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“ Time, curious time gave me no compasses, gave me no signs. Were there clues I didn’t see? And is it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying you to me? (Lyrics to the song, ‘Invisible String’ by Taylor Swift)

The alarm on Rey’s bed side table went off at exactly 4 PM. She groaned loudly, then punched the infernal clock to stop the annoying buzzing sound. Rey took just one more minute to stare at the long crack in her bedroom ceiling, then her eyes drifted to the peeling wallpaper that had to be at least 30 years old, God older than her.

She had just enough time to squeeze in a nap after her day job at the café, then make a simple dinner for the kids before heading out for an evening gig.

She needed the money desperately for rent and more diapers. She wasn’t happy about the raunchy waitress uniform the agency insisted she had to wear, but maybe it would earn her a few tips, but more likely a few pinches from horny Alphas.

The uniform pushed up her small breasts and pulled in her tiny waist, so she could barely breathe. Her legs were shapely, but also vulnerable to those awful bruising pinches.

Rey ran into the bathroom, reapplied her smeared makeup, gulped down her two over the counter suppressants and covered the offensive uniform with a long trenchcoat.

Her children did not need to see mommy in something that would scar their innocence for life.

Maz came into the kitchen to lend a hand with the meal and to keep little Padme’ from climbing out of her highchair.

Rey would be eternally grateful for her help and support the old lady so generously gave her.

Rey once thought it was from a guilty conscience that Maz helped with the baby. It was Maz’s worthless Beta son that was responsible for giving Rey another mouth to feed.

Rey stopped briefly to look at the sweet, little grubby faces of her three children.

Darth,at eleven years old , was a typical boy who sulked and moaned about how sucky his life was. But in reality, his life was anything but ideal. His father abandoned Rey when she told him she was pregnant right after Senior Prom. They were too young to get mated at seventeen.

So Rey began hunting for new for a new daddy for her young son. Rey only managed to get baby number two.

Anikins father had promised her the moon, and anything she desired, like a house and security, but in return, all he wanted was an easy piece of ass. Then when he got what he wanted, and was no longer interested, he vanished into thin air.

She was devastated by his treatment of her and vowed to never trust a man again.

Then Luke entered her life, and she began to think she could give love another chance.

She opened her heart, and things looked perfect for a while. He seem to be the mate she was looking for. But they had waited to do the bite , but they waited too long.

One day, Luke was just not himself, then, the next day he was gone. No note, no goodbye, just an empty pillow where his head once was.

Why did men always leave her? How was she expected to survive with three children to provide for ? Would her luck ever change for the better or would she be stuck in this awful cycle forever?

Maz felt terrible for the girl who’s heart her worthless Beta son had broken and took responsibility for the baby Rey was caring. It was her grandchild and the other two children were a package deal so she invited the four of them to live with her in her small, but cozy cottage near the ocean.

Rey would grow to love her for her motherly, guidance, and loyalty.

When she discovered she was pregnant the first time her own parents had kicked her out of their home with nowhere else to go.

How could they deal with a rebellious pregnant teen daughter? It was too humiliating for them.

Rey’s social climbing mother would not tolerate the pitting looks and side long glances her bridge club friends would give her if they knew about the appalling state of her daughter.

Rey ran to her boyfriends home only to be verbally and emotionally abused by his worthless father Unker Plutt.

She ran away again when it became unbearable and gave birth to her first baby and a half way house.

She was lucky they let her keep it. The baby could have been taken away from her and she would’ve been kicked out onto the street again. She went from man to man until Maz came into her life life.

she gave her the love a young woman craved and much needed advice.

“Rey, dear, go on birth control and supressents and learn to be self sufficient. That’s the only way to survive in this world. I know it’s not ideal, but together with my Social Security, we can manage just fine.”

That was a year and a half ago Rey had managed to find a good job at the local café and the tips were helping keep a roof over their heads.But that roof was leaky when it rained and Darth was growing like a weed and it seems he need a new shoes every other day.

Maz wiped mashed banana off of baby Padme’ face, then kissed the plump cheek. “ I’ll hold down the fort until you get home.” The elderly lady reassuringly squeezed Rey’s hand and shoo’d her out the door.

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Bazine Palpatine looked up at her husband Kylo and flashed a syrupy smile like the cat that caught the golden canary. Or maybe the goose that lays millions of golden eggs. And indeed she had. They were the couple that everyone wanted to be. Young, rich and beautiful.

So here they were, sailing around the world on their fancy yacht. But like all beautiful couples, they had their dark side. The dark side hidden behind a mask of happiness. Fake smiles, and pretended affection. They had secrets, and told lies . But in their pretty little world they didn’t care, as long as the credit cards didn’t expire.p>

They had docked into a marina to celebrate Kylo’s thirtieth birthday with a extravagant birthday party.

All of Kylo‘s friends and associates had arrived by helicopter and now were feasting on expensive champagne and caviar.

And their own fat egos!

Kylo only managed a sneer as everyone cheered and sang happy birthday. He hated all of this, but Baz insisted. For her, it was to show off and flaunt their wealth.

She made a big production of giving him his birthday present. “Okay, darling,” she drawled through thick red lips, “Open your wallet, Oh, I mean your present.”

Everyone laughed at her Freudian slip, but Kylo knew better. She was a Golddigger, and always would be.

She handed him a small box, then grabbed his arm possessively, pressing her artificial breasts up against him. He blanched in revulsion, making it difficult for him to open the present.

In the small box was a Jaeger-LeCoutre Polaris watch worth more than $52,500.

“ Look babe, I even had it monogrammed with your initials, K.R.” She grabbed the watch out of his hand and turned it over, so everyone could see. Bazine was alway looking for attention, and got it regularly, from any hot Alpha in the room.

The booze was flowing freely, and everyone took advantage of it. Getting more and more drunk and high. Kylo could hardly see through the smoke that hung over peoples heads as they lit up their bongs.

All for the better. He hated seeing other people happy when he wasn’t. Getting lucky off of his money. /p>

Couples took advantage of the comfortable couches and some even snuck off to the empty cabins. Kylo found Hux sitting alone, nursing a gin and tonic, and sat down heavily beside him.

“ God, how depressing is this?” Kylo grumbled, looking around at all the other Alpha’s getting it on with willing Omega’s.

Hux shows zero compassion for his longtime friend. “Where is Bazine? Shouldn’t you be humping her spoiled ass right about now? I’m sure she’ll want compensation for that god awful watch she gave you.”

Kylo could only grunt a non-reply. This party was turning into major disappointment. No one offering him their services to him. Could his luck get any worse?
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Rey ran up the gang plank of one of the largest yachts she had ever seen. She could hear the loud music and obnoxious laughter even before she entered the ship.

The party was in full swing by the time she arrived, and she prayed she wouldn’t be docked pay for her tardiness.

“Thank goodness you’re here!” Rose said hurriedly, as she rushed up to Rey. “I can’t handle this crowd on my own anymore.”

Rose and Rey had both signed up with an agency to serve drinks and canapés at the birthday party of a rich young couple. Rose was another dear friend and colleague, and she couldn’t function without her.

“Do I look alright ?” questioned a anxious Rey.

She knew these kind of party were full of rich men with money to burn. They wouldn’t think twice about slipping $100 into her pocket if they could slip her something else first they would.

“Yes, you look beautiful, but are you feeling all right? You look a bit flushed.” Rose took a step back and examined Rey from head to toe. “Maybe it’s because I rushed to get here. I hate being late. I’m so sorry Rose.” Rey apologized to her friend.

But Rose wasn’t convinced that was the case. Rey’s scent was always sweet and luscious like strawberry short cake , but right now it was so strong she could scent her from clear across the kitchen.

“ Hmm,” she wasn’t convinced. Rose turned away from Rey then came back with a tray of delicious looking Amuse- brioche, tiny open face sandwiches, and shrimp canapés.

Rey’s stomach growled as the mouthwatering scent wafted up to her nose. She had to skip her own meager dinner so she could feed all those rich asshole Alphas. She tried not to be jealous, but try as she might she was.

‘Here goes nothing ‘ she mumbled to herself as she stepped into the smoke-filled room.

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Rey and Rose went from one drunk, stoned person to another offering, small morsels and expensive alcohol to the ungrateful crowd.

They looked right through them as they went about their tasks, helping themselves to what they wanted without even a ‘thank you’.

Rey was just a nobody to them. Just a worker bee to swat away, if it got too close.

During the evening a women grabbed at a champagne glass and tipped the whole tray into Rey who is offering the drink. It’s soaked her thoroughly and she didn’t even say she was sorry. “Excuse me, ma’am,” apologized Rey as politely as she could even though it wasn’t her fault.

“ Watch what you’re doing!” the women hissed .” Why did they hire you? You’re so incompetent, I am so not giving you a tip!”

Rose was a little more lucky with tips from the alphas, but both girls had to endure vulgar comments and lewd offers.

Kylo Ren was deep in serious conversation with his employee Hux when the scent of strawberry shortcake hit him square in the face. His eyes immediately focused on a young omega in a sexy waitress uniform.

His eyes dilated, his heart began to pound wildly in his chest, along with suddenly aching cock.

Was she some part of the entertainment? He wouldn’t mind a lap dance from that sweet piece of omega ass. He wasn’t so out of it that he didn’t notice the effect she had on him.

Hux also noticed him noticing her.

He waved a hand in front of his face, but Kylo swipe it away. It wouldn’t let those luscious looking tits get away. It was his birthday after all and didn’t he deserve a good lay once in a while ?

He sat back watching her make her rounds, impatiently waiting for her to come up to him, but for some strange reason she avoided his table. This he could not stand.

Then, when he heard her cry out a loud ‘ ouch ‘ as someone pinched her too hard, he jumped up and in two strides pulled the bastard out of his seat and sent him crashing to the floor.

“Keep your hands of what’s mine !” He howled.

The little omega, in the sexy waitress uniform, gasped out loud then quickly dashed away, obviously embarrassed by the scene.

Kylo saw her disappear out of the corner of his eye, and followed right behind her. He was his chance and he was going to take it.

Rey hid in the bathroom and tried to calm her self.

What just happened? Why did this always happen to her? ‘Get a grip Rey.’ She told herself. ‘It’s no big deal.’

But then,

Crash… Suddenly the door flew open, and there stood a larger than life alpha. She gasped as she saw the look in his feral eyes, the pupils blown wide with lust.

She had been avoiding him all night. there was just something about him that was terrifying, and alluring at the same time. She felt like there was something pulling her towards him.Invisible but tangible just the same.

She had been trying not to stare at him but she felt drawn to him, to his unusually handsome face and wind swept black hair.

He was definitely her type. All the other men she had been attracted to were tall dark and broodingly handsome.

Now here he was standing in front of her, looking like he had just run a marathon.

His breath was erratic, his wide shoulders heaving. But the most embarrassing to her was the obviously wet spots on the front of his trousers.

Then to her horror, her mating gland began to sweetly throb and slick gushed down her legs.

How was she going to hide her reaction to him? It was fucking impossible.

“Who are you?” He manages to ask through gritted teeth. “Do you know what your doing to me? My god omega you’ve triggered my rut!”

Rey was momentarily rendered speechless as she shook her head ‘no’. She looked up into his wild ferocious eyes that were as black as night and finally found her voice.

She trembled in fear as she tried to explain, “No , that can’t be possible. I’m on the maximum dosage. I can’t…. You can’t…”

The last words died on her lips as the tiny bathroom suddenly became even smaller. Kylo loved the game of cat and mouse and she was a juicy little tidbit.

“But you are in a heat. I can tell by your scent. No one else could tell but I could. That must mean we’re compatible.”

He smiled wickedly and Rey knew what was about to happen.

Were her suppressants so ineffective that she now has to fight off a horny Alpha? She couldn’t be in a heat, she would be able to tell wouldn’t she?

Oh god, this wasn’t going to end well. She knew what she had to do but did she have the strength to do it?

“How about a birthday shag?” He grabbed her around the waist and pulled her roughly into his hard chest. “What do you say pretty Omega? My tips are generous.”

And with that disgusting proposition, she recovered enough to knee him in his tender balls. She heard her costume rip as her knee connected with his soft sack.co

Kylo roared out in pain and doubled over, giving Rey enough room to squeeze past him and escape. She had to get out of there before he recovered and came looking for her again and this time get revenge for the missed opportunity to claim her.

She ran so fast and her tears were so hot that she forgot to stop and get her pay for the night.
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Kylo staggered out of the bathroom cursing under his breath and holding his crotch. And ready to kill if anyone got to close.

That easy piece of ass wasn’t so easy after all and his balls were paying the price.

Well, might as well find Bazine and work his frustrations out on her. She wasn’t his first choice of his for this ill timed rut , but she was better than suffering thru it.

He swayed back and forth as he tried to get to her room. Had they left the dock already or was he still so inebriated that he couldn’t walk a straight line?

He didn’t feel drunk enough so he grabbed a half empty bottle of whiskey and downed it in one gulp. But it wasn’t enough. He still needed something to dull the pain. Another bottle found it’s way into his shaking hands. Now where was his wife?

Kylo wasn’t one for smooth talking or quiet entrances. He slammed the door open and saw two people doing the nasty on his bed.

Bazine was riding Hux with wild abandon,his hand’s squeezed her bare breast while the other stroked her clit.

They didn’t even look up to see who had ungraciously walked in on them.They were too busy to notice the raging Alpha in the doorway.

Kylo let out a feral cry that would frighten the fish beneath his feet. It took him exactly five strides to reach Bazine , then push her off her lover. She fell off the bed in an inelegant heap.

“What do you think you are doing?” It was Bazine not Kylo who screeched those angry words. Long ago they had made a deal that they could sleep with anyone they chose.

Theirs was not a true marriage in the sense of the word. More like a merge of large bank accounts that suited them both.

So why would he be angry that she would hook up with someone. She was just too beautiful to keep all the other men away. Didn’t she deserve a good time as well?

“Hux!” Kylo roared again when he saw who his wife was boinking. He yanked him off the mattress and punched him square in the jaw.

Well, Hux knew he was going to be fired but what the hell. He didn’t care for that kind of treatment and slugged him right back.

“Let’s take this outside.” Kylo growled.

“Gladly.” Hux growled back. His Alpha-ness making him bold.

The air outside was brisk and cold as the ship bobbed up and down on the waves. The party was over and the ship had left the harbor but was still within sight of the dock.

Kylo took the first swing which missed its mark. Hux laughed at the poor attempt at cleaning his clock. Kylo swung again and Hux dodged the massive fist. How it was possible Hux would never know. Bless the rocking ship for saving his precious face.

Now it was his turn . He was going to wipe the floor with this guy.

It only took one good clean swipe. Kylo blinked twice…. stumbled backwards, then felt the world tip on its side as he fell down ….down….down into the dark depths of the ocean.

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‘You are subconsciously entwined with my soul. You’ve awakened every part of me. My light , my darkness, and finally my higher self.
I feel like I’m not a part of this world but more of you or our world.’ by Miguel Angel

“Rey, what’s wrong? What happened?” Maz dropped her knitting needles in her lap when she saw the ripped uniform and tear stained face of her darling Rey.

She was sitting in the living room knitting a baby blanket for Padme’ when Rey came thundering into the house. The children were thankfully all asleep. She couldn’t handle the endless questions or them begging for her undivided attention right now.

She was in to much of a foul mood to give out hugs and kisses and wouldn’t want to hurt their tender feelings.

“Maz , it was terrible.” She said through trembling lips, and shaking hands.

“ Come sit down dear and tell old Maz what happened and I’ll tell you what it meant.”

She put a comforting arm around the distraught young woman’s shoulders to show her undying affection and support.

Maz believed herself a medium of sorts and a interpreter of dreams, and if Rey needed guidance Maz was always there to steer her in the right direction.

Rey looked down at the diminutive motherly woman and let the awful events of the evening spill out.

“Well, everything was going fine, you know, the stuff I expected to happen, happened. The same old thing. The rude comments and pinches. I was handling it Okay, until one guy actually followed me into the bathroom.”

Maz’s eyes narrowed in sympathy. She knew how beautiful Rey was. And an un mated Omega was always going to attract attention. Some good attention, some not.

“ He must have been completely tanked. He wanted me to do things to him. Revolting things. He offered to pay me to go down on him.”

A warm hand covered Rey’s icy cold one. “Oh my dear I’m so sorry. That should never happen but it does. Did you do the trick I taught you?”

“ Yes and it worked. But Maz I ran out so fast to get away from him I …..I …..I forgot to get my pay.”

“Rey, honey, it’s okay. We will be just fine.”

She shook her head, not all together convinced that it was. “ But Maz , he said I triggered his rut. He said I was in heat. I couldn’t be. Could I? My damn blockers don’t work.”

