Beast Within

Rating: Explicit, ABO, Alpha Kara, Omega Lena.

Description: ["Mating run" won the prompt poll].

One night every year, those of age participate in a Mating Run to determine who they'll be bound to for the rest of their lives. It's an honored tradition that Lena Luthor can't stand and now it's her turn to run. With her family's legacy on the line, and a life of loneliness awaiting her if she doesn't join in, Lena can't be sure what to expect, but she's certainly surprised that the mild mannered alpha Kara Danvers has shown up.

Tags: First time mating, barebacking, outdoor sex, protective Kara. 

Word Count: 8,607

On the darkest day, of the darkest month, the elders held a gathering by the Hollow Woods at the outskirts of town. It was a rite of passage to attend and observe the traditions that had long been upheld since the settlers of the land formed an alliance.
 

Lena knew this, because the Luthors had been one of the first families to take part more than one hundred years ago. Her father had taken pride in telling her stories of how, when she came of age, she would participate in this most important custom: the mating run. It would ensure the legacy of their family and make a woman of her.
 

Her father had died when she was young, and though Lena could recall his stories word for word, she held no romantic notions or wonder over what was to come. At the age of nineteen, Lena understood it for what it was, and that could be summed up with a single word. Barbaric.

The moon hung like a sliver of glass in the black sky, and all the stars scattered around it like shards. She tried to calm the erratic beating of her heart by staring at the vast void above, but it did little to stop her panic.

All around her, families huddled in groups, and the sickening potency of alpha pheromones mingled with the excited perfume of a few omegas. The sharp scent of fear clung to the rest of them and Lena wondered how, in this day and age, an event like this was still heralded as the best way to pick a mate.
 

“Can you believe that on the most important night of their lives, the majority of them are still glued to their smartphones?” Lillian muttered under her breath scathingly.

“It’s almost like they might be distracting themselves from what’s about to take place.” Lena drawled back, and quirked a dark brow at her mother, who pursed her lips together in an amused, though cold smile.
 

“Let’s hope your legs are as fast as your tongue, or you might end up with one of those buffoons for the rest of your life.” Lillian stuffed her gloved hands into her pockets and looked around at the alphas that congregated to the left.
 

Lena laughed mirthlessly and crossed her arms in indignation. “If you all just abolished this rule, we could actually date each other and pick a mate that we like, instead of taking a gamble on who would be the best suited for us.”
 

Lillian rolled her eyes.
 

 This wasn’t the first time Lena had brought this up and it seemed her mother was growing tired with the same old argument.
 

“I know what you think, Lena. You’ve certainly been vocal about it, but the truth is, who we are standing here isn’t who we are at our core. When you strip away the civility, it’s the beast within us that reigns supreme and it’s a primal spark that ultimately fuels us all. The brighter the spark, the better the alpha, as your Father would say.”
 

 Lena curled her lip in disgust and tore her eyes from her mother. The Mating Run was something everyone participated in, and if they didn’t, they never got a second chance at finding a mate. Only a few had ever sat it out over the decades, much to their family’s disgrace, and Lena wondered if a lifetime of loneliness would be better than being stuck with someone she couldn’t stand.

“Don’t look so tormented,” Lillian sighed, her warm breath drifting like fog. “You’re a Luthor, and Luthors can endure anything. Besides, after a few children, if you truly despise the alpha you’re with, I can take care of them. Your father had always planned for that.”
 

“Why is murder always on the table in our family?” Lena hissed, distraught by the idea of it. Even if she was with someone she loathed, she couldn’t stomach the idea of doing that.
 

“Power has its privileges. You know that.” Lillian sounded amused, but a trace of seriousness was in her words as she regarded her daughter. “We’d never let someone treat you with disrespect.”
 

 Lena narrowed her eyes, the tip of her tongue pressed against her teeth as she sneered. “You mean we have a reputation to uphold and you wouldn’t have our name dragged through the mud if my alpha mistreated me or was lacking in any way.”
 

“Semantics.” Lillian huffed out, and then did a double take as she choked on a laugh upon noticing one of the alphas. “I can’t believe she actually showed up.”
 

Lena shifted to peer in the direction her mother was staring and spotted Kara Danvers.
 

Kara stood nervously at the side with her sister, anxiously fiddling with her glasses. She appeared to be gasping for breath.
 

“She’s a good person,” Lena absently stated, recalling all of the classes they had shared in school and college, and more often than not, the awkward interactions that had transpired whenever they spoke, which was only a handful of times.
 

“Mark my words, the only thing that poor fool will catch out here is a cold. Not an omega.” Lillian asserted, her shrewd eyes taking Kara in while she stretched. “How she ever presented as an alpha when her older sister didn’t just shows that nature has a cruel sense of humor. All that potential wasted on a simpleton. I pity the omega that lands with her, though I suppose anyone stupid enough to be caught by Kara Danvers deserves her.”

Kara glanced Lena’s way sharply, as if she sensed her eyes on her, and Lena dropped her gaze and moved a few paces so that she was out of Kara’s line of sight. Her cheeks warmed from embarrassment, but she shrugged it off and snarked sarcastically, “We’ll all be lucky if we don’t catch hypothermia. Why couldn’t we have tents, or do this in a wooded area with cabins?”
 

