Page 17 of Loving the Knot


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“I know, man. My master and I… well, he’s everything, and nothing is quite right if I’m not with him.”

“So why aren’t you? With him, I mean.”

“I had a few things I had to wrap up so I can stay with him permanently.” Steve grins. “And now I’m good to go.”

“Oh?” His smile is blinding, and I can admit to myself that I am so jealous. It’s crazy. “Congrats, man. Seriously.”

“Thank you.” He nudges our shoulders together. “Hopefully, it’ll be you someday soon, eh?”

“You think?” I want to think so, but right now, all I really want is to see them.

“I do. I see how much you miss being there.”

Can it really be that simple? I don’t know. Life doesn’t just hand you a dream for nothing, no matter how much you want it, right?

“It’s okay. I understand. I totally understand.” He pats my hand. “Breathe.”

I can do that. In fact, I feel better after a couple of deep breaths. The truth is that I don’t want to think about whether it can be easy or not. I don’t want to think about anything. I just want to be at the club, caught between Xeno and Zoro.

He nods to me like he can hear me, and somehow that makes me feel better.

Suddenly, we’re there and I already feel more like myself, just knowing we’re at the building. Would it be rude if I got out and ran to the elevator?

He grabs my hand. “Let’s go!”

“Yes.”

We run in like children going to the circus, and I’m actually laughing as we get into the elevator. My mood has already improved a thousandfold. Man, I have it so bad for them.

“It’s going to be amazing, man. You just have to open up and let them have your deepest, darkest fantasies.”

If only. “You make it sound easy.”

“Oh, I didn’t say that. But if you can do it, there’s nothing better.”

“Yeah. They’re… they’re pretty special.” And I’m pretty tired. And lonely. Aching for them.

Steve squeezes my arm and gives me an encouraging smile.

The elevator comes to a stop and the doors slide open soundlessly. The same young man is at the desk and he smiles and nods at us, the doors next to him opening for us.

“What if they’re not here?” I whisper. No one knew I was coming.

“They’ll be here.” Steve sounds supremely confident. Then he holds his hand out to me again. “Come on. All we have to do is go through the door and down the hall. If they aren’t here, I’ll sit with you until they show up, I swear.”

“Thank you.” I feel silly, but at the same time, I feel like I need this. I almost snort at my thoughts. I don’t feel like I need this—I know I do.

We walk down the long hall, and I feel my tension racketing up higher with each step. Suddenly, I’m questioning everything. Should I have come? What if they didn’t mean the things they said? What if this was a mistake?

Then we walk into the lounge with the couches arranged in a circle and there they are, right there, like they were waiting for me.

Xeno opens his arms, and so does Zoro, and I’m running to them, my soul aching.

They wrap me tightly against them, and they dwarf me with their big strong bodies. I feel safe and home, and the funk that I’ve been in for days dissipates like it was never there. Steve forgot my existence the second he saw his Kalos last time he brought me here. Now I get it.

I lift my face, and Zoro takes my mouth, kissing me fiercely. I feel their hands all over me, rubbing my body, scratching at my skin. Lighting me up. I’m alive for the first time in a week. I don’t even care that we’re in a public space, that there’s others here, I just need them to keep touching me. I feel like I might die if they stop. They don’t stop and each touch is a balm, a joy, soothing my soul.

Then we’re moving, sliding through the hallways, and I can’t even focus. They fill all my senses. The feel of them, the smell of them. Their taste. The way they look, so big and beautiful, muscled and oiled and so very sexy. It’s no surprise that I’m in their thrall.

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