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“What?”

“This may come as a shock, Just, and it is not limited to omegas, but some people like choking on dick.”

“But I hurt him.” My voice cracked slightly.

“Did you though?”

“You think having so much cock shoved down your throat it trips your gag reflex is comfortable? That it’s fun?” I paced in front of the refrigerator, agitation making it impossible to stand still.

“Yeah, I do. And you do too. It’s not my particular kink, but there have definitely been times where I’ve gagged on your cock and wanted more.”

“But, Theo…”

He cut me off. “Theo enjoyed it. He was jerking off, right? I will bet you every dollar in our joint bank account that it took him right to the edge.”

“You don’t understand…”

He cut me off again. “No, I understand perfectly. You don’t understand, though.”

I opened my mouth, then closed it. How is this not obvious?

“Did you harm him? You get the distinction, right, between hurt and harm? Are you forgetting some of the shit we used to get up to as kids? That one time you choked me out by accident and we thought it was hysterical. Sixteen-year-olds dabbling in breath play.”

“That’s different.” My voice was tight, defensive.

“Why? Because we’re alphas? We weren’t then.”

“Alphas shouldn’t treat their omegas…”

“Treat their omegas exactly how they want to be treated.”

Ren leaned towards me. “Look me in the eye and tell me Theo doesn’t enjoy it. All of it. That he doesn’t enjoy the dom/sub thing you have going on. That he doesn’t want to be on his knees for you.”

Well, that’s confirmation that they did, in fact, notice. Heat rushed to my face, embarrassment and something like relief wrestling inside me.

“And there you are, trying to be all suave, thinking that we don’t notice.”

“Fuck you,” I bristled at his ridiculous mind reading skills.

“Yes, please,” he replied, the corner of his mouth lifting. “And I know exactly where you’re going next. Just, this isn’t about Mackenzie. What the little shit did to her is a completely different thing. Theo wants to give you control. He wants you to take it. And yeah, probably some of that’s going to be uncomfortable. Maybe painful if you do it right. You have to trust that he’s going to know his limits.”

“I just don’t want to fuck this up.” The admission felt raw, scraped from somewhere deep inside me.

He slid off the counter and prowled around the island toward me, his movements fluid and predatory. He stuck his hand into my belt loop and pulled me to him. We were chest to chest, his warmth and aura seeping into me.

“The only way you fuck this up, my love, is by not being who you are. Theo wants that control over him. He wants to explore. And you need it.”

He cupped my face, and I nuzzled into his touch, sighing as some of the tension drained from my shoulders. He pushed into me, backing me against the counter. I could feel his cock rigid between us, a reminder of how easily he could want me, even now.

“I would literally kill for you, and you think gagging on a little cock is too much for me to handle?”

“Since it happened, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about…” I looked away. This admission might be too far. It might be a line for him, for Theo. Ren wasn’t about to let me run now. He pulled me back.

“Oh, now you have to tell me, given how hard your cock just got and what your aura just did.” His eyes gleamed with curiosity and lust.

“During heat, both of us knotting him. At the same time.” My pulse raced, the fantasy spilling out before I could stop it.

I watched as the realization clicked into place, his eyes going wide.