Rey went to bed that night miserable and scorching hot, her skin felt like it was burning from the inside out.

She vowed out loud to the shadowy cracks in the ceiling that if she he ever saw that tall, dark, infuriatingly handsome Alpha again should make his life miserable. Just as miserable as she felt right now.

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Kylo Ren was lucky to be alive.

Okay, to be fair maybe it wasn’t luck. Maybe he was just so nasty and mean that even the sharks avoided him. If they try to take a nibble, they would have spat him back out, not enjoying the flavor of a grumpy growling Alpha.

He floated around, kicking and screaming until he bumped into a fishing trawler, and an unfortunate fisherman scooped him out of the water.

Geez, he was heavy. Must have swallowed a gallon of seawater.

He woke up later in a regional hospital, wearing a god awful dressing gown that was too breezy in the back and absolutely no idea where he was or even who he was.

“ Can you tell us why you were floating around in the ocean wearing a tuxedo?” The authorities asked him more than once. He was too grumpy and confused to answer.

Mr. John Doe immediately lost his cool and threw his hospital breakfast, consisting of runny eggs, and under toasted wheat bread across the room, startling a young orderly.

He was madder than a hungry hammerhead shark. His mind felt fuzzy and sluggish . How did he end up in the water? Why was he wearing an expensive tuxedo?

He had no answers. He just wanted to get out of this place and back to his normal life…. Where ever that was. He put up a good fight but

truthfully, he was scared shitless.

“I have no idea.” This made no sense. He ran a large hand through his thick black hair, which was a nervous habit of is .

His mind spun and swirled wildly in confusion. A sense of powerlessness engulfed him as he fell back against the thin pillow. What was he going to do now?

He felt like literally tearing someone limb from limb.

How long will he have to stay here in this crazy nut house. He had been moved to the psychiatric ward because that’s where they treated the criminally insane.

No one wanted to be near him for fear of dismemberment. No nurse wanted to serve him his meals in case he decided he didn’t like creamed peas and meatloaf, and launch it at their heads!

The hospital staff were all waiting for the blessed day when someone would wonder where he disappeared to and take him away. But after a week, they had no choice, but to put his picture on the news. Then they all prayed for deliverance.

***** warning very explicit sexual dream scene ******

Rey endured her heat alone. She hadn’t had one in months. Her blockers always seem to work until she was in the presence of him!

Her vibrator helped a little, but it just wasn’t enough. She craved the insistent, wandering hands and hot, passionate kisses of an Alpha. She craved a thick cock buried in the depths of her needy pussy. Rey felt a empty hollow feeling deep in her core and bit her pillow with frustration, and tried not to scream.p>

God, when was the last time she’s been kissed? She didn’t want to think much on that depressing subject so she closed her eyes and tried to get some rest before the next wave of excruciating pain hit her.

She tossed and turned pitifully on her bed, and drifted into a fitful slumber……

She was in a room full of people they were laughing and drinking and having a good time. Smoking heavily in the air as she made her rounds, offering glasses of champagne and whiskey to people who looked right through her like she was nothing.

Then, as she walked past an Alpha who was deep in conversation, her nose picked up his scent. It was warm and buttery and scrumptious. Her mouth watered until she had to swallow.

As she walked away, she snuck a glance over her shoulder. Yes, he was definitely watching her. He couldn’t take his eyes off of her all evening and she was having the same trouble it seemed .

He was agitated and fidgety. He couldn’t wait much longer before it would be unbearable. He needed her now!

His eyes followed her as if she was his prey and he the predator. She must have felt something. Sensed his mood. So why was she nervous ?

She was deliberately avoiding him. She must smell his interest, so why was she not more accommodating?

Had he picked up on her scent she wondered? She had only to wait a moment before she knew.******

The dream shifted and wavered and then…..

His scent filled her nose, even more when he loomed over her in the small bathroom. But she wasn’t frightened. No, she felt safe and protected. He smelled even more luscious close-up. All maple syrup and crisp bacon. It was pure heaven to her. How was she going to resist it? She couldn’t.

Her omega tingled and throbbed with unfulfilled desire as he spoke. “ How about a birthday present l little Omega?” His his voice is deep and dark, and she felt herself slip into something magical.

“ No, this will not be a birthday present. This will be a gift. I want to do this. I want you.” She looked longingly into his black eyes and demanded,”Lock the door.”

He obeyed.

Like greased lightning she was on him. Tugging and grabbing at his clothes. Then the searing and scorching of hungry lips and tongues.

She pulled back, her hazel eyes hungry with desire. They both were panting heavily, greedily staring at each other.

She tore her eyes away from his face, and looked down to his shirt. This needed to be removed immediately. Buttons went popping and scattered across the tile floor. His pale exposed flesh was there….inviting and all hers for the taking.

It felt so silky on her tongue. So mouthwateringly delightful. His nipples were like tiny, sweet cherries, and she was curious to know what the rest of him tasted like.

Her appetite for his flesh was insatiable , so why not continue on downward? As far as she could go.

She only had to hear his shuddering gasps and the grunts of pleasure for her to go further. Explore all of his luxurious terrain.

Down, down, down past his chiseled chest to his tight abs. She lingered there until he moans louder, and there was no doubt what he needed from her.

His Alpha needed releasing.It needed to roar!

This was something she rarely did, but she instinctively knew what to do. Carefully, she pulled the top button of his trousers open, then took the zipper between her fingers and pull it down.

By then, Kylo had to hold onto the sink to prevent from sliding to the floor. She was perfect, doing everything he needed and more and now she was going to get a mouthful.

Gently, she reached in and pulled out his prodigious length. With one hand, Kylo helped her pull his pants down around his hips. She saw on his skin what appeared to be a tattoo in the shape of a Sun with bursts of solar rays. Or could it have been a bite? There was no glands there . How strange.

But she was currently involved with what was now laying heavily in her hands to care much.

She felt his hand cup the back of her head to urge her forward. Again, her nose detected his scent. But this time with a musky, masculine scent that was coming from the top of his leaking cock.

‘Lick it’ her Omega urged her. ‘Suck it. Give him what he wants. Give him what he needs from his Omega.’

She parted her lips and darted her pink tongue in it out. Just barely touching the tender sensitive tip.

He groaned loudly, throwing his head back as the pleasure mounted. Luckily for them the party outside was loud enough to block out the sound of it was happening in the locked bathroom.

Kylo wasn’t going to be quiet, not when he was having the best time of his life.

“More” He demanded. “I need all of it in your sweet, hot mouth.”

And like an obedient Omega, she obeyed. Taking him deeply, rubbing her tongue over the ridges of his member, then up to the ruby red tip again.

“ Is this all right Alpha? Am I doing it to your liking alpha?” She whispered these questions between swipes of her talented tongue.

He could only nod. Yes, yes. It was perfect. She looked like an indecent flower with her drool dribbling down her chin. Obscene and glorious. Absolutely stunning.

But what should she do with her other hand? Currently it was holding tightly to his right thigh. She could feel the hard muscle shiver and quake under her fingertips. She let go and dipped her hand deep in his pants and pulled out his impressively large stack.

It needed attention as well. Wouldn’t want it to get jealous.

She molded it and squeezed gently until the sounds of his labored breathing became erratic. He was close very close to reaching his destination. His climax.

Then she pushed him over the edge with one more swipe of her tongue over the slit of his Alpha.

He roared at his pleasure into the air, filling her mouth with his spend. She gratefully swallowed, then licked the tip clean the delicious cum.

Kylo then collapsed in a heap of shaking limbs on the cold tile floor.

After the stars stopped popping in front of his vision he grabbed her and pulled her close. “That was unbelievable. Let me pay you for the honor of being in that incredible mouth of yours.”

“The pleasure was all mine,Alpha . No, I won’t take your money no ….no ….no …no.”

Rey slowly woke up in a cold sweat and hot slick cooling between her legs. The bedsheets were ruined.

All she could do was curl in on herself. This was the most vivid sex dreams had ever had a dream starring him!

But that was all it was. A just a wet dream brought on by her heat.

Her pussy was aching with unmet needs, and her poor breasts throbbed with pain.

Then she could only do one thing. She screamed out all her frustrations into an unsympathetic pillow, then wept bitter tears.

What would Maz say if she told her about the dream? Should she? It was so embarrassing. But Maz would understand and help her make sense of it.

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Rey stumbled into the kitchen, wincing as the morning light came pouring in from a grubby window.

She thought that the dirt and grime of a window would block out most of the sunlight, but not true. Enough came through to cause blinding pain to Rey’s throbbing temples.

Maz handed her a cup of hot coffee and offered a sympathetic smile.

“ Rough night honey?” Mas questioned. But she only had to take one look at Rey to know the poor girl was miserable.

Rey picked up Padme’ out of her playpen and kissed her downy cheek. The toddler giggled and excitedly waved her pudgy hands when her mother put her in her highchair.

Rey loved this little girl more than life itself. Too bad her father was a complete imbecile. How Maz could be the mother of one of the worst men on the planet. She’d never know.

Like a whirlwind, the two boys came running into the kitchen, chaos in their wake.

“ Grandma Maz, is breakfast ready yet?” Darth sniffed at the delicious scent of scrambled eggs and sausage, wafting through the air as they cooked.

At 11 years old, he was growing like a weed and needed to be fed every hour on the hour.

His younger brother Anakin was Darth’s shadow. He looked up to him as the only father figure in his life. If Darth did it, then it was okay.

“ Soon, you little hellions.Now going to the living room until I say it’s ready. Your mother and I need to talk.”

They scampered off and Rey could hear commercial jingles as Anakin turned on the TV looking for Saturday morning cartoons.

She turned and put Padme’ back in her playpen. Then looked at Maz as if the world was turning upside down, sitting heavily on the kitchen chair.

She gathered her courage and let it tumble out.

“ Maz, I had the most scandalous dream. He and I, you know the one that cornered me in the bathroom.” She stopped to take a deep breath. “We did things.”

Maz nodded, looking at Rey in sympathy,urging her to unburden her mind. Rey, wisely left out the finer details of her erotic dream. She didn’t want Maz’s heart to stop./p>

“ But this dream… It was so real. And I was a willing participant. I did things to him that I’ve never done before. And I liked it.”

Maz remained quiet, as she contemplated the dream. “My dear, don’t worry, so. It was just a dream, a very vivid dream, brought on by your Heat. Perhaps in your subconscious you may have….”

But Rey stopped her before she could say ‘you may have wanted it to be real.’

“no way Maz, no way!”

This wasn’t helping so she picked up her coffee cup and went into the living room to stop a argument between her two sons.

Maz was wonderful in so many ways but she didn’t want to be told she needed a man. She wanted to go to school and learn criminology. She would love to put all the assholes of the role behind bars.

Rey walked in just as Anakin burts out with, “ you’re not the boss of me! I’d rather kiss a toilet seat!”

Darth took him at his word and marched him into the bathroom with a, “I can arrange that.” Rey sighed as her two rascals stomped down the hall.

Then, as if her morning, couldn’t get any worse, there was a break in the cartoons. What she saw on the TV screen sent cold shivers down her spine.

There he was scowling at her. . He was not at all happy to have a camera taking a photo of him.

“ And this just in our local news… A man was pulled from the water very early Wednesday morning. He has spent the last three days in the local regional Hospital.”

Rey gasped as she saw the face of the man in her erotic sex dream. Suddenly she lost her grip on her coffee cup and it spilled all over the threadbare carpet and splashed on her toes.

“ It seems that he has amnesia and cannot recall his name and why he was found in the ocean wearing a tuxedo. If anyone knows identity of this man it would be a great help if you could come and claim him. He is causing a great deal of problems and the hospital staff would like to discharge him as soon as possible.”

“ Oh my God!” She gasped. “That’s him, Maz come here. That’s the jerk who…”

Maz moved as quickly as her old legs could move and just saw his face before the news switched back to the cartoon.

Poor Darth and Anakin ran into the room just and just stared open mouthed at their crazy mother when she began screaming at the TV.

“Rey dear, This can’t be an accident. This was meant to happen. You must go to him.”

“ excuse me? He tried to…”

“No Rey, this is how you could win. He doesn’t know who he is. He won’t recognize you. Go and say you’re his wife.”

Maz only take a moment to think of a believable story. “Say he’s an eccentric. He likes to dress up in all kinds of costumes. He goes off for days at a time. You were so worried.You don’t know why he was found in the water.”

“ But Maz….”

“Rey, this is how you could make up for your lost wages. Get him to do a few handyman things around the house. Then kick him out.”

“Here, take my wedding ring.” Maz slipped her band off of her finger and placed it in Rey’s palm. “Now we just need to think up a convincing story.”

*********

Oh, it was great to be rich.

No matter where the money comes from, as long as Bazin could have thunder from down under hunks working on her fingers and toes, she was a happy woman.

Life was wonderful without her distracted, grumpy husband, tying her down. His job as a hitman to one of the most dangerous mob bosses never bothered her much. As long as her lifestyle was properly funded, the money could come from the devil himself.

She wouldn’t care.

Kylo must have had a job dispatching one of Snokes many enemies soon after the party. Sometimes he just left without saying a goodbye or see you later. Snoke would call him and he would take off in the helicopter at his bidding.

But no.

The helicopter was right there on the landing pad. He must’ve gotten off some other way soon after his party because he never came back from the fight with Hux.

“ This cream on my face feels gross,wipe it off now!” She complain to her personal assistant. Baz couldn’t be bothered cleaning up her own face, she might mess up her manicure fingers.

This was a daily ritual for Bazine. A Mani Pedi, and a facial, but it was hopeless. She was just not aware of it. The damage had already been done.

Wrinkles and a double chin were just weeks away.

When the phone rang she screamed, “Answer it. Can’t you see I’m busy!” The overworked underpaid assistant answer the phone then handed it over.

“Ma’am, it’s for Mr. Solo.”

Shit, it must be Snoke. She took the phone from her assistant and hoped for the best. “Hello Mr. Snoke, it’s a pleasure to hear from you.”

Not.

His nasally twang, mixed with evil henchman tones, assaulted her delicate ears. “ I need to speak to Kylo.”

“Um,” she needed to think of an excuse quickly and make it good. “Oh, he’s not here. I thought he was with you.” Lame, but it worked .

“He isn’t. I need him to tell me the security code for one of my bank accounts. he’s the only one I trusted with it. I needed it yesterday and if you don’t dig him up in less than 24 hours, I will cut off your funds and instead of champagne and caviar on a yacht you’ll be eating peanut butter and jelly in a trailer park!”

“ Yes Mr.Snoke , I’ll find him ASAP.” Bazine slammed the phone down and yell for Hux. She needed to find out the last known spot Kylo was last seen. Then hire detected to look under every rock and bridge for him.

Eventually, he was found and Bazine, the dutiful and loyal wife that she wasn’t, took one look at him yelling at a doctor through two way mirror and exclaimed that she never seen him in her entire life.

Snoke would just have to find himself a new attack dog on the leash. All she would have to tell him is that Kylo left her without a forwarding address.

She still had Hux to keep her in furs and caviar. And if Snoke ever came poking around, well she would not think about that right now.

“Mr. Ren has left me. Let’s celebrate!”

Chapter Text

He paced back and forth like a caged animal.

Kylo growled like a irritated tiger at another inmate of the psychic ward, just because the man had the audacity to burp. The poor guy had enough sense to scurry away before anything worse could be inflicted on him.

The tall, dark, brooding alpha walked around the large common room the other inmates congregated for their leisure time. But there was nothing relaxed about how he was feeling at the moment.

No, he felt like a feral animal on the prowl. He could sense something was about to change. The shift in the air as he sniffed. It was coming closer. He just had to wait a little longer. He’d have to endure this hell hole and the dregs of society just a little bit longer.

The older nurses were scared to death of him, while the younger ones couldn’t help thinking how invitingly attractive he was.

If he wasn’t so explosive, they wouldn’t mind talking him to their home continuing his ‘therapy’.

What was left for him now? The doctor said his memory might come back in time. It was hard to say. But Mr. John Doe was fine medically speaking and need to find someplace else to live. He couldn’t stay indefinitely at the hospital.

What was left of his life looked bleak indeed.

***********

It was easier than she expected.

Rey raced into the psychiatric ward, breathless and windblown. She needed to act the part of a frantic wife who’s missing husband had just been found.

“ I’m here to collect my husband” she said impatiently. Her hands shook ever so slightly, and she had to hide them in her coat pockets.

Security guard looked her up and down. She looks normal enough, nothing too strange about her, except that she was here to claim the resident troublemaker.

