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They'd been on a resupply run to the southern air temple. it was only supposed to be a three day trip. That was before the landslides blocking the road back to Republic City.
It was also before the spirits blasted rear axle and drivetrain decided to fall completely apart. Lin had tried to bend it back into some semblance of use, but it was never going to be sound enough to get them back to the temple several hours away.
Lin had used the radio in the Cabbage Corp Ute to contact Toph and Katara back in the city. She'd been pretty much forced to take this trip by her mother. Something about needing to take time off and get out of town.
Toph had said they would send a crew to clear the landslide but it would be a few days. A summer storm had surged up from the south causing the numerous, smaller slides between them and the city. Not to mention the very large one they had narrowly avoided before the Ute died.
Kya had gone since the trip was to restock what Tenzin had used the last time there. Kya screamed internally. This was not supposed to happen. She'd had a short window of time between the trip and her heat. They should have been safely back at the Air Temple Island and the city before it hit.
Lin wasted no time bending a small, hut-like structure out of the earth for them to shelter in. A summer storm was no joke. It meant rain and wind in the city. The mountains weren't going to be much better.
At least they had supplies, Katara had (as usual) overstocked the Ute for their trip. They had plenty of dried fruit and jerky. Along with some tubers and preserved vegetables.
She had to talk to Lin about what was coming. Especially if they were going to be here for several days. Up to a week, Lin had sighed. Depending on the storm.
She waited until Lin had gotten a fire started before, "We need to talk."
Lin shot her a curious look from where she was putting dried rice into a pot of boiling water. Kya moved slightly closer. The scent hit Lin like a boulder thrown by her mother.
Lin's head jerked back. "You're an Omega." Lin surged to her feet and headed for the opening of the hut. "Spirits." She cursed.
The corresponding scent hit Kya, washing over her like a warm wave. She growled low in her throat in response.
Lin stood outside the shelter, breathing heavily, attempting to clear her head. "How did I not know this before now?" Lin paced.
A light rain started, almost a mist. The water helped wash the intoxication out of her mind. Kya shrugged from inside the entry. "It never came up."
"Did you plan to be out here, with me, for this heat?" Lin snapped angrily.
"No." Kya snapped back, just as angry. "We should have been back by this evening. I did NOT plan to be stuck in the mountains with a stiff ass earth bending Alpha." Her arms were crossed over her chest, protectively.
Lin paced for a few more moments. She ran her hands through her hair. "Sorry," She grunted. "I am actually sorry."
Kya made a move towards her, dropping arms. Lin held both hands out at arms length, "No, no, don't get any closer. I'm having a hard time controlling myself right now."
Kya froze. "Seriously? You're the most controlled person I've ever known."
Lin looked her directly in the eye. "And believe me, you should be thankful for that right now. You've known me my entire life. How do you think I got to be thirty without any accidental siring?"
Lin gave an odd laugh. "Mom sure didn't."
Kya cocked her head. "You still don't know who your father is?"
"Nope. She says she's my sire and the only parent I'll ever need." Lin began pacing again.
Kya again stepped forward, to comfort her friend. Lin took several steps back. "You have to stay downwind."
Kya froze again. There was a look she'd never seen in Lin's eyes. She'd been with other alphas and betas but this was something she'd never seen before. There was a glint in Lin's eye.
"You've been with Omegas before." Kya stayed in the opening to the shelter.
"Yes." Lin agreed. "And your brother, who's a beta."
"is that why you broke up?" Kya asked softly.
"No." Lin shrugged. "It's extremely rare for alphas to get pregnant, but we tried. Mom did it with Su, so we figured we'd see. Obviously, it didn't take."
The rain started to gain force. Lin stood in the cleansing water. Hoping it would help flush the pheromones. Kya stepped back into the shelter. Lin knew she would have to go in.
"Kya, how long until your heat kicks in?" She called.
"Not exactly sure." Came a muffled response. Lin's eyebrows climbed toward her hairline.
"What?" There was a burning heat traveling all through Lin's body from the lingering scent; light though it had been.
"I was up with the Northern Water Tribe." Kya reappeared. "They have a pretty limited view of having heats without mates. So, I suppressed them."
Lin stared up at the rain clouds. She knew what the older woman meant. And most of the Northern Water Tribe alphas were male. Not her friend's cup of Matcha. She was concerned about what would happen if Kya's heat fully descended while they were stuck out here.
