Page 37 of Knot A Chance

“Mmm.” His chest rumbled, a sound close to a purr, so I picked up his wrist and marked that gland too.

Bennett turned onto a dirt road that I recognized. “Are we going to Mirror Lake Beach?” I asked.

He nodded.

“It’s barely April and there’s a lot of snow this year. Won’t it still be closed?”

“Have you ever seen the sand covered in snow and the top layer of the lake frozen before?”

“No, because that sounds cold and like the opposite of the reason why people go to lakes.”

“It’s beautiful,” Bennett said, pulling into the entrance of the state-run park.

“How are you going to get in?” I asked, baffled. The lake closed to visitors in the fall and didn’t reopen until at least May.

Bennett parked the truck at the gate next to the admissions booth before climbing out to unlock the booth and raise the barricade. He slid back into the truck just enough to drive it forward to the other side of the barricade, half his body hanging out the open door, and then went back to the booth, lowered the barricade, and closed it up.

“I realize my history as a drug user who was involved with another drug user might have given you the impression that I’m open to criminal behavior, but we’re going to have to talk about that, because I am not,” I said, watching Bennett warily as he bypassed the parking area and drove right onto the beach, backing into the sand so the truck bed faced the lake, and turned off the truck.

He turned to face me. “Ally’s mate, Wyatt, is my best friend. Pays to be friends with the sheriff. He gave me the keys and told me to have fun.”

“Okay, great, so this is just small-town police corruption?” I asked. “I can handle that, I think.”

Bennett opened his door and took my hand so I could slide out behind him. I did, and he walked us around to the back of his truck. He pulled the cover off the truck bed, and my heart skipped a beat as I saw the blankets and pillows he’d arranged. The edges of the bed were lined with pillows, the bottom was covered with two sleeping bags, and there were soft, fluffy blankets on top of everything. He pulled out a duffel bag and started unloading a laptop and a projector.

“Figure out what we’re doing yet?” he asked.

“Are we watching a movie under the stars?” I asked, amazed at all the trouble he must have gone through to arrange this.

“Yes. Wi-fi out here is pretty bad so I downloaded a few options.” He tossed the laptop on top of the blankets. “Climb in and take a look.”

“What, no proffered hand?” I smiled coyly at him.

He shook his head and stepped forward, grabbing me by the waist and tugging me against him. He kissed me, parting my lips with his tongue, and I moaned as my dick grew hard against him. “Spoiled little omega. What am I going to do with you?”

“Keep spoiling me,” I suggested proudly. “I respond well to it.”

Bennett laughed, grabbed me by the waist, and hoisted me into the truck. I grabbed the laptop and scurried under the blankets, getting comfortable against the pillows lining the back as Bennett set up the projector screen.

I clicked through the downloaded options. “Did you seriously download a horror movie?” I asked, glancing nervously at the trees surrounding the lake.

“I wasn’t sure if that was your thing. Maybe you like being scared.”

“Hard pass,” I said, settling on a romantic comedy.

Bennett climbed into the truck, and I lifted the fluffy, white-and-tan checkered blanket for him. He settled in beside me and looked at my selection. “Ah, you like to be swept off your feet and dream of happily ever after?”

“Putting a lot of stock in a movie selection, aren’t you?”

He put his arm around me and clicked a few settings, casting the movie onto the projector screen and setting aside the laptop. “Are you comfortable?” he asked. “I have extra supplies in the cab if you want more cushion underneath us.”

“This is perfect.” I rested my head on his chest, and he pulled me tighter against him. “You’re so warm and snuggly.”

He kissed the top of my head. “Good. Snuggle up, handsome.”

I wrapped my arm around his waist, and waited for the movie to start, realizing this was the most comfortable I’d ever felt with anyone.

Bennett traced his fingers up and down my spine as the credits on the movie rolled. He turned it off and I looked up at the stars that were now shining brightly in the sky above and reflecting off the frozen lake. “This is so beautiful. How did you discover this?”