Page 12 of Knot Stepping Down
Avery still doesn’t say anything until I’ve dropped the towels into the hamper, the Omega leading me out into his room and into the nest stuffed in the corner. I’ve been in this room once or twice but never over here. It’s his safe space and I’ve respected that.
But the honor he’s about to give me? I’m not sure how I got so blessed.
His nest is a cozy pile of blankets and pillows, smelling like pure vanilla cupcakes and comfort. Avery stops at the edge and then turns around with the brightest smile I’ve ever seen. “Alpha, would you please come into my nest?”
I’m not sure what I was expecting but it wasn’t that. It takes me a minute to find my words before I dash over to his bedroom door and shut it. Then I return, lift him up so his legs are wrapped around me again and walk us into the nest. “Gladly, pretty boy. I’m going to make you feel good and then I’m going to hold you in your nest.”
He attacks my lips as I lower us to the bedding about to slip back into his ass when he presses against my chest. I sit up immediately, watching as he scrambles to his knees and presseshis ass back toward me, his head dipped low. Oh my god, my Omega just presented for me
My Omega?
Ignoring that, I grip his hips and surge back into him, his pretty little ass trying to suck me further inside. “Pretty boy, hey,baby, I need you to be quiet. Mom’s downstairs and I’m not sure what’s going to happen if she finds me knotted in your perfect ass.”
He lets out a garbled moan, muffled by the pillows, his fingers curling into the fabric. He’s absolutely perfect as I fuck into him, wondering what I was thinking trying to have him show up tonight. I would rather be in his nest every day of the week than at one of those fraternities for an after party. God, why did I ever think I wantedanythingelse?
Avery continues pushing back against me, slick pooling down the back of his thighs until I thrust my knot inside of him. He cries out his release, his ass strangling my cock as I fill him up and lock us together. It’s nearly painful as his ass continues to milk my cock.
“Fucking hell, Avery. Your greedy little ass is perfect.” I reach down to wrap an arm around his waist and roll us onto our sides so I’m not crushing him. He’s panting for air, little whines slipping out in between and I realize he’s furiously jerking himself off, trying for another orgasm. It takes me entirely too long to understand that somehow he’s in the middle of a heat spike despite already being knotted. “Hey, Avery, baby,” I purr in his ear as I replace his hand with mine, slowly sliding my palm along his length.
He lets out another little whine, wiggling on my knot as I stroke. He reaches up to tweak his nipples, his head falling back against my chest, the delicious sounds he’s making becoming a little too loud. I wrap my hand gently around his mouth just as he comes all over my fingers, his body sagging with relief.
“I don’t know what happened,” he mumbles when I pull my hand from his lips. “I just… my heat isn’t due yet.”
I kiss the top of his head, still holding his cock in my other hand. I like the way it disappears in my palm and the sheath for some odd reason has Avery relaxing even further. “It’s okay. We’ll figure that out. Are you okay now?”
“I’ve never had a heat spike while being knotted.” He sighs and then wiggles against me before settling again. “I feel so full and your hands are heaven sent. Fuck, do that again.”
I frown, wondering what he’s talking about before I squeeze his cock a second time, a little purr falling from Avery’s lips.
“Again,” he pleads.
And so I do, alternating between light squeezes and strokes until he’s coming again, biting down into my palm to keep the noises from spilling out of the nest. I fill him up a second time as I bury my face in his hair, clenching my teeth to keep my growls and purrs to a minimum.
“Is this where I ask you to be my boyfriend?” I ask as we slowly come down from the orgasmic high, Avery finally settling. His scent has evened out, his breathing calmer than before.
“I hope so,” Avery giggles. “Because I’d be very disappointed if you weren’t.”
That drags a chuckle out of me as I watch him drag some of the pillows to tuck around him while he’s still on my cock. And then in the next second, he’s out like a light, his little snores permeating the nest.
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Iwaketoscreaming,my heart lurching in my chest as the morning light filters through my curtains. My body’s warm, curled in my nest of blankets, Declan’s pine scent lingering on my skin from last night but the warmth vanishes as I register the voice.Lila, Declan’s mom, is at my bedroom door and when I sit up, I see her face red with fury.
“Declan Wolfe, what the hell is this?” she yells, her glare cutting through the haze of pleasure I was in last night. Next to her stands my dad, Henry, his eyes heavy with disappointment, not anger, and that’s somehow worse.
I sit up, my vanilla cupcake scent spiking with panic, and clutch a blanket over my bare chest. Declan’s beside me, scrambling for something to cover himself. When he findsnothing, he drags one of my blankets around his waist. “Mom,not here,” he says, his voice tight but trying for calm.
Lila’s not having it. She storms after him as he bolts out, her voice echoing down the hall with obscenities I’ve never heard her use. “You’re throwing this family away, Declan!”
Which just leaves me in my nest, my dad stepping into the room and closing the door, muffling Lila’s shouts. I pull the blanket tighter around me, nothing making this moment easier—not even Declan’s lingering scent or the memories from last night. I want to disappear, but there’s nowhere to go.
Dad sighs as he runs a hand through his messy hair. “I thought something was going on. The way you always looked at him. But I didn’t think you’d be so stupid as to follow through. He’s yourbrother.”
“But we’re not actually related!” I yell back, my voice cracking, desperate to make him see. “We’re stepbrothers, Dad. It’s different. We’re not doing anything wrong!” My vanilla scent sours as I try to keep it together. I know good and well that we’re doing something wrong—not in the eyes of the law but in no world would our parents ever agree to this.
However, a life without Declan now that I’ve had him just isn’t an option.
Dad’s jaw tightens, his shoulders falling in defeat. “But to the eyes of everyone else, you are. This isn’t right, Avery, and I don’t condone it. Your mother—Lila—talked to me last night about all this, the rumors, the auction. I had no idea that you spent all your money on him. I think it’s better if Declan stays on campus for the time being.”