Lillian laughed loudly and a few other families glanced their way, much to Lena’s chagrin. “Wild things don’t need tents to mate and you’ll have the rest of your life for creature comforts. You’ll understand once you’re out there, when the heat takes over, that you’ll want to be at one with nature. The very blood in your veins will demand it.”

Lena scoffed at that and pulled at her insulated layers. “Yeah, I came prepared in case that doesn’t happen.” Her goal in dressing for the night was to stay warm rather than attract an alpha. She wore plenty of thermals underneath her form-fitting jacket and a pair of knee high boots that would be ideal for kicking alphas in the shins. Tucked into her sleeve was a full bottle of pepper spray. If the wrong alpha dared to chase her, she would be making good use of it. 

Across the pathway, the alphas gathered in closer and the pheromones that drifted on the wind were aggressive and intimidating.
 

Lena knew it would be time for the omegas to line up soon, because one of the alpha leaders approached a podium to give a speech about the rite of passage. 

“They don’t need to make a big deal out of this event. It’s just the same as any other hunt, but we’re the prey.” A nearby omega was whispering to her friend, and Lena glanced at them curiously, then whipped around to glare at a pack of alphas who were eyeing her up and nudging each other in the ribs. 

Lillian put her hand firmly on Lena’s back and gave her a shove towards the trees.
 

“The most desirable omegas are always the first,” Lillian advised and peered murderously over at the alphas who were howling and acting foolishly for Lena’s benefit. They all stopped in an instant, and for the only time that night Lena was grateful for her mother’s company.
 

Maybe none of them would touch her because of Lillian’s reputation for being a psycho. What alpha would want her for a mother-in-law?

“Who you are when you enter the Hollow forest isn’t who you’ll be when you leave it, Lena. Some truths can only be found under the moonlight.” Lillian sagely stated, her hand tightening on her daughter’s shoulder. “You’re afraid, but you’re so much more than you think you are. The mate you end up with will have to earn you.”

“How comforting to know you think so highly of me.” Lena remarked, her words as sharp as her glare when she stepped out of her mother’s grasp and raised her chin defiantly.

There was little time to say more because the alarm sounded and flares went up and the collective assembly of omegas gasped. They had a five minute head start to keep the whole event sporting and, Lena ruefully considered, to prevent the parents from having to witness their offspring mount each other amongst the trees.

 

The omegas took off running and Lena sprinted ahead. Some of them were giggling and whispering about who they would be waiting for in the forest. It was their excitement that spiked their heat, and as they vanished into the shadows, between the tall trees, they shed their jackets to thicken their scents. Lena cringed at the arousal that hung like mist in the air and all but tripped over a log that had taken down another girl. She shouldn’t stop, but the smell of her was so strong that Lena couldn’t continue.
 

“Come on, you can do this,” Lena heard herself saying, and she stuck out her hand to help the girl up. 

“I don’t know about that,” The girl confessed, but she took Lena’s hand and pulled herself back onto her feet. “Thanks, I guess I was going too fast. I’m Nia.” She whispered, her smile tense and voice shaky as she hurried to keep up. “You’re Lena Luthor, right?”

“Unfortunately.” Lena sighed, dodging a low hanging branch as she jogged on with Nia. “Is there someone you’re hoping will find you?” It was a casual question, because the fear on Nia wasn’t as strong as some others and it intrigued her.

“Brian. Well, everyone calls him Brainy. I’m going to climb up a tree he carved his initials on and he’ll find me.” Nia sounded wistful as she spoke, and a coy smile curled at her lips as she must have been thinking of the alpha. “What about you?”

Lena’s fear scents wrapped around her like a second scarf, choking her at the throat. 

“Kara,” Lena impulsively blabbed, because the name came to the tip of her tongue. “Kara Danvers.”

Her mother would roast her alive if she knew what she had just uttered in the forest, but Lena reasoned that she chose Kara because she was the only alpha she felt certain she could overpower. All she would have to do is twist a few fingers on Kara’s hand and the clumsy, shy alpha would yelp and back off.
 

Nia chuckled at her choice, as if Kara was a believable option for anyone, let alone Lena Luthor, who had a reputation to maintain. 

“Kara is sweet and she has a good sense of humor,” Nia remarked and then tipped her head towards a towering tree, and pressed her hand over the spot where Brainy’s initials were carved. “Here’s my stop. Do you want me to wait with you, or are you planning to find a hiding place?”

“You go on ahead,” Lena encouraged and glanced around at the pitch dark surrounding her, determined to dash on until she was out of the range of even the fastest alphas. “Good luck, Nia.” 

“Good luck choosing your alpha.” Nia smiled at her and then capered up the tree, away from the fray of oncoming alphas. 

Lena scurried down a slope, across terrain with rocks and pine needles, and towards the sound of rushing water. She could hear the wild yells of the alphas and her pulse rate ticked up. 

The alpha pheromones thrilled a part of her deep within her belly, from the navel on down to the rest of her. The smarter half knew better than to get excited by those animals. All around her, she heard a rustle of quiet omegas, fanning out in all different directions to meet the alphas that interested them. 

Lena kept on the move, especially as the scents of four different alphas started to bear down on her: James Olsen, Benjamin Lockwood, Veronica Sinclair and to her complete surprise, Kara Danvers.