He was astonished that there was someone in existence that would claim that monster. After he came back to his senses, he asked, “could you please tell us his name so we can fill out the necessary paperwork to get rid off , oh I meant to say ….release him?”

“ Ben Solo.” Rey had just a time on her way to the hospital to come up with a good name.

“I am his wife Rey Solo. I’ve been so worried about him. He usually goes off by himself you know, to go fishing or a long walk, but this time he was gone for way too long. I thought he found another woman or something.” She chuckled humorously at that trying to sound convincing.

The guard just nodded, easily buying into her story. “Just a minute, hopefully he’ll recognize you. Here’s what was on him when he was fished out of the water. “. he handed her an envelope containing a very expensive looking watch.

“Wait over there while I go around him up.”

Rey sat down on a metal chair that felt like sitting on pins and needles. Suddenly she began second-guessing this whole charade.

What if he recognized her as the waitress from the yacht? What was the worse that could happen? She would just tell the guard his real name and leave. No harm done right?

What is this going to work? Would he expect more than just a platonic relationship when she says he is her husband, then refuse him entry to her bedroom?

Was this going to go sideways if his memory returns? She hope to God it didn’t.

But really, she couldn’t have cared less what happens to him. He could rot in here forever as far as she was concerned.

She just wanted to use him for whatever she could get out of him then toss him to the curb. She wanted revenge for what he had done to her.

Rey looked down the sterile hallway, where the guard disappeared and tapped her foot impatiently. Why was this taking so long? She was ready to say forget it and run back home when something unexpected happened.

His scent reached her nose before she saw the rest of him.

Damn, it smelled mouthwateringly divine. Crips bacon and Maple syrup. All buttery and delicious.

Like nothing she’d ever smelled before on any alpha. She would happily or roll around in it, bathe in it, and bottle it up for later. Her glands throbbed in anticipation for something to happen.

And then, there he was. Something sizzled in the air as their eyes met undetectable to anyone else but them.

She noticed in his darkly handsome face, something that made her insides twist with pity. And oddly enough… Longing.

To her, he looks so sad and lost, like an abandoned puppy that no one wanted. But that mournful look was gone in a heartbeat, replaced by something else, something vaguely familiar.

Recognition of a mate or a pull of something between Alpha and his Omega . Something nearly impossible to ignore.

But she must ignore it. For the sake of her healed heart. She couldn’t fall in love again. It would be the ruin of her.

So she smiled and said the first thing that came to her mind, “Hello Ben, I’m so glad you’re okay.” oh gosh, that sounded pathetically weak, but she was failing miserably at keeping her composure.

Why did she just want to jump on him and devour him whole ?

The erotic dream she had last night came flooding back to her in an embarrassing tidal wave. The memory of it caused her body to shake for an entirely different reason. Not from nerves but from……

Nope, no way.

Kylo Ren felt something shift and quiver inside of him, as he looked at this beautiful Omega woman claiming to be his wife. Her scent was a comforting balm that his Alpha craved, she smelt of sweet ripe strawberries and thick cream.

Suddenly the frustrated anger that had always been there was now gone.

Like a cleansing baptism, he felt renewed. Given another chance at life. He had turned into Ben Solo.

Something had awakened in his soul and cried out for her. He had found his home at last.

The surreal moment was broken when the guard asked Rey a question. Bringing her crashing back to Earth.

“We’d gladly let you take him off our hands, but since he came in without a wallet or ID, we need some other proof. Is there anything that you can tell us if you know him as your husband?”

Rey gulped. It was now or never. “Um, he has a tattoo on his left hip. It’s a sun with rays. It looks like it was put there to cover up a scar. I just don’t know how he got it a scar I mean.”

Ben guffawed at that. There was only one way to find out. She would have to know if he had a scar there if they had seen each other without clothing.

Had they?

He walked away and went behind the couch, then pull down the sweat pants he was wearing. Rey, of course, is ready to swear at the sound of his, “Well, I’ll be damned, she’s right.”

Now here’s where the fun begins.

Chapter Text

There wasn’t much conversation on the drive back home. Just tentative glances from Rey and awkward, fidgeting in the passenger seat by Ben.

What was she supposed to say to him? Welcome home? We all missed you so much? Those words died on her tongue before the past to her lips.

The man sitting next to her in her beat up Dodge pick up truck was the last person she wanted to invite into her home. But she knew regretfully, that she could use a man about the place.

She chanced another sidelong glance at him and try to hide her growing interest. She couldn’t help a small smile that crept across her lips just the same.

He looks ridiculous, but maddeningly sexy.

His tuxedo was ruined, and he certainly couldn’t go home wearing it. So a social worker, sympathetic to his plight, had dug through a box of donated clothing, and found a happy yellow T-shirt with a smiling emoji and sweatpants for him.

Unfortunately, the sweatpants was too short and the T-shirt too tight. It pulled across his broad chest, his tiny nipples peeking out tantalizingly, and the sleeves fit snuggly around his biceps.

Now Rey was fighting the urge to rip the shirt off and have a good look at what lay underneath. All Alpha muscle and Alpha strength.

She felt her Omega struggle with this unsettling new development. It was telling her things she didn’t want to hear right now. Things like, ‘don’t you want to do his bidding? make him happy? He can make you feel good. You haven’t had an Alpha touch you in a very long time. Its been an eternity since you’ve had a man in your bed.’

Not this guy. Never! She just needed to stick to her plan and make him her slave.

Maz was right. He could be useful practically speaking.

There was jobs that Darth could do like more the lawn, and do the dishes, but some he was just too young to tackle. And this guy was big enough and strong enough to do some hard physical labor.

Ben looked approvingly at the woman driving a truck. Here out in the daylight, she was more beautiful now than back at the hospital.

He could get a better look now without the harsh glare of neon lights and ugly green walls.

Her long brown hair blew away from her face in the wind from the open window. He noticed how it curled at the ends.

When they stoped for a red light, she sat patiently, looking straight ahead. It afforded him a chance to study her profile. He quite liked her up turned nose and smooth skin that was free of makeup. She was a natural beauty.

He appreciated that for some reason he couldn’t understand.

The view from the truck window changed dramatically when they pulled into the driveway of her home. It was more like a small cottage with a sagging roof and a broken screen door.

Weeds grew everywhere and toys and junk littered the ground.

Did he really live here? This place was a disaster zone. He couldn’t wait to see what was waiting for him inside. Most likely a typhoon had touched down in there.

They walked into the house and Ben looked around and was surprised to see that it was not well furnished but clean.

The living room had a few sticks of furniture . There was a small TV and an old record player. Also a lumpy couch and a bookcase with odd knickknacks, books and children’s toys.

There was a fireplace that looked like it hadn’t seen a fire in it in ages. Just cold ash and grime. The view of the kitchen wasn’t much either. A kitchen table and chairs and an antique looking fridge and wood burning stove.

A delicious scent was coming from the oven and his stomach growled. He hadn’t had a good meal in ages. He was so sick of hospital food whatever was cooking, he’d eat every bite.

Rey stood next to him and said apologetically, “ I know it doesn’t look like much but we just moved here a few months ago so a lot of our stuff got lost”. She looked around the shabby room trying to hide her embarrassment.

But it shouldn’t matter to her what the room look like as long as there was a roof over her children’s heads. To him it looks as if they couldn’t afford anything nice or new.

“ So,” Rey continued , trying to break the tension she felt between them, “I guess you don’t remember anything, but we have three kids, Darth is eleven, Anakin is eight and Padme who’s eighteen months.”

“ oh, and your mother lives with us.” Rey smiled fondly. The first real smile Ben had seen on her face. This Maz lady must be something special to her.

Something wasn’t quite right. It was unnaturally quiet.

Where in the heck were the boys? Did Maz hide them away? She hope Maz had talked to the two rascals about their pretend daddy that was coming home with their mother.

As if on cue,Maz came out of the kitchen, little Padme riding on her hip. For only four foot eleven and her and in her sixties, Maz was quite strong and capable.

“ look Mom I brought back your long lost son.” Rey hoped she didn’t sound fake. This had to be convincing.

It was almost comical when Mazz tried to give the big, burly, Alpha a welcome home hug. Ben stood well over 6 feet tall, and his ‘mother’ barely came up to his elbow.

So this woman is my mom, he thought to himself . Weird.

Maz handed the girl over to her mother. “And this is your daughter Padme’.”

Ben looked at the toddler, trying to remember anything about her. This was just so bizarre. The child should at least smell like his father, but she didn’t.

Did something happen to his sense of smell along with his memory loss?

The child had a tuft of shiny auburn hair and chubby cheeks that begged to be kissed . Neither he or Rey had red hair. Maybe someone back in Rey’s family history had red hair? This was too much too soon.Suddenly he felt woozy. This was his baby?

“I need to sit down.” Ben felt woozy and his knees buckled. Rey held out the baby to him to hold on his lap. He took the child hesitantly, then looked at her more carefully. She was just as beautiful as her mother.

“ Maz, where are the boys? They need to be here to greet their father.” Rey noticed that the resident whirling Dervishes were no where to be seen.

“ they’re on their way home from school.” Maz answered . “They should be home any minute now.”

Maz took a good look at the ‘villain’ sitting on the couch, assessing his character.

How strange she thought. This Alpha couldn’t have done all those awful things to Rey.

He seems so quiet and kind. Look at him holding Padme’. He looks like he was born to be a father, and there was something definitely there between Rey and Ben. There was chemistry. They looked so good together, like they were made for each other. They just couldn’t see it yet.

He had been in the house for less than 15 minutes and he seemed to belong there. He felt comfortable. Confused but comfortable.

A few moments later, the boys came running in, backpacks thrown on the floor. They created quite a ruckus. Maz gasped. They had tracked mud through the living room, on their mad dash to the refrigerator.

“You little scoundrels!I just mopped the floor?” Maz lovingly scolded the two boys. “Your father just got home and now he’s going to have to clean up after you.”

“ come back in here and say hello to him.” Maz had marched up to Anakin and grab the back of his shirt.

“ no… No! you can’t make me.” The boy squirmed to get free.

Needless to say, it wasn’t a tearful reunion on the boys parts. Darth set a quick. “Hi dad” then ran to his room and Anakin just stared up at him.

“What’s wrong with them?” Ben asked, perplexed at his son’s behavior.

“ it will take some time for them to get used to you again.” Rey explained when Ben looked at her askance, then shrugged his shoulders in acceptance.

“Ben, you were always gone you know, on your truck driving job.”

He didn’t know. It was maddening not to remember something so simple. Would his memory ever come back?

That seemed like the perfect story. He was a truck driver gone for weeks at a time on jobs that took him miles away. Away from his family and her.

But now it was time to get back to normal. She explained that he would take time off between jobs to be a Mr. Mom do odd jobs around the house. He looked around again and took in his surroundings.

Apparently he had been gone a long time. He would have many more questions to ask her but family life came first.

Rey helped Maz cook dinner while the boys did their homework. Ben was handed a mop and told to clean up the mud.

Why did it feel like he never done this before? He had no idea how to do it. Darth felt guilty for making the mess and helped his father before it was time to clean up for dinner.

“ Ben, son, we’re having meatloaf for dinner your favorite.”

Like he imagined, it was delicious. Maz was pleased as punch when he took another slice of meatloaf and loaded his plate with more mashed potatoes and carrots

Maz had made a homemade chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream for dessert. Yeah, he could be happy here.

“ To welcome you home Ben.” Mars gave him the biggest slice and added vanilla ice cream for good measure. Well, she could spoil him. He will need his strength for later.

Ben just sat back and listen to the banter between Rey and her sons about who would win the next Super Bowl. The Chiefs or the 49ers she gave up on the discussion when the boys ran off to watch tv.

“ that’s weird” he said to Rey. “ These kids didn’t even argue about the rule on no TV until the homework is done.”

Rey got up then and came back to the table with a long list written on a piece of paper with a picture of a happy little bee buzzing around a flower.

“ Here. This is a ‘honey do’ list.” She thrust the list under his nose it read as follows:

Dishes
Vacuum
Clean fireplace
Chop wood
Fix leaky roof
Pick up all toys from yard
Weed yard front and back
Trim hedges
Balance checkbook
Fix screen door
Cook dinner so your mom can pick her feet up and anything else I might think of.

“ Well, after you do the dinner dishes you should get some sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day.” Rey turned on her heels and walked away. Her demeanor changed from companionable and fun to cold , harsh and demanding.

“Maz has made up the couch for you to sleep on.” Rey yelled over her shoulder as she left the kitchen.

“Hey, wait a minute!” He jumped out of his chair and chased her down the hallway but he wasn’t fast enough. As she slammed her bedroom door in his face.

Chapter Text

‘I’ll never forget the day you chose to walk through the door of my soul. And wrapped my delicate pieces within the strength of yours. Our closeness was instant bond so sure.’ Words by Jen.

The scent of freshly brewed coffee woke Ben from a restless nights slumber.

Trying to sleep… The operative word being ‘trying’ … on a lumpy, thin couch was almost impossible. Ben’s limbs hung over the sides of the thin stick of furniture, and it groaned when he attempted to roll over. Then he added his own pain filled groaning.

There was a lot of unpleasant, groaning between couch and man.

Maz had kindly given him a pillow, blanket and a ugly red, green and orange afghan to keep off the chill.

“ Made it myself.” She exclaimed proudly last night. She grinned as she bade him ‘goodnight’ and turned out the lights.

He had taken the offered bedding and had to make due with the damnable couch from Hell.

His toes and fingers kept getting stuck in the afghans many holes, and he woke in the middle of the night with an extremely painful cramp in his neck.

Why was he not sleeping with Rey? She said he was her husband. Didn’t husband share their wives beds or is he now living in an alternate universe were all men were damn to sleep on god-awful couches because they had amnesia?

He would demand an explanation in the morning. His Alpha should be shown the respect it deserves.

But when he pulled himself upright, his joints protested and he stumbled into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of ambition.(A/N author couldn’t stop herself from that one.) He found Maz standing at the kitchen counter, frying up bacon and eggs. The boys were eating quickly, so they wouldn’t miss the school bus.

“ where are the coffee mugs? He slurred sleepily. He yawned and took a cup Maz handed him.

“Careful, don’t spill.” Maz did sound like a mother, as if she knew he would be clumsy and make a mess. “Did you sleep well last night?”

She questioned with a twinkle in her eye. One look at him would have told her. “ I don’t think what I did was to be considered sleeping.”
Ben grumbled. “ why would she slam the door in my face? I don’t think I did anything wrong?”

Ben tried to rub the sleep out of his eyes and Maz felt a twinge of guilt for her part in this deception.

“Is she mad at me for doing something I don’t remember?” He asked mildly concerned. “Is she?

He looked across from where he was sitting at the kitchen table. His mother could now look him straight in the eye as she placed a plate full of bacon, eggs and toast in front of him.

She smiled and said, “ why don’t you ask her yourself when she gets home.” She placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. “ I don’t want to meddle in your marriage.”

Ben looked around and sniffed the air for her scent. No trace of strawberry shortcake and cream. She wasn’t even home.

“Where is she?”

Darth spoke up. “Duh, dad.she’s at work. Someone has to keep us in the lap of luxury.”

Ben felt a slight pang of conscience. Was all of this poverty because he was always gone? Didn’t truck drivers make good money?

“Ben can you help me with the boys lunches? Just anything you can throw into their lunch bags.”

He couldn’t remember cooking anything in his life beyond Top Raman so he plundered the pantry for what ever he saw first.

“Ah, dad. What are you doing?” Anakin grimaced when he saw what kind of sandwich his father was making. “I’m gonna hurl if I have to eat a peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwich.”

Maz rescues Anakins sandwich and turns it into a normal PB and J. Thank god for small miracles.

The boys ran to the bus when they heard the honking and Ben left the kitchen with Maz and the baby.

He looked around the mess in a blank stupor. What was he going to do now?

“Here ya go son.” Maz handed him the long Honey Do list that Rey had thrust at him last night.

Shit, he had forgotten about the list of jobs she needed done around the house and outside. What should he start with first?

The easiest.

Maz took Padme’ on a walk in her stroller, while Ben got started on the top of the list… Dishes.

OK this can’t be too difficult. People do it day every day. Ben filled up the sink with scalding hot water and added the dishes. He yanks his hand back as he dipped them in the hot water.

Yikes, maybe do the second thing on the list while the water cools. Yes , great idea. Maz sure has been gone a long time. Ben glances at the clock. Damn, only 10 minutes. It felt like light years.

He’s search the house until he found an antique looking vacuum. He had no idea how to work the blasted thing.

He was at least half intelligent he told himself, I can figure out how to turn on a stupid damn vacuum. Finally, he did the vacuuming of the carpets and got to the dishes.

