Page 17 of Knot Her Cowboys (Big Sky Omegas #2)

C ooper didn’t look at a single one of us as he turned, walked around the back of the house, and got into his car. We all ran after him, but it didn’t stop him from driving away. My heart broke as the vehicle disappeared from sight.

Cash’s arms were around me instantly. “It’ll be okay. We’ll give him time to cool off.”

“I’ll call Morgan in case he goes back there. At least we’ll know he’s safe.” Dakota slipped back into the big house.

A ton of the staff were hovering around at a distance, watching discreetly, but I felt their eyes all the same.

“Cash, we fucked up.”

“He’ll come around,” Cash promised me. “Cooper is the king of crashing out, but we’ve learned it’s his way of coping.

Once he gets his big feelings out of the way, he’ll be able to see things clearly.

” He winced, touching his tender cheek. “Right now, though, I need to get some ice on this, and you need to get back to bed. You’ve only been down four hours and that’s not enough. ”

“Bold of you to assume I can sleep after all that.”

“The adrenaline will wear off. Come on.” He kissed my cheek sweetly. “It’s my job as your brand-new alpha to make sure you’re taken care of.”

I wrinkled my nose.

“Also my job as your certified bestie. I can’t fix things with Cooper until he comes back, but I can take care of the person we both treasure.” He looked so earnest, I couldn’t help melting.

“Okay, consider me persuaded.” I let him guide me back inside after waving goodbye to Levi, who had to go back to his duties.

Dakota paused where we crossed paths in the house, leaning in close to kiss the top of my head.

“I let Morgan’s pack know what happened and told them that you’re here.

Try not to worry too much. Cooper’s coping strategies are running or working himself into the ground.

He always comes home eventually after he bolts. ”

I nodded, though I wasn’t particularly comforted.

“Get some more sleep.” Dakota planted another kiss on my hair, like he couldn’t help himself. “I imagine you’ll need it for when he comes back.”

Cash was right about the adrenaline wearing off. The moment I was horizontal and wrapped up in him, I was ready to give in.

My body might’ve slept, but my mind stayed in panic mode, dreams melting and twisting through the events of the morning, trying to process how much damage had been done.

I woke perfectly warm and snug in Cash’s arms, burying my face in the blankets infused with his cedar and sage. Exhaustion clung to me, but Cash’s steady purr worked damn hard to unravel my tension. He was totally asleep, but purring anyway.

I planted my face against his chest. “Why are you so fucking cute?”

He stirred slowly. “Hmm?”

“Purring in your sleep, all cuddled up on me. It’s almost like you like me or something.”

Cash laughed and rolled over, caging me with his body. “Pure speculation. What would give you an idea like that?”

He kissed me with a tenderness that made my chest ache and my thighs slide open.

There wasn’t a doubt in my mind that if I hadn’t left Montana I would’ve ended up in this exact position sooner or later.

I’d always figured Cooper and Cash would form a pack at some point, though they hadn’t by the time I’d left, which probably had more to do with the fact that you weren’t allowed to register as one until everyone was a legal adult.

I didn’t know their other packmates—I guess my packmates now, too—well yet, but Dakota and Levi seemed like sweeties and we’d gotten along in the last few days.

Plus, the whole life-saving thing and letting me sob like a baby in their arms had gone a long way to endearing them to me.

Bruce hadn’t liked when I cried, but Bryan had been good about getting me out of the apartment for some quiet time to recalibrate.

I’d cried on Cooper more times than I could count growing up. I hated that he found out I was back the way he had, that seeing me had shoved him into a whole-ass panic attack.

“Quit thinking so hard,” Cash ordered.

I could push back the crushing weight of despair over Cooper for a few minutes. I couldn’t change how everything happened, so I might as well not dwell when I had such a delicious distraction rocking away between my thighs.

“It’s only been a few hours. Are you already desperate for me again?”

“Says the woman dripping slick.” Cash slipped further down the bed, mouth taking slow samples across my skin, finding spots that made me twitch from ticklishness, and others that had me arching closer.

Even though I felt the direction he was going, I still wasn’t prepared for the heat of his tongue against my pussy. I threaded my fingers in his hair, holding tight while he took his time learning me until I was a shaky, slicked-up mess of sensation.

“Cash, for fuck’s sake. If you don’t make me come, I’m going to die.” My attempt to speed him along by rocking my hips just had his palms pressing my thighs open, continuing on at his same snail’s pace. “Did you turn into a brat while I was gone?”

He swept his tongue over me and popped his head up. “I’ve always been a brat. Not my fault you forgot. Now shush. You’re interrupting my snack.”

I whined as he went right back to those delicate sweeps, tongue probing my depths, lips fastening around my clit to suck my soul out. Tugging impatiently on his hair did nothing to speed him along. “Cash, please .”

He kissed his way up the inside of my leg, nuzzling the tender skin. “I’m luxuriating. I didn’t get to explore you before and I told you I was going to. Now lie back and get treasured, dammit.”

My laugh immediately died when he pressed his fingers in, stretching me out a little more with each addition while he lapped up my slick.