She kept close to the river, a strategic move that helped conceal her fast, loud breaths and the sound of her boots as she crunched through the twigs and leaves that had fallen. The only problem with following the water, she soon discovered, was that it also aided the alphas in their pursuit, because she wasn’t about to cross it and that meant she was running stupidly in a straight line.

James reached her first, his athleticism and long legs definitely working in his favor as he barreled after her with a loud rumble of, “I knew I’d get you.”
 

Lena felt his fingers graze her arm and her adrenaline spiked from it. She turned with wide eyes at the sound of a choked yell sputtering from his lips because someone had jumped onto his back and wrapped an arm around his throat. In the dark, Lena couldn’t tell who it was, but one minute James was there and the next he was staggering into the trees, the sound of snarling and fighting breaking through the shadows.
 

That was when she made a run for it, and detoured back into the woods, away from the river that had trapped her in search of shelter. The more she ran among the trees, the more she could hear other omegas and alphas, and much to her mortification, the distinct though distant groans of mating.

  

The mingled scents of it combined with the noises caused a chain reaction within her own body and Lena’s pulse picked up. Heat scorched through her veins and her skin burned with a need so deep she stumbled over her own feet from it. She was appalled by the arousal that coursed through her, how even as she ran she could feel the excitement build inside her and begin to dampen her panties.

Lena dodged through the trees at a more sluggish speed than before, although not for lack of energy. Her skin was alive with tingles of desire, and she had the sudden impulse to turn around and walk into the arms of the alpha of her choice. The issue would be selecting someone, because her omega nature wanted the alpha’s chase, despite all logic and her strong previous aversion to it. 

Before her animalistic tendencies overcame her, Lena hid herself against a hollow of a tree and sealed her eyes shut while she breathed harshly in and out. 

When she opened her eyes again, she spotted two alphas sparring in the fir trees. Ben and Veronica were competing for the right to have her. Veronica fought dirty, shoving a handful of mud into Ben’s face, but he more than retaliated by swinging her around. Just when Lena was certain they would go on fighting until they exhausted themselves, a pretty omega named Andrea crossed their paths.
 

Without so much as a glance towards Lena, Veronica took off on the hunt for Andrea and abandoned Ben to claim his prize.
 

Ben Lockwood had grown up in the same neighborhood as Lena, and although they had never gotten along, it seemed like their completely different perspectives mattered very little to him. He leered at her as he stalked forward to grab her arms and force her to turn her around. 

In terms of physical strength, Ben was her superior in every way, so she reached for the mace in her sleeve with the intent to spray him in the eyes. She had no interest in mating with him and shrieked when he touched her.

Ben pried the bottle of mace from her fingers and tossed it away into the darkness with a chuckle. “Did you really think that was going to help you tonight?”

“Don’t touch me!” Lena hissed, panic causing her to lash out as she tried to tear her arms free of his grip. “I don’t choose you.”

“You think that matters?” Ben laughed, his hand tightening around her wrist until she yanked her arm back, and then he callously let her go just to watch her tumble to the ground with her momentum.
 

“God, you really are an asshole,” Lena muttered, but she could smell Ben’s excitement and she knew it was now or never if she wanted to get away from him. As she scrambled to her feet, Lena’s hands grabbed for anything she could find, tearing through muck and leaves before latching onto a branch that had been trodden into the ground.
 

“An asshole you’ll wake up to every day of your life.” Ben grinned, and grabbed her by the jacket to haul her back up as his other hand went to his belt. “Your family owns half of the town, and now I’m about to be part of that.”
 

“Like hell you are,” Lena snarled and swung with all her might. She missed his head as he jerked back, but landed a wonderful whack at his shoulder that had him yelping in surprised pain. “There’s plenty more where that came from.” Lena threatened darkly and brandished the wood at him.
 

Ben scoffed, and after a quick dodge, managed to grab the other end of the stick to wrench it from Lena’s hands. He tossed it behind him with a smug slant of his lips and rolled his shoulders. “Now what are you gonna do?” He taunted and Lena balled her fist and launched it at his face.

The punch was solid and split Ben’s lip, but it barely deterred him as he wiped the back of his hand over his mouth and let out a bark of laughter. “I hope our kids have your fire.” 

Even in the dark, Lena could see how wild his eyes were and the tent in his pants pointed aggressively at her as he stalked closer. 
 

 “I hope you drop dead.” Lena spat back and raised her hands up, prepared to fight him for all she was worth. Except she didn’t get the chance.
 

Someone sprang out of the pitch black and tackled Ben like a linebacker. They toppled over each other, cursing and growling like wild animals and the sound of angry fists beating at flesh should have disgusted her, but it was the sight of Kara staggering to her feet, fists raised and knuckles bloody, that sent a strange thrill straight to Lena’s core.

“Find another omega, Danvers. Luthor is mine.” Ben growled out as they circled each other. He tore his shirt off in a display of dominance to reveal his muscles, and then the potent stench of him unfurled challengingly.
 

“Back off, Lockwood, she doesn’t want you.” Kara hissed through clenched teeth and pulled herself into an imposing stance. Her clothes were torn and her hair, though tied out of the way, stuck up. She looked feral and fearless, and then they were fighting again.