Dish water splish splashed everywhere. By then he was exhausted and sat down on the couch. The door cracked open, and Maz came in with Padme’

She shivered as she entered the living room.

“Burr it’s cold outside. Sure would be nice if that fireplace worked” Maz hinted strongly. She couldn’t have him laying about what Rey was to arrive home in just a few short minutes . What would she think?

“ How are you doing on the list?” Maz asked. She looked around and the place still looked dirty.

Ben didn’t want to let his mother down, so he got a broom and a dust pan.

“ how do I work this?” The desperate look in his eyes and the pleading in his voice, nearly melted the old ladies heart.

She wanted to be stern with him, but his distressed look pulled on her heartstrings. Maz told him the basics of cleaning then left him to change Padme‘s diaper.

Ben got straight to work cleaning and scrubbing the fireplace until you could eat off of it. If he was going to do something he’s never remember doing he was damn well glad to do it right.

By the time he was finished, he looks like he had rolled around in the cold, empty firebox using himself as the cleanser. He was a real Cinderella dude.

Ben stood back and admired his hard laborer. He was proud of himself as he saw not a speck of soot anywhere.
But a fireplace is not good with that wood to burn in it. So Ben went looking for an axe.

After searching through an old shed, full of spiders, and old discarded tools, he discovered a rusty axe and set to work.

He placed a log on top of an old tree stump and swung.

It took several attempts and a near miss to his toes, but finally he managed to cut a large log in two.

Crack!

This wasn’t so hard. He actually enjoyed the physical labor. He had a neat pile of wood ready and waiting to be burned.

Before long he was breaking a sweat, bit of moisture trickle down his face, and his midnight black hair stuck to his face and damp waves. He swept his hair out of his eyes so he could see but still, he felt overheated.

Ben shrugged off his shirt and continued with his chore.

On the other side of the house , Rey had come home and heard a commotion coming from the backyard. What was going on? There was the sound of someone chopping wood. She didn’t expect Ben to be working outside at all.

She imagined him lounging on the couch, sipping on whiskey and demanding Padme’ fetch him a thousand dollars so he could burn it in the fireplace.

She knew the boys would not be home for a while yet, so it could not be them.

What greeted her eyes when she turned the corner of the house stopped her in her tracks . A tall , shirtless Alpha male with muscles glistening in the setting January sun.

Suddenly, her throat went dry and her mating gland throbbed with such a overwhelming yearning it caused her to gasp out loud.

Ben stopped mid swing and turned to look in the direction of the sound.

Why couldn’t she run? Why were her feet protesting movement? And why couldn’t she tear her eyes off of his chest?

His eyes dilated until they were almost black and his Alpha growled deeply when he saw Rey standing there. ‘Yours’ he heard a voice say.

She looked throughly scandalized as she continued to gawk at him. He couldn’t help preening and puffing out his chest in pride.

It was totally understandable in front of a attentive but stunned Omega.

“ Isn’t there a shirt or a jacket or something you could put on?” She demanded,with a shaky voice. Still trying to look anywhere else, but at that large expanse of mouthwatering flesh.

“Why, don’t you like what you see?” He was enjoying her bashful ogling, but at the same time, wondered why she was so uncomfortable.

Shouldn’t she be running into his arms and kissing him to thank him for all the hard work he’s been doing?

She should show him her appreciation after all he’s done by offering herself to him in whatever way he demanded.

“I just… I just,” Rey stammered, her brain stuttered from trying to come up with something to say. He had sauntered up to her, and stood close enough for her nostrils to get a good sniff at all his alpha goodness.

“ don’t want you to catch a cold.” She finally blurted out loud. Looking at Ben’s eyes nearly cost her her calm composure.

Ben notice the pretty pink blush that colored her cheeks, and how she could not look him in the eye. She couldn’t hide her embarrassment. Not now with the way he was looking at her like she was the dessert before dinner.

“ I won’t. As long as you are around to help me warm up.” He purred her near her ear. An electric shiver zapped down Rey’s spine when his hot breath tickled her ear.

How did he get so close? One minute he was way over there dutifully chopping wood, next he was hovering over Rey like a hungry vulture.

She froze like a puddle in the middle of Siberia. There was nowhere to run and hide. No way she could look away.

His scent came more strongly to her nose. It calmed her which frightened her. This was not supposed to happen!

Now she was second-guessing this whole stupid plan.

She could not be attracted to this Alpha, it would ruin everything. It had only been one day, but the presence of a new Alpha had flipped Rey’s calm but lonely life upside down.

But she had to fight it. She would not risk her heart or the feelings of her children.

Oh, she was in for a bumpy ride.

Chapter Text

Three weeks later…..

Ben didn’t know how he managed.

Three weeks of sleeping on the couch. Three weeks of his needs being ignored, and his demands laughed at. By Rey at least.

When he demanded to know just why he wasn’t allowed in her room, she got upset and said that he snored and he took up the entire bed.

He like to sleep on the couch remember!

Now he could imagine why he would take odd jobs that would take him away for days at a time. She liked to argue and was not a typical clingy Omega who just wanted a mate and pups.

It frustrated him but he couldn’t remember why their situation was so different than the usual Alpha/Omega pairing.
Then he stoped asking questions. He’d be interrupted or a kid would need something and the question would be forgotten.

Fatherhood came naturally to him. He liked the boys and the little girl was so sweet. It just felt strange that none of them had his scent. But that was a taboo subject according to Rey so he dropped it.

Darth and Anakin had warmed up to him and asked him to play outside with them and to help them with school projects.

Rey was surprised when she came home to find the house in order and clean as a whistle. There was a cozy fire burning brightly in the fireplace and delicious aromas coming from the kitchen.

Maz was reading a book with her feet up, getting a well deserved break.

Then her heart had nearly burst when she beheld Padme’ on Ben’s lap, drinking out of her sippy cup. He was cuddling her so tenderly. He then tickled her little tummy until she giggled.

It was the most precious thing Rey had ever seen.

She felt mortified when her eyes began to sting with hot tears. This was what she was afraid of. She can’t want this. What was supposed to be a simple deception had now turned into a heart wrenching problem.

She was falling head over heals in love with the big creep!

When he glanced up at the sound of her sniffling their eye locked and held.

Maz , who was now watching this scene, saw what was happening and quickly got up . She took Padme’ out of Ben’s arms and mumbled,

“I’m going to go check on dinner.”

“Hello Rey, dinner is almost ready.” It was a simple ‘welcome home’ but the way in which he said it was just so…

It seemed as if the air had been sucked out of the room. She couldn’t breathe with him so close. What was wrong with her?

She looked down at her feet, trying to calm her emotions. When she dared to look at him again, he had moved from the chair and had walked over to her.

“ sorry, I just had a moment there. I guess I’m really tired from work.” She cleared her throat and began again. “I just wanted to thank you for taking care of the situation down at the school. Anakin can get in trouble a lot, and I hate that Principle.”

Ben had gone down to the school to defend his son from some nasty accusations.

The principal has said, some very cruel things. He thought what he did needed to be done to put that ugly bitch in her place.

The words the Principal said still upset him.

“Your son is a twiddler, a dreamer , a trouble maker. And I don’t think he takes anything in his academic career seriously!”

Ben kept staring at the Krakatoa sized mole on her face. He knew just how to handle her.

“He’s eight years old.” Ben said as calmly as he could , though he was seething inwardly. Who did she think she was,slandering his son when he had done any average eight year old would do. Maybe he was a little feisty like his mother, but still. “He’s my kid and I wouldn’t want him in any other way.”

Then reached into his pocket and pulled out a quarter. Here he tossed it across the desk. The wart on her ugly face was repulsive. “Here, take this and do us all a favor, and go downtown, and I have a rat gnaw that thing off your face.”

He enjoyed retelling Rey what had happened at the school….

“ it was funny actually to see the horrified expression on the old bats face.” Ben grinned. Rey couldn’t help but smile back.

But there was something not quite right with his Omega. He scented her and she was off. He needed to fix this. Then he got an idea.

It had been snowing all day and he had lit a fire. It was now warm and cozy in the living room, and no more leaky roof.

In the corner of the room sat Maz’s old record player. He turned on the machine and put the needle on a record.

‘ Misty’ by Johnny Mathis crooned out into the living room. “ This is one of my favorite songs” Rey admitted with a deep sigh. “it’s so romantic.”

Ben took the hint and stepped closer to Rey , placing one of her hands in his, and the other on his shoulder. Then he slowly danced her around the room until the song ended.

Rey was sure he could feel the pounding of her heart as their bodies pressed together. She couldn’t help another sigh that escaped her lips as she felt his hands go up and down her back.

She was getting more and more confused. She wanted to hit him, run away from him, make excuses for her cold and distant behavior,but he was making it impossible.

She knew his real identity and how rich he was was. Was it wrong for her to keep him from that life? Something inside her said to be selfish and keep him as your trophy husband.

The aggravating little voice inside her head, whispered to give in, to let it happen. She felt a twinge of guilt for her deception, but it was too late now. He was happy here and who was she to spoil it for him.

She still couldn’t look him in the eye.Ben felt puzzled at her strange behavior, his Alpha could sense her hesitation. He knew he needed to help her feel safe and protected.

“What is it Rey? What are you afraid of?”

He touched her jaw tenderly and lifted her face to his.

Oh God. There was that same anxious, fluttering, feeling deep in her belly, but she had to suppress it or he would see what effect it had on her.

“ I’m not …. not afraid.” She said stubbornly feeling defiant.

But her eyes said something else, something he read as desire. He could detect her Omega scent spiking around her and his own Alpha pulsing in answer to the ancient rhythm of its destined mate.

Unexpectedly, she pulled away from him and ran. It startled him for a moment. He did not expect her to bolt like a frightened animal.

Rey dashed into her room and slammed the door. Ben heard the click of the lock. He had been tender and gentle, giving her the space he hated. And this was how she thanked him. He felt the heat of her rejection burn like a hot scalpel cutting through his heart.

He would not tolerate this from her. How dare she tease and torment him for three weeks just slam the door in his face and deny what was rightfully his.

He didn’t hesitate kick to the down the door. Nothing would stand in the way between them. It splintered into a thousand pieces.

“ what are you doing?” She screamed. “You just can’t force your way in here!”

He was beyond listening to her as hot blood rushed through his head, stopping any other thought, but to get to her. His Alpha would not be denied any longer.

“It appears that I have my omega.” His breath came out, heaving and raspy from his effort to knock the door down.

“How can you deny me what is mine? And you are mine Rey. I don’t care that there are no wedding pictures or objects of our life together. We can start right here …. right now.”

He stalked closer until he had her back up against her dresser.

This felt just like when he had cornered her on the yacht. He sensed her fear and quickly calmed himself. His mood shifted, and he became gentle once again.

Was that a glimmer of a memory?

Why wouldn’t she look him in the eye? How could she be scared of him? It didn’t make any sense, so he tenderly lifted up her chin again and look deeply into her eyes. He needed to read what was in her soul by searching her eyes.

“ Let me in Rey.”

Slowly, he lowers his face to hers in a teasing kiss. Just a slight brush of his lips on hers. He experimented with the new sensation.

It was new to them both or have they been doing this for any eternity?

She stood rooted to the spot as she felt his hot breath on her face and a tingling sensation of his lips on hers. Rey felt no impulse to run away again, but instead she felt herself surrender to his kiss.

The kiss did something to her. Something that was incredibly wonderful and unexpected.

Her Omega kicked in, and she felt the gush of slick dampen her underwear. Then the pulse of her glands throbbing sweetly with need.

To his surprise, instead of pushing him away, Rey lunged at him, causing him to stumble backwards.

She was through denying her Omega.

She would surrender her body, but not her heart. Never her heart.

She didn’t even care how much noise they were making as they consumed each other in lust.

They groaned, grunted and gasped. His lips create searing red marks over her face and down her throat as he kissed and sucked at her skin.

She was going to have her fill of him. Why had she been denying herself all this pleasure for so long?

How could they have been living under the same roof, and not given into what was clearly meant to be?

She told herself that this was merely a physical coupling. Nothing more. But by God, she would take it all!

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Had he been here before?

This inner sanctum, this holy of holy places? Rey’s forbidden bedroom. It should feel familiar and welcoming but she had locked him out.

So Ben had to literally kick down the door and now….

Now here he stood with Rey smothering him with a million scorching kisses. Without breaking the seal of their lips, Ben dipped down enough to scoop her up in his arms. He bridal carried her to the small bed. The bed that had been denied him is now where he would worship her with his body.

He did notice with some chagrin, that she was right. The bed would have been too small for both of them to sleep comfortably. Why on earth would they have a bed that small anyway? He was well aware of his oversized body and he would have ended up on the uncomfortable floor.

But he wasn’t planning to sleep any time soon, maybe later with her in his arms.

The frame of the bed groaned and creaked under their combined weight, but Rey didn’t seem to notice. It could break in two and she would not cared.

As long as Ben continued to do the things to her that would keep her shivering in ecstasy.

She did feel outside of herself as he ran his hands up and down her slim body. He knew exactly how to pleasure a woman. Maybe it was what a Alpha male was born knowing and she was his woman.

Even if she liked it or not. ( But truthfully, who wouldn’t, right?)

Rey couldn’t get enough of the texture of his soft silky hair as she ran her fingers through the strands and when she grabbed for his shoulders , how strong and solid they were.

But she needed skin, more and more skin.

Rey paused and bit her lip in nervous anticipation . She hadn’t done this act in a very long time. But didn’t someone say that sex is like riding a bike? It might have been a while but once your back on the seat it was second nature.

She instinctively knew what to do. It just took a bit of adjusting to their body sizes but finally they had it right.

She lifted her hips to meet his and pressed firmly where there was a definite growing bulge. Ben groaned in his need for her.

Rey felt the butterflies that were batting their wings in her stomach flutter away, replaced by a deliciously warm liquid sensation deep in her uterus. Then…..gush..

Ben could smell the mouth watering aroma of her Omega. It was calling to him in that primal, ancient song and he would answer that call.

“We need to get this off of you now.” Ben smiled mischievously, as he began tugging he leggings down. She was eager to help him , but he stopped her. “ No Rey, let me do it. It gives me pleasure to do this as your Alpha.”

He shimmied them down one agonizing inch at a time, going to slow for her liking

Then he picked up speed as another pulse of slick gushed out from between her legs. He had to get his own clothes off as quickly as possible.

His boxers and her bra went flying through the air and landed on top of of a lamp, knocking it to the floor and her panties must have disintegrated under his burning touch because there wasn’t much left when she went looking for them later.

“Ahh!” Another hot gush of slick surged out of Rey’s body. The scent of her arousal sent him to nearly coming into the thin mattress.

“Hurry Ben, what are you waiting for? Written permission?” He chuckled under his breath at her demanding eagerness.

She squirmed in needy desire. What was taking him so long? He just looked down at her, dripping in readiness, savoring this moment before he claimed her.

“You are so ready for me , aren’t your my sweet. You’ll taste so sweet and delectable.” His dirty talk was driving her crazy. “So impatient and greedy aren’t you?”

She kissed him even more ravenously in anticipation for what was to come. Yes she was more than ready!

“Just do it !” She cried, already feeling his needy , desperately demanding Alpha seeking her Omega . It didn’t need anymore encouragement from her.

He positioned himself between her legs and lined his member up to her dripping entrance and with a shuddering breath plunged in.

Rey tried to hold back a scream when she felt herself being stretched beyond her limits. But the sound that escaped her lips was nothing short of feral.
And for a moment there , she felt like the beast within her was released.

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The walls in the cottage by the sea were unfortunately thin, and Maz heard every sound. Every grunt and moan of two young people making love.

She heard every squeak of the bed frame as Ben pumped into Rey’s willing body.

Fortunately for Ben and Rey, the children were deep sleepers and Maz had been praying for this all along.

She smiled and went back to sleep.

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Back in ‘Rey’s Eden’ the windows were steaming up, but just enough moonlight filtered through to illuminate the two naked bodies on a drenched bed.

Fully involved in the act of making love.

It didn’t take long for the deep curling sensation to creep along Rey’s lower spine.

Suddenly, she came hard, a rainbow of fireworks exploded behind her eyes and the exquisite feeling of a blooming rose inside her clit.

Ben came , roaring after three more thrusts, then felt his knot begin to swell. He had proudly filled Rey with his seed and now they were joined together until his knot subsides.

But there was something wrong with his brave Omega. Rey had to look away when she felt the overwhelming need to cry.

It had been beautiful, their lovemaking. But now she felt terrible. She felt terrible because she did love him.

How could she have deceived him? Telling him a lie to cover up another lie. She was in too deep now to stop.

