Page 39 of A Heart in Knots

How are the others handling my introduction?

I put my phone on the couch and switched on the television. I was one of the few dozen people who still had a cable. I kept trying to get Indigo to let me cancel it, cut the cord entirely, but she loved cheesy movies and scummy daytime talk shows, so she forbade me. Now I didn’t have the heart to cancel. It seemed wrong.

Skye

It’s a lot. You’ve won over Halo, and I’m sure the others will see the light.

One out of three is a start.

My channel surfing paused and on screen, “Bite” Mark Maloni, the late night schlock movie host was just introducing the evening’s flick.

Hey, Bite Mark’s Midnight Movie is on channel 28.

I pressed send before logic hit me. Right away I tried to correct my stupidity.

LOL I forgot, no one but me has cable anymore. Ignore me.

Skye

Oh cool. We got cable when I was recovering. There’s something so real about aimlessly flipping through daytime television when you’re convalescing. Streaming doesn’t have the same feel to it.

Skye

BRB.

Chapter 25

SKYE

Nexttome,Cruxstirred in his sleep. Slowly, I slipped from his bed, and moved on tip-toe down the hall to my nest. Quietly closing the door, I breathed a sigh. It felt wrong to flirt, to text another man, another alpha, while still sitting next to my sleeping mate, and marinating in our sexed up sheets.

I flopped down on my bed and looked at my phone to see if Rowan replied. Nothing. I turned on the tv in my nest, and flipped to the channel. I picked up my phone, and started typing, maybe in an effort to get him to respond.

Ohh, he’s showing Omega Sorority Slaughter Party. I haven’t seen this in ages. It’s the best one, but the series kinda drops off after.

Rowan

You like cheesy exploitation movies?

I used to watch Bite Mark with my dad. He’d let me stay up late and watch it with him. Mom never knew.

Rowan

Another thing we have in common?

I mean, I’ve only really seen Faster, Alpha, Kill, Kill, Dial B for Beta: The Butchered Betas Story, Lone Omega, and Blood of the Pack. Barely scratched the surface.

Rowan

Those are all classics. Your list might be short but it’s respectable.

Thanks! How big is your

List.

Lol.

If anyone asked, I’d insist I just hit enter prematurely. I had, hadn’t I? Maybe it was a slip. I don’t know. I wasn’t good at flirting. Or dirty talk. Or innuendo. I never had to be. I was a sheltered, late bloomer omega, then suddenly I was scent matched and in love and it was all so easy and immediate. Insta-love.

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