 Ben snared Kara around the arm to pull her closer and Kara jumped up to headbutt him hard. He swung at her, clocking her on the jaw and sent her stumbling back. Kara blocked the next punch with her forearm and jabbed him in the eye, and then he launched himself at her with a loud yell of fury and grabbed her around the neck.

Kara tried to tear his hands off her throat as Ben hoisted her into the air, grinning like a maniac. 

“I told you she was mine.” He seethed, and Kara chose that moment to kick him full force in the crotch. Ben dropped and crumpled like a ball of trash, taking Kara with him, and she rolled away into the dirt. She got onto her knees just to straddle his chest and punch him square in the face twice, knocking him out.

Breathing heavily and bleeding from who knows how many fights, Kara got to her feet and rasped between breaths, “He’s not - going to - bother you - again.”

Lena hung back to assess Kara and her half shredded shirt, along with her carved muscles and taut abdomen. Even in the darkness, Lena could see all of that and wondered why Kara had always hidden such an incredible physique under all of her weird outfits and sweater vests.
 

Lena might have thanked Kara for saving her, but she was too taken aback to do it at first, and when she did finally stutter out “Thank you,” she sounded as confused as she felt.  

The wise course of action would have been to turn and run, but instead Lena flirtatiously pushed her dark curls away from her neck and bit her bottom lip as she smiled at Kara. She gave Kara ample time to stride forward and state her demands.
 

All of the scents that drifted around Lena must have been getting to her brain, because she was also entertaining the idea of Kara bending her over without any discussion. To her own surprise, she liked the thought of it.
 

“So, I suppose you’re the alpha whose caught me,” Lena coyly declared and stepped closer to Kara, practically knocking her down with the sexual scents she exuded. 

For all of the power Kara had shown herself to possess, she seemed much less assertive when standing opposite of Lena. 

Kara only gaped at her in silence, but the second Lena reached out to touch her shoulder, the alpha’s confidence level soared. 

“I did, I caught you,” Kara boasted, clearing her throat and putting her hands on her hips, only to drop them at her sides and then experiment with touching Lena. She pushed a few strands of hair from Lena’s face, and despite how she had complained about this whole barbaric tradition, Lena found herself much more eager to participate with Kara’s rough palm cupping her cheek. 

“Should I take my clothes off for you?” Lena asked, not even thinking about how that question would come across, because Kara’s alpha pheromones were already embracing her. 

Kara stared at her, salivating as though starved, but then she blinked quickly and some of her better senses must have kicked in because she faltered, “N-uh-I—”

A low groan from Ben Lockwood caused Kara to snarl, her head whipping to the side to make sure he was still out of it before she asserted, “We should get away from him.”
 

Lena was struck speechless when Kara grabbed her hand and began to lead her through the trees confidently, stopping now and then to cock her head as she listened for other alphas that might threaten them. This wasn’t the Kara that Lena knew, who stumbled over herself or shyly averted her eyes if someone smiled too brightly at her. There was a strength to her that Lena had never known, and her pheromones were dominant and protective.

Lena breathed them in as the hunger inside her grew. She felt overdressed, and her skin prickled with heat. Restlessly she unzipped her jacket, and whispered almost conversationally, “Where are we going?”
 

Kara paused, as if she hadn’t quite decided, and then rumbled, “Back to the river.”

Kara sounded so sure of herself that Lena couldn’t help the way her heart hammered in her chest. More questions flooded her mind and she crooned curiously, “So you’re the one who fought with James. How many alphas have you beaten tonight to get to me?”

“James, Max, Mike, Ben, Veronica…” Kara listed off, as if naming guests to a party and not the aggressive alphas that she had tussled with to get to Lena.

How long had Kara liked her to go to such lengths just to keep those alphas’ hands off her? It was stupid, and brave and possessive, and Lena couldn’t believe how wet her panties had gotten just from hearing how reckless Kara had been to reach her.
 

“You took on all of those other alphas just for me?” Lena’s disbelief was clear and Kara stopped suddenly to face her.

“I’d take on more.” Kara fiercely whispered, her dark eyes filled with such intensity that Lena was sure she could see a spark behind them, like a blue flame in the moonlight.

They reached the river a minute later, and Kara crouched down to wash her bloodied hands. She splashed at her face and removed her shirt to dip it in the cold water, then returned to Lena’s side and gently used it to wipe her sweated forehead. Even the lightest touch had desire pooling in Lena’s panties, and she gasped quietly, her hands smoothing over Kara’s bare abdomen to feel the toned muscles under her fingers.

Kara broke away from her reluctantly, but then guided her to where there was a rock face at the side of a steep hill.
 

It gave them the illusion of privacy as Kara undressed her, sliding the zip further down on her coat and lifting her shirt and thermals underneath. Kara unhooked her bra and Lena thought that this was it, that there would be no more talking between them, but she still had so many questions she wanted to ask. 

“How long have you been interested in me?” Lena whispered as she continued to strip off her layers, stunned by how thrilling it was to stand naked in the crisp air.

Kara’s hands slid down her sides and cupped her breasts, and Lena realized the alpha must have liked her for a long a while. The starlight and the moon made it possible for them to see each other in this more secluded location and it occurred to Lena that Kara must have scouted this place out in advance.

