Page 92 of Two For the Show
While I may not be capable of bonding her with my bite, something is unfolding between the two of us. It’s like our hindbrains are talking to one another directly in this moment, and my Alpha is telling her Omega everything she needs to know.
She’s safe.
We’ll never let them take her.
We need her.
I need her.
She’s loved.
I love her.
I love her.
I love her.
Holy fucking shit, I love her.
As soon as that realization hits, I know I can loosen my grip on her neck. Dario takes a step back, and Alex exhales loudly.
I can see the moment she realizes what happened. Her forehead wrinkles, and her eyes widen in fear.
Before she can freak out, I gather her in my arms and turn her around, burying her face in my neck and wrapping her legs around my waist.
“You’re okay,” I tell her softly. “You’re okay. We’re here. We’re not going anywhere. You’re safe.”
“Safe,” she whispers, nuzzling up against me. Her scent is faint, but returning, and I feel the muscles in my back relax.
She’s back with me now.
Warner Bradley is saying something, and I hear Jude raise his voice, but I can’t make out the individual words because Alex is purring so loudly that it rattles my body.
“Dexter.” I can’t look down at her because her grip on my back is so tight, her face buried so deep in my neck that I’m nearly immobilized. “I was in Storm.”
“You were.”
“I was so scared.”
“Me too,” I admit. “But I knew you’d come back to me.”
“How? How’d you know?” She runs her hands up and down my back, fingers digging into the loose tank top I threw on after our routine.
“Just did. Same way I know that I love you.”
Her breath hitches, and her hands still. I don’t think she was expecting me to say that. “Mean it?”
“I do.”
“Good.” Her teeth dig into the crux of my neck and shoulder blade, and I have to hold back a pleasured sound that wants to escape. I can feel her bond snaking through me, filling my veins and transforming me.
Could I reject it?
I’m sure. It’s a failsafe of our designations.
But I open myself up to it immediately, letting it settle in my chest. When it does, something incredible happens.
I can feel her. Alex’s emotions come barrelling through me. There is fear, embarrassment, and a little bit of pain, but also joy and contentment.
