Page 57 of Omega Chattel
Up the stairs we went, and he never asked me to put him down.
I drew the curtains but the light still invaded my room. I loved it because I wanted to see him, Alli without barriers, Alli naked for me and wanting me.
He did not beg me, this time, to knot him, but in the mind-link and the bond forming between us, I felt his need, his desire.
Soon, I thought. Soon.
We pleased each other in simpler ways for now, mouth and hands. Kisses and licks.
Afterward, we napped wrapped up in each other, and it was the most peaceful sleep I’d had in weeks.
We woke at the same time.
I sat up, eyeing him up and down, wanting him all the time, but a person had to eat.
“Get dressed,” I said.
“What?”
“I’m taking you out to eat.”
He brushed the hair from his eyes and sheepishly grinned. “The best burgers again?”
“Better.”
I took him to a nice steak house.
When he got the menu, this time he didn’t behave as naïve as he had had when we first met. He scanned it instead of reading it from the top. His eyes widened when he saw the prices.
“Don’t worry about that,” I said. “Order anything you want.”
He devoured his steak when it came. This time I knew he wouldn’t be sick, though. In a few days he’d gotten his strength back as well as a regular appetite that wouldn’t make him sick.
We talked for two hours over our food and our wine. Truthfully, we had very little in common, and yet it was as if we’d known each other for years. He seemed interested in anything I said, listening intently as I’m sure I spoke of things he knew nothing about.
When he told me of his experiences at the farm, I was riveted. Any memory he had, I felt myself leaning toward him, wanting to hear more just because it was Alli.
I wanted to know everything about him. How he became shaped into the young man before me. What had hurt him and what had pleased him. It infuriated me to know he’d been mistreated. I wanted to write to Zilly’s immediately with a letter of complaint, but Alli put out a hand to touch my wrist and said, “No.”
“Why not?”
“If they know it’s me, they could sue you to take me back. Or make you pay for me. I wouldn’t want that.”
“We’re in the middle of a bonding. A bond supersedes all that.”
He vehemently shook his head.
“I could make it anonymous. Just a heads up to the warden there.”
He lowered his eyes. “I agree the man should be fired, removed so he can’t harm another. What I saw him do to my classmate shouldn’t happen to another.”
“What he did to you shouldn’t happen to another.”
Alli bit his lower lip.
“So it’s settled,” I said. “I’ll start with an anonymous email.”
He nodded. “My word held no weight, but coming from an Alpha, maybe they’ll pay attention.”