Kara seemed unashamed when she announced, “Uh, years — just uh— a few years.” 

Behind them, a stone outcropping would make the perfect seat, or if she needed to bend over, Lena could envision holding onto it rather than getting down on all fours.

Any other alpha would have forced her into the dirt, but Kara was more considerate. She took her time, getting to one knee in front of Lena while she stripped her panties halfway down. 

“I want to look at you,” Kara explained, a scant distance away from Lena’s bare and vulnerable pussy. “Please, let me see, Lena.” 

Lena’s hands found the rock behind her and she leaned into it, her thighs opening wider as Kara’s strong hands smoothed up her legs.
 

Kara spread her pussy lips with her thumbs to look at this private part of her that opened like soft petals.
 

Kara didn’t articulate how she felt, so much as growled low in her throat as the musky scent of her pheromones reflected her desires. She stroked Lena experimentally with her index finger, swirling it around her stiff clit before circling her entrance where her innocence remained.
 

Lena whimpered.

“I always knew you’d be beautiful,” Kara finally whispered, her words barely audible as she swiped her tongue over Lena’s exposed cunt and moaned at the taste. As she stood up, she dropped a hand to her jeans and the sound of her zipper opening sent a delicious shiver through Lena.

Kara freed her erection proudly and then discarded the rest of her clothes, as if she considered her cock the most important part of her right then.

Although Lena had hardly thought about what alphas concealed in their pants, her expectations were exceeded when she glanced down at Kara’s sturdy cock. The reddened hot tip was releasing trickles of arousal, and Kara moved it between Lena’s pussy lips, shaking off all of the desire and rubbing it into her intimate hole.

It felt natural for Lena to push her legs outward and open her stance for Kara’s cock.

“Are you going to put it inside of me?” Lena asked dumbly, because Kara seemed to be so content to run her cock up and down over her cunt.

 

“Yes, all night,” Kara confirmed breathlessly, and then reached out to grab at Lena’s neck, as if this act was a sex tip someone had given her and not an idea she came up with herself. Her fingers tightened and then loosened uncertainly.

Lena could have asked what Kara was doing, but instead she lifted her chin and invited Kara to hold her in a possessive grasp.

“You caught me, so now I’m yours,” Lena reminded her, hoping that Kara wouldn’t refrain from doing the filthy things she heard that alphas did to dominate their omegas.

“You’re entitled to take what you want, and importantly, I give you permission,” Lena murmured in her softest, seductive tone, while placing a hand on Kara’s to encourage her. She made sure that Kara continued holding her neck before she moved her hand down onto the alpha’s other fist, which was secure around the base of her cock.
 

“I want to feel you in me this deep,” Lena whispered and then eyed Kara’s cock as it strained towards her cunt. Beside her sensitive pink lips, it looked all the more massive and imposing, and like it could do damage to her small opening. It would be an accomplishment if she could slide it all into her narrow entrance. The alpha’s knot would ache inside of her, but she was suddenly longing for the pleasure of her first mating.

“You’re going to make me take your cock,” Lena uttered lustfully, drowning in the odor of alpha pheromones and her own responsive omega arousal. “It’s important that you do, Kara, because if you don’t claim me, someone else will.”
 
 

That seemed to snap Kara out of her hypnotic daze and her fingers curled tighter around Lena’s pale throat as she growled fiercely, “I won’t let them.” Her thumb pushed into the underside of Lena’s jawbone and kept her head tipped back as Kara grazed her nose along Lena’s jugular, huffing at the fresh wave of omega scent with a hungry rumble of desire. “You’re mine.”

The head of Kara’s cock pushed at Lena’s soft pussy. Every hot breath from Kara cascaded over Lena’s lips as the alpha pitched forward and pushed through the thin barrier with a sudden, forceful thrust. It got her half way inside before Lena’s warm, tight walls clamped around the intrusion. 

Kara groaned at being sheathed by Lena’s exquisite velvety heat, and pulled Lena closer to latch onto her neck, sucking and biting down on the pale skin. 

Lena gave a keening whine as she stretched for the alpha, and cried out when Kara pressed on, opening her cunt with her thick girth as if she knew to do it fast.

Kara anchored Lena in place by holding her at the waist and keeping her stuffed full of her cock. It ached, but Kara’s thumb dipped between Lena’s slick lips to glide over her clit soothingly.
 

Lena’s hormones and animal lust guided her hips to rock, but it was too much too soon. She grabbed at Kara with both hands, determined not to let the alpha back off. 

“I’m okay,” Lena promised and pressed her forehead to Kara’s as she took her time to adjust. “Don’t you dare pull out.” 

She glanced down at their united bodies, the apex between her thighs where Kara’s cock found its way in, rutting her out like a force of nature ruts the earth in places.
 

As she shifted the angle of her pelvis, she could see Kara’s length inside of her, pushing out her lower abdomen with even her gentle attempts at thrusting. 

It felt strange but also wonderful to have Kara in her that way, to have the most intimate part of her occupied by the most intimate part of Kara. It gave her the sense that she belonged to the alpha, and Lena allowed Kara to slip out only so that she could move away from the rocks at her back. 

