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something inside of her twisted at the thought of someone else being by his side, that same aggressive instinct that had gotten her to deny every single alpha that had tried to crowd her. to touch her. it wasn't fair that someone else got to be with him, got to have the one alpha that she wanted. but as much as she tried to struggle out of quick sand, it would only sink her faster. lia was the daughter of a baron, a king could not take someone of such low rank as a wife.

did grey even want to?

her lower lip trembled as grey's touch trailed lower, breath becoming heavier as more of her skin got revealed. lia didn't stop him, heart hammering on her throat. it was very selfish of him to do this to her when he asked her to safeguard his fiancee and heir. and it was even more selfish of her that she was going to take what he gave.

"grey." her hand rose to grip his shirt, head tilting to give him further access to her. her scent bloomed with arousal, the sensation of his teeth making her tremble. "alpha."

"i want you to protect my fiancee and the offspring she carries, yes." he found that his own words made the restlessness underneath his skin churn even more. there was a dark part of him that wanted to keep lia in societal chains, and grey was realizing it had nothing to do with keeping her safe. it was an incentive, yes--after all, no one could come for her if they didn't know who she was-but his motives were proving to be much more selfish.

keep her to himself.

grey reached down to the edges of lia's robes and slowly pushed them aside, maintaining eye contact with her, as though checking for signs of distress. "from this night on, that'll be your primary task." his head dipped down and he let his lips drag across the soft flesh, the titillating aroma floated up, seizing grey's resolve and ripping it to pieces.

his canines grazed her before his mind could register its own actions.

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if grey had a fiancee, what was he doing here with her? lia was confused about it, but his scent was distracting her, keeping her from thinking too deeply about what he was saying. it seemed to grow more intense with passing minute, and she really shouldn't be breathing it in so much.

it was kind of impressive that he could elicit that positive of a reaction with his scent, though. lia was usually repulsed by alphas. but grey had always been the exeption to the rule had he not? even when neither knew what the other would present as.

her breath got caught on her throat, wide eyes looking at him even as lia couldn't help but lean into the touch. it was so warm against her skin, almost electric in the way that it made her tingle. she wanted more of it.

"because your requests are law? or because you want me to protect your fiancee? who are they anyway?"

"a fiancee--hm. i suppose i do."

intelligent eyes locked on her, wary but not hostile. this encounter could go many ways, depending on her reaction. the longer she lingered in the room, the more her scent filled the space. grey let his lips part, drawing it in deeper, so he could taste it on his tongue.

compatible.

the word resonated in his blood.

he wanted to breathe in lia's scent at the source, to press his face against the scent gland at the base of that slender throat. it was only the deeply entrenched rules of propriety that had him holding back.

"that's why you're here." he reached out towards her to finally let the back of his knuckles drag along the curve of her cheek.

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"yes, of course." a deep breath was given, head tilting to the side in thought. it was true that grey would have to surrender the authority over official matters while he was at war, and with so many high ranking officials having to follow him into battle - or risk being labeled as traitorous cowards, that job should befall to someone who wouldn't. but who might that be?

"it hasn't been that long since you've risen as king, it's no wonder you have no heirs." she also hadn't caught wind of any kind of arranged marriage, but her maid didn't really brought her news about the king, too worried about being caught for that. "you must surely have a fiancee by now, no?" a hum "maybe they could take over?"

did he want her to make sure they wouldn't face discrimination? "you're the king, grey. i'm afraid your requests are law by now." it was half a tease and half truth.

"lia," grey spoke lightly but there was focus in his tone. "there is no time for discussion. i know my duty as king. I… have had time to prepare myself," he steeled himself against the moment of vulnerability. "someone will need to lead the forces here, and help the kingdom to rebuild after the battle. as it stands, I have no heirs, so it is fully within my power as king to name my successor to the throne."

he'd given this thought. though some would say not nearly enough. the fingers on his left hand twisted over one another slowly as he contemplated his next words. "you'll have to find some way of forgiving me for i'm going to demand of you from this point forward. do you understand?"

his eyes lifted to the doors leading out of his chambers. he'd sent the guard detail to make rounds through the property. give the two of them enough privacy for grey not to worry about questionable attention catching wind.

