This was driving me crazy. I slid a finger into my wet slit and hissed.
“Are you okay?” Suki snapped out of the trance she was in.
“Yes,” I lied.
“God damn it. Hold on.” Suki leapt off of the couch and rummaged around in the kitchen before returning with an ice pack wrapped in a wash cloth. “No sex until you’re healed.” She was acting like I was split in two, but it was just a little tearing. I was fine.
I tried batting the ice pack away as she attempted to place it against my—nonsexually—aching pussy, but with one hand,she raised mine and held me in place before smashing the pack against me.
A sigh tore from me, and I sunk deeper into the cushions. “Okay, okay, you’re right.” All that preparation and I still wasn’t ready for a real knot. A part of me was disappointed in myself. The other part was pissed that those training kits weren’t realistic enough. I planned to write a scathing review, ripping them a new one about their faulty product. Sure, they were actually meant for Omegas, but I knew other Betas and even some Alphas used them too.
Maybe that was my next adventure, helping Betas and Alphas who wanted the same thing I did. My mind swam with all the things needed to achieve my new dream, and every step of the way, I saw Suki by my side, cheering me on.
A smile forced its way onto my lips, and she cocked her head, looking down at me with a question gleaming in her eyes. “Are you getting off on this too?” she teased.
I barked out laughter and shook my head. “No, just thinking about the future.” I didn’t elaborate. She’d be there. I knew it. “And appreciating you taking care of me even when I would be totally okay with you taking advantage of me and hurting me some more.”
“Not going to happen, Teddy.” Suki scowled at me and emphasized her point by pressing on the ice pack a little more. “Press your luck, and I’ll tie you up before taking care of myself for your viewing pleasure only.”
“Wow, after all we’ve been through, you’d do that to me?” I feigned hurt.
“I’d believe you more if you weren’t trying to goad me into fucking you a minute ago by doing the same thing.” Her smirk hit me hard, and all I wanted to do was jump her, but I wouldn’t. I truly appreciated her care for me, and if this was how it would always be, plus a few fights and spats and all that normalrelationship junk along the way, I was going to be one happy camper in the years to come.
“Thank you, Suki.” Once again, she looked at me like I was crazy for expecting her to read my mind. “For being here and for not throwing me in jail and tossing the key down a well in response to me drugging and kidnapping you.”
“Don’t forget, sexually assaulting me.”
I grimaced, but I knew she was joking. We were both into consensual non-consent, and that’s what I had given her with a little extra pizzazz and a cherry on top. “What the fuck was I thinking? I am so sorry for all of it, Suki. Not this part though, but how it started. I was a blinded bitch who deserves to be punished.” The words fell out dramatically as if I was putting on a show. Which I was.
“I’m still not knotting you.”
“Oh, come on, Suki! Please!”
“Consider this your punishment for being a naughty Beta.” Suki rounded the ice pack, equally soothing all the sore bits and turning me on at the same time.
“Your naughty Beta now. You’re stuck with me.” She truly was. I joked before about following her everywhere she went if she left, but now I knew how true that statement was. She might not see or feel me, but I’d always be there, watching and waiting.
“I’d say I’d tie you up and give you the same treatment, but you’d be far too willing. It wouldn’t be the same.” Suki laughed, and I wanted to swim in the warmth it spread through my entire body.
I never wanted this to end. The familiarity. The comfortability. The raw beginning filled with too many emotions. And now the start of the future we would build together.
“I can’t wait…” I sighed and turned my attention to the TV. I’d give her the day, then I would jump her and do as I pleased.
Besides, it’s nothing I hadn’t done before, and this time, I knew she’d like every minute of it, every touch, every kiss, every knotted moment we shared together.
I was now and forever her knotty Beta.
Epilogue
SUKI
Fifteen Months Later
Isat in the car in the parking lot, waiting for Teddy to finish up her final exam.
A couple months after our—not so cute—meet cute, she decided to go back to school for psychology with a minor in business to ensure she had the knowledge to make this big change in her life. Most of the classes were online, but a handful were in person to ensure the students were taking this seriously and were committed to the degree.
All the business classes were online though, and I helped her with those. Part of my degree focused in that area, and not much had changed in the last few years since I had finished my master’s.
