Page 115 of Promised to the Alpha Prince

“You’re always on top with Nik?”

“No, I’ve never put my dick in Nikolai’s ass,” he said. “But… with Nik…”

“Right,” I said softly. “Bad things happened to him.”

“And when I tried to broach this subject amongst the four of us—”

“The four of you?”

“Yeah, Corentin was there.”

“Wait, all four of you were talking together?”

“What did you think happened after you ran off last night, Aurelie?”

“I…” I hadn’t thought about it. “I guess that you all went off on your own or something.”

“Well, no,” he said. “That’s actually why I decided I needed to do something today, with you and me. Because it became clear to me that Dmitri wasn’t going to let this happen, and if I wanted it, I was going to have to go after it.”

“Wanted what?”

“A relationship with you, I guess.”

“Right,” I nodded. “Oh, but he’s going to be annoyed. You and him, he’s already punched you and ordered me away from you…”

“I know,” he said. “Honestly, if I did bite you right now, and we went back bonded… maybe that would just shove him over the deep end. I’d do it, but I think Nik would…” He was quiet, looking down at me. “Maybe I should.”

“No, we’ll wait, like you said.” I caressed his face. “I want time alone with Nikolai also, first, and then the two of you together.”

“Perfect,” he breathed.

I grinned at him.

He grinned at me.

“So, you think that something bad happened to Dmitri, too?” I said. “You think he’ll talk to me about it?”

“I think you’re less threatening,” he said. “And I don’t really know, because I was thrown when I found out that Nik was happily bottoming for Dmitri, because I guess I thought he had some block, or it was trauma or something, or… but it’s just me? And then Dmitri being like that? I just want to understand it, I guess. If we can understand it, we can figure out a way to make it all work.”

“You need to talk to Nikolai about that,” I said.

“You’re not wrong.” He sighed and lay down against me, head on the pillow next to mine.

I turned and we were face to face.

We kissed.

“You’re perfect,” he said.

“So are you,” I said. “I need you, Johannes. Something about you, just you, it’s exactly what I need.”

He shut his eyes, sighing. “Fuck, I didn’t know how much I needed to hear that.”

“I need you,” I said again.

He kissed me again. Hard.

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