“Another time, perhaps,” Beren says as he lowers his face close to mine. “I believe I promised you a chance to help me punish Lyath.”

Lyath makes a soft whimpering sound in the back of his throat that has my core clenching and a moan escaping my lips. Lyath releases my cheeks and runs his thumb softly against my cheek before standing back up.

“I also enjoy when he makes those sounds,” Beren says as he reaches a hand out to Lyath who takes it without hesitation. “We will find many ways to make him make them, yes?” The question is asked to me but I’m too busy staring at the bulge in Lyath’s pants. Beren doesn’t admonish me for openly ogling his other mate. No, he laughs and drags us both back to their bedroom. “I want you both naked.”

I don’t hesitate to whip my tunic off over my head and start working the strings of my shorts. Lyath is just as quick, and we’re both naked and bare, waiting for Beren’s next instructions in under a minute.

Beren looks between the two of us, his eyes trailing over each curve of my body, lingering on my nipples and between my legs as he checks me out. He does the same to Lyath, his eyes pausing for a moment on the hard length of Lyath’s dick. I find myself wanting to reach out and stroke it, put it in my mouth, and make him make some more of those sounds that Beren and I both love.

“You will be my mate in all ways, yes?”

Beren steps closer to me, lifting his hand and letting it hover in front of my breasts. He watches my face, waiting for me to give him a quick nod before he places his hand over my left breast and hisses in satisfaction.

Lyath makes another whimpering sound. Beren doesn’t offer him any attention right now. Instead, he falls to his knees in front of me, cupping my breasts in his hands and kneading them softly as I moan and shift on my feet to rub my thighs together.

“These are wonderful,” Beren says as his tongue snakes out of his mouth and flicks at one stiffly peaked nipple. I moan again, pushing myself into his hold of me. He pinches my nipples softly between his fingers and relishes in the whine I make when it borders on painful. “We will discuss ways to play that I will enjoy another time when you are not already so worked up.”

“Okay,” I nod, agreeing to whatever he wants.

I’m grateful he’s not wanting to push me too much for what he wants right now because I’m not sure if I would know what I want or how much I can be trusted when I’m this horny. Not to mention I’ve heard how Beren fucks Lyath, and there sounded like there was a lot of pain involved in it. I’m not ready to plunge fully into the depths of the kinks that I’m just now learning I might be into.

“For now, I will tell you how we will use my other mate, yes?” Beren hisses against my chest as he nuzzles his face between my breasts. He lets one of his hands fall down the span of my abdomen until he is cupping me between my legs. He tests my slickness with one of his fingers and smiles against my skin when he feels just how turned on I am. “Is this for me or because you are eager to see how good of a mate Lyath is for me?”

“Both,” I moan and grind my hips against his fingers, hoping for just a bit more friction. “Fuck, I want both.”

Beren pulls away from me but keeps his attention between my thighs, where he’s stopped moving and is now just admiring as I grind myself against him. He looks up at me after a minute of not enough pressure or friction, no matter how hard I try.

“We could have been doing this the last few days, Nia.” He shakes his head in disapproval. “How many days, Lyath?”

“Nine, I think,” Lyath says after taking a deep breath. I look at him for the first time since Beren’s fingers have been between my legs to see him hyper-focused on where Beren’s touching me. Lyath keeps his hands behind his back. His jaw clenched tightly as he watches and tries to keep himself from coming. “Today is the tenth day she has been here, but that would be this evening.”

“Ten days then,” Beren hisses as he teases one of his fingers at my entrance.

I still my hips, my eyes going wide, and I wait to see if he’s about to enter me. He only chuckles softly before removing his hand completely and raising it up to his mouth, where he licks my juices from his fingers. He closes his eyes and lets a hiss rumble through him. He lifts his hand up to Lyath, who already knows exactly what Beren wants, and begins to lick at his hand as well. Lyath wraps his tongue around Beren’s fingers, groaning and closing his eyes. His face contorts in what could almost look like pain if it wasn’t so damn hot.

“Normally,” Beren says as he stands back to his full height, still dressed in his pants and tunic, while Lyath and I stand in front of him, horny, dripping, and naked. “I would punish my mate who has done something wrong, but seeing as we have not talked about punishments and teasing and what I expect of my mate. We’ll have to punish Lyath for your transgressions instead.“ He casts his eyes over to Lyath, whose eyes flare with panic.

Lyath sucks in a shaky breath as his brows draw low. “This is unfair to me. It is cruel.”

“Shh,” Beren says as he cups the underside of Lyath’s dick with the pads of his fingers. Lyath immediately clamps his lips together and tries his hardest to stay still as Beren trails his fingers up and down the underside of his length while talking to me. “Lyath is my good mate. I have already told you this, but you did not know what it meant.”

“I’m guessing he does what you say,” I say with a loud gulp. I’m hypnotized by the way he strokes Lyath and the soft whimpers Lyath makes every once in a while. Beren’s eyes flare in approval every time he manages to make Lyath whine.

“He does what I say, he comes when I allow it, and he trusts me to take care of him even when it means hurting him,” Beren says. He reaches out with his free hand to grab my chin and tilt it up so I am watching Lyath’s face instead of his dick. “Does knowing it hurts him not to release bring you pleasure?”

I squeeze my thighs tighter together, knowing that I should be ashamed of it turning me on, right? No one should be aroused by knowing they’re hurting someone else. At least, I never thought that was a thing. Then again, I didn’t think aliens were a thing either, and here I am. Beren pinches my chin tighter, and I finally relent and answer him honestly. “Yes.”

Out of the corner of my eye, I can see Beren’s smile growing and the light in his eyes turning into an inferno of lust. He keeps me watching Lyath’s face, though, and forces me to watch as Lyath opens his eyes wide and licks at his lips before finally starting to beg.

“Beren, please, I cannot—“

I don’t know what Beren does to him next, but Lyath whines loudly, squeezes his eyes shut, and trembles all over before Beren finally releases both of us.

“On the bed. Lyath, do not release the headboard until we are done with you.” Beren’s command is harsh as it comes out, but when I look up at him, I can see he is more than enjoying himself.

Lyath crawls onto the bed, rolls onto his back, and grabs the headboard so tight I’m surprised he’s not breaking it. His eyes jump between Beren and me, unsure of exactly what we’re going to do to him. Not that I know either since Beren hasn’t told me anything. Thankfully, he doesn’t keep me waiting for long before standing right behind me, placing his palms on my shoulders and leading me to the bed.

“Ten days you have kept yourself from me,” Beren hisses when he taps my leg in an order to lift it onto the bed. “So, we will see how close we can get Lyath to releasing ten times, yes?”