Lin kept a tight rein on her libido. Being an alpha, a Beifong alpha, meant there were a lot of people who wanted to have her. Wealth and a famous name did wonders for getting bed partners. Her own sire had demonstrated that enough times.
Lin didn't want bed partners. She wanted a mate. She'd thought, hoped really, that things would work out between her and Tenzin. And then she'd dated, fucked, a few after their disastrous parting.
She shot a look at Kya. "I'm going to gather some wood. If this weather keeps up, we'll need the fire."
Kya nodded and disappeared back into the shelter. Lin moved off to pick up dead wood.
She returned with some boughs for bedding and some dead fall for the fire. She'd formed an ax of sorts from a piece of the Ute she had bent off. She was praying to any listening spirits for help when she entered the shelter.
Kya had the rice and jerky set up for them to eat when she came in. She stayed away while Lin set up the boughs and covered them with blankets. Two pallets, Kya noted. She almost smirked.
A wave of her heat passed over her body and she shuddered. Doing her best to dampen her pheromones. It obviously wasn't enough. She spotted the tremor in Lin's hands when the younger woman reached for her food and chopsticks.
Kya was impressed by how Lin was able to control her response. Any other alpha she'd ever been around would have been attempting to impress her with whatever skills they had.
Lin ate mechanically, chewing slowly. Each movement was slow and precise. She was using every bit of willpower she had to just put food into her mouth.
When she'd started bending, it had taken her an iron self control not to let her emotions get the better of her. It was taking everything she had not to grab Kya now.
Kya did not need to be tied down to a, what had an ex said, an emotionally constipated misanthrope.
Toph had once joked to Katara that Lin's alpha instinct was part of why she held back when sparring with Kya. Katara had only raised an eyebrow.
Lin didn't think she was supposed to have heard that exchange.
The next day, Kya knew it was going to be hard. The heat was building in her belly. She hadn't even opened her eyes but she knew exactly where Lin was.
Rain was still pouring from the sky. The wind had started as well. They were going to need more wood.
Lin rose, fighting every instinct to join Kya under her blankets "Going for more wood."
Kya heard the strain in the other woman's voice. It was coming out as almost a growl.
When she was certain Lin had gone, Kya rose to tend to nature's call. When she came back into the shelter, she pulled off her wet outer garments. She draped the clothes over a bent bough near the fire to dry.
That left her in her underwear and breast wraps. The need was growing exponentially. She got dried fruit out of a pack for breakfast.
As she bent down to get a canteen, Lin's pheromones hit her. She groaned in frustration.
Lin took her time finding some more deadwood. She needed to ensure it was somewhat dry for their fire. It would be a cold night without it.
As she entered the shelter, Kya's scent hit. Her eyes hadn't adjusted to the gloom. But she knew without her seismic sense where the omega was.
As her eyes finally adjusted, she spotted the over dress Kya had been wearing.
She heard a groan. Immediately, she dropped into a fighting stance. Kya had made that sound.
Kya's hands were busy. Both hands were at her sex. One thrusting fingers in and the other stroking an engorged clit.
The rational part of her told her to run back out into the rain. Her base alpha insinct demanded she fuck Kya into the ground. She froze.
Kya groaned again.
Lin lost the iron grip she'd had on her body. Her armor fell away. She crossed to Kya's pallet, stripping.
She needed to answer that groan. Every fiber in her body was fueled with one purpose.
Her right hand snapped out to grip Kya's left wrist, pulling it away from it's thrusts. Her teeth nipped at the other hand.
Kya jerked in shock. Both her wrists were in Lin's grip. She was stunned by how easily Lin held her.
When a warm tongue fluttered over her clit, she had no more thoughts other than pleasure.
Lin had had partners of both sexes, but none of them were as responsive as Kya. No one else had made her lose control either.
She released Kya's wrists. She had better uses for her hands. Her left teased and stroked breasts while her right found its way between silken folds.
Two fingers curled up inside Kya towards where her tongue was creating kanji.
Kya's hands, now free, tangled in black hair nestled between her thighs. Kya had been trying to do anything to get her heat under control. She was at the edge of a very powerful orgasm. She looked down and her blue eyes locked with Lin's jade staring back over the plane of her toned stomach. Her back arched and her thighs held the earthbender in place.