Page 17 of Knot Your Damsel

“Yes,” she whispers, letting out a long breath. “And because his pheromones are so unstable and weak, he can’t get through to you when it happens. He can’t protect himself. You can’t ‘hear’ him when you’re like that.”

I nod, wrapping my arms around her tightly, pulling her against me, hiding my face against her. “When that happens again, please make sure to step in. I can’t…” I swallow hard. “Iwon’tturn into an Alpha who kills their own Omegas in a frenzied haze.”

Once an Alpha has crossed that line, there’s no going back. Being able to ignore the appeasing pheromones of your Omega and hurting them, or worse, killing them… That’s a dangerous type of messed up.

“I will. I’ll step in however many times I need to.” She looks up, kissing my jaw. “It just means we have to be extra careful not to repeat that shit.”

“And we’re going to have to explain it to him.” I eye the door he left through. “Why do I have a feeling that’s not going to be easy?”

Combine a bunch of volatile tempers and one of the people involved not having stable pheromones… That’s going to be a very dangerous mix, especially in Mr Page’s line of work…

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I haveno clue how we’re going to resolve the whole ‘Caleb’s instincts can be triggered by Mr Page’s actions, but Mr Page can’t do shit with his pheromones to get Caleb to calm down again’ thing.

What if Mr Page denies what happened? What if he doesn’t believe us?

I sigh, finishing up the last of my scrambled eggs.

Yesterday, we only had to worry about people not noticing us too much, today, we’re dealing with some Omega criminal master mind who very likely is also our mate…

I look up at Caleb, who’s staring out the window. “Do you want me to help you hop outside? Or maybe to the bed?”

He turns to me, smiling softly as he reaches out, putting his large hand over my arm, sending warmth through my body, heating my core. “No, I’m good here. The chairs are comfy and I’ve got a good view. I’ll be fine.”

“Okay.” I stand up, going over to him and giving him a long kiss. Every time I looked at him I could see his muscled chest through the opening of his robes and it’s been turning me the heck on.

He wraps his arms around my waist, almost pulling me into his lap as he deepens the kiss and I immediately get slick, wanting him so much. He chuckles, ending the kiss and putting me back on my feet.

“I know Mr Page said we could do whatever we wanted, but I’m not sure that includes having sex.” His eyes twinkle and he winks. “Let’s try not to get ourselves killed on the first day, okay?”

I pout, then smile. “Fine. I’ll find something else to do.” I’ve got a whole room to explore, I’m sure there’s something of interest in here. Or I can play with the stash of weapons I found earlier, also a valid option.

As I turn away, Caleb grabs the sleeve of my bathrobe, stopping me. “How long until your next heat?”

“At least a week, closer to two. I just…” I sigh deeply and he pulls me into his lap for real now. I didn’t want to have sex because of my incoming heat or something, it just helps me to feel more normal and an easy way to deal with stress and I’m very stressed right now.

“I didn’t mean to imply anything.” He kisses my neck, his stubble scratching my skin lightly, almost making me rub up against him so he’ll do it more. “I didn’t think you wanted it because of your heat. I only asked to make sure that I had the right dates in my head. That’s all.”

I nod, holding onto his arms around me, relaxing in his embrace. “Do you want me to bring you his weapons stash? He’s got some really interesting things in it.”

Caleb chuckles and lets me off his lap again. “You know that I won’t turn that down. Okay, fine. Bring them over to me, I’ll see what we’re dealing with.”

“Yay.” I give him a quick kiss on his cheek as I flash him my best innocent grin. “I’ll go see how much I can find.”

He opens his mouth, but seems to think better of it as he waves me off. “Go. Go explore and have fun. Don’t worry about me.”

Sometimes he can be such a bore. But then, his foot probably hurts and he’s never very happy if he doesn’t get enough sleep at night. Which I probably cause way too often…

Also, I suspect that he’s saving his energy in case we do manage to get on Mr Page’s bad side and we have to fight.

I go over to the set of drawers next to the bathroom and take out the bottom one.

It’s where I found the knife that I took with me into the bathroom. It was the very first place I’d looked and I’d immediately found them. Either because it’s such an obvious place or because this isn’t his only hiding place and he’s got the better stuff stashed elsewhere.

Only one way to find out.

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