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“Eleri is going to want you in there with me,” I said.
“Too bad,” he said, and left me alone.
I tried to resist his directive, but it was pointless, and I knew it. I went to Eleri’s door and knocked.
eleri
“HE CAN’T JUST order you to knot me, and you have to agree!” I said, annoyed. “I’m allowed to say no, aren’t I?”
“Obviously,” Maguire said, nodding ferociously.
“So, if I don’t want it, you’ll stop.”
“I wouldn’t do anything against your will, no matter what he says.” Maguire was deadly serious about this, but I could see that there was an internal struggle. He really wanted to knot me.
It wasn’t that I didn’t want him to knot me, because I did. I wanted to say no to somehow send a message to Devlin, but I didn’t know why that was. I was annoyed that Devlin was avoiding talking to me, and he’d sent Maguire in here to be with me instead. I was so annoyed, in fact, that maybe I was just going to let some other alpha knot me without Devlin. If that was what he wanted, fine. I squared my shoulders. “Well, it won’t be against my will.”
“I’m confused,” said Maguire.
“I’m so annoyed with him for making you do this,” I said. “How dare he, really? He won’t talk to me?”
“Yeah, he’s in some kind of weird self-punishing funk,” said Maguire. “I told him to come in with us, but he wouldn’t do it.”
“We should be together, all three of us, the first time I take your knot,” I said. “It’s the way it’s supposed to be.”
“Agreed,” he said.
“But I’m so mad at him that I think I’m just going to let him have his way,” I said. “Just because I want to get back at him. I know it’s not healthy, but… I don’t even care right now.” I started to pull off my clothes, shaking my head. I yanked off my shirt and bra and then shimmied out of the pants I was wearing. Turning my back on Maguire, I stalked into the bedroom.
“Whoa, what the fuck, omega?” came his voice.
I turned around. “Huh?”
He was advancing on me. I was only wearing underwear. He put a hand on my upper thigh. “Did Sinclair do this to you?”
“Oh,” I said. Right, I was sore from Sinclair in a number of ways. I twisted. Wow, I had bruises. “I’m bruised,” I said in a dazed voice.
Maguire guided me to the bed and made me lie down on my belly. Carefully, he removed my underwear. He traced his fingers over my flesh, making little noises of disapproval. Then he got up and went into my bathroom. He came back with a little tin. “I was hoping there would be some of this.”
“What is it?”
“It’s a salve that should help speed up healing,” said Maguire. “This…” He sighed. He started to rub the salve into me. His fingers were shaking, I realized.
“Are you okay?” I said.
“I’m thinking about going and murdering Sinclair,” he said tightly.
“You’re angry,” I said. That’s why he was shaking. “You should know, I begged him for this. I thanked him for every time he struck me. It felt kind of amazing at the time, and I’m pretty sure, if everything with Devlin weren’t so fucked up now, I’d like the lingering soreness. It would connect me to my alpha, even if he wasn’t around. It would make me feel safe and claimed and pleased, having his marks on me, just like a bite.”
“I can’t imagine anything about Sinclair makes anyone feel safe,” he said.
“Well…” I sighed. “Sinclair is complicated, but I want him. My omega wants him. We have a connection, something very strong.”
“Right, and he’s the one who made you present as an omega in the first place,” he said. “So, it’s like what you and me have, I think.” His fingers were very gentle and warm as he rubbed the salve into me.
It felt good, and it turned me on, or maybe it was his scent and the fact I was naked. “Mmm, I like the sound of that.”
“Of what?”