She was mortified when she felt the tender touch of his finger on her cheek and wipe away a single tear as it fell down her face.

“Rey…Rey….Rey…” Ben whispered her name like a benediction. “Sweetheart, why are you crying? Did I hurt you?” He would be devastated if he had hurt her in any way.

He felt the need to apologize for his behavior. He had after all kicked down her door and scared her out of her wits. “ I know I was over eager but you kept me at arm’s length for so long.”

Rey snuck a look at his handsomely anxious face. His eyes were still blown wide and black as night as they laid locked together.

He was truly concerned for her wellbeing. He really did care for her. But would he still feel the same if he knew the truth of his identity?

She wrestled with her conscious, no , he could never know the truth.

She wanted him more then he needed the truth.

She felt her frozen heart melt away. The frosty ice walls of the fortresses she had built around her emotions began to thaw and soften into liquid mush.p>

His own eyes began to fill with tears as he made his confession. “I’m not sure what was wrong. Was it me ? Was I gone too much? Unaware of your heartbreak?

“ For weeks I’ve been burning for you. For weeks I’ve been waiting for you to open your heart to me not just your legs.”

He hoped this admission would stop the steady stream of tears from falling down her face and she’d learn to trust again.

She answered by snuggled into his chest. He felt so warm and secure. This could not be real. She couldn’t trust this new feeling ,could she?
She was way over her head now. Now she couldn’t deny it.

There was a connection between them, a new intimacy that bound them together.

He hadn’t given her the mating bite not yet. He would wait until the perfect moment when she was in a heat which would trigger his rut. Then he would make her his mate for life.

Afterglow. That’s what they call this feeling after you’ve come down from the highest of heights. And Ben wanted to talk. He needed to learn all he could about this amazing woman in his arms.

“Rey, my love tell me everything about you. I hate that I can’t remember anything about our lives together. Tell me if your dreams for us. What do you want to do with the rest of your life?”

Was he for real? Did he really want to know about the Rey she hid away from the rest of the world? Maybe she could put her trust in him and bear her soul.

“ I don’t want to be a waitress forever. I want to go back to school and get my GED. I want to go to college and make something of myself.”

“I want the boys to be proud of me and Maz won’t need to work so hard.”

Rey waited for the laughter and the dismissal of her hopes and dreams that was sure to come. But instead, she heard a ,”Huh, wow that’s terrific. What do you want to study?”
Rey responded to his question with enthusiasm.

“I like to be a cop, or at least help in someway to put all the evil bad guys behind bars.” She sighed in defeat. “ but I know it will never happen.”

Ben got up on one elbow to look down at her.

“Rey, it could happen. I can tell that you could do anything you set your mind to. You’re an amazing woman. Look at what you’ve done so far.”

She felt another wave of guilt sweep over her. He was helping her in so many ways, and she was keeping him in the dark of who he really was.

But then again, who is he really? Kylo Ren, or Ben Solo. Maybe a bit of both.

All she knew is that in that moment that she never …..ever …..wanted him to leave.

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Ben couldn’t help the silly grin that stayed firmly on his face all morning.

He had kissed Rey goodbye when she headed out the door for her job at the Cafe’ and got a good look at her perky butt as she walked away from him.

She had glanced back at him and waved, feeling his eyes roaming all over her body. Her legs were a bit wobbly from last nights exertions
as she walked to her truck, but she felt like she was walking on air as she said goodbye to her husband.

His Alpha has detected the sweet aroma of Strawberry shortcake swirling around his head as she kissed him goodbye . It was intoxicating and still made his mouth water for the taste of her.

He couldn’t wait for tonight when they were alone again.

He had packed the lunches for Darth and Anakin, this time with healthy turkey sandwiches and carrots ( the boys complained about the carrots so he slipped in a Twinkie to pacify the little gremlins) and helped Maz clean up after breakfast.

He was getting used to this domestic bliss. He liked this feeling of accomplishment, looking around and seeing what good he had done.

It felt different somehow…..easy. As if this was all normal from before he lost his memory. He knew he should go back to his own job, what ever it was, but Rey had said this much more important.

As he vacuumed the thin carpet, his thoughts turned to last night. The smile on his face grew larger as he remembered the exquisite feeling of Rey’s lips on his. Her delicate lips leaving trails of shivering ecstasy on his skin.

Their bodies fit together so perfectly it was as if they were made for each other in some cosmic furnace of destiny. Forged in Fate.

He was so proud of her. He would do what ever he could to help her reach her dreams of going to college and getting a degree.

He did feel regret that in all the years they’d been together they had never done the matting bite.

Was he gone so much on his truck driving trips that he was never around when she had a heat? He would have to remedy that as soon as she felt one coming on.

He imagined having more pups with her. Her walking around filled with his seed was all the motivation he needed to be better for her.

His memory would eventually come back to him, right?

Was he such an ass that he would disappear for weeks at a time and end up in the ocean, leaving them to wonder if he was alive or dead?

Never again would he abandon his family he vowed to himself.

Thank the Maker his mother was there to keep things running smoothly. Then , as if thinking of the sweet old lady , she came around the corner and put a wrinkled hand on his arm.

He stopped immediately and looked down into her deep soulful eyes. She looked tired but determined to tell him something very important.

“ Son, I know you don’t remember so I need to tell you something very urgent. Next week is your and Rey’s wedding anniversary. You should get her something special. Something that the two of you could use. Expensive but practical too.”

She tugged him over to sit next to her on the couch and showed him an advertisement of bedroom sets and other fine furniture.

“There is a sale going on at the furniture and mattress shop in town. I have a large nest egg saved for emergencies. I want you to use it to buy a nice bedroom set for Rey. You could benefit from it too.” She winked at him and he felt himself grow red at the hint.

“ I know the bed she is sleeping on is not big enough for two grown adults.” She wisely left out ‘ and what to grown adults do on said mattress.’

This was definitely a emergency. He wouldn’t be making love to her on that sorry excuse of a mattress another night. And…

And no more sleeping on that damned couch!

They went to the furniture store that afternoon before anyone came home . Ben pushed Padme’ inner stroller as he and Maz looked at beautiful bedroom sets.

Maz knew Rey liked a soft romantic look and selected a floral pattern for the bedding. Ben of course, being a guy,had no idea how to pick out furniture, but he absolutely knew they needed a king size mattress and bed frame.

After the shopping and purchase of the furniture was over Ben could tell Maz was overly tired. “Are you okay mom?” He said with concern. She did look white as a sheet and had to stop to catch her breath several times.

“Yes, I’m fine.Just not as young as I used to be.” She waved him away and continued to cook dinner.

But by the evening evening her breath was shallow and fast. Rey looked at her in terror as Maz clutched at her chest and groaned.

“Call an ambulance Ben! I think she’s having a heart attack!”

Rey screamed as Maz collapsed to the floor.

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An hour later Maz was laying in a hospital bed, tubes coming from everywhere in her tiny body.

Rose had gone over to the house to sit with the children so Ben and Rey could follow the ambulance to the hospital.

Rey said nothing all the way there, just watched the outside fly by as they drove as fast as they could. Ben thought it best if he drove. Rey was too distracted with worry to concentrate on the road.

He could hear her sniffling and whispering to herself, “ she’ll be okay. She’s just a little sick and needs some rest. That’s all.”

She tried to convince herself that this was just a horrible dream and that everything was going to be fine.

But when they approached the room, she gasped and reached out to Ben as they stood and looked at Maz through the hospital room window.

Maz was so small and helpless laying in the hospital bed. How sick was she really? Was she going to die?

“ Ben, this can’t be happening! I can’t lose her . She’s my rock , my anchor. I can’t do anything without her. Please do something….. anything . Just make her better.” She sobbed.

He took her into his arms and hugged her to himself. He was prepared to protect his family with his life if it came to that.

She felt his lips kiss the top of her head in a gesture of comfort, and his arms tightened around her wait reassuringly.

“ Let’s wait to hear what the doctors say when their though examining her.” He said calmly. He looked down the long hospital corridor, hoping to catch a glimpse of the doctor coming towards them with good news.

Nothing yet.

He hated hospitals. He knew first hand how they wouldn’t give you a straight answer and just gave you false hopes. He prayed that wouldn’t be the case here.

From his own experience laying in a hospital bed , not knowing how he came to be there or what was his own name, this could go sideways very fast or eventually everything would work itself out.

They waited patiently hoping for the best while imagining the worst. Finally, the doctor confirmed that Maz did in fact suffer a heart attack.

He knew that this was all his fault. Ben felt responsible for this tragedy. He should have taken more work around the house and let Maz relax more.

The doctor spoke reassuringly of her recovery. “We will need to keep her here for observation and rest while she recovers. Then when she is ready she can be released into your care.”

Gratefully she would not have to go to a rehab center.

Ben sighed in relief when the doctor said she would live. He couldn’t lose his mother yet, not when he was just getting to know her again.

He felt Rey slump into his side with exhaustion and relief and began sobbing into his neck. His arms tightened around her shoulder to support her.

They would do whatever it took to care for the most important woman in both their lives.

Neither one of them realized what a match making Cupid Maz was to them.

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The house just didn’t seem the same without Maz laughing at some funny joke Anakin told her or scolding Darth for something trivial like stealing an extra piece of bacon at breakfast.

The house was too quiet. Too empty without her there to give out well meaning advice, or the sound of her knitting needles click clacking together, making a lucky person, a blanket or scarf.

She was a wonderful grandmother, and they all missed her terribly. But they all knew she’d be back very soon.

Rey visited Maz every day while she convalesced in the hospital. They talked about the children and her job at the Cafe , but then the conversation turned to the man they were deceiving… Ben.

“ Are you going to tell him Rey? You can’t carry this burden on your shoulders forever. He needs to know where he came from and who he really is and then he can decide for himself if he wants to stay.”

The mood in the hospital room change from pleasant to somber. Rey felt overwhelming guilt for this continuous deception, but she could not deny her feelings any longer.

She wanted this charade to last forever, and she was willing to deceive herself in the process.

“ Ben got me the most amazing bedroom set for our anniversary. How he found out about the anniversary I can’t imagine.”

Maz just smiled serenely to herself, and said with the twinkle in her eye,

“I can’t imagine either, but now you both will be more comfortable, and he won’t have to sleep on the couch. It will be like you are truly husband and wife.”

Fooling him even further.

Rey felt a guilty twinge in her heart. Maz knew right from wrong, but she was playing Cupid, perpetuating the deception.

Rey couldn’t get mad at her meddling, matchmaking now. At the beginning this a whole thing was about getting what she could out of a rude obnoxious jerk, but now it had turned out so differently.

She was living the lie she vowed she would not let it happen.

She had not in a million years thought that she actually fall in love with him. It was as if when he bumped his head not only did it give him amnesia, but it totally changed who he was as well.

It hadn’t occurred to her that it was herself that caused the miraculous change in him.

It had happened so fast… Too quickly for her brain to catch up to what was occurring. She wasn’t expecting to see a different man than the one who propositioned her on the yacht.

But she felt the instant connection when she first saw him at the hospital. He was still grumpy and obnoxious, but his Alpha scent told her things only her heart understood.

He had changed for the better. This is what he needed. He needed her.

And now it was out of her control. It felt terrifying and wonderful. Dizzying and bitter sweet.

She had noticed the curve of his smile when he watched Padme’ learn to walk. She became aware of the deep amber color of his eyes when he looked down into her face, and she had known at that moment that she was the luckiest woman in the world or totally screwed if she denied what she felt.

But that didn’t make acceptable what she had done to him. He deserves to know who he really was, and where he came from.

Just not yet….

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On the day his mother came home Ben helped Maz carefully out of the truck like she was a fragile China doll.

He wanted to carry her indoors, but she refused saying she could “manage just fine thank you kindly,just the same.”

The boys had made a gigantic ‘Welcome Home’ sign with red paint being careful not to spill, but dripped paint on the floor anyway and hung it out by the front door so it could be the first thing Maz would see when she saw the house.

They also pinky promised that they would clean up after themselves after cake and ice cream and be as quiet as little mice when the welcome home party was over.

Their father promised that if they could keep up their end of the bargain, he would take the whole family to the beach when their grandmother felt up to it.

The magical day arrived two weeks later , when Maz declared she was feeling shipshape and Bristol fashion, and didn’t want to stay indoors another minute.

“ I’d like to go to a spot where we can have a picnic and the boys can run us some of their boyish energy.” She declared to Ben.

Rey knew just the spot. It was a place where they could build Sandcastles and play frisbee. The view of the ocean was beautiful and they could watch boats passing by on their way to the marina.

Ben had become an excellent cook delighting the women’s taste buds with grilled steaks and marinated shrimp, and the boys noshed on hotdogs and hamburgers.

After lunch, the boys ran down to the beach to dig for shells and Maz took up her knitting needles and began to knit an enormous blanket, using the softness of yarn for Ben and Rey’s king size bed.

Padme’ gurgled and squirmed to be set free. “ Come on little one, let’s practice your walking.” Her mother said as she pulled her out of her stroller.

Rey knelt down on the ground and placed the tiny toddler in front of her. Ben also knelt down a few steps away from the little girl and held out his arms to catch her.

Padme’s adorable little face lit up with joy as she saw her daddy beckoning her to come closer. She looks so much like her beautiful mother, except for the tufts of strawberry blonde hair, blowing in the breeze and catching the afternoon suns golden highlights.

The scene was heart warming and tender as Padme’ took her first tentative steps towards Ben. Two more and she was in his waiting arms. He gathered her up and spun her around. The little girl squealed in delight.

Rey felt another pang of bittersweet regret as she watched her baby girl bonding with a man that was not her biological father, but more of a father than her real one ever would be.

Her real father had left Rey when she told him she was pregnant and the last she heard he had turned to a life of crime and debauchery.

It was better this way. He would have pulled her into that sordid life, and she would have never recovered.

Hot tears that came unexpected to her eyes were furiously wiped away with the back of her hand, and she forced a smile on her face.

Her Alpha noticed her mood swings and looked at her in concern. “ Rey, sweetheart, are you feeling all right?”

Ben could definitely tell her scent was stronger and more tangy then usual. She had been snappish this morning over breakfast, and then behaved like a clingy koala all afternoon.

Could it mean….?

She smiled more convincingly, taking the child from Ben’s arms, then studied her shoes to hide her embarrassment. She looked up at him after regaining her composure, and then felt it slip away.

Her calm composure was replaced with an overwhelming desire to kiss him and kiss him… And maybe kiss him some more.

He stood before her tall and strong, with a halo of the setting sun beaming through his hair. He resembled a greek God, all golden eyes in alabaster skin.

He held her gaze, staring back, like he could read her thoughts just by looking at her. A feeling of overwhelming protectiveness envelope Ben.

‘ Mine.’

Said a clear and unmistakable voice in his mind. His inner alpha’s voice was telling him that it was high time to claim her as his lifelong mate.

Just then the precious moment was broken when Anakin‘s yelling came up from the beach.

“ Look at that big ship! I’ve never seen one that big before. Wow!”

Like a vacuum in space, everything went silent as Ben and Rey turned in unison to look at the ship that was passing by.

She hasn’t seen it in nearly two months, but it was all too familiar. It caused her blood turned to ice in her veins and her heart to slam violently in her chest.

She recognized that yacht. It was his yacht.

‘The Bazine’

Had they come back to look for him? Had his people finally decided to come claim him and rip him away from her, possibly forever?

No, she would hide him away in a dark and deep cave, or secret him away in a basement. They couldn’t have him. Never! She’d rip out anyone’s throat and happily drink their blood if they try to take him away.

She tried to conceal her frantic, panicked expression from Ben. Her head whipped around to see his reaction. He was looking straight at it too. A blank, unconcerned look on his face.

Then ….something.

A glimmer of recognition. It was fleeting, but they’re just the same. A frown creased his brow as he continued to look at the passing ship.
His mind was wizzing and popping with images of a high society party. There was laughing and drinking and loose women.

And a scent.

There were plenty of aromas going on in the room, but above the sickening scent of marijuana and luxurious perfume came a sweet and heady smell like a strawberry shortcake and cream..

It had called to him.

But then the memory was gone. His brain pounded with pain from the onslaught of memories. Why would that yacht cause such a reaction?

Was his memory returning? He felt a panicked needed to get out of there.

“ I don’t feel so well Rey. Can you drive home?” He anxiously asked. He didn’t to alarm his Omega but she could feel what he was feeling and it wasn’t good.

They packed up and headed home. But they didn’t get very far when suddenly, flashing lights of a police car pulled them over.

In the backseat Maz muttered under her breath, “I have a very bad feeling about this.”

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She knew the worst was coming.

