Page 169 of Knot Their Soldier: Part One
Shade drapes a large towel over her back, and she swiftly pulls it tight around her exposed form. A small pang of disappointment hits my gut as her body is hidden from me once more. It’s overridden by the need to protect her.
“Blaze went in,” she says in protest, her lower lip dropping into a pout.
“Blaze likes a bit of pain,” Blaze says, referring to himself with a heated smirk.
“Viper should have known better than to let you swim.”
Sure, except I’m utterly fucking powerless to refuse the Omega anything.
I suspect our fearless leader is also as powerless against the whims of our Omega.
It should feel like a violation, like I’m being manipulated. Yet, she makes me feel powerful by being in her presence.
“Let me?” Halley protests weakly, without any real venom in it, as she watches as Blaze uses his affinity with fire to stoke the campfire flames in record time. It roars into a bonfire and the wet sheen on her skin begins to dry.
“I don’t need any more heat, I need to cool down.”
“Cool down? It’s not exactly warm weather up here in the mountains.” Knox shakes his head, looking at the neighboring white-capped mountains.
It’s true. I’ve felt it getting colder even in the short time we’ve been based here. It won’t be long until we’ll need to requisition winter coats.
“It’s not that kind of heat…” she mumbles, pressing her face into her knees and wiping away the lingering water.
“Oh?” Knox frowns, looks down at her small form. His nostrils flare and realization slams into him almost comedically.“Oh!”
Blaze chuckles as he tosses away the thick stick he’d been using to stoke the coals and slow claps.
“Well done, boss. Math can be difficult for some people, but it’s good of you to admit it. Four horny soldiers, plus a gorgeous Omega, minus clothing, equals cock-hardening, slick-summoning sexual tension.”
“Shut up, Blaze.” The lightest tinge of pink dusts the tips of Knox’s ears.
“The water helped,” Halley mumbles, looking chastised.
She thinks she is going to be in trouble.
I shoot Knox a look, and he quickly jumps into action.
“No, no, you haven’t done anything wrong,” Knox says as he squats in front of her, hoping to capture her avoided glance. She stares resolutely at her toes as she hugs her knees to her chest.
“This isn’t like before… I’m not—” Knox is out of his depth for once, and I relish in his stammering. The words eventually spill out like a fire hydrant. “I’m an ignorant cockwomble for treating you like your natural Omega responses are shameful. They’re not. You’re not. Shameful, that is.”
Halley’s eyes go wide in shock as she pops her head up.
She forgets about covering her breasts with the blanket, and she points a shaking hand at him in accusation.
“What did you just say?” she whispers.
We exchange glances in confusion.
Knox clears his throat and repeats himself, “I have no idea what is normal and healthy for an Omega. I’m an idiot. It’s okay to be… aroused around us.”
“No, not that.” She flaps her hand at him. “What did you just call yourself?”
Blaze looks at Shade and stage whispers, “This is the weirdest sex talk ever.”
Shade clips him up the ear and I roll my eyes, but also agree with him.
Knox still looks completely confused and flicks his eyes at us for help.
