Page 40 of Knot A Chance

“Oh,” he said, wiggling his eyebrows and leaning in for another kiss. “Keep being feisty and we might just have to go for a third round.”

My dick twitched in my hand. “How is my body still interested in that?” I asked in amazement.

Bennett shrugged. “You know, there are a lot of myths in our world about stamina and desire, true mates and compatibility. Maybe you should just keep an open mind for now and enjoy the ride.”

He slid down my body, his half-hard dick still hanging out of his pants as he made good on his promise and licked the come off my cock.

I tangled my fingers in his hair as he cleaned me up, watching him with interest. Ryder was the only serious relationship I’d ever had, and as I watched Bennett take care of me in a way I’d never experienced before, I couldn’t help but compare the two.

Maybe I have no idea what it’s like to be in a safe and mutually respectful relationship. All my assumptions about mates could be wrong for all I know.

Chapter Eleven

Bennett

June

In the nearly forty-eight hours that I’d spent in Felix’s room, his nurses had seemed particularly obsessed with ensuring I was well-fed and hydrated. After the scare with Felix’s meds, I’d refused to get out of the bed and had been holding him ever since. My eyes were barely open the following morning when Julia walked into the room and thrust a glass of water in my face.

“You haven’t gotten out of that bed to use the bathroom since yesterday afternoon. You’re either sitting in your own urine or dehydrated,” she said, giving me a stern look.

I reached for the water as I pushed myself up. She was nearly right about both of those things. My bladder was so full it throbbed with a dull ache and could possibly burst at any moment, and my mouth was as dry as the Sahara.

I chugged down the water in quick gulps while she waited for me to finish. I handed her the empty glass. “Thank you.”

She nodded. “Go to the bathroom. I’ll stay with him while I order your breakfast.”

“I’m fine,” I lied.

“You’re not,” she sighed and sat in the chair next to the bed. “Do you know why we have so many systems in place to make sure that family members, especially alphas, are taking care of themselves?”

“I presume it’s because you think we’re all loose cannons,” I grumbled, shoving both hands through my hair. The strands were slick and oily, clearly in need of a good wash.

When was my last shower?

Julia pursed her lips and glanced at Felix. “Alphas being pulled from their omegas when they’re sick is agony. We understand that those feelings sometimes lead to aggressive behaviors and, of course, we want to mitigate that. Honestly, watching an alpha wait for their omega to wake up is a lot easier than watching the omegas wait for their alphas. They never take care of themselves and would all probably sooner shrivel up and die than leave their alpha’s room.”

“Do you have a point?” I asked, forcing my voice to remain level as my bladder throbbed, begging me to get out of this bed.

“My point is, if he wakes up, you need to be ready to be there for him. Because if you’re not taking care of yourself and he can sense that, it’ll only add more stress to his recovery.” She stood up and offered me her hand. “Get out of the bed. Go to the bathroom. Do something about that hair. Two days ago, the nurses were gossiping about the hot alpha left and right, now they’re all talking about how you smell. I’m sorry to say your odor doesn’t remind them of pine trees anymore—at least not living ones.”

I snorted and took her hand as I climbed out of bed. “You’ll stay with him? The whole time?”

“The whole time. Stop at the nurses’ station. There’s a bathroom down the hall with a shower and they have supplies and fresh clothes for you.”

“Clothes?”

Julia nodded. “Your sister left them with us when she brought you dinner last night.”

“Why didn’t she just give them to me?”

Julia’s lips quirked upward. “She claimed you wouldn’t bother unless we forced you into a shower.”

“Oakley is such a pain in my ass,” I mumbled as I shuffled to the door. I turned back for one more glimpse of Felix to get me through the next hour without him. “If anything happens to him while I’m gone, I’ll probably kill you.”

Julia nodded. “You’re not even the first alpha to tell me that this morning. You’ll have to be more creative if you want your threats to land.”

Fair enough. The probably likely didn’t help my conviction on the matter.