Page 117 of Knot Only For One Night

“Yeah, they’ve been sneaking around more lately.”

“Because of me?” I cannot be that damn special.

“Because of all of our omega members.” Asher chuckles and steps closer to me, drawing me into his arms.

“I’m not that special, huh?”

“That special to me, yes.” He kisses the top of my head, and my omega purrs for him.

At least I have Asher. Soren. Neven. Though, even as the thought crosses my mind, it doesn’t feel right. I need Reed too.

“I have something for you,” Asher says and I perk up.

“Oh yeah?” I say seductively, and he shakes his head.

“Not that, at least not right at this moment. I have an actual present for you. One that I hope makes up for the lack of courting I’ve been doing? Do you forgive me, Moonlight?”

“Depends on the gift,” I say and he takes me by the hand, leading me upstairs to the apartments. As we walk up the stairs, we have to squeeze by basically a full construction crew crammed into a shoe closet’s worth of space. Sheets of wood and sawhorses and power tools litter the space too, the warm smell of sawdust tickling my nose.

“When did all this happen? What is going on?”

Asher ignores me, leading me to a door next to Neven’s room. His door is completely gone, and I can’t see much inside but it’s just as chaotic as the hallway.

Now I’m nervous.

“What about my stuff?” I point to Neven’s room.

“I personally moved it to Soren’s room.”

“Oh good,” I mumble, watching men and women in neon-colored vests come in and out of Neven’s room.

“We had this done first, so you could use it.” Asher finally opens the door we’re standing in front of.

I stand stock still as shock washes over my body. I take a single step forward as Asher takes one inside the room that is obviously a nest.

My eyes meet Asher’s, whose smile is so big I can’t help but smile too.

“What do you think?"

“This is mine?”

“Yours to decorate as you want, Moonlight.”

“For me?” My voice wobbles as I take in the blank canvas. The room is similar to Reed’s. A single window in the back, though larger than Reed’s. A bed that takes up ninety percent of the space. All white.

“If you want to paint⁠—”

“I like the white.” It's versatile, and I can hang up fabric when I want to change it. “How? How so fast? I was here this morning, only had one class…”

“Rush fee and lots and lots of workers.” Asher chuckles. “I put fresh sheets down so you can at least sit on the bed for now, until we get you stuff to settle in it.”

I jump up onto Asher, who catches me with a chuckle, and we both fall onto the cloud-soft bed. “Thank you.” I kiss his lips, then again, and again. His pomegranate scent does exactly what I need it to do and wafts in the air, mixing with mine.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you! Oh! I have something for you too!” I say launching up and racing to Soren’s room to grab my gift. I jump over random piles of floorboards and dodge people, trying to make it back to Asher as quickly as I can.

“I got you this!” I place the coaster into his hands, and his eyes meet mine. My face is flush from the rush, but I’m so glad I finally have a chance to give Asher his courting gift from me. It’s nothing like a nest, but it’s from me.

“I really wanted one of these,” he says quietly, playing with it in his hand a bit, and I laugh.