Rey closed her eyes as she saw the approaching traffic cop. Maybe if she didn’t see him he would just go away.

But no. She knew this wasn’t going to end well. Somehow the policeman knew what she had done. The horrible, unforgivable crime she had committed.

Justice had come for her and she was going to get arrested for sure. Then she’d be thrown in jail and left to rot for a thousand years.

But she’d be damned if they even looked crossed eyed at Maz. She was innocent of any wrong doing. It was all Rey’s fault.

The shadow of the policeman fell on her and she reluctantly opened her eyes. Rolling down the truck window was one of the most difficult tasks she had ever done.

Rey took a deep breath and readied herself for the inevitable.

“Your license and registration, if you please Ma’m.” The cop asked.

Ben was sitting quietly in the passenger side and helped Rey by rifling through the glove box until he pulled out the correct document.

Something else fell out and landed on his lap. It was heavy and in an envelope. While Rey was preoccupied with the policeman, he opened the envelope and out fell a man’s wrist watch.

Ben turned it over in his hand. It was of fine craftsmanship and expensive looking. On closer inspection the back had letters etched in the metal.

K.R.

Could they be someone’s initials?

Where had this come from and why was it hidden in the truck he wondered.

“Um, Rey, where did this come from? He asked perplexed.

It took a moment to give him her full attention. The cop was explaining that he had seen her turn left without signaling. Luckily he would give her a warning.

When the cop walked away she turned to look at what Ben was holding and felt her secure world collapse.

She had totally forgotten about the watch. This was happening way to soon. Seeing the watch again had taken her off guard and she was not prepared to give him an explanation.

Suddenly her fear of being hauled off to jail was eclipsed by mind numbing panic.

How could she have forgotten to remove the evidence of his true life? What could she say now? She felt like a tiny cornered rabbit waiting for the hungry wolf to slash and rip and devour her .

“I didn’t steal it if that’s what your thinking.” She said defensively. If she had stolen such and expensive object and tried to sell it at a pawn shop she could have made a great deal of money. Money they desperately needed.

But she didn’t.

“Then where did it come from?” Ben’s own anger was rising to meet hers. The mood was changing fast in the truck and wisely Maz made sure Padme’ was fast asleep in her car seat, then slipped out the back to let Rey handle this argument on her own.

“I’m going to check on the boys.” Maz grumbled.

Rey hadn’t imagined having this conversation here in the truck. It had all come to soon. She braced herself for his reaction to her confession.

“Rey , where did this expensive watch come from?” He repeated his question.

Her voice trembled, her hands shook and she felt her face burn with mortification. Just say it and get it over with. Her mouth went dry and she had to force the words out.

“It’s your watch.” The words rushed out of her mouth like sour bile. Bitter and sick. “And the initials on the back are your name. You’re not Ben Solo, your Kylo Ren. I’m not really your wife and you have millions of dollars!”

By then the tears of shame were falling fast, dripping onto her lap.

“That yacht we just saw ….. that was your yacht.”

Had she lost her mind? “What?” He laughed in amusement. “What are you talking about Rey?”

This was ludicrous. What twisted game was she playing? What was she saying ? It took a few minutes for everything she said to sink in to his overwhelmed mind.

Had she been lying to him all this time? Why would she do that? Didn’t she love him? What benefit did she get from all of this deception?

She hadn’t asked for a random, extort millions from his real wife.

So why?

Too many questions ping ponged in his brain. Endless questions that would never see an answer.

She dared to look him in the eye. What she saw broke her heart. He looked more lost and alone then when she first saw him at the hospital all those weeks ago.

It was time to set things straight. And if he wanted to leave…. she would have to accept it. She would never recover but that was not what fate had planned for her. She was doomed to always be unhappy and alone.

Un-mated.

“It’s true. I was a cocktail waitress at your birthday party. On the yacht. The watch was a present from your real wife. I saw the whole thing. She made a big production out of it. To impress your rich ass friends.”

The flashes of memory played back in his mind again. Her beautiful face flickered and swam in swirling vibrant colors.

He remembered her shy smile, the enchanting way she held herself. Those pretty brown seductive eyes as she looked over her shoulder at him as she served drinks to his already drunk friends.

Oh god , her scent!

Now he remembered the mouthwatering tantalizing scent of her Omega. It was so familiar and now he knew why.

She was always just out of reach, teasing and tempting him until he couldn’t stand it any longer.

He had followed her into the bathroom after one of Bazine ‘s horny friends pinched her too hard.

Then he had tried to do the unthinkable. But she had defended herself and fled. What happened after that was a muddled and hazy… undefined. Someone had pulled him out of the ocean. But how he got there was still a mystery.

Ben had so many questions but could he trust her to give him a honest answer?

“You came to get me from the hospital. Why? If I’m not your real husband why go to such lengths to convince me otherwise.” He asked, barely containing his bitterness./p>

She just wanted to crawl into a hole and hide from this conversation. But she had to finish it. He deserved to know all the truth.

“I was so scared when you cornered me in the bathroom. I was lucky to get away from you, really. I mean look at you, your enormous.”

In an alternate universe they might be holding hands while having such a soul crushing conversation. But not now.

The truck cab where they were sitting felt cold and empty, echoing the cold empty place in her heart that was being carved out as he glared resentfully at her.

“ I ran . I’m ran so fast that I didn’t think to stop and get my pay. Just had to get out of there.”

Ben just sat in cold silence. Disbelief and betrayal crushing any starry eyed hope of their happy future into dust. He barely heard Rey’s explanation. The words were just too painful.

“I got home and told Maz what had happened.Then the next day I saw your face on the news and they said you had amnesia. And she got this crazy idea for me to get you out of there and bring you home.”

“I was to pretend that we were married and make you clean and fix things and be my slave.” Rey felt the mortifying feeling of tears burning her eyes again.

She began sobbing uncontrollably. Oh it hurt to not feel his arms around her , comforting her in this moment.

His arms did ache to hold her but he was still too angry, too full of disappointment to reach for her. They stayed firmly at his side. She had to stop crying to regain her composure. He needed to hear this even though it killed her to speak the truth.

The next words were the hardest she’d ever said in her life. She just hoped he’d believe her.

“I never expected to fall in love with you. You were so kind and compassionate. I was so drawn to you. You made it so difficult to stay way . I tried to fight it . I couldn’t risk my heart again. I’ve been burned by too many men. That’s why I kept you at arms length for so long. That’s why you slept on the couch. But you showed me how amazing you were with the kids. They love you too. Even Maz grew to love you.”

At the mention of the children, Kylo eyes became moist. That one put the knife in his chest more deeply. How could she be so cruel? Finally he found his voice. It sounded shaky and broken with resentment . /p>

“I don’t believe you. Why should I believe anything you say? All this time I’ve been living a lie. Your a good little actors, I’ll give you that.”

Could this get any worse?

“No, it’s true. I should have told you along time ago, but I couldn’t. You would have left me sooner. I never thought it would go this far.”

“But I did honestly fall in love with you. I pushed it away at first. I was terrified. But I felt something with you I’ve never felt with any else. We have a connection, I know you’ve felt it to.”

He wouldn’t admit it out loud, but yes he had felt a special connection between them. But now he saw it for what it truly was . Just his Alpha playing tricks on him.

God this hurt him more than he thought possible.

“So you brought me into your home and used me. Then you tricked me into your bed. That was supposed to be a sacred union Rey! What we did was supposed to be forever. Now what am I to think? Where am I supposed to go?”

She had no idea. “I don’t know. I don’t know anything anymore.” She sobbed.

“Let’s just go home. Oh wait that’s not really my home anymore, isn’t it Rey!” Kylo said sarcastically. It never was. He turned away from her and looked out the window to the sunset.

The light was fading fast. Just like his happy contented life. His life, up to this point was just an illusion.

A scam.

A lie.

And just like the sun, it was going down into the depths of a dark reality.

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Ben had to drive home .

Rey was so overcome with remorse and guilt that she couldn’t see through her tears as they fell in a steady stream down her face.

She kept repeating,”I’m sorry I’m so sorry.” over and over but Ben wouldn’t listen.

He refused to acknowledge her or accept her apology.She couldn’t look at him and he couldn’t look at her.

The air between them grew as cold as a frosty December morning. Even one of Maz’s soft quilts couldn’t warm up this horrendous predicament.

The rest of the family sat in sulky silence, knowing the ‘Daddy is moms slave’ scam had come to an end.

“Mom’s gotten busted. He knows he’s not our dad anymore.” Darth had to explain what had happened to young Anakin. The poor little fellow broke down in tears.

“So , he won’t be our daddy anymore?” Anakin asked his big brother. “Doesn’t he love us ?” He gulped down a sob. “Who will read me bed time stories and tuck me in?”

Maz tried to explain to Kylo that it was her fault. That she talked Rey into it. Then she saw the chemistry between them and did what she could to bring them together.

Well, her romantic meddling and scheming had worked, but she didn’t see how bad it would backfire.

They were in for another earth shattering shock when they saw a black stretch limo parked in the driveway.

Out stepped two people finely dressed to impress and their noses in the air , sniffing as if they had manure stuck to the bottom of their shoes.

Ben felt a explosion in his brain as the amnesia vanished. He knew that vile woman and the ginger jerk standing next to her.

She was his real wife and the man standing next to her was the asshole responsible for sending him over the edge of the ship and into the freezing depths of the ocean.

He hadn’t had a moment to adjust to this new turn of events before the bleached blonde’s voice pierced his ears.

“Kylo, there you are darling!”Bazine drawled. “Let’s get you away from this hillbilly whore. My poor baby. She’s got you wearing Flannel! Oh my god , what an embarrassment.”

Bazine strutted casually over in her high heels to Ben, her breasts jiggling in a low cut tank top, causing him to step back in revulsion. She yanked him by the arm and pushed him towards the waiting limo.

The sorry excuse of a man standing next to her sneered at the absolute absurdity of the scene before him.

He knew those two boys standing off to the side, with red swollen eyes. They were huddled together, watching the adults in bewilderment.

Hux hadn’t seen those little parasites in a year, but they hadn’t changed much. Still rangy rug rats in his opinion.

He got out just in the nick of time. He’d never wanted to have to support someone else’s brats.

And the two women, one holding a baby with wispy red hair on her hip. He knew both of those ridiculous women. The old one was his very own mother, though he’d never own up to that.

She had disowned him the moment he gave Rey a black eye when she told him she was pregnant. She had never talked about him or his criminal activities. He was dead to her.

The other one….

Weeks ago he thought he had recognized her. At the party. A pretty young thing that looked vaguely familiar but he was too drunk to do anything about it.

And her scent…. He still gagged from it.

His ex- girlfriend. But yes, it was definitely her. Rey. Good god , what were the odds?

“Hux!what are you doing here?” Rey couldn’t believe what she was seeing. She thought she’d never have to see him again. He had promised her that much the day he left. He had a way to bring out the worst in her. She hadn’t seen him since the party. She had recognized him and his stench when she had entered the lounge where all the party guests were sitting.

She didn’t dare go near him. If she had he could have grabbed at her and god knows what would have happened.

She already had his baby. She could not let that accident happen a second time. Not that she considered Padme’ an accident, just the act that created her.

Hux looked right passed her as if she was beneath his notice. She didn’t deserve a second glance from him. He was more interested in the tall dark haired man standing awkwardly next to his wife.

Then he laughed. A twisted, humorless snort.

“So you ended up here. With her! And my brat!” Hux shook his head in disbelief. Then a evil grin screwed up his already evil face.

“Did you fuck her Ren? Huh? Did you?” His disgusting grimace became wider, revealing a mouth full of crooked teeth. “ Was she an easy piece of ass like you hoped?”

He laughed louder as he looked at Ben and then to Rey. The pull was to great as they turned their tired eyes on each other. Then the world split apart for both of them.

The pain of a broken heart etched evidently on both their stricken faces. And that bastard Hux noticed.

“You did! You lucky son of a bitch! Or should I say unlucky. She tried to tie me down once. Said that ugly spawn was my kid. But I know her for the whore she really is.”

Ben could have defended her honor. He could have sprang at that filthy, no good, lying bastard. Broken every bone in his mangy body.

He should have. But he didn’t.

Rey gasped when all he did was look at his feet, his shoulders hunched in defeat , then slowly walked to the limo and climbed in. He disappeared so quickly it was as if he never was there.

Maz was struck dumb as she heard her real son say such awful slanders about her dear Rey. But then she squared her thin shoulders and rounded on her errant son.

“You hush your mouth and get out of here. I have no son. Not you. He was a better son than you ever were!”

Hux laughed, then coughed. He held his nose and waved the air in front of his face. “I think it’s time to leave Baz. We got what we came for and I can’t stand the stench in the air. It turning my stomach.”

Rey could hear Baz cackle from inside the limo. She hated that bitch.

She had her meal ticket back safely in her clutches and all her millions secure. She could continue living on her yacht and not have to move to a trailer park and eat Mac and cheese instead of her favorite $2,500 white truffles.

Snoke was going to be happy again. Getting his number one hit man back to work. There was an over abundance of Snoke’s enemies wandering the landscape needing to be removed. Preferably with a bullet.

And as they pulled away Rey caught once last glimpse of Ben’s profile. He was looking straight ahead his expression unreadable.

Little Padme’ cried, “Da da…. dada ! Come back!” She squirmed in her mother’s arms to get down and run to her daddy.

A single tear slipped down Ben’s cheek as they pulled away and drove down the driveway. He showed no emotion other than that, but inside he felt like he had his heart ripped out of his chest and filleted.

He was cut to the bone and bleeding to death. He was leaving what he thought was his family and his love. How could he endure this?

And what was he heading towards?

Baz had no problem filling in the blanks . What she said chilled him to the core.

He was a death machine. A gun for hire. And all his wealth was held in the hands of a twisted and evil monster named Snoke.

And he had a job waiting for him. Kill again.
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“Maz , what am I going to do?”

Rey stood frozen to the spot where she had watched the limo leave dust in the air as it took Ben away from her.

“I was going to tell him I feel a heat coming on . We could have been Mated by tonight. He would have been mine for eternity, but I was too late. And now he’s gone . I’ll never see him again. He hates me now. And I don’t blame him.” Rey sobbed.

Maz sighed and said, her voice full of regret, “Maybe it’s better this way. If you had mated and then those heathens had come for him , he would have to go with them. And that would have been a thousand times worse. A newly mated Omega separating from her Alpha could be dangerous for both of you.”

“That’s just it Maz. If given the choice he would have chosen me. I know he would have. The way he looked at me when we made love. Oh, Maz how could I have done it?”

Hot fresh tears burned her cheeks at the memory of their first coupling. Then at the bittersweet moments he spent with the children.

“Not only did I hurt myself but my children will never be the same after knowing him.He was the best thing to ever happen in their lives. And I’ve taken that away from them.”

Maz smiled sadly and put a reassuring had on Rey’s arm. “Children are resilient.” She tried to soothe Rey with her wisdom. “Yes, they’re angry at you now, but they will be fine in time. They will come to understand your intentions and not judge you to harshly.”

Rey hoped she was right. They’d get over this in time, but not her. Never was there a better man than Ben Solo. And she had lost him.

Now she had to face her heat and the future alone.

She had Maz and the children but they couldn’t give her what she desperately needed.

Someone to laugh with and argue with. To feel comfortable enough to be herself around. Someone to warm her bed and hold her close when the cold wind blows from off the ocean.

It wasn’t just about the sex, even though that had been incredible. It was more about the connection, the oneness with one’s chosen mate.

She would be sleeping in that gigantic king sized bed he had bought for their ‘anniversary’ alone. She would be dreaming about what could have been .

There will be no protective arms around her, no deep and thought provoking conversations in front of the fire place where he had built a fire with his own two hands to keep her comfortable.

And an unbidden thought came of an empty womb. No babies of his. No child with his eyes and thick black hair, his lopsided crooked grin. /p>

That thought ripped her to shreds. Her hands shook as she handed Padme’ over to Maz . Then she ran.

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He was glad the numbing sensation had begun to take over.

Now was not the time for tears. Show zero emotion to the enemy.

He willed himself not to care. Not to think on anything but what was before him. His previous life that was waiting for him when they reached their final destination.

Now was not the time to show his sensitive side and have a break down right here in the limo with Bazine and Hux staring at him like he was a stinky cast off shoe they retrieved from the bottom of a trash can.

He was someone they desperately needed even though they were repulsed by the very sight of him.

Bazine was the first to let her word vomit spill out.

He flinched at the sound of her siren song. She was luring him to his death with her sweet and sickening voice.

“Kylo, darling, how did you ever endure living like that for so long?” She waved her hands in the air, her many rings flashed and sparkled with emphasis. “I hope the little waitress whore didn’t wear you out. I’m looking forward to tonight.”

