Page 104 of Mercy & Her Devils

Fuck, he’s really going all out.

Lark splutters in outrage. “I’m only eight years older than you, pup. You know that.”

Antonio attempts to look innocent. “Do I, old man?”

“That’s a declaration of war.” Gabriel’s voice becomes clipped and dangerous. “Accepted.”

“Oh, shit,” Antonio mutters under his breath but he’s panting with excitement.

My skin is tingling. I’m thrumming with anticipation.

“Strip, Toni,” Gabriel commands. “No more talking, unless it’s your safe word.”

To my surprise, Antonio obeys instantly with a joyful abandon, ripping off his scarf and then his blazer. He tosses them over the side of the bed without bothering to fold them.

Gabriel rolls his eyes.

Antonio doesn’t even attempt to make a show of stripping, although I’m enjoying the sight of every sliver of his skin being revealed, since he’s too eager to get naked.

I can hardly look away from the delicious sight, when he is.

Gabriel is trying to look unaffected, but by how hard he is in his black jeans, he definitely is. “Lie down in the center of the bed.”

Gabriel stalks off the bed and scoops up several of the items that Antonio dumped out of the chest.

He deposits them on the bed next to me. Intrigued, I turn them over.

“Lube and a vibrating plug,” Gabriel explains. “This type drives him crazy because it pushes directly onto his prostate. Put it on the highest setting.” Antonio shudders at Gabriel’s sentence. “Lark, why don’t you take the lube and prepare him with your fingers? We want him nice and desperate for our good Omega here to take apart.”

Lark smirks. “I’d love to.”

He picks up the lube and moves between Antonio’s thighs.

Antonio is the only naked one in the bed, when the rest of us are fully clothed.

It makes him look vulnerable but also, his submission is braver.

He doesn’t look weak but fucking strong.

I’m not used to this willing submission.

It’s heady.

I want more of this.

It makes me even wetter to see Lark, an Omega, caressing his hand up a Beta’s naked thigh, before slowly circling his tight furled rim.

Antonio whines. “Fuck, that feels good.”

I wrench my gaze back to Gabriel. “Why?”

Gabriel winds his hand into my hair and pulls me into a kiss that takes away my breath.

I sigh, kissing him even deeper.

Finally, he draws back, but his lips are still touching mine. “Because I want to show Antonio that he’s fully seen and accepted by all of us. A Beta will have an equal place, even within a nest, in my pack. Some Traditional packs won’t allow them in an Omega Chamber. But that won’t be how we do things. And you, Mer, will always be my good Omega. But don’t you want to find out what it’s like to take control? Toni wants this. I know that it’ll be hot as hell to see my good Omega playing like this with my bad Beta. But it’s your decision.”

The way that Gabriel talks about Betas and Omegas feels revolutionary.

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