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Finan shakes his head and breathes out deeply. He can scent the omega’s distress, his injuries and his heat. He’s pretty sure he knows exactly what happened to the younger man before they found him. He can scent the alpha that had been after him but there’s no trace of him now. He’s pretty sure the alpha ran off when he scented him and Uhtred. Two alphas against one. The omega’s attacker was smart to run off. Finan would have ripped him apart for the fear he can sense in the omega.
“Hey.” Uhtred holds up his hands as he bends down in front of the omega. “We’re not gonna hurt you, I swear.” He says softly. “What’s your name?”
The omega licks his lips slowly and breathes out. “Sihtric.” He answers.
Uhtred smiles. “I’m Uhtred and this is Finan. We just wanna help you.”
Finan grunts and nods as his nostrils flare. But again, he catches no fresh trace of the alpha and he nods. “We won’t touch ye.” He says as he turns to look down at Uhtred. “Watch ‘im. I’m gonna go t’ the river an’ git water to wash that alpha’s scent off him.”
Uhtred nods and watches him head to their horses. He unpacks a small pot and starts walking towards the river. Uhtred breathes out and looks back at the omega. He tilts his head and smiles. The omega catches his gaze, blushes, and looks away. Uhtred’s smile widens and he inhales the omega’s scent. There’s still a little bit of lingering sweetness and the alpha can’t help the way he responds. He leans closer and inhales him again and he’d be lying if he said he didn’t want to touch the omega.
Sihtric shivers under the alpha’s scrutiny and he sighs. “Sorry.” He mumbles.
Uhtred frowns. “For what?”
Sihtric sniffs and closes his eyes. He’s no stupid. He can scent the alpha’s arousal. Both of them actually. And he can scent them on each other. He knows the two are mates, as odd as it is. And they had been involved in some fashion before they’d been interrupted by him and his attacker. He swallows and dips his head. “For uh… spoiling… your night.” The omega finally answers.
Uhtred raises an eyebrow. “You certainly didn’t spoil anything.” He says with a smirk and shrugs. “Besides, we were finished for the night. We were headed to the river to wash up when we heard you. And I certainly don’t mind the interruption.” He licks his lips and leans closer. “I uh… I like the way you smell, omega.” He says, his voice dropping a little. “Such a pretty little thing, aren’t you? I’d like to take you home with us.”
Sihtric freezes. “You… you would?”
Uhtred smirks and tips his head back. “Oh yeah. Take you home with me and Fin. Make you ours.” Sihtric shivers and shakes himself. His eyes widen and he lets out a low whimper. But there’s a fearful tone to it, not playful or lustful, and Uhtred frowns. “Wait… I… hey!”
“Uhtred?” Finan steps back into the clearing and frowns, catches the scent of fear on the omega again and glares at Uhtred. “What did ye say t’ him?”
Uhtred throws up his arms. “Nothing!”
“Nothin’?” Finan repeats as he sets the pan down.
Uhtred groans. “I didn’t touch him! I was… I was trying to flirt with him and I said I wanted to take him home with us but Sihtric! I was just playing! I swear we wouldn’t really kidnap you!”
Finan rolls his eyes and shakes his head. He holds his hands up as he turns back to Sihtric. “Ignore Uhtred. We’ll take you home.”
Sihtric’s eyes widen and he shakes his head, more fear wafting off of him. “No! No, no, no! Please, don’t take me home!”
Uhtred blinks. “Uh… then we’ll kidnap you… if you want… just uh… politely kidnap you. Without uh… touching you?” He says awkwardly.
Finan rolls his eyes again and huffs out. “Jus’ shut up Uhtred!” He hisses. “Sihtric, we’ll take ye back to town with us, okay?”
Sihtric breathes out slowly and nods. “I… I’ll go with you.” He says softly.
Finan nods as he grabs the pot of water. “Alright. Let’s git ye cleaned up an’ then we’ll git ye someplace safe t’ sleep.”