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We have our own lives to take care of, and so much to live for, here and now.

Aria waves her hand at my neck. “Please, feel free to take that collar off, get comfortable.”

I smile. “You know? I think I’m going to keep it on,” I say, running my hands over the gold and black collar. I shiver as I imagine myself changed like her, my breasts huge and swollen, while I’m chained to Raython’s wrist. I shift in my seat, heat flooding between my legs, and the three auras of my triad spike with their own lust, sensing mine.

I look over at Aria’s body. “Would you do it again?” I ask, in barely more than a whisper.

She laughs. “Again? I’m going to do it again and again. And I bet you will, too. My triad has the best in them. I…I want my son to be strong, but not heartless, and those three are going to be the best dads in the world. The one thing I was worried about was my son not having any friends. There’s no children on Obsidious, and human children would grow up and die before my son was a teenager. It would be heartbreaking for him. Ugh, that reminds me though, I do have one more worry…”

“What is it?”

“Ever heard of the terrible twos?”

I scrunch my eyebrows. I’ve got a vague memory of a mother with racoon eyes who had been up for days complaining about her toddler. “Yes?”

She laughs. “With Aurelians, it lasts twenty damn years. Now, we’ve got so much to talk about. So, where were you when you first felt your men?”

I think back to the Toad palace. The emptiness in my belly, the emptiness in my mind, the emptiness in my heart.

I relax back on the couch. “If it’s the same to you, that’s a bit of a painful memory. Maybe I can tell you later?”

She grins. “Honestly, Athena—beautiful name by the way, my triad told me it when they agreed to let you four come—we’ve got plenty of time. Tell me next week. Or next decade.”

She turns her head, and I follow her gaze to the door.

Raython, Tarak and Damian are standing at the door, looking in with worship in their eyes that is matched in their auras.

Aria pulls herself up from the sofa. “I know when to leave. Enjoy yourself,” she says, with a wink, leaving me with my three men.

They’re on me in a second, and I melt under their touch, imagining thousands of years with my powerful triad protecting me.

My future spans before me, filled with hope, joy, and love, and I know I’ll never be living just for myself again as their kisses cover my body, and the biggest smile comes to my face as I let my own being melt into the auras of my triad.

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