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this was something she was more used to, this ease sort of teasing that put them as equals, not as a king and their subject. her next smile was wider "i didn't say they could touch, they tried, didn't like the consequences of their actions." she was the daughter of a baron, lowest rung on the noble ladder. her designation had brought plenty of proposals, but she had never been one to back out.

it was funny that his father had thought that the two of them would present much differently, her own had been sure she would have been a beta. they should all have known better. his words brought gravity to the air around them.

her lips pressed together, green eyes moving to the side before she looked back at grey. "yes." her maid was really good at giving her information. a hushed breath left her as lia connected the dots on his words and the information she had "are you going to go? you're going into war?" a frown. "you're the king, grey!"

"tch," grey snorted, but his lips curved as well. no surprise. part of him had always assumed his friendship with lia had been the reason his father was so skeptical about him taking the throne. in comparison--in their youth--he'd been a bit more passive by nature. so much so that his father seemed to consider the implications of having an omega as a son. decided to start exploring other options before grey presented.

"are you sure that's what it is? they don't like you?" there had to be more to it than that, surely. "because from what i recall, there was speculation between my parents that our dynamic would unfold in a different way than it currently has."

"so, um," grey paused, the facade of his position slipping for a moment as he looked at his friend. "i called you here for a reason, lia. are you aware of the confrontation approaching in the north?"

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it was like he wasn't walking towards her, he was stalking. it was that even, sure stride that had her muscles locking in place, as if any minute movement would make him lunge for her. this kind of dynamic wasn't something that she was used to, there wasn't a submissive bone in her body. she had bitten alphas before when her father had presented them to her, sunk her small fangs onto their arms and hands when they tried to touch what they had no right to.

this sense of being between a predators jaws... well, that wasn't something that she was used to. and at the same time...

maybe because it was grey, the feeling wasn't unwelcome.

"has it? most would have told me i got much worse in terms of behavior." she teased, looking up at him and trying to seem much more relaxed than she felt. "it's been a while." a shrug of her shoulders. "dad has been trying to sell me off to the highest bidder since then, but i don't think alphas like me." a wry grin.

"formalities aren't necessary, lia."

he waited until the door closed behind the last guard, leaving them alone. his stride was perfectly contained when he moved towards her, not so much as a waver in his feet despite the scent that cloaked her.

there was something different about the way their energies meshed into one another. it lacked the ease that existed all those years ago, replaced by something that threatened to strip away at any genuine comradery in favor of something more primal. an even heavier weight settled over his heart, but it was followed by a fierce sense of pride in their new dynamic.

it was purely self-indulgent of him to want this moment. in the years that passed, he had shoved aside his other, more complicated feelings for her as they'd matured. chalked them up to a juvenile crush at the time.

"time has been more than kind to you," grey's fingers linked behind his back as he spoke, took a few steps to circle around her slowly. "when did you present?" and more importantly--why hadn't he been notified as soon as it happened?

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lia was pretty sure that her father's reason to having thrown her into the palace when she was so young was so he got a headstart on making a connection to the crown prince. which had ended... well not really happening in the end. not how he had wanted it to. lia had befriended a prince, but at the time neither of them had truly known what he was, had they? when lia had failed, and the blooming of her designation was close, she had been taken home by force. being a woman was already bad enough, an omega on top of that? it was like signing off her future and getting shackles put on her wrists. that she was yet to be bethroed to another was impressive.

it seemed like grey had presented as an alpha, his pheromones clung to the air and her skin, plesant in a way she hadn't felt before. "your majesty." raising to her feet, the brunette clasped her hands in front of her "you look better than the last time i saw you."

plot: grey and your muse were friends when they were kids but now that he's picked up the crown, their relationship has changed drastically open to f; can definitely turn into an a/b/o plot

their friendship had ended long ago, before grey had felt the heavy weight of what it would mean to be the king's son. he looked down at his former friend, the person who had meant so much more to him than he would ever be allowed to express, drinking in the sight of her. the lanterns in his private meeting chambers made her skin almost seem to glow, and grey took a moment to record the perfect angles of her face.

"get up. you don't have to kneel," he said to her before he waved a hand for the guards and servants to leave them. "there's not why i called you here."

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"am i the lucky one or are you?" she tilted her head to the side, smiling at him. "maybe i wouldn't be so weak for you if i had met you when you were a teen." moving from his lap, lia nodded "i'mma lay down and you can fuck my mouth and take a picture to send him." she grinned at her stepbrother. "does that sound good? unless you have a better idea?"

