Chapter 16
Chapter Sixteen
Shen slid his body closer to Vor’s. “We’re not just here for Snow. We lost you, too, Vor.” He eyed Snow. “We care for you both.”
Vor leaned over and pressed his lips to Shen’s.
Watching the two alphas kissing made tears burn at the backs of Snow’s eyes.
Owan and Hwa crawled into the bed and shared their own kisses with Vor, each of them showing a tenderness Snow had yet to see from any of them.
There was desire there, but Vor’s claim that they’d simply used one another when needy was clearly the biggest lie of all.
These men had suffered together, and it had forged a bond unlike the one Snow shared with them.
Snow felt no jealousy in the recognition of that. It warmed him to know there were connections beyond what he’d assumed. The fear that Vor might one day send them away faded. They belonged together. All of them.
“Trade places with Vor,” Snow murmured, taking Shen’s hand. “You can have me… and he can have you.”
Shen hesitated a moment. “Are you sure you want him to take me? You just got him back.”
“I want to watch him reclaim your body as his,” Snow said, caressing the side of Shen’s face. He whispered, “You and I are his favorites.”
“I heard that,” Owan said from the other end of the bed.
Shen slipped out of the bed, a frown on his face. Owan gave him a haughty glare. Snow struggled for air.
He’d ruined everything once again.
Suddenly Owan burst into a smile. “Luckily for you, Hwa is my favorite.”
Hwa chuckled, nipping at Owan’s neck. “And he is mine.”
Shen returned to the bed and handed a couple of tubes of oil to Vor. “Make sure I’m well prepared. Your knot nearly ruined me last time.”
“Why didn’t you say anything?” Vor asked.
“I could barely speak,” Shen said as he peeled out of his brightly colored vest. “I was so full of that big cock of yours, I couldn’t get enough air in my lungs.”
Vor blinked a few times.
“Perhaps it wasn’t all bad,” Shen muttered, fighting a smile. “I did come so hard I went blind for a few seconds afterwards.”
Shen turned to plant a kiss on Snow’s lips. “I have no idea how you take that monster. You’re smaller than me.”
“I’m an omega. We’re born to take monster cocks.” Snow grinned, lifting his arms to allow Shen to pluck his tunic over his head. “We stretch more and make our own slick. I have an advantage or two that you don’t.”
“Still… it feels like you’ve been taken over completely, does it not?” Shen asked him in all seriousness. “As if your body is his playtoy, made to fit him and him alone.”
“Something like that,” Snow offered with a smile.
As Vor removed the folded silk fabric Shen twisted around his body, Shen pulled Snow’s hose and braies down and off. Snow watched as Vor poured some of the oil into his palm before sinking two fingers deep in Shen’s asshole.
The look of complete and utter pleasure on Shen’s face sent a spiral of need through Snow. How he could get off watching another man get fucked by his mate, he’d never know, but it turned him on like nothing else ever had. Shen’s excitement and pleasure was Snow’s.
“Ass up,” Vor barked and Snow shivered from the sound of it.
Shen immediately raised his ass higher in the air, shivering just as Snow had. Snow’s gaze drifted to Hwa and Owan. Both of them appeared to be trembling.
A thought swept through Snow’s mind that refused to leave. “Have you ever heard the tale of the dominant alpha?”
“A myth,” Vor muttered as he coated Shen’s hole with lube, loosening it for his long, thick cock.
“Most myths rise from a truth. The story might be largely fiction, but there are parts that are often real.” Snow eyed the men in his bed. “Stop touching him, Vor.”
Shen whimpered, upset Vor wasn’t two knuckles deep inside him.
“Shen, Hwa, and Owan— step out of the bed and line up by the windows,” Snow said.
They looked between themselves before sauntering over and lining up for Snow’s inspection.
He crawled from the bed and eyed the trio.
“Your job is to fight everything Vor is about to command you do. Tooth and nail. If he commands you do anything, don’t do it or I’ll be very cross with you. Understood?”
Hwa rolled his eyes before joining the other two in nodding their agreement. Snow spun to face his mate and smiled.
“Prove there’s nothing to the myth. Command they touch themselves—or whatever it is you want them to do to put on a show for you. Let’s see if you’ve got dominant blood in your veins.”
Vor chuckled and shook his head. He sighed and sat down on the side of the big bed. After an eye roll to Snow, he looked over the three alphas.
“Stroke your cocks,” Vor said.
All three alphas chuckled and gave him the finger.
“Bark,” Snow said to Vor. “You didn’t bark.”
“Bark? Like a dog?” Vor asked, one brow elevated.
“No… that sharp, commanding tone you occasionally get when you want us to do as you wish,” Snow said. “Command that they stroke their cocks.”