She licked her lips greedily when she raked him with her eyes.

Ben literally recoiled as she eye fucked him. She reached out and suggestively ran her long painted nails up and down his chest. And if Hux hadn’t been in the limo to stop him, he would have had no problem strangling Baz for her calling Rey a whore.

He would have relished the sounds of her choking and gurgling, while her eyes bulged and face turned purple.

Maybe hold to that thought for later.

Ben sat in barely restrained silence, his hands balled in tight fists at his side.

He never craved her touch like he craved Rey’s. That thought came from the depths of his wounded Alpha and caused him a fresh wave of unbelievable pain.

Never again would he see her, touch her, make love to her. He had left her standing there in shock and disbelief. The feeling was very mutual.

He knew he had made a mistake getting into this limo the moment the door had closed. This was all to soon.

He had barely time to accept this change in his life. He knew Bazine was his real wife but it would take a strong stomach and stronger liquor to sleep in the same bed with her again.

Now the lumpy couch at Rey’s was more inviting then spending just one night in the company of this she-devil.

The other man in the limo shifted uncomfortably in his seat. What was Bazine playing at? Was she trying to make him jealous so he’d pick another fight with Kylo and send him back to the briny deep?

This time permanently.

Maybe not such a bad idea. Just one more score then the money could easily be transferred to his bank then they could live happily ever after with Kylo at the bottom of the sea.

Baz felt the need to fill Kylo on the most important duties he was expected to perform.

“We need to get you back on track. Mr. Snoke has been bothering me relentlessly to find you. He has a job for you and your the only one with the necessary skills to do it.”

She said this as if she were giving him a compliment. He should be proud he was Snoke’s right hand man and attack dog on a leash.

“He won’t release any more funds into our account until this new job is done. He’s waiting for you on the yacht to fill you in on your next mission.” Hux added as an afterthought.

‘Our account’? What… did they share a bank account along with sharing a woman?

“What are you talking about?” Ben finally spoke, his throat felt dry and scratchy with disgust. “ what kind of mission?”

He pictured himself wearing a black suit and tie and a badge with his name on it. And under his name the slogan: Hit man for Hire. We kill’em you grill’em.

Would he have to hand out pamphlets on ‘The best way to murder your neighbors and get away with it’. Or, ‘Ready, Aim, Fire, … How to bump off your enemies in three easy steps’ ?

Hux sneered at Ben’s ignorance. “Don’t you remember what you did for Snoke?” You were the best in the business.” He snorted the said mockingly, “Fuck Ren, you really have gone soft! To much macaroni and cheese and Sesame Street, huh daddy!”

“ I almost took a shit right there when I stepped out of the limo and saw my ex-girl and mom standing there looking like they’d just seen Frankenstein!”

Hux and Bazine laughed hysterically at his crude joke.

Ben just looked at him stone faced, but imagined Hux’s ugly mug resembling a plate of lasagna after he got what he deserved.

They arrived at the yacht and Ben looked up at the ship. It was massive. He couldn’t help thinking of the contrast to how humble Rey lived.
She had no servants to wait on her hand and foot , no fancy meals to eat when ever she had the slightest craving. And no diamonds and furs to show off her wealth.

She made due with what she had. She never thought of herself. Her children and Maz always came first and she would work her fingers to the bone to keep them feed and a roof over their heads. Not to mention lying to him so they could have a daddy for a few short weeks.

He was the one with all the riches. And he was certain he earned that money the worst way possible.

Ben walked up the gang plank with trepidation. He was not exactly happy about seeing Smoke again. This wealth and luxury came from killing his enemies. And Snoke had a lot of them.

How did he feel about this before? Did he just turn a blind eye to all the illegal activities that he was involved in? Just for the money?

Was he fine with Snoke pointing a skeletal finger at someone and saying “kill!” And he would just do it? Point a gun at someone and end their life?

As long as he was ignorant as to who he was bumping off and that Bazine was happily shopping at her favorite expensive boutiques with all the millions he’d bring in , he was okay with it.

Hux and Bazine had disappeared somewhere as soon as they walked on board, leaving Ben to find his boss alone.

It wasn’t too difficult. All he had to do was follow the stench that hung in the air. It led him to the lounge area where he recognized it as the place of his ill fated birthday party.

The memories of the party swirled in his mind, but he didn’t have time to dwell on the pain it caused before a emaciated stick like figure rose from a high back chair.

Before him stood a ghostly phantom of a man wearing a ridiculous gold shirt. He looked like he had come back from the dead. A walking Zombie like corpse.

His face was gaunt and haggard as if he had never knew what it felt like to have laughed or to have a reason to smile.

A lifetime of depravity and wickedness obliterated whatever humanity he was born with and flushed it down the toilet.

The grimace that was on his twisted face at this moment caused Ben’s stomach to churn with anxiety. What was this evil man going to,ask him to do?

Ben was just a puppet and Snoke was pulling the strings, and he was about to find out how tight the string was.

“ Kylo, my most trusted apprentice. Like the prodigal son, you have returned. Good …. good.” He took a step forward, licking his lips, revealing yellowing teeth.

Snoke tried to put his arthritic hand on Ben’s shoulder but Ben retreated a few steps to keep the distance between him and the revolting humanoid.

In Snoke’s other hand he held a long black case. “It’s time for you to get right back into the swing of things. There is a delicate job I need you to do. There is a employee of mine that needs to be eliminated. He is a traitor.

He revealed too much to the media and now I have the police breathing down my neck. I gave him more than one chance to come back to our side but he has betrayed me for the last time.”

Snoke opened the case to reveal what lay inside. A long range Barrett M82 Semi automatic rifle.

“ You know what to do. Trust your instincts. Now… go and prove your allegiance to me. I only ask for your loyalty and obedience. You will be greatly rewarded for your accurate aim in taking down my enemy.”

Ben picked up the gun and nodded in acquiescence.

There was no way he could refuse. He could not protest or beg off.

He didn’t like it , but what choice did he have. He couldn’t show Snoke any weakness or reluctance to do the job. He feared what a Snoke would do to him if he failed .

He got the information to where the victim would be found then turned and left Snoke. His wicked laughter echoing in his ears.

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The weight in her chest was unbearable.

It felt as if she had blindly fallen off a cliff and into the churning waters below. The pressure of the ocean was pulling her down into the dark murky depths of sorrow.

Rey gasped for air. Her lungs felt on fire as she ran deeper into the forest behind her small home, but she couldn’t stop.
She needed to get as far away from that place as she could. The place where her happy Ben filled life was turned upside down.

Where he had left her. Now she was alone again.

Suddenly, an agonizing scream ripped through the trees. I screamed that sent the birds flying into the sky. Rey fell to her knees and sobbed.

This was exactly what she was trying so hard to avoid. The despair, the unavoidable loneliness. Her man, her alpha, her soulmate was gone, and it was all her fault.

How would she endure it?

Rey gasped in surprise as she felt a subtle shift under her skin. She felt a strange ‘something’ changing in her body and pulling away a ripping shredding sensation that left her cold and shivering.

Her heat. It was fading. She couldn’t feel her blood running hot through her veins, or the tightness of her skin.

Her scent, which had been spiking, had all but disappeared. There was an empty hollow feeling deep below where she should be producing the slick needed for mating. It was gone as well.

Ben was no longer around to trigger her into a full heat.

This was all her fault, so she needed to take responsibility of it. Never again when she put herself in this position.

Lust and loneliness had clouded her better judgment. But now she would be in control. She could take charge of her own life. She didn’t need an Alpha to dictate her every movement.
She would place Ben with the other men that had abandoned her in an imaginary helium balloon , and let him float away.

She calmed herself, taking deep breaths in and out. ‘Let go of the past Rey,’. she told her self ‘Let it die.’

She would have to kill it. Bury it deep below where it could not harm her. It would go somewhere where it would be forgotten.

Rey made up her mind what new direction it would take her. As she stood up from where she had been resting on the forest floor, her legs felt wobbly and unstable but she pushed through.

It took all of her strength to make it back home. Her children needed her and Maz needed a break before they started packing.

“Maz, we can’t live here anymore.” Rey said through her tears. “I need to get out of here, I need a change. This place reminds me too much of… Him.”

The old lady should have seen this one coming. Guilt and remorse were weaving their claws to the very walls of this house.

She agreed they should find a new place to live free from the heartbreaking memories of someone who was lost to them, and was never coming back.

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Ben didn’t have to go far to locate the man on Snoke’s shit list.

This would be an easy kill then go back to his ‘new normal’ life. Snoke would demand something just as easy, such as striking a match and burning down an orphanage or winning an election and cheating thousands out of their hard earned paychecks.

Nothing too complicated. Any idiot could do it.

Ben pulled the rifle out of the black bag and quickly assembled it, making sure everything was in order. He wore his usual black uniform, and face covering. For this kind of work, he knew he needed to stay in the shadows and move with stealth.

Be invisible.

The target always took his lunch at a park across from large business buildings , so it was easy to lay low on a rooftop and wait for his prey to arrive.

The man was exactly on time. Ben was relieved that all was going to plan until it wasn’t.

Another individual approached the man. He stood up from the bench he was sitting at and hugged a woman. Ben’s stomach lurched as he watched the scene unfold through his telescopic lens.

He knew those people. They were older now, and a little more wrinkled, but he knew them as well as he knew himself.

His parents.

He had no idea that Han Solo was working for Snoke as well. Undercover perhaps? His father was an upstanding leader in the community and his mother, the last time he saw her was into politics, waiting for Congress, or some shit like that.

He hesitated. Should he just shoot them both? He continue to stare at them through the lens of his rifle.

They were so happy and relaxed. They had no idea that this was their last moment of being alive. No clue that their own son, who had turned professional hitman, had a semi automatic rifle, pointed at their heads at this very moment.

Shit… Damnit to all Hell!!!!

Memories of his childhood raced through his brain. They had been good ones.

He remembered the piggyback rides on his father’s broad shoulders, his younger self giggling with unsuppressed glee.

The camping trips to the lake in the summertime, drinking ice, cold lemonade, and eating strawberry shortcake his mother made.

And the time he and his father pretended to love the broccoli pizza his mother said it was delicious, then spit it out when she wasn’t looking.

He could still feel his mother’s soothing hands as she wiped his fevered forehead with a cold cloth when he was sick with the flu.

The three of them singing off key Christmas carols as they picked out the most perfect Christmas tree on the lot, then decorating it with decorations he had made at school.

A conscious is a funny thing. It sounded soothing like Rey’s velvety voice to his troubled soul. She was that inner feeling that acted as a guide, telling him what was right, and what was wrong.

She was that shaft of sunlight that cut through his darkening gloom. Then it occurred to him…..strawberry shortcake! Rey’s Omega scent.

No wonder he fell in love so quickly, it was destiny. Their destiny was to be together. Forever like his parents.

Now he felt stained, tainted by his lifestyle choices. Could he follow this through….. could he do this? Commit the most heinous of crimes? Would he continue to be Snoke attack dog on a leash?

Then he heard her whisper in his mind, “Ben you don’t have to do this. It isn’t too late. You can choose them go to them. They will still accept you. They love you and I know you still love them.”

Her sweet entreaty found its mark in his lonely heart. She had not only saved their lives that day, but his as well. His decision was made.

He wanted a new life. A family and love.

He no longer needed the life of luxury, and he certainly didn’t want to live a lonely life with Bazine. He threw the weapon of death on the ground and sprinted down the stairwell bursting through the door, and then out onto the street.

It only took a moment to weave through traffic and run the last few meters to where his parents sat. He didn’t stop first to think of what to say to them, it didn’t matter.

He flung himself into his mother’s arms when she stood up in utter shock. She was a petite woman and was engulfed by the arms of her son. He sobbed her shoulder, crying loudly,”I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, mom. I want to come home. Will you forgive me?”

Han had stood as well when a man in black came, hurling himself in their direction, ready to do anything to keep his wife safe at all costs.

When he had realized it was his long lost son he joined in the family hug. Han murmured,”it’s okay son it’s okay. We know being an ass comes naturally to you but it’s okay. You get it from your mom side of the family.”

The joke was what they all needed. Ben finally smiled and laughed in what seemed like ages. He was back with his parents now. They had given him acceptance and forgiveness.

He needed to look to the future. He had a clean slate. He was renewed, resurrected to a new life. He was a real renaissance man.

He just needed to erase some old mistakes and seek forgiveness from a certain beautiful feisty Omega who he knew would be waiting for him after all the bad stuff was over.

But it wasn’t over yet.

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Ben bid farewell to his parents, but didn’t tell them where he was going.

He didn’t think they would approve of his boss. Well, their boss. How Han had gotten involved with Snoke, Ben would never want to guess. Han had been known to do some illegal smuggling in the distant past, but certainly not now.

That conversation would have to wait for later.

Now was not the time for fear as Ben walked up the gang plank of the ‘Bazine’. Snoke was waiting on board for ‘Kylo’ and expected a report on the mission.

Ben looked Snoke straight in the eye and told the truth. “ I didn’t do it. You failed to tell me it was a hit on my father.”

Snoke narrowed his eyes and visibility turned into an evil monster but Ben did not flinch. “ He is innocent of any wrongdoing.” Ben said in defense of the man who he shared DNA with.

Snoke’s face suddenly turned crimson with fury.

“What did you say? Innocent?” He growled out the word like he had no idea what it even meant. “Han Solo was never innocent. He betrayed me. And now I see the fruit doesn’t fall from the tree. You have also betrayed me!”

“ I pay you millions and keep you in the lap of luxury, and this is how you thank me! I won’t stand for your disloyalty !”

Snoke reached inside his jacket and pulled out a small hand gun and pointed it straight at Ben’s heart. “You know I show no mercy to anyone who crosses me, including you.”

Ben took a step back. He wasn’t surprised this was the reaction Snoke would give him. He was ready for it.

Suddenly there with the deafening sound of the gun being fired. He felt a searing pain in his left shoulder as he flung himself sideways and rolled behind the couch, the blood already drenching his shirt sleeve.

But sometimes pain was a good thing. It helped center him and fed his will to live. He was still in ‘Kylo Ren mode,’ and he was still the best at eliminating the enemy.

Ben’s ears rang with the gun shot and the sound of the ugly cackle that came from the twisted mouth of his new adversary.

Snoke had thought his aim was true, and Kylo Ren was dead.

As he approached the man laying on the floor, he spoke chilling words, “ Pity that. He was good, but I’m better. I can always train Hux and he will be my new apprentice.”

He was smiling wickedly as he approached the body, but his grin faded as he looked down. The barrel of a gun Ben had hidden in his shoe.

Ben pulled the trigger in self-defense. And another part of the yacht Ben could hear Bazine screaming.

“What the living Fuck!” Came the dulcet tones of Hux.

The two came running and stopped short when they beheld the gore on the floor. “ What have you done?” Bazine screeched “you killed him?”

The pair looked like the noise of a gunshot had disturbed their tête-à-tête. Bazine’s blouse was open, revealing her lacy, red bra and the zipper on Hux’s trousers was all the way down, exposing his semi state of arousal.

Ben’s deceitful wife stared in horror at Snoke’s bloody corpse. She did not even notice that her husband’s arm was injured. There goes her gravy train. It had pulled out of the station, and now lay dead, and its own blood.

“ What’s wrong with you? Have you lost your mind? I was right when I left you in that loony bin.” Baz sneered at Ben. “Hux , grab him. Let’s put him back where he belongs. He can rot there with the other crazy weirdos for all I care.”

So they left him there. They abandoned him when he was suffering from amnesia and completely alone. He would use this for divorcing Bazine. This and her infidelity with the ginger irritation that was a mere pebble in his shoe.

Ben was hoping for an opportunity to fill Hux’s mouth with his own teeth. The ginger irritant glared down at his nemesis and grinned.

“ Gladly, I’ve been wanting to wipe the deck with his ass since the last time we had it out.” Hux eagerly cracked his knuckles. “ Jesus Ren, why couldn’t you have just sunk to the bottom of the ocean where I sent you?”

Ben rose off the floor and stood up to his full height. Even with blood dripping down his arm, he looked formidable.

His eyes burned a hole in the pair standing so smugly before him. He could put another bullet into Hux’s chest, he was still holding the gun in his right hand. It would be so easy to pull the trigger, but Ben did not want any more blood on his hands. Literally, his own was enough.

“ I’m not going to fight you a Hux. What I am going to do is make sure that you spend the rest of your pathetic life behind bars. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to call the cops and somebody to clean all of this up and get rid of the body.”

