Page 253 of Knot What I Expected

“No. Fuck. Not like that.” His expression tightens. “Come here if you need me, Honey. I'll hold you. I'll fucking hold you all night. Just... I need you to understand what's happening before we do anything else.”

I stare at him.

“What is happening?”

His nostrils flare again. A shudder moves through his huge body.

Monster growls so loudly I hear him. And something inside me answers.

My thighs press together. Moisture floods between them, and it’s dripping down my legs.

Rowan notices.

Of course he fucking notices.

His jaw clenches.

“You're in heat.”

“What?”

“It’s your first heat as a mated Omega.”

“I've never had a heat.”

“I know.”

“How could you possibly know that?”

“Because if you'd smelled like this before, some Alpha would've fucking noticed.”

Possession lashes through the matebond so fiercely that my breath catches. His eyes narrow.

“Don't like thinking about that.”

Despite everything happening to me, a breathless laugh escapes.

“You're jealous of hypothetical Alphas now?”

“Yes.”

At least he’s honest.

“Rowan.”

“Honey Girl, I'm hanging on by a fucking thread here. Don't tease me.”

The rough vulnerability beneath the words sobers me immediately.

“What does this mean, Rowan?”

His eyes drop to the IUD. Then back to me.

“I think the matebond must have triggered it. And that.”

My hand settles protectively over my stomach.

“The matebond got rid of my IUD?”