Page 76 of Knot Over You

The omega doesn’t run. She stays. She fights for her alphas, and they fight for her, and they build a life together.

Fiction. Fantasy. But underneath is a truth I can’t ignore.

She never stopped wanting this.

I pick up my phone and compose a text.

Lucas:Just finished book one.

Response comes immediately, despite the hour.

Cara:Oh god.

Lucas:The alpha with brown eyes and the medical degree.

Cara:I can explain.

Lucas:Can you?

Long pause.

Cara:Probably not.

Lucas:We should talk about this.

Cara:Okay. But for the record, the good parts were based on reality.

Lucas:The good parts?

Cara:The kissing scenes. Definitely based on reality.

I stare at the screen. Think about chapter seven. About what exactly she based on reality.

Lucas:Chapter seven.

Cara:...

Lucas:Was that based on reality?

Cara:Parts of it.

Lucas:Which parts?

Cara:The parts where you’re extremely thorough.

I’m blushing alone in my room at two in the morning like a teenager.

Lucas:Go to sleep, Cara.

Cara:Goodnight, Dr. Price. ;)

I stare at the ceiling for a long moment.

Then I download book two.

Downstairs, I hear Theo moving around. He’s probably reading the same books. Having the same realizations I am.

She wrote about all of us. Theo—the warm one, the gardener who can’t protect his own heart. Nate—quiet and intense, showing love through protection and presence.