Page 29 of Deadly Ties

I don’t believe it. Even seeing her glare at me from four legs, I can’t accept she has that power. Because omegascan’tshift on their own. A rare few can half-shift if their life is threatened, but the ability was bred out of them, since they’re never on their own. My dad, the eternal asshole, used to say that if omegascouldshift at will, our species would die out in a generation. That’s about how much respect he had for our own designation.

But Kelly looks happy with the outcome, butting the pretty silver wolf with his big golden head. Elvi’s wolf responds by rubbing her nose along his flank, earning her a deep rumbling purr. They look as good together as they did back in that omega suite – like fire wrapped around ice – and the mingling of their scents is both musky and sweet. I have to swallow because now I’m picturing them in their human forms, their bodies fusing together as Elvi rides Kelly’s cock…

Damn.Down, desperado dick.

I force myself to focus on whatever back-and-forth is going on. Communication is pretty basic in our animal form, but Elvi gives a little yip like she’s agreeing and then Marku smirks. “Shift, wolfling.”

They both do, so effortlessly it just confuses me more. But then it looks like my fantasy is about to play out in real time because Kelly wraps his naked body around Elvi and hums into her throat. He looks peaceful enough – or at least not like he’s going to rip her bond mark out – but Marku doesn’t let up. “What do you want,princi?”

“Your big, bossy cock to join us,” Kelly fires back, although his words are muffled by Little Angel’s neck.

She laughs, making him squirm. When she cocks a brow at her mate – clearly an invitation, the lucky asshole - Marku just shakes his head. “That’s still off the table. My wolf is here to dominate you, not pet you.” He lets that sink in before saying, “Try again. Tell me what you want, wolfling.”

Kelly thinks about it, the silence stretching until I start to twitch. Half of the people in the room are naked, but there’s only one other big cock on offer. I’ve got no problems fucking the heat out of my mate as long as he doesn’t flip back into a frenzy. In fact, taking his perfect ass while the others look on is my new favorite fantasy…

“A bite,” Kelly mumbles, and I feel myself go rigid.

Fuck me. He’s asking Marku to bite him and bond him.

I can feel my wolf thrusting against my skin, but our anger quickly fades into resignation. How can I blame him for wanting that? I was all in on the same arrangement before Link fucked everything up. And look at what’s on offer. A naked angel curled up on his lap, and Marku has to be the dark knight in every omega’s fantasy…

“You want another mating mark?”

“Yes.” Kelly touches his neck, Elvi’s lips chasing his fingers to taste the skin he strokes. “Right here. Where everyone can see.”

Fuck me twice. Not only does he want the deadliest assassin on the continent to bite him, he wants him to do it where Link will have to look at it every day of his miserable life.

“Good,” Marku purrs, leaning forward and resting his elbows on his knees. It puts the bite mark on his wrist on display, which I guess is the point. “And will you be biting too?”

Kelly doesn’t hesitate. He rises up on his knees, his hand going to the smooth flesh below his hip, only inches above the heavy length of his dick. Elvi looks like she wants to chase his fingers like she did before, but then she turns to shoot me a challenging stare. “You know why he wants it there, Rory? So every time he’s on his knees and you’re down his throat, he can look at it. He’ll know you’re his, in every way he needs you to be. And of course, it will hurt like a bitch when he sinks his teeth into that spot, probably scraping on the bone. But that’s just a bonus.”

The two omegas trade a sly glance, but I’m stuck on the rest of her words.My dick. Down his throat. Because I’m his. In every way he needs.

Not Marku.

Me.

And of course, the asshole has to double-check. “Princi, is that what you want from your friend over there?”

Kelly frowns, but I prickle. “Mate,” I correct him. “Kelly and me are mated. We’re no different from you and Elvi.”

I put as much confidence as I can into my words, but the fucker just cocks a disbelieving brow. As irritating as shit, but not as bad as Kelly saying in a distant voice, “I want him to claim me. Properly.”

Fuck. Why the hell does he sound like that? As if he expects me to turn him down… “I have, bro. You’re mine and I’m yours. But if you want my bite, it’s no problem. I just didn't take it further before because of...”

“Link,” Elvi says and I sigh. She knows better than anyone about Link’s possessive bullshit.

But Kelly has sat back on his heels, his eyes narrowed on me. “Did you know before Link claimed me in the Tower, I told him I loved you equally? And I wanted to bond you all? He agreed, but when I tried to bring it up, you and Cam kept changing the subject. You’d slap my back, then go and fuck some random heir like it meant nothing. I’d be locked back up with the other omegas, and then… well, our year in the Tower was up, and I was gone, wasn’t I?”

My chest aches as I remember Marku hustling us out of the Tower on our first day of freedom, only to tell us Kelly was already gone. We’d all assumed the assassin had done something to him, and Link had flipped out so bad, Marku had knocked him out. That threw Cam and me over the edge, and we’d all been unconscious when we were dumped on the edge of the lake. When we could drag our sorry asses out of the mud, we’d made a blood pact right there and then. We would get Kelly back, no matter what it took.

I hate going back to those dark days in the Tower, but I force myself to consider his words. Did I really push Kelly away when he was trying to bond with me? And more importantly, did Link ever mention Kelly’s condition that we all bond him together? No, I’m pretty sure the asshole kept that fun fact to himself.

“You like me, Rory,” Kelly says now, pulling me back to the present. “You even like to fuck me. But I don’t take much solace from that, since we both know you like to fuck anything that floats into your orbit.”

Elvi tries to hide her flinch, but Kelly sees it, and I fuckingfeelit. I have a lot of making up to do – to both of them – but right now I drop to my knees in front of my mate. “Maybe that’s how I made you feel, Kelly, but those days are over. I love you. Don’t ever doubt it. And if you’ll let me, I'll bite you in a heartbeat.”

Elvana

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