“But it’s true. You did.”
“I meant that you are very special, Kirion. I should have said just that.”
Inside, my heart bloomed. I wanted more. “Then do you think it was worth it to pay so much for me?”
“What?” He watched me for any sign of hurt or anger, then when he seemed to conclude I was all right, he chuckled. “Definitely.”
“I’m glad it was you.”
“I am, too.” He ruffled my hair.
“Is Tanekan glad?”
“Very much.”
“Good.”
But there was something else. My anxiety creeped back as I waited for Tane to return to our original topic, whatever that was.
“I felt something today,” he said.
“Something?”
“What we did… what happened between us… is a very intimate thing.”
Curious as to what he was getting at, I interrupted. “You mean knotting? Is that why you hesitated? I’m sorry if I shouldn’t have asked for that.” But I’d wanted it so bad.
“It’s not that. Don’t be sorry. I’m not. But the fact that we did it when we were so involved made us, I think, even closer. It’s that way for alphas at least.”
I nodded. “Omegas, too.”
“I think we’re very compatible.”
I nodded again.
“Chemistry-wise as well as emotionally.”
I wanted to get up and dance again. A smile stretched wide across my face to hear him say such things.
“Knotting came naturally to me. But not before I already felt such a strong connection. Like a flame growing inside me.”
“Hey, I felt that, too.” What was he getting at?
“I think something connected between us on a deeper level at that time. And knotting you, being inside you for twenty minutes, made it stronger.”
“I agree. I could almost feel how it felt for you deep inside. Like we were sharing our thoughts.” I stopped and put a hand over my mouth. “Oops, oh. Um. Wow. Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”
“I think a bond is starting to form between us. If you aren’t ready, there are things we can do to put it off….”
“Don’t you dare suggest that we should be apart” I leaned into him, hugging him with my head against his shoulder, my legs swinging over his lap. “Or say we shouldn’t have another moment like we just did. I want it. I want it all the time. There. I said it. You made me greedy. For you. Don’t you dare back away now.”
From one second to the next, I found myself clawing at him, pressing my face hard to his chest hoping to hear the answer from his heart itself.
“I guess that means your answer is that you’re ready,” he said, his mouth warm by my ear.
Slowly, I looked up to him. “You want to be bonded to me?”
Please say yes. Please say yes.