Even in the days right before the mating run, Lena had made plans to avoid complete submission at all costs, but she surprised even herself when she bent at the waist and then crawled onto all fours. 

“Like this, Kara,” Lena begged and she was grateful that there was a mossy rock surface beneath her knees. “Please.” 

It seemed like once she was in that position, even more of her omega drives kicked in and her cunt flooded with arousal. 

She could hear the soft, throaty appreciation of Kara admiring her in such an inviting pose, and then the alpha dropped heavily to her knees behind her to stroke her cock between Lena’s drenched lips.
 

Kara’s hands secured around her slender waist and she pitched her hips forward to burrow back inside Lena’s slick hole with a groan. It was slower this time, but not less forceful, and Lena knew that Kara was watching as she stretched around her shaft.
 

“Do you like seeing that I’m yours?” Lena whispered, embracing the animalistic drives within as she pressed her palms into the cold earth and shivered as her heat blazed through her.
 

“More than anything,” Kara murmured lustfully, her fingers pressing into Lena’s delicate pale curves as she began to rock forward. The alpha seemed to be testing it out as much as taking the time to stare while Lena’s blushing cunt welcomed her cock.
 

“Show me who you really are, Kara.” Lena encouraged, sinking lower to the ground but keeping her ass in the air.  She hoped it would entice Kara to act as fearlessly as she had when she took down her competition to claim Lena as her own.
 

Lena never thought she would be the type to plead, but in the dark woods on her knees for Kara, she had never felt so alive. “Make me feel this so I never forget how powerful you are. Please, please.”
 

Kara stilled her hips for a few seconds as if she was considering it, and then her hand snared Lena’s dark hair. Her strong fingers fisted in the tresses, close to the scalp as she pulled Lena’s head up while she also rammed her cock into the depths of her cunt.
 

Kara set an almost brutal pace that inflamed their desires and had her snarling possessively as she smacked her thighs into Lena’s ass, opening her thoroughly.

Their frenzied mating only picked up momentum after that and Lena’s breasts swayed from it. Her moans went from soft and whimpering to louder and more desperate sounds. She gritted her teeth together, but her grunts and cries still broke through as Kara pounded into her.  

Sex pheromones hung in the air like a fragrance mist and Lena was certain that by morning light she would smell of Kara. It appealed to her, having the potent scents on her skin. 

She rested her shoulders against the ground to prevent herself from jostling too much and so she could put a hand between her legs to press down on her clit. The barest touch of her fingertip was all she needed, but Kara moved her fingers to flick Lena’s sensitive, tiny bead. 

Her first ever orgasm around an alpha cock was a quick and messy one. She soaked her inner legs and Kara’s cock with slick, and her whines left her throat raw as her pleasure pulled every muscle in her body tight and released them all at once. 

Shaking all over, she held Kara’s hand tight against her until her trembles stopped and then with a cat-like flex of her back, she begged, “Harder.”

 

Kara rutted into her forcefully, until Lena was grunting obscenely with every rough push. Her athletic legs smacked against Lena’s ass until it was hot and red, but then Kara stood up to crouch low above her. 

Having Kara on top of her like that truly made her bend in submission, with her upper body flattened to the ground and her pussy flaunted up at the alpha. 

“Why did you choose me?” Lena suddenly blurted out while Kara was still getting situated, realizing it was a question that perhaps she should have asked sooner. “Was it because you wanted to have sex with me?” She dragged her head up from the ground to glance at Kara with an intense, amorous stare. “You were always kind to me, but you barely talked to me before today.”

“I was shy,” Kara whispered, her hand securing under Lena’s chin so that they maintained eye contact as she confessed, “I could never find the right words to tell you that I liked you. That seeing your smile was the best part of my day, even if I choked on my tongue trying to say hi.”
 
 

There was no hint of shyness about her now. Kara was as wild and free as the animals that belonged in the forest and she owned her alpha status in a way she had never dared to before. It mesmerized Lena, and she shivered from excitement and clenched wetly around Kara’s erection as she asked coyly, “Tell me honestly, Kara. Did you think of breeding my cunt often?”

  

Kara’s eyes burned with desire as she rasped without any hint of embarrassment, “Every single day for years. Why did you submit to me, Lena, and not to James or Ben?”

It was a question Lena wasn’t prepared for and she balked at it, her mouth forming words soundlessly until she finally whispered, “Alphas should be more than pure aggression. They should have integrity and courage. You showed me that tonight when you protected me. It was like I was seeing you for the first time, and I just knew you were mine.”

Kara seemed satisfied by the answer because she captured Lena’s lips with her own in a bruising kiss and swallowed the soft, gasping moans that poured from Lena when she began to thrust again.

 

Lena pressed the heels of her palms into the soft moss beneath her as Kara released her mouth.

Kara moved back into a low squat to bury her cock in Lena’s cunt, and with a few solid pumps, Lena was quivery and rocking in time with her alpha. 

Her skin had never been so filthy, covered in dirt and green stains, but she was willing to curl herself into any position for Kara’s cock. She could imagine herself stumbling out of the forest in the morning with leaves in her hair only to see the appalled faces of everyone she knew. 

She had always thought it would be humiliating, but she embraced the idea when she imagined Kara guiding her by the hand. 

