pressing against his cunt. He tried to squirm away as pressure and pleasure built. It hurt, but it felt so good as he was breached for the first time and Idia’s head fell back, eyes sliding shut as his lips parted in a gasp. As he slid down the shaft it hurt, oh it hurt so much but it also felt amazing. A craving he didn’t know he’d had, a need in the back of his mind was being satisfied; Idia was full. He pressed a hand to his too-thin stomach where he could see a bulge from Floyd's thick cock and whimpered as it shifted within him. This was what he needed; he’d always thought of it in the sense of ending his engagement, but he’d never considered it would feel good.

Now he could barely think at all. He whined in disappointment as he was lifted again, empty again.

“Eeeh? Missing something? Is this what you want?”

Idia gasped as he was dropped back onto Floyd’s shaft, it stung more this time but he didn’t want it to end. His eyes focused again, and he could see Jade leaning casually against the wall, his own cock hard and glistening as he watched them. Idia flushed with arousal as he realized the other man's gaze was fixed on the way his brother's shaft stretched his hole. He wondered if it would feel different than Floyds…It looked longer.

He wanted to know. He could see a large swelling at the base of Jade’s shaft finally confirming that he too was an Alpha.
Jade noticed him looking because he slid his hands gracefully down his shaft and came closer.

Idia was confused until he was bent nearly in half and the spongy head was pressed against his lips. 

A particularly hard thrust of Floyds made him gasp, and suddenly his mouth was full and he could barely breathe but the drag of flesh was like sparks on his tongue. He didn’t have the presence of mind to suck, but that didn’t seem to mean anything to the man above him. He just thrust deeper into Idia’s mouth until he could barely breathe. 

Heat was twisting tighter and tighter in his gut but it wasn’t enough…he needed more.
Finally, his hips were gripped with bruising force and he was held easily in place as Floyd thrust into his body with abandon. Idia was a mess, he couldn’t think of anything but the drag of Floyd's cock, the bitter salty taste of Jades, and the building need for something else.

He could feel something larger dragging at the edge of his hole and Idia knew it had to be Floyd's knot. He craved it…needed it. Not with the all-consuming need of his heats but he desperately wanted to be knotted. He could feel it catching but Floyd kept pulling back.

“Hey…I can cum inside right, Pretty Squid? You’re tightening around me so much!”

Idia moaned around Jade’s cock in response, back arching as he tried to force the knot into himself on the next thrust.

“Hey! Jade. He’s trying to knot himself. Didn’t think a posh Omega would be such a slut his first time.”

“Don’t let him, Floyd. It wasn’t requested.”

“It’s fine, still gonna fill him up.”

Idia’s eyes narrowed, so lost in sensation that all he registered was that he wouldn’t be getting knotted the way he wanted. He waited for Floyd’s next thrust and pushed back until he felt too much pressure…it was too much and then with a pop he was fuller than he had been and he shuddered as everything peaked and his orgasm shuddered through him. 

“Fucking…” He heard Floyd curse in his ear as the body under him shuddered and he felt liquid heat painting his insides. The hand on his stomach rubbed slightly as his stomach swelled, the bulge from Floyd’s shaft getting larger as cum flooded into him.  He felt Jade’s shaft pulled from his lips and gasped, looking up as his brain tried to restart.

“He did it himself! Wasn’t my fault.” 

Idia looked up into the duo-chrome eyes that looked down at him, anxiety creeping in.

“You’ve been a very bad Omega, Squid. Taking my knot like that. You’ll have to pay for that.” He felt Floyd’s hand cover his own on his stomach and push down. Idia squirmed as the pressure in his stomach increased, and he was suddenly aware of his full bladder.

“Stop…”

“Why? You seemed to love it earlier.”  The hand pressed harder and he clenched on the cock inside him as well as trying to hold in his urine. It was starting to hurt…

“Awww does the pretty Omega have to take a piss? You’d better let it go. Wouldn’t want a UTI.” Idia shrieked as Floyd stood, cock still locked inside of him by his knot, and pushed harder. “Come on, Squid. It’s healthy to piss after sex…”

As he pushed he rocked his hips, fucking into him and making it worse as pleasure built again along with the pressure of his bladder.

Idia covered his eyes with his hands as he felt the first warm dribble down his leg. Jade was watching and he knew it would get on Floyd and they’d be disgusted with him, who wouldn’t be disgusted with him?

It was as if that first trickle was the end of it though and he felt it gushing out of him as the smell filled the air. Humiliation and relief swept through him and he shuddered again as the last trickles poured down his legs and Floyds, clearer liquid shooting out of his cunt.

“He squirted from pissing on me…What a dirty Omega.”

Idia went limp in his arms, exhausted, and suddenly the knot inside him felt too big and he was disgusting. Tears of humiliation started to well from his eyes. He gasped as his chin was grabbed again, this time by Jade.

“You messed up our floors after we did you a service. You will have to pay for the cleaning…”

“I…I will.” Idia stuttered. “I’ll pay you and never c…”

“Floyd, I’ll be back in twenty minutes. We will then begin to take the payment for his request.”

“You just want your turn with him.”

“Perhaps yes, perhaps no.”

Idia blinked slowly and looked up at Floyd, a sinking sensation rising in his stomach.

“You’re not talking about money are you?”

“Bingo! Smart. Not smart enough to set the payment terms before delivery, but you’re getting there.”

“What..exactly am I paying with?”
“We’ll let you know when we’re done with you…” Floyd’s hand caressed his flat stomach again. “But I think after that little display the terms may be revamped.”

Idia swallowed as he felt Floyd rock his hips again, pulling an involuntary moan from him. “Get used to this feeling, Pretty Omega…Special services are expensive and so is cleaning this carpet. You’ll probably be able to pay it off in a month if you don’t make another mess…”

Something about the tone sent a chill up Idia’s spine. He had a bad feeling about this. His eye flickered to the window watching the snowflakes fall wondering if he'd ever feel them again.

And when Jade came back with that polite customer service smile he knew he was right.