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“Yes, because he can stop me if I try to bite you,” said Devlin.
We were all three in my room, hours after the meeting with the Queen. Maguire had barely been on duty for ten minutes at this point.
“But this way, I can knot you, which we both need at this point,” said Devlin.
I had to agree. “I do need a knot.”
“You do,” he said, and he was undoing his belt.
“But the Queen—”
“You heard her saying it was really none of her affair, didn’t you?” Devlin pulled his belt out of its loops and draped it over a chair that was near the door of the room.
“Yes, but that was about who bites me,” I said. “Of course, I only want it to be you,” I said, all at once, too fast.
He stopped in the middle of pulling his shirt free from his pants and came for me. He gathered me into his arms and kissed me.
I sighed into him, my body feeling too taut and too hot and very sensitive. I knew it had been the thing to say aloud for him, but I wasn’t sure it was actually true. I didn’t know anything about bites. But there were four alpha scents that were distinctive to me and that made me react the way Devlin’s did. Devlin’s, Macguire’s, Rohan’s, and Sinclair’s. Well, Sinclair’s was different in its own way…
But I knew Devlin wanted me to be his and only his, and some part of me also wanted that. Maybe it was only because I hadn’t been raised in this world, with designations, and I had a romantic idea of what this should look like. It was two people, just me and a man, and maybe I was simply clinging to that for some sort of comfort. I didn’t know if I actually wanted that or if I only thought that I was supposed to want it. It was confusing.
I was incredibly confused since meeting the prince, though. I was constantly confused about almost everything. Being in his arms, though, it made me feel certain of one thing: him.
He pulled away, holding me at arms’ length, tucking my hair behind my ears affectionately as he looked into my eyes. “The Queen doesn’t know what she’s talking about, trying to keep us apart. It’s having a bad effect on both of us. You know how you can get irritable if you haven’t had enough to eat?”
“I suppose,” I said. “Are you saying we’re irritable because we haven’t had sex with each other?”
“Yes,” he said. “The animal parts of us, the alpha and omega parts, are highly instinctual, and they need to be soothed with physicality. Not only has she kept us from having sex, but kept us from touching, too. Rightly speaking, we should be sleeping in each other’s arms, waking up to the sound of each other’s heartbeats, the scent of each other, to the safety that’s found with our mate. You feel it, don’t you? It’s better when we’re touching.”
I nodded. “Oh, yes, I feel it.”
He sighed and rested his forehead against mine.
I shut my eyes.
For several moments, it was only that, the two of us head-to-head, very close, touching each other. I could feel how relaxed my body was around him, and it made me realize how tense I’d been all day. I’d been holding the tension between my shoulders and in my neck. Now, close to him, I was deliciously unraveling all of that. I felt safe with him. He was home.
He kissed the tip of my nose. “I’d love to have you slow and sweet, but I don’t think I’ll be able to manage it, omega,” he breathed.
“Not slow or sweet,” I agreed, reaching up to touch his chest. “That’s not what I want.”
He kissed my lips hungrily, a rumble growing in his chest.
I clung to him, pressing in to mold my body into his.
But he broke away, running a hand through his hair, to look at Maguire. “We need… he’s not going to just watch and do his job for nothing in return.”
Maguire raised his eyebrows. “I am getting a salary, Your Highness.”
“No, you know what I mean.”
“So, I’m being paid in sex now?” he said. “Or am I being paid for sex?”
“Oh, for fuck’s sake,” growled Devlin. “Here. Undress her for me. You know you want to. I’ll let you put your hands and mouth anywhere you like.”
My body lurched in excitement at this pronouncement, and worry rose up with it, because I was lying to Devlin about the way I wanted him, and I didn’t know how to explain it to him. But maybe Devlin was right and we were both irritable because we needed sex. Maybe after I had his knot, I’d feel better and things would be easier.
I was actually positive I’d feel better after being knotted. I knew that I needed that.
