Sebastian arched his back into my hands, a huff of warm breath dancing over my chest. Not only was he uninjured, Sebastian didn't seem at all distressed to be plastered against me, to have me deep inside his body.
"Are you okay?" I finally asked.
"Mmmmm," he sighed contentedly. "Never better, Alpha." He was silent for a moment before he spoke again. "Are you freaking out?"
"A little," I answered honestly. Sebastian laughed and I felt a twinge of annoyance. Seriously, was I supposed to lie to him at such an intimate moment? "Did I..force you?"
"Not even a little," Sebastian assured me, his fingers tracing a pattern in the hair on my chest. "You were in a bad way, and Vlad said the only real solution – other than waiting it out – was to get you laid." His slender shoulders shrugged, rubbing his chest against mine. "It seemed like a no-brainer."
Vlad? I thought to myself, unable to place the name.
"Sebastian," I said, trying to keep the panic out of my voice. "I don't remember much after we left the cave the first night."
"Oh," Sebastian said with a sigh. "I didn't realize that." He paused for a deep breath and then began talking.
When he finally finished, choosing to gloss over the details of our sexual encounter, ending, instead, with his having crawled into bed with me after the turkey shifter from Terena de Dragoni had gone in search of his mate. Finished, he lay quietly, still tracing his finger over my skin as I tried to process the story.
He waited several long moments before speaking again.
"Was I wrong?" he asked in a small voice. "Should we have just waited?"
I shook my head. "No, of course not. I'm sorry you had to make that sacrifice, though."
The words were barely out of my mouth when a suspicious huff of breath broke through Sebastian's lips. Then another. And another.
"Are youlaughingat me?" I asked, outraged.
"I'm sorry," Sebastian gasped, giving up on holding back and dissolving into a fit of laughter. "I really am, but you just apologized for the best sex of my life." He reached up to dash a tear from his eye. "I don't even know what to say."
As my Omega continued to laugh, my irritation subsided and I felt my lips curve up.
"I'm glad it wasn't too much of a trial," I teased him before turning back to the serious issue that needed to be addressed, "but, honestly, I am sorry that I put you in that position."
When Sebastian's giggles intensified, I gave up and buried my face in his soft hair. Maybe I'd be able to have a serious conversation with my orgasm-fuzzy Omegaaftermy knot went down.
***
By the time I could physically separate my body from the tight haven of Sebastian's, he was out cold. I cleaned us up with a warm washcloth and pulled the comforter back over Sebastian. Then, dressing in the borrowed clothes that I'd found folded on the chair by the bed, I settled in to wait for him to wake.
"Alpha?" Sebastian's uncertain voice wafted over from the bed a few hours later.
"Yeah, I'm here."
Sebastian pushed himself up to sit against the headboard, the covers pooling in his lap.
"Is..is something wrong?"
"No," I said slowly, noticing that, once again, his stutter was back. "Areyouokay?"
He nodded but didn't speak and I saw the wrinkle of concern on his forehead.
"Seb, something's bothering you. Please tell me what." When he still didn't answer, I walked over to sit beside him on the bed, resting my palm on his shoulder. "C'mon, don't make me usethe voice." I lowered my voice dramatically for the last bit and it brought a smile to Sebastian's face. A small one, but a smile nonetheless.
"It's nothing," he finally offered. "I just didn't expect you to be up." He gestured to the empty space beside him in the queen bed.
"I wasn't sure you'd want me crowding you after everything you already did for me," I told him honestly, removing my hand from his body and dropping it in my lap.
"I..I see."