Lena was hers, and each drilling hard motion of Kara’s cock only strengthened the connection between them. 

They were both so warm that thick fogs of heat radiated from them and into the icy air. Kara wove her fingers into Lena’s hair and tilted her head back as their bodies slapped together, skin against skin.

“You’re my alpha,” Lena groaned and moved back into her lower bend, at an angle where her face was almost touching her knees and her ass elevated. 

Kara’s cock drove into her cunt at such a savage pace that at first Lena didn’t notice the rapid expansion of the knot. That all changed when Kara’s hips halted with a jerk and forceful surges of come filled up Lena’s tiny canal. 
 
 

The hot sensation of brimming with Kara’s seed was overwhelming, but feeling the knot brought her to another peak of ecstasy. Her pussy stretched in all of the right ways and the knot pressed into her pleasure centers. Lena’s whimpers turned to loud, erotic cries as Kara’s knot opened her cunt fully and stayed locked in her tight entrance. 

Kara groaned as pulses of euphoria rippled through Lena’s cunt and squeezed around her cock, milking the rest of her seed demandingly as they stayed joined. Her rough hands were surprisingly gentle as she wrapped around Lena to lower them onto their sides to embrace her from behind. They were both panting harshly as Kara kissed along Lena’s shoulders and palmed her tender breasts.

 

“You feel so good,” Kara murmured, her lips dragging over Lena’s heated skin as her knot throbbed within her silken pussy. “Now you’re finally mine.”

 

She had always liked Kara, but now she was forming an attachment to her as an alpha. In Kara’s muscled arms, lying naked in the middle of the forest, Lena realized this new attraction was all-consuming and even deeper than the physical bond they had just shared.

 

Kara recovered faster, but she gave Lena extra time after her knot had softened and slipped out. Her cock was still hard as she rubbed Lena’s sensitive pussy. 

Lena was soaked with slick and creamy excitement and Kara soothed her ache by massaging two fingers into her stretched hole. It kept Lena desperate for more and her every whimper and subtle gyration caused Kara’s cock to strain with need.

“We should keep going, just to make sure it’s clear to everyone that I’m your mate,” Lena whispered breathily as Kara slotted her length back inside her cunt. It pushed out a thick trickle of seed that glazed Lena’s inner thighs and covered the moss beneath her. She trailed her fingers over her skin and spread Kara’s seed to mark herself.

 

Kara groaned in agreement, so overcome with urges that she seemed unable to form words. Her hips pitched forward at an intense pace and her cock sank deliciously deep inside of Lena. 

Their extreme mating went on for hours, until Lena could barely stand up. Three times, Kara knotted inside of her and each was wider than the last. The carnal experience of taking a knot brought out hot blooded desires in Lena. 

She was on her knees all night for Kara, and in the morning, the alpha slipped away through the forest to bring her fresh water. 

Kara had the foresight to bring along some camping essentials, and Lena was grateful that a flask was among the items she carried.

 

Even naked in a forest sparkling with frost, Lena’s body temperature was high and she drank greedily.

 

“I wish we didn’t have to go join up with the others,” Lena acknowledged when she finished locating her clothes and tying back her wavy hair. “I want to spend more time alone with you.”

She blinked innocently enough and reached out to take hold of Kara’s pants, which the alpha had put on before hurrying off to get water. Her pout seemed to influence Kara, who set down her flask, even as they both heard the call in the distance to summon them back.

Lena tucked her bundle of clothes out of the way and moved onto her knees so that her face was positioned near Kara’s obvious erection. She gripped Kara’s belt and undid the buckle, raising her eyebrow naughtily when she pulled out Kara’s cock.
 

“Lena…” Kara moaned in surprise, her eyes darkening with desire and expectations.

“Just a few more minutes to ourselves,” Lena softly pleaded, exhaling her desires right over the warm, throbbing tip. She decided to press her bottom lip under it, then kissed it to get her first tastes of Kara. While the flavor satisfied one craving, her cunt was also aching for her alpha and she coaxed Kara down onto the moss. 

 “Let me sit on your lap before we have to go,” Lena asked, although there were several risks of doing that in the plain light of day when everyone they knew would be gathering at the edge of the woods soon. She needed Kara in a way that shocked and thrilled her at the same time. 

“Come here,” Kara whispered, her hands already gripping Lena’s hips to pull her down towards her straining cock. The head dripped excitement and she groaned when Lena’s pussy rubbed against it.

 

Lena’s delicate hole was red and swollen and her pussy lips were puffy from breeding all night. Kara had claimed her completely, but the ache of stretching again was worth it to feel the intense, rigid heat of Kara push inside her.

“We have to stay quiet or someone might hear us.” Kara intoned, and that was the only warning she gave before she bucked upwards to bounce Lena in her lap. The sound of her pussy wetly opening up was almost drowned out by the river close by.
 

Lena leaned forward to rock herself into Kara’s gentle thrusts as she laughed, breezy and light. She rolled her hips, keeping the alpha deep for a good ten seconds and then stood up with a coy smirk. “We have to go or they’ll come looking for us. I can’t take your knot right now, no matter how much you want to give me it.”

 

It took Kara a few seconds to realize that Lena was being serious and she got to her feet. “But I can be quick.” She stated, her eyes widening and a blush spreading across her cheeks when she must have recognized how that sounded. “I - I mean we can be quick.”

