Page 113 of Knot All is Crystal
Oh yeah it’s fine.
Just need to escort Walter to Prism because apparently they are in need of a doctor for totally legit and not at all questionable reasons
ah just another day at the office then
Bonus is that Emmanuel can come over now because my tail is heading to the club.
He should be there soon.
Pack party
Is it a party if we’re all just going to rot on the sofa
Maverick is reading over my shoulder and smacks me on the back of the head. “You’re texting her while she’s driving!”
“Oh, fuck,” I wince. “I wasn’t thinking.”
Read this at a stop light
Get home safe
Quit texting while driving
Or Mav will spank you
Now I really don’t wanna stop
But it’s voice to text, you worrywarts
Still want my spanking tho
FORTY-THREE
Crystal stretchesout in the nest between Gage and Manny, and my heart is so full that it could burst. The t-shirts we made are shoved into the corners of the nest, and I am filled with Alpha pride knowing she liked my idea for her nest so much.
Manny strokes our Omega’s fading hair and tells her a story about Gage as a kid. Gage is blushing fiercely, his freckles nearly drowned out by the flush, and it makes me want to rub my face all over him and see if his skin is heated.
I can’t control myself anymore, so I launch forward, flopping myself across the three of them. “Ah, that’s better,” I say, wiggling into their laps to get more comfortable. “Definitely what was missing.”
“I concur,” Crystal chuckles. “This is how it’s…supposed to be.”
Her voice drops at the end, sadness bleeding into it, and it makes me want to tear the world apart to destroy whatever it is that suddenly made her sad.
“You wish Puck were here?” Manny asks quietly, stroking a finger down her cheekbone. “That’s what made you sad, right?”
“Am I an idiot for it? I know he lied, and he’s screwed me over by not getting me out of Kieran’s clutches before now, but still!”
“He’s still your Alpha,” I remind her. “Even if he fucked up. It seems like it all came from a mostly good, if selfish, place.”
She grumbles and buries herself in Gage’s neck. When she speaks, it’s muffled against his skin. “Mostly. But he still has done some horrible shit for Kieran. I’ve seen him covered in blood!”
“Hot.” She stares at me like I’ve just told her I’m a murderer. “What? It is hot. He’s a good-looking dude. Anyone can recognize that. He’s very much got that ‘burn the world for you’ vibe.”
She scoffs, reaching around Gage to grab a pillow with sequin cherries on it. “No, he wouldn’t. If he’d burn the world for me, I wouldn’t be stuck with Kieran as my Omega guardian.” The Beta reaches into his pocket, pulls out a small red hard candy, and opens it up before slipping it between her lips, and she hums happily.
Manny nuzzles her ear. “Except he went feral when Kieran hurt you. You had to stop him from killing the asshole, didn’t you?” His voice is so damn quiet that I feel like I need subtitles for the guy.
“Why are you guys on his side? I thought you hated him?” I can hear the candy clicking around her teeth as she talks, making me grin.
