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He let out a surprisingly long-suffering rumble. :You’re invited.:

I shifted closer, swiping my hair aside and offering my throat. Her eyes fluttered open, her smile of welcome warming my heart, even if I wasn’t allowed more.

“My back is cold.”

My gaze flickered up to his. He always guarded her back. Everyone knew it.

:Not to guard,: he said with another mental pull. :She wants us both. At the same time.:

Oh. Yet I hesitated despite the order. Not from reluctance. Far from it. My cock pulsed, already dripping. :You trust me? At her back?:

Her breath caught on a sound of pain, her eyes flaring wide.

:I haven’t even touched her yet,: I babbled quickly, in case he thought⁠—

“Vore. Of course I trust you at my back. I trust you with my life.”

I suddenly found new empathy for the Blood who’d wept a few moments earlier.

“Unless you don’t want⁠—”

I scrambled closer, heedless even of the alpha’s physical space in my rush to touch her skin. Her delicate back. Just the silk of her body against mine was more than I ever dared hope to enjoy in this lifetime. I rubbed my cheek against her coiled hair, breathing in her magic. Smoky incense, sweet flowers, blooming under a midnight sky. A secret oasis tucked between dunes. Crystal clear water. Pure moonlight.

But also she smelled like sex. Passion. Blood. Sweat and sweet groans and agonized bliss.

“Do you need to be bound?”

“No, my queen. Not unless that’s what you would enjoy.”

“I enjoy giving my Blood what they most need. What do you need, Vore?”

Too many thoughts flashed through my mind for me to even respond immediately. Though I felt Rik’s impatience mounting. Not because of the delay to his own gratification—but because she might wait one second too long to receive something she needed.

Even if that something…

Was me.

“Forgive me, my queen. You’ve presented me with too many enticing options.”

She laughed, easing some of the stoniness on her alpha’s face. “Perhaps I can narrow it down for you then.”

I nodded against her back, breathing in as deeply as I could. Taking every molecule of her scent and magic into my body before she sent me away. “Please be specific, my queen, so I may better serve you.”

“I don’t want you to serve me. I want you to love me.”

“I do, my queen,” I said as fervently as possible, my fingers clutching her waist. “I love you more than I ever dreamed. And I dreamed a lot. I had nothing better to do.”

Though remembering the centuries chained and gagged, generally imprisoned for the safety of my sister’s nest, might put a damper on her desire.

“Then let me be very specific, Vore. I want you to fuck my ass and bite me while Rik fucks me too.”

SHARA

His ragged, deep breathing echoed in the room. He clung to me, his face against my back, his hands clutched around my waist, as if he feared any moment I would change my mind. Not just about him in my bed, but even allowing him to remain Blood at all.

Deep down, he still feared I would send him away. In chains. Muzzled and gagged. Locked up in darkness. I certainly wouldn’t trust him at my back or allow him to feed freely on my throat. No flesh eater could be trusted to put his razor-sharp teeth in his queen.

So that was exactly what I invited him to do.