Page 55 of Knot Her Cowboys (Big Sky Omegas #2)

P atience had never been one of my strengths, but I’d grown accustomed to waiting.

This time I’d waited for Riley to be fully lucid so I could look her in the eye when I claimed her.

I wanted her to have clear eyes when she bit me, no matter how much she’d insisted before going into heat that she wanted bonds from my pack.

She’d begged me more than once already, but luxurious kisses and a knot had contented her for a brief time.

I’d thought about biting her and just not breaking the skin, but I didn’t trust my instincts to let me stop there.

Dakota and Levi had taken on the lion’s share of the tending at the start with their fresh bonds to drive them, though I’d had no shortage of time with Riley coming apart for me.

She slid from Dakota’s lap to mine, gazing at me with so much affection I could hardly breathe. “How long are you going to wait? I’ll let you edge me twelve times again if it would help.”

I swallowed hard. “I want you to be sure.”

“I’ve always been sure about you. That’s not going to change.”

“You never know. I could’ve had a personality transplant while you were gone.”

“You didn’t. You grew, for sure, but I don’t think the boy who loved me has gone anywhere. Neither has the girl who loved you.” Her kiss was soft reassurance.

I had to ask anyway. “You’re really sure you want my bond?”

“Are you asking because you’re not sure about mine?” Her bottom lip wobbled. “What can I do to?—”

“It’s not that,” I promised.

“Then what?”

“I’ve loved you pretty well my entire life, and wanted to share a bond with you since I knew what one was, but it doesn’t feel totally real that I’m about to have it.”

She cupped my face and pressed her forehead to mine. “It’s real. I want your mark on my skin, and I want the whole world to see that I was always meant to be Cooper’s girl. I belong with you, with this pack. I love you.”

“I love you more.” I locked my arms around her, holding the love of my life close. “Do you think you’ll slip into the haze if I make you come before biting you?”

Riley shrugged. “No way to know, but I’m always happy to have your hands on me, and I’m telling you right now that I give you my full consent for you to bond me even if I do slip under.

I know you worry, though, and that you like things to go a certain way.

I’ll try to let you know if I feel myself getting close to the haze so you can bite me before that, okay? ”

I searched her gaze, cupping her cheeks. “Promise?”

“I promise.”

I carried her over to the bed, where she pulled me in, her thighs spreading with a soft sigh on her lips. Sinking against her had always felt like coming home, and sinking into her was a unique euphoria I could never tire of.

Her breathy moan filled my ear, my omega wrapping her limbs around me. “Cooper, I’m not going to break. You can fuck me as hard as you want.”

With permission granted, I lifted her hands and crossed them over her head where Cash helpfully held them in place for me.

I shifted her legs, propping her ankles on my shoulders and folding her like a little pretzel so I could grip her hips and give her exactly what she wanted.

Bracing my arms around her thighs let me lift her, bringing her to the perfect height and angle to scramble that beautiful brain of hers.

Every broken curse that fell from her lips coaxed me on.

Her slick heat and needy whines hooked into the heart of me, taking up residence in my chest even without a bond to tie us together.

Tension coiled tighter with every thrust. I wanted to knot her, fill her up and brand her from the inside out.

The cells making me up were already branded by her so it seemed only fair I get to do the same to her.

Her shivers told me she was close. When I tucked my thumb against her clit, I was rewarded by the clench of her cunt and another delicious moan.

I closed my eyes, focusing on the sound and feel of her, letting those propel me to the edge until I couldn’t hold back anymore.

Her scream and tremble as she took my knot sent a bolt of ecstasy through me until I melted over her, drawing her onto my lap so I could cradle her through every muscle twitch and broken breath.

“Omegas bite first,” I whispered.

“What if we bite at the same time? Seems fitting since we both decided we were it for each other the moment we met.”

She kissed my lips and then my cheek before carefully laying her teeth on my shoulder muscle, waiting for me to do the same. My heart buzzed, pounding so hard it made me dizzy at the idea of finally sinking my teeth into her.

I shook as I settled into the same position with her impatient whine encouraging me. Everything I’d been dreaming of was seconds away from happening. Maybe I could be done waiting. Maybe I was finally at a point where I could have her without worry or reservation.

She bit down slowly, giving me time to match her.

The second we both broke through the skin, the torch I had always carried for her erupted into a bonfire, the heat of everything that was Riley crashing over me: affection, desire, satisfaction, and a love so bright and beautiful it would’ve knocked me on my ass if I weren’t already sitting.

With the formation of the bond, Riley came with a moan, and I followed after her, my knot sealing us tightly together. She whimpered, rocking her hips and clinging like she was afraid to let go.

That was fortunate, considering I had no intention of letting her move from this spot for quite some time.

The rest of my pack glowed like stars in the distance.

I had this additional layer of connection with them because of her.

Gratitude flowed over me like water, letting me bask in not only Riley’s love, but theirs too.

I’d always worried I was a burden to them no matter how willing they had been to form a pack with me, and I was really fucking relieved to find that not a single one of them projected anything close to that feeling when I joined them.

Maybe fate had been at work this whole time. These incredible people had all found their way into my life and we had created a pack built on patience and understanding, crafting the perfect place for Riley to land when she crashed back into our world.

“About fucking time,” Cash said with a laugh.

I couldn’t agree more.

Squeezing my eyes shut did absolutely nothing to stem the flood of tears as reality set in that she was finally, finally mine in every way she could be.

She wasn’t ever going to leave me again.

We could build a life together, one where we all thrived, and Riley could achieve the dreams she had set aside.

I had already gotten my dream. Several of them, in fact, but the biggest, most important one was shivering in my lap right now.

I wanted to kiss her but I didn’t want to move. I settled for holding her tighter.

Holy shit.

Riley was mine .

Ours.

Years of anguish melted away in the wake of the bond filling every crack in my being, healing them with the golden light of her.

Whatever happened now, we had each other.