Vor shook his head. He took a deep breath and then barked the same command.
Snow leaned over onto the mattress to keep from dropping to his knees.
His cock ached, his hand shaking as he fought the need to stroke his own cock.
When he lifted his head to peek at the others, he found them all a quivering mess, fighting the need to touch themselves.
Shen clasped both hands together under his chin, panting as he waged war with himself.
Hwa shoved his hands under his arms and breathed roughly, his thighs shaking the hardest. Owan struggled briefly, but gave in, stroking his cock, his head falling back in abandon.
“You’re just fucking with me,” Vor said before barking, “Enough.”
Freed of the command, Snow’s shoulders relaxed and he could breathe easier.
“I don’t find this funny,” Vor said.
“We weren’t acting,” Hwa replied. “I don’t know what the fuck that was, but I didn’t like it.”
“Oh really? You weren’t playacting?” Vor asked. “Then why don’t you come over here and suck my cock, Hwa?”
They all gasped. Hwa wasn’t a fan of giving head. He’d do a great many things to get a guy off, but sucking dick wasn’t something he enjoyed providing.
“You didn’t bark,” Snow whispered when Hwa didn’t move.
Vor scoffed. “Fine.” He cleared his throat before uttering the command properly the second time.
Hwa immediately stumbled over, dropping to his knees between Vor’s spread thighs. Hwa’s hand shook as he reached for Vor’s shaft. After stroking it the cock a few times, he licked the glans and drew the head into his mouth.
Before it could go any further, Vor jumped up and put distance between them. “Stop! Stop!” he barked at Hwa.
Hwa relaxed, pressing his forehead onto the mattress. “Don’t ever do that again.”
“I’m sorry. I won’t.” He shoved his hand through his hair and forced the long locks back over one shoulder.
“I thought you were playing a joke. I knew that was something you’d never willingly do and didn’t expect you to actually do it,” Vor said.
He turned to focus on Snow. “Please tell me this is a joke. Please.”
Snow shrugged. “I fear it isn’t. You appear to have dominant alpha blood in your veins. Enough to force others to do your bidding. Omegas, betas… and apparently other alphas, too.”
“Wouldn’t I have noticed this little trick before now?” Vor asked.
“It might’ve been triggered by meeting your mate,” Owan said.
“My papa once told me that my father’s eye color changed right after they met.
Papa swore his scent changed, too. I’ve heard other small changes.
Nothing with dominant alpha powers over other men, but it’s clear that meeting a mate can change a man in a myriad of ways.
Maybe Snow unlocked something within ya. ”
“Perhaps dying and coming back to the land of the living triggered it,” Shen added. “Or the blow from the wizard. Or both.”
Everyone nodded, except for Snow.
“I felt it before then,” Snow said. “He’d commanded me to take off my clothes to get into the bath with him and I was suddenly overwhelmed with the need to comply.”
“You’re his mate,” Hwa said. “That’s understandable you’d be affected. But I’ve known this man for years and I’ve heard that bark before. I’ve never felt compelled to follow his orders before today.”
Vor met Snow’s gaze, his eyes wide. “I don’t want this.”
“You don’t have to use it,” Snow said. “Unless we consent ahead of time and agree on what you’ll be commanding us to do—or give you a list of things we refuse.”
“Consent, yes,” Hwa growled. He leveled a glare at Vor as he rose to his full height. “Always with consent.”
Vor lifted both palms. “I thought it was a joke. I’m sorry, Hwa. Never again without your consent. I stopped it as soon as I realized we were crossing a line—one I never expected to.”
Hwa nodded curtly, his anger seemingly assuaged. He held out a hand to Owan. “Let’s find our pleasures elsewhere, hmm?”
Owan looked between all the men before his gaze landed on Hwa. “He apologized. He seems remorseful, Hwa.”
Hwa sighed, holding his hand out further. “I know, and I accept his apology. But I think you’re more my speed today, Owan. I just lost control. I’d appreciate you allowing me to exert some over you.”
Owan grinned, his complexion going a bit ruddy. “I love it when ya talk dirty to me.” Owan took his hand. “You’d best get rougher than last time.”
After the two departed, Vor turned his gaze to Shen. “I’d understand if you wanted to leave, too.”
Shen approached Vor. “Honestly, it’s a bit hot imagining the things you could make me do.
” He grinned. “As long as the only fluids are cum and perhaps a little saliva. You don’t command I hurt myself or others…
” Shen paused, appearing deep in thought for a few seconds.
“And you don’t hurt me or Snow, I think we’ll have a fun time with this new power of yours.
” Shen stopped directly in front of Vor.
“If something we don’t care for arises, we add it to the list of noes. ”