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“Hey.” He sniffed behind her ear. “I can still smell you.”
“Right.” She put her palms on his shoulders. “So, Syar rented me for you.”
“Forty percent for him, and sixty percent for me, Venetia.” Syar pressed against her from behind, making Reynaldo take their weight. He didn’t seem to mind.
Syar kissed her neck and said, “I feel so much better when you are with me; you let me be strong.”
She reached back for his waist with one hand. “You are strong; you are just damaged.”
“I am scared all the time.”
“Welcome to the club; we should have t-shirts.” She stared at Reynaldo’s neck. “You acknowledge the pain and work through it when it hurts, but you work around it every other time it rises. It is a memory, and all you can do is learn from it.”
Syar wrapped his arm fully around her waist from behind. “Like these scars?”
“The scars tell me that just because common knowledge says someone should love and take care of you doesn’t mean they will. When using you as stress relief becomes common and the only reason you are around, you should walk away. That is also what my relationship with the yutz showed me. The teen love had long since burned out, and he was restless. He was so excited when he met his omega, and I felt everything.”
“I am sorry that he was an asshole. He should never have done that without uncoupling from you.” Reynaldo caressed his lips with hers. “I would happily break his neck if it would make you feel better.”
“Well, what I think is that if he was the one who started my transformation, he needed this, and he doesn’t and will never have it.” She smiled at Reynaldo. “But I might let someone else borrow it. Take it for a spin, as it were.”
He smiled. “Is that an invitation?”
“I suppose it is. It has struck me that, for once, it should be my choice as to who was inside me.”
Syar murmured, “You didn’t choose your boyfriend?”
“No. He chose me. Quarterback and head cheerleader. Everything was appearances with him. It’s a lifetime ago now.”
The alpha asked softly, “Are you ready to let it go?”
She answered honestly. “I am ready to try.”
“Good enough for me.” He floated them to the shallows, and their lips met and mingled, tongues sliding. The barbs on his tongue weren’t in evidence, but she knew they were there.
She felt Syar’s fingers on the hand she had on Reynaldo’s shoulder and his warm body at her back. She had support, not restriction. He wasn’t holding her there; he was letting her know she wasn’t alone.
Ven tried to remember the last time her libido had kicked in, but she couldn’t. She pushed previous experiences out of her mind and just enjoyed the moment. Water wasn’t practical, but it did let her press closer and wrap a leg around Reynaldo’s thigh to pull her closer.
Reynaldo lifted his head. “Do you want to continue here?”
She shook her head.
“In bed?”
She bit her lip and nodded.
He leaned in and nuzzled her temple. “This will be fine. It will be good. I promise.”
She nodded. She didn’t want to speak. That would ruin it.
Syar floated away from her and held her hand, tugging her toward the shore.
She unhooked from Reynaldo and floated after her omega. The alpha was right behind her.
They made their way out of the water, and the glowing water was slowly drying on her skin, leaving the luminescence.
She asked either of them, “How long will this last?”
