Back at the Gold Fin Coven main house, later that night...

"Marithe?"

Said Omega snapped out of his attention to find Lachlan standing next to the sofa and hovering over him. "Yeah," he said sleepily, stifling a yawn.

"It's been quite a night for all of us, huh?" Lachlan mused as he pulled Marithe to his feet and out of the sofa. "Chance and Chace are upstairs waiting for us while everyone else took off. Taranna said that she and Arianna want to meet with you tomorrow, by the way."

"I'll bet," Marithe commented. "But yeah, it's been wild for all of us, especially now that I'm finally swallowing my pride and embracing my inner Omega merman- all that jazz and then some. I just never thought that I lasted this long with all this inner hatred and shit."

"Believe me, you were no easy person to deal with," Lachlan agreed. "From the moment you showed your...well, fin and told everyone off at that town hall meeting, you had to admit that you were being a horse's ass to everyone. Even me."

Marithe sighed. "Don't remind me. I originally thought that Thierry was nothing more than the devil in disguise or a rogue incubus in the form of the last moon wolf who got a rough hand from how he was raised back in Austin. I acutally said that it might've been better for him to be sacrificed or sold into trafficking for sex or drugs to save my former pack. And it was no thanks to the later Gruesome Threesome- Tiana, Fianna, and Mi'Chelle- that caused me to turn my back on him when you and I needed him the most. But I thought it was for the greater good."

"But you know the old saying, right? The greater the good, the harder the blow."

"Be serious, Lachlan."

"I am serious," Lachlan said stiffly as the two Omegas began cleaning up the dinner table that came from the dinner party. "Everyone, human and supernatural, thinks that we are doing something that we're not supposed to for the greater good or to make things better. But the more that we do the wicked for good, the bigger the backlash that we'll face in the long run. Us breaking Thierry's heart to save our old packs back in Massachusetts and Washington State had caused a giant tidal wave with all the Alphas turning on us and us losing everything even after we started a viciously toxic relationship with Thierry's sisters and cousin. Our wolves had no problem with killing them back then, even if it meant going to prison for it. We had ourselves to blame."

Marithe nodded, finally understanding the message with memories of his time with the Gruesome Threesome when he was Matt the disgraced Alpha werewolf flashing through his head: the endless demands, being sent to conversion therapy to deny himself the attractions and former flings he had with Thierry, being browbeaten and nagged into doing what the ladies wanted and getting nothing but more demands, hateful comments, and abusive contacts even when he did.

Then came the sentencing from the judge after he and Luciane (now Lachlan) were convicted of murder: "Luciane Moranox and Matthieux Rosseaux-Yanez, the court finds you guilty as charged for all the crimes mentioned," she intoned sternly. "The Republic of Texas sentences you to serve prison time at the Brownsville Federal Penitentiary for the rest of your natural lives without the chance for parole. On top of that, you two will be serving a day of solitary confinement on the anniversary of your foolish choices. May the supernatural gods have mercy on your souls."

Marithe bit back a sob, a wave of sadness crashing over him. "I...I wish things-" he started to say as he felt the flow of tears fall down his face.

"We can't reflect on what could've been, Marithe," Lachlan said gently as he led the other Omega to a chair. "We can only learn to accept what we learned from the past and become better people."

"But I was so stubborn and such an egotist," Marithe weakly defended. "You accepted it all with little ease...while I was the asshole to everyone. You said it yourself regarding my speech at the town hall."

Lachlan nodded, a wave of self-loathing crashing over him as he remembered what his cohort said.

"I was meant to lead, not follow. I was meant to be a dominant, never submitting to anyone other than my late parents. And most of all, I was never meant to follow anyone's path by volition. I believe that what I did in the past had to be done to save my parents, even though it was all for nothing. Lachlan may have thought otherwise, him as Luciane back then reminding me that there could've been another way to take down the Gruesome Threesome and save Thierry. But I did what I had to do. I have no regrets for what I did, and quite frankly...I should've rejected Thierry in the first place...Thierry Lemieux, the day that I first met you was the day that I should've rejected you on the spot if I'd known what I was getting myself into. But since it's too late for that, I figured that I do this to let you know what a pathetic piece of shit you are. Even if you're the last moon wolf and Druscilla's kid, you're nothing but pure trouble. I wished that your uncle had you shiped off to the military academy instead of Sammons Falls. I wished you had ended your life back in Texas so your late family could be at peace without you. But most of all, I wished that you were dead alongside all the other moon wolves!"

Lachlan saw Marithe sob heavily just as Chance and Chace came from downstairs, their merman halves on high alert as they felt their mates in distress. "Hey, now," the former said soothingly as he came to Marithe's side and wrapped him in a hug. "There's no need to feel distressed, Marithe. You know better now. And as Lachlan said, all you can do is learn to be a better person in the future. You have Lachlan, my brother, and myself as your mates. We're not going to go anywhere and you can find love with all of us. Embrace the possibilities of the now and thrive."

He heard Marithe's sobs being quieted down, the Omega in question looking up to face his Alpha mate's eyes. "Then help me forget about the ignorant fool that I was, my Alpha," he breathed, a small croak etched in his voice. He cleared his throat. "I ask for Lachlan to take me to the stars with you and Chace with your powers and let me find the REAL Omega merman that I can become."

The look that Chance gave him was priceless mixed in with a bit of passion-laced ferality. "Be warned, my Omega," he said, letting his merman half show through his voice. "I will not be responsible for what will happen next if you do agree with what my cohorts and I will do to you."

"I do not care. This is me showing you that I am willing to become permanently yours." Marithe wiped his eyes with a napkin that Chace gave him before he swiftly cleaned the table.

"Amazing," Lachlan said as he watched his fellow Omega rinsed the dirty dishes before placing them in the dishwasher, wipe off the counters, swept the floors, and cleaned the tables.

"I've never seen an Omega be so determined to get it on," Chace mused.

"Well, brother and Omega, it goes to show that anything can happen once one reaches a breakthrough after a reality check," Chance intoned, smirking as Marithe returned to them. To the other Omega, "Now, pet, are you sure that this is what you want?"

"Yes, Alpha."

The two Alphas and Lachlan looked at each other before they smiled widely as Marithe knelt before them. "Then let us head to the bedroom, shall we?" Lachlan said seductively before pulling his Omega in for a deep kiss that was full of want and lust.

Both Alpha mermen were stunned. "Fuck, that's hot," Chance hissed as he swiftly began removing his clothes.

"Damn!" Chace drawled as he took in the Omegas making out with each other before Lachlan broke apart and roughly led Marithe up the stairs. "Looks like we're having ourselves a late-night fuckfest tonight!"

"Agreed," Chance said, now fully naked before he began stripping off his twin brother's clothes. "Lachlan's topping Marithe. I'm topping you. We're topping our Omegas and vice-versa. Tonight is indeed going to be blissful!"

He was sure of it, gentle reader. And though this writer would love to depict what would follow in the spacious bedroom that the four of them would share, there are some things that I cannot share as I think that I would be afraid of being too explicit. But believe me when I say that by the end of the night, all four lovers would be thoroughly mated and marked to show their love for each other.

It's not much to go on, but I think you already know that my four lovers are now mated and marked to each other. Am I right or am I right?

Anyway, the next chapter's getting a little ominous as our disgraced Alpha female is making her plan for revenge! And let's say that she'll catch a lot of hell for it! Don't miss out!

Music: "Set It on Fire," by Eve. Dedicating this out to CupidLovesAngst.

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