I was starting to suspect he was collecting my moans to set up on some imagined trophy shelf in his brain so he could haul them out later to remind me how desperate I was for him.

The longer he played with me, the less I cared about how pathetic I sounded. I teased my hands over my body, pinching my nipples in a rough pattern, trying to coax my body over the edge since Cash was in no hurry for that.

Cooper would let me come if he was here.

For one glorious moment, I let my brain follow that path, but instead of just Cooper joining, Dakota and Levi did too, mouths bent to worship, hands carrying me up the peak.

I’d be overwhelmed in the best possible way.

My skin begged to be touched. I clamped down hard on Cash’s fingers, urging my body to use what we were given, until I was so fucking close I could’ve screamed. “Cash, fucking please . Please let me come.”

He pulled away, leaving me aching and ready to go feral on his smug little ass. He looked so damn pleased with himself. “Beg for me one more time.”

I whimpered and arched, begging with body and tone. “Cashy, please , I need you.”

I was going to give him a god complex at this rate.

“That’s my girl.” He dropped down next to me, dragging me over his lap and onto his cock before setting a brutal pace fucking up into me.

I held on for the ride, bracing my palms on his chest, unable to control the flood of sounds he drew out of me.

I couldn’t quite open my eyes, keeping them squeezed shut as I tried to cope with the barrage of sensations.

I could imagine Cash’s face anyway. The smug bastard had discovered a favorite pastime, but I didn’t mind being his new toy if he played with me like this.

“Oh god .” I panted, digging my nails into him. His name broke off into a scream as he fucked me over the edge and didn’t stop until I wilted against him, his hips jerking, the heat of him filling me as he slammed up, his knot locking us together.

Barely able to form words, I melted completely onto him, just trying to get my breathing under control. “You-you’re a menace.”

“A menace you love.” He laughed, breathing almost as hard as me. His purr was impossibly loud, stealing the tension right out of my muscles so I was fully steeped in bliss.

“This is a much nicer way to start the day.”

“And I am more than happy to start the day like this every day, as well as end it, and maybe even pepper half a dozen times through the rest of it.”

“Cash,” I said with a laugh. “You can’t fuck me at all hours. We’d never get anything done.”

“But you’re the most important thing I’m ever going to do .”

He looked so damn sweet and innocent when I gathered enough energy to sit up and look down at him. His smile had always been infectious. That still remained true, my own smile helpless but to form in response.

“Stop being so cute. I’m supposed to be devastated over a breakup and brooding over Cooper. You’re making both of those extremely difficult.”

“Oh, no . I’m so sorry. How dare your alpha make you happy. Rude of me. Wanna spank me about it?”

We both moaned at the sharp clench of my pussy against his knot.

“I’m going to get you a T-shirt that says certified menace so everyone knows. Get up here and kiss me.”

Cash boosted himself up, his delight pouring through the bond all over me. I wasn’t going to examine how quickly things had transitioned, or how much I craved my best friend. I should’ve known back in the day he would’ve turned out just like this.

While I was on his knot, I let him do as he pleased, submitting to him tracing patterns on my skin, learning how I responded to every type of touch.

Later I could brood and figure out how the fuck we were going to navigate everything.

“Shower with me?” Cash asked when I was finally able to wiggle off his lap.

“I could be persuaded.”

“Do you have fancy-pants shower stuff? We have hard water out here, so we might have to get you something for that if you don’t like what I have.”

“I don’t know, your locks are pretty luscious. I think I’ll be fine.”

He gave his hair a toss, offering me another brilliant smile. “We can be luscious together. Also I bet you ten bucks Cooper starts stealing my shampoo now that you’re here.”

“Why would he start stealing it?”

“Because he’s gonna wanna look pretty for you. I’ve been trying to get him off dollar-store shampoo for years, but he’s attached.”

I laughed, tucking into the spacious shower stall with Cash, settling under one side of the dual heads. “You really think his vanity is going to take a hit?”

“Almost guaranteed. Now, why don’t you be a very good omega and let your alpha make sure you’re all clean everywhere .”

My pussy clenched, body thrumming right back to life. “I see the shirt’s gonna have to be a rush order.”

“Don’t pretend you don’t like it.” He backed me up against the tile leaning down to brush his lips over mine. “I know exactly how excited you are for me to touch you.”

The bond might give me away, but it gave him away too.

He was a tangled ball of thrilling desire, oscillating between vibes that felt like he either wanted me to get on my knees so he could fuck my face or wanted to get on his knees himself and eat me out until I cried.

He’d been really fucking close to that when we were in bed and I had no doubt he would succeed at some point.

“Maybe you should take advantage of that knowledge then, cowboy.”

“Maybe I should.” His eyes lit up and he dipped down to snare my earlobe between his teeth at the same moment his fingers dove between my thighs.

A strangled sound leapt from my mouth.

Cash laughed, a low rumbly sound that had me rocking against his hand. “So needy. Guess your alpha had better take good care of you, right, omega?”

I hooked my elbow behind his head, pulling his mouth back to mine. “Yeah, you’d fucking better.”