Lena had already picked up her shirt and slipped it on over her shoulders. She tugged it down into place and then stepped closer to the rocks, where they would have a lower likelihood of being seen. 

“I’m pretty sure I ended up with the fastest alpha in the run, but let’s test you out for speed in other ways,” Lena teased as she peered back at Kara, far too desperate to fool around to pass up the chance. 

It seemed a good time to make use of the natural ledge and she balanced herself with one leg raised up. Kara stood behind her and after sliding her cock over Lena’s glistening entrance, she pushed back inside. 

Neither one of them wanted it to stop, but Kara was frantic and came with a glorious finish all over Lena’s cunt. Even as she reached down to pull her pants up, Lena discovered more of it and she could still feel the seed slip out and slide down her legs. 

They were the last alpha and omega to appear at the edge of the Hollow Woods, and Lena was impressed with how Kara led her back to the group.

 

“Are you okay?” Kara whispered, sheltering her from the curious glances of other couples and parents, and Lena was grateful for her alpha’s attentiveness. She nodded at Kara as her face tinged pink from the public scrutiny. 

“Lena,” Lillian cried out and shoved through the crowd to reach them. When she came to Lena’s side, her nostrils flared and she inhaled deeply as if confused by the scents on her daughter. “I was starting to think you’d run off.” She murmured under her breath, but then she forced a smile onto her lips and waved a hand at the state of Kara. “But it’s clear you were helping this one out of the forest. Now, where is your mate? I hope he wasn’t left looking for you while you escorted her to safety.”
 

Lena could feel Kara bristle beside her and she reached out to entwine their fingers as she stared back at her mother. “You’re looking at her.”
 

“Don’t be absurd,” Lillian laughed, but then she noted the lack of humor in Lena’s eyes and saw the intensity in Kara’s as she glanced at her daughter. “How on Earth could you let—”

“Kara fought several alphas last night just to reach me.” Lena cut her off sharply, a smug grin curling her lips as she leaned into Kara and secured the alpha’s arm around her waist. “Big ones, the kind you’d probably admire, but she was stronger and faster and more determined than all of them.”

 

Lillian grimaced at the information and appeared to be trying to hold her breath so she didn’t have to smell the powerful pheromones that covered her daughter. “Well I can see you’re very pleased with yourself. If your father was alive—”

“He’d know that Kara’s spark was the brightest.” Lena concluded rather smartly, arching her eyebrow as her mother fought to bite her tongue. “That’s what you both always wanted for me, right? The best alpha.”

Lillian glanced around self-consciously, as though concerned that Lena would be the laughing stock of the day. They certainly had the attention of everyone in their community, but that was only because gossip circulated fast and all of the other runners knew what Kara did in the forest and just how she had proven herself stronger than the others.

 

Alex elbowed her way through the lines of families and finally reached Kara with a proud grin and a box of donuts. “Hey.” She greeted Lena. “I brought these to celebrate, and because I figured you’d both be starving.” Alex leaned into Kara’s side to whisper excitedly, “Congratulations on getting your girl. I brought a first aid kit so I can patch you up before mom sees you like this.”
 

“You’re the best sister, you know that?” Kara beamed at her and then opened the box to dig in.

Lillian hardly glanced at the celebratory donuts and appeared to be at a loss for what to do.

 

Lena couldn’t peel her eyes off of Lillian. “Don’t look so tormented, mother.” She repeated Lillian’s exact words of the night before back at her and then stepped in close enough so that no one else would overhear her whispers. “Welcome Kara to the family, or I’ll tell you all about how Kara outshined the other alphas and how her ‘spark’ kept me warm all night long.” 

Lillian’s eyes widened in shock, like she believed that Lena would actually subject herself to confiding in her. “Well, Kara, welcome to the family.” She held each word in her mouth like a bitter pill and winced before she smiled. 

“Oh - umph - fampoo.” Kara choked out around a mouthful of donut, and held her bruised and sticky hand out, much to her sister’s delight and Lillian’s disgust.
 

Lena found it rather adorable, and wondered if Kara’s voracious appetite would carry into the bedroom for other activities. She bit her lip as she thought of it, momentarily unaware that the scent of her arousal filled the air until Alex cleared her throat and Lillian snapped, “Lena, it’s time to get you home and cleaned up.”

 

Well, she had a point. 

Lena was filthy and as much as it pained her to part from Kara, she would much rather see her later, fresh faced and dressed in something that wasn’t covered in muck and leaves. She snagged a pen out of Lillian’s bag and wrote down her number on the back of Kara’s forearm. “Text me so we can make plans for today?” She asked, and leaned in to kiss Kara’s cheek, marveling at how this brave and powerful alpha turned a pretty pink in the morning light.

 

“On it,” Kara promised.
 

“Millennials.” Lillian huffed under her breath, and all but dragged Lena away as Kara grinned brightly at her, already fishing her own cellphone out of her pocket. By the time Lena was in the car she had two messages. A heart emoji, and a simple but effective Why don’t I pick you up at six and I’ll take you to dinner?
 

Lena grinned to herself despite her mother's frosty attitude and sent back, I can’t wait.