He would need to speak to the authorities, turn himself in if the law required it. If he went to jail for killing Snoke in self-defense, would he be sharing a cell with Hux?

He knew that if that happened, he really would commit murder.

Ben couldn’t believe his luck. Obviously it was a case of self-defense, so the police let him go. He didn’t stick around to see Hux get arrested for aggravated assault and attempted murder and hands put in cuffs though it would have been satisfying to see that wimp go down.

Bazine, he was sure, would end up living in the cheapest trailer park she could find, and when she wasn’t scraping gum off the sidewalks for her community service, she would be holding a sign on the freeway exits that read, ‘will bitch at you for caviar.’

Ben was hell bent on getting back to Rey. He could feel the urgency running through his veins, like a surging flash flood. He jumped in his car that was hidden in a remote garage, then took off in the direction of Rey’s house.

Hurry… Hurry… Hurry. A relentless voice thrummed in his head. It was his Alpha yelling at him. It must have known something the rest of him didn’t.

Of course he couldn’t wait to see her again. He needed to apologize profusely for his asinine behavior. He had known it was a mistake to walk away mere moments after the limo had pulled away. Taking him away from where he really belonged.

He didn’t care a damn if her children were fathered by other men. He loved them and wanted to give them the love they deserved.

His spunky,wonderful Omega was about to tell him something. Something important before everything beautiful in their world collapsed.

The look on her face, a soul deep sorrow, still swam before his eyes. He felt as if they were his own, stinging with unshed tears.

He would make damn sure that emotion never appeared on her face again.

He couldn’t get to her fast enough.

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Everything she owned was sorted, labeled and packed, then placed in a moving van.

The house was now empty. It was just a shell where once it was filled with light, love and laughter.

Rey would make sure her children would have a happy home somewhere else. She might have to put her dreams on hold, but her babies were more important than her unattainable visions of the future. Her own happiness would have to wait.

She would not look back as they pulled away. She forced herself to stare straight ahead. She knew if she turned and looked back should be turned into a pillar of salt, or maybe a pile of ashes.

Rey would be forever grateful for her friendship with Rose. She and her new boyfriend Finn had helped her pack up and were driving the moving van. Finn and a few buddies of his had volunteered to help lift the large king size bed, and other heavy furniture.

Everyone sat in somber silence as they pulled out of the driveway. Then, as if at invisible hand had pulled it out of thin air, a car suddenly pulled up and nearly collided with her truck. Was it the realtor, needing more paperwork to be signed? She really didn’t want to deal with that now.

At first, Rey couldn’t believe what her eyes were seeing. This was a trick of light and shadow. She had to be hallucinating, but it was Ben stepping out of his car.

It was most definitely him. Tall, and handsome in an other worldly way, he looked wild eyed and exhausted but relieved he was finally there.

They stared at each other, just standing there as a frozen in time. It was the boys hollering in excitement and running to Ben that snapped her back to reality.

He was the there… alive… And …and bleeding.

What the hell? Why was the blood dripping off his hand ? Someone had hurt him badly by the looks of it. What did he have to do to get back to her? Wrestle a grizzly bear? Fight off a great white shark? He would have attacked a Legion of avenging Angel to get back to her.

Ben hugged the boys and ruffled their hair, not troubled with the searing pain in his left shoulder as they squeeze him in their elation at having their favorite daddy home ./p>

He heard the crunching of gravel, and looked up as Rey slowly approached. He couldn’t blink, or she might disappear.

His eyes never wavered off her face as he took the last remaining steps to her. He had never seen something as beautiful and desirable as her in that moment.

He was a doomed moth to her seductive flame. He felt her scorching heat, and he’d die if he didn’t get burned immediately.

Rey felt her mating glands pulse back to life and slick began trickling down her legs. She saw his pupils dilate and his nose flare with her spiking sense. They were triggering each other’s heat and Rut.

She was now irresistible.

The pain in her heart evaporated, replaced with a surge of happiness. She thought it would ruin her forever, and as she turned her gaze up to his face, she saw such a deep and powerful longing. It brought new tears to her own eyes.

“ I am so sorry.” They both said at the same time. Then it was him apologizing for leaving and her begging for forgiveness for deceiving him.

Finally he got out what he has been aching to say, “Rey, no… No. That had to be the best thing that ever happened to me you gave me a new life, a family, and… And… Love. For the first time in my life.”

Now he was a blubbering idiot, but it felt so damn good to say the words. Finally letting it all out. His heart was open and exposed. .vulnerable..

She could still refuse him if she wished after his confession to how he earned his fortune, but she didn’t. “ I went back to a life of crime. I killed people for a living. Then I realized I couldn’t do it anymore. I was living in the dark, I don’t need expensive yachts and riches. I hated it. It’s not me anymore. Your and light showed me a different path, one I know we can walk together forever..”

His eyes had blown wide with Alpha desire. “Rey, mate me . Here … now. I know it’s time.”

He had taken her face in his hands, and gently pulled her towards him, then leaned down for a gentle kiss. That’s all it took for Rey to feel her heat explode back through her body..

She didn’t have any awareness of what was going on around her. Just the incredible kiss that was making her legs turn to Jell-O. More slick pour down her body, and she knew that she was ripe and ready for her Alpha.

Rose and Finn stood back, wide-eyed and wonderstruck. So this was a jerk who put Rey through so much pain.

Finn would like a few words with this guy, but he would probably punch him first and then ask questions later. And he feared Rey might not like that.

Now they needed to get the mattress back in the house pronto. Immediately, there is no time to lose!

Maz and Rose hearded the small group of gawking boys back into the car, promising ice cream and pizza an a sleepover at Auntie Rose’s and uncle Finn’s.

A very long, long sleepover.

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The mattress was placed in front of the fireplace and Rose quickly placed a plastic slick guard over it for protection. Then added the sheets and soft blankets.

She scattered rose petals all around to finish off the romantic look. Finn, bless his little sentimental heart, started a fire in the fireplace to warm up the room.

Rose grinned at him as he added candle light and soft music to the intimate setting. “I know they will be making their own warmth in a minute , but a fire adds just the right touch.” He said, smirking with a twinkle in his eye.

Rose would hold on to this guy. He was a keeper.

Back outside Maz was waiting in the truck with the boys, trying to explain that mommy and daddy needed time together just the two of them after being a part for so long.

Darth rolled his eyes, and Ani exclaimed, “EEww!”

Ignoring the pain in his arm, Ben lifted Rey in his arms and bridal carried her up the stairs. She seemed weightless, as light as a feather.

She had no appetite and had stoped eating in his absence. But now that he was back she felt her will to live return.

Ben stepped into the nearly empty living room and the familar memories came flooding back like a comforting wave. He was home where he belonged and now held his future in his arms.

He had gotten to her in the nick of time. What if he had been a few minutes too late. He would have missed them, and then he would’ve have missed the chance at his dream. He shivered at the horrible thought.

Now on to more important activities.

He loved the feeling of her in his arms as he carried her over the threshold , but he was eager to get to the mattress on the floor as quickly as possible.

He gently placed her on the bed, then took a brief moment to look at her. My god, what had happened to her? Her hair was dull and lanky she was bone thin and her sweet ,luscious scent had all but disappeared.

Her once perfect peaches and cream complexion was now as grey as oatmeal. Her sparkling eyes that were once dancing with humor were now desolate and full of sorrow.

Reaching down , he stroked her face. “Rey, my ray of sunshine, what has happened to you?”

As if he didn’t know!

“You happened to me you big oaf! I’ve died a little bit every day since you left.” She covered his large warm hands with her cold and trembling ones.

“Are you real? Have you really come back for me? I thought I’d lost you forever. No Alpha has ever come back for me.”

He saw the tears glistening in her eyes and he could have kicked himself for this. What his absence, his selfishness and stupidity had cost her.

An Omega should never be parted from her Alpha, it could be dangerous and damaging beyond repair. She was living proof they should not be separated.

Ben swallowed the large lump in his throat and whispered, “ Yes, my love. I’m here and I’m not going anywhere. My place is with you.”

Rey gazed up at him. He said the word….’Love’.

She had to believe that he was sincere. He had come to her injured and bleeding, but he was here. And now was the moment she had been born to do with the man of her dreams.

“Mate me Rey. Let’s make our love last forever.” He murmured into her throat, causing delicate electric shivers to race down her spine.

By then she was openly weeping. She was no longer afraid that he’d run if she showed him her honest feelings.

He really did want this. He waited for her consent , then dived right in when she eagerly nodded her head yes. She was beyond speech , too much wrapped up in the incredibleness of it all even to say ‘Yes, make me yours.”

Ben began licking and nipping at her minor scent glands, which of course, sent her Omega into a frenzy.

She grabbed at his shoulders and pulled him down , then began to kiss him with burning fever like intensity.

“Ben,…. Ben… oh Ben.. oh my god, Ben!” She slurred into his scrumptious skin. She was ravenous with desire and desperation caused her to scratch and claw at what ever she could reach .

“Babe… sweetheart… we’re almost there.Just hold on a few moments more and I’ll give you what you need.” Almost there… Paradise.

He could feel his own Rut beginning to manifest, brought on by her reemerging scent. His Alpha strained in his trousers , pushing agonizingly sweet on her belly.

Ben quickly stripped out of his shirt and pants, then with shaking, slightly nervous hands , he pulled off Rey’s clothing.

Why did it seem to take so long to unfasten a bra and slip down her panties? It was a task he was willing to perform every day for the rest of his life.

Rey felt her womb contract as his fingers did their duty and then the first gush of hot slick surprised her.

it was more than she had ever produced. She hoped that Rose had put the slick resistant padding on the bed. Rey panted and gasped as she felt her slick start as a small trickle then evolved into heavy gushes.

“Oh my God Ben, I’m not sure what’s going on. I’ve never made so much before …I need you now!” She demanded of her Alpha.

He had to chuckle at that. No problem there. He licked heavily the gland on her throat, causing her to squirt, more hot liquid.

“Wow Rey, maybe I should have brought along my boogie board.” She barely heard his joke as the haze of need enveloped her fully.

Oh he brought one all right. It was prodigious in length and girth and was designed to give her ultimate pleasure.

He needed to taste her. The scent of her slick was causing him to drool and dribble down his chin. He wouldn’t let any of it go to waste.

Ben chuckled against her skin, as she said with anxious concern, “where are you going?”He had stopped, kissing and nibbling at her lips and throat, and began his dissent downward.

“Oh” Okay, this is good . This is very.. very good.

He first lingered at her breasts to nibble and suck at them. Ben made Yum Yum sounds which made Rey giggle.

His Alpha urged him onward down to her silky stomach. There he spent some time licking and sucking her flesh until Rey was gasping and squirming and begging him to go lower.

no problem there.

She cannot suppress the guttural cry that filled the room as his tongue took its first swipe at her engorged Omega.

This was more than she’d ever experience from this carnal act. They had sex only one time before and she was not in a heat, so it never was this intense or this passionate.

The flames in the fireplace flickered wildly as she screamed again. She grasped at the sheets and pulled tightly nearly ripping them, as the intensity of her first orgasm grew.

Then she broke. The dam that held back her pleasure burst open wide and ripples of incredible sensations cascaded throughout her entire body.

And that was just from his expert tongue.

Ben climbed back up her sated body and pulled her up into his chest. They cuddled together, Ben whispering. “ I love you. I love you so much.” until his Alpha decided it was time.

“Rey, honey, are you ready?” His breath was hot against the nape of her neck, causing her mating glands to pulse maddeningly .Her Omega was frustratingly impatient.

“ Are you kidding me Ben? I’ve never been more ready.” She growled at his teasing.

He never ceased to vex her even now as they were about to be mated. “Just do it….bite me ….. make me yours!”

In one swift movement, Ben plunged his thick and throbbing member into her ripe and ready cunt, and immediately felt his knot swell to lock her in place.

They both gasped at the amazing sensation of being joined in that most intimate of positions. Their naked bodies pressed so close together that they were ‘one’ in all ways that mattered.

He waited and waited for the perfect moment…. Then…. Chomp!

Ben buried his teeth into the soft raised flesh at the back of her neck. Her mating gland seared as his sharp canines bit deep. Deep as they could go.

It brought out a different kind of cry from her lips. One that was a feral howl so primitive it harkened back to a time long forgotten.

His howl joined hers as the ancient mating ritual was performed. She felt his essence bleeding into her. Claiming her. Their souls literally blending and merging as one.

It was beautiful, transcendent and earth shattering all at once.

Ben waited for his knot to deflate, then carefully pulled out of her sated body. With his fingers he caught the precious elixir that was their combined fluids that dripped out of her pussy and messaged them all over her heated skin.

This was a part of the ancient ritual. Coating the skin of the chosen mate, so that she would be permanently scented. Signaling that she was claimed and no longer available to other Alphas.
“Just let this dry, okay Rey.” She nodded then with trembling fingers she swiped a long path across her stomach then touched his bare chest. Painting his flesh with the same reverence as he did her.

This was more powerful than a spoken vow, more sacred then a pledge. They had made a covenant, a promise of true devotion and faithfulness. Never to be broken. They were two that were one.

There was no escape, no second thoughts or regrets. They were officially mated now and in each other’s skin. His very lifeblood now flowed through her veins and into her thumping heart. It was coming home.

Then it was his turn to cry as overwhelming feelings of relief, belonging and peace enveloped him. He felt her arms come around his chest, surrounding him in acceptance and love.

She turned in his arms to look up and to his face. Gone was the dull, blank stare of her eyes, replaced by a glowing warmth that caused his heart to squeeze in happiness.

Ben let go of his own pain. The shackles of bondage to Snoke were broken.

At last he let go of his own darkness and chaos that was his life before she came into. She sent her brilliant shafts of light into his black and pain filled world and changed it forever.

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‘ only in my pain, did I find my will. Only in my chaos did I learn to be still. Only in my fear did I find my might. Only in my darkness did I see my light.’ By t.m.t

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Five years later…

Little Padme’ wasn’t so little anymore.

She ran around the elementary school playground yelling at the top of her lungs. Children twice her size were dodging each other to get out of the little bulldozers way or get trampled.

Her mother Rey had doubts that kindergarten with tame her wild child. One can only hope she thought wearily.

Ben stood back and grinned like the proud papa that he was. He once mentioned to his Rey that,

“God had given Padme flaming red hair, so everyone would see her coming and get out of the way. That girl needs a warning label. Oh yeah, she does her red hair.”

He received a purple bruise on his shoulder for that comment from his feisty mate.

Now, if they watched their only daughter lineup for her first day of school, Ben felt himself choking up. He’d become quite a sentimental daddy. Padme’ had wrapped herself snuggly around his little finger and became Daddy’s little girl.

Ben reached for Rey and pulled her back into his chest. He kissed the top of her head, then rested his chin there where it fit perfectly.

This was their signature hug. This time, however, Ben’s hand wandered down to the subtle roundness of her tummy.

It was still a secret, but they were going to announce her pregnancy to his parents and the rest of the family just as soon as she visited with the doctor and got the first ultrasound.

If this new baby was a girl, they would name her Leia Maz after the two most important women in their lives.

And together they took care of Maz until she drew her final breath. She passed away peacefully in her own bed in her own home. Her loved ones, circling her bed as her spirit went to heaven.

Rey had held her hand and leaned in close as Maz whispered her final blessing. “Rey my dear, the bravest thing you ever did was to love again. To take another chance at being happy and loved in return.”

Maz’s wisdom and advice had carried Rey through many hardships and the good times. She knew what was good for her sweet Rey. If it wasn’t for old Maz , Rey would not have had the courage to go after Ben and bring him home.

“ Take good care of him. I know he would swim through broken glass to be with you. There is no stronger love than yours.Shield and protect your love, never take him for granted, and he will pull down the moon and stars and put them on your fingers.”

Ben had surprised Rey by telling her that all his income wasn’t made by popping people off. He had a tidy sum stashed away that even Bazine didn’t know about. She gave him a quick divorce with no strings attached.

Never again would Rey have to slave all day as a waitress . She finished school and got a part time job at the county jail, sitting behind a desk, but as she was pregnant, she’d have to wait before she could do real police work. Ben started up his own construction company which kept him close to home.

He had personally seen to it, that they moved back into the house where he had fallen in love with her. There would be no other place he could call home.

And as the children came one by one, he added more rooms until there was so much love there that it was a tangible thing. And the string that bound them together had turned into an unbreakable cord.

It shined brilliantly golden because they polished it every day and never took it for granted. They laughed together and fought together . For each other.

Accepting each other’s differences and faults. And they had many. They healed each other’s broken hearts with love and friendship.

The end…..

“ Healing comes when we choose to walk way from darkness and move towards a brighter light.” Dieter F. Uchdorf.