"just be glad you didn't know me when i was a teenager, i got my idiot years done and over with early. some people don't ever shake them off these days." he mused, pushing himself up into a sitting position as she handed him her phone. "why don't we find out and show him hm? i doubt he'd be able to reach as deep even if you gave him the chance to try."

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"you're not." she cuped his cheeks, pursing her lips into a pout as she rolled her eyes "but that's why you're the best and they're not." and why they could never compare to the man in front of her. how was she expected to lower her standards when logan was the one that had raised them as high. reaching for her phone, lia grinned widely, opening the camera and given it to him. "say, what if i lay down and you show him..." her fingers slid from her shin down to the middle of her throat "just how deep you can reach?"

"pride probably, men are inherently ruled by their egos." logan mused in response with a shrug of his shoulders. "you know you can borrow it anytime you want, for more than just a few minutes." he continued, with a low chuckle. "how do you want me? my left side is my good side." logan gave a playful wink as he teased her.

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leaving her phone to the side, lia turned on his lap, straddling him. "i don't get why they have to lie about stuff like that. only guys care about size." though she couldn't say that it hadn't been really nice to feel him inside, the stretch that bordered on too much and took her breath away. "you do have a very good one." lia leaned forward, pressing a soft kiss to his cheek "and you do know how to use it." a fake thoughtful hum. "would you lend me it for a minute or two for a couple of pictures?"

"tinder? i thought you wanted someone who wasn't an idiot." logan replied with a laugh "whatever they tell you, you can typically subtract two inches from it. that goes for height too honestly." he joked resting one of his arms behind his head as he glanced up at her. "why bother searching when you already have access to one anyway?"

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she hummed as he spoke, pretending to be distracted by her phone just to tease him for a little bit. "hm, i don't know." what more could she need? it wasn't really proper for her to think of him on those terms, but lia had a bit of a suspicion that no one would ever measure up to logan. but admitting to that was... well, not something she was going to do yet. "tinder?" she finally looked up at him, allowing him to see the teasing tilt to her smile. "though i guess most of them lie about their dick sizes."

"you're always on the hunt for a boyfriend, when you have a perfectly good step brother right here. i already buy you food and drive you around, what more could you need?" logan teased with a shake of his head. "someone bigger, and who knows how to use it...where ever will you find a man like that?" he questioned sarcastically, knowing after their rump in the hot tub she knew just how well he was equipped.

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"what if you choose my next boyfriend, or is that too weird?" but she trusted logan's opinions, especially when he had been right about all her past boyfriends. settling better on his lap, lia looked up at her stepbrother with a wide him. "you know what, that's actually an awesome idea." a nod of her head "show him what he is missing." a pause "but it must be someone impressive or it won't have the impact we want it to have."

"that's because the boys you date are idiots and losers." logan replied, dropping his phone onto his bed beside him to give his attention to lia, cocking one of his eyebrows at her. "but i've already told you that." he mused, hands settling around her waist as she dropped onto his lap. "send him a naughty picture of you with someone else next time so he knows how bad he stumbled."

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"not when i almost got a heart attack from your presence." she narrowed her eyes at him with a slight huff, leaving the glass on the sink before opening the fridge. not that she was even noticing what was inside. "the fact that you're on a relationship with her." lia deadpanned, shaking her head and closing the fridge before trying for the cupboard "unless you're here for simon." why her sister had named her favorite plushie, she wasn't sure, but it gave her good ammunition to tease him.

"no 'hey silas how are you today'?" he teased at the abrupt question to his presence. "she said she doesn't trust you to water her plants, so i'm supposed to keep them alive while she's gone." he replied as he set the spray bottle in his hand on the counter to face her. "and who says i'm here for her anyway?"

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"Logan." lia called out in a whine as she entered her stepbrother's room, lips pursed into a pout, phone turned so he could see the latest text message. "Have I told you guys suck, because they suck." without much of a warning, the brunette dropped onto his lap, turning her phone back to herself to answer to him. "What kind of asshole answers with just a nice when you send them a naughty picture?"

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how did she keep finding herself in this sort of situation with silas was very much an unknown to her. but it was like lia's brain shortcircuited whenever he was near her. her hips rocked against his, soft moan being given against his lips as her fingers curled on his shirt, pulling on the fabric as if that would magically make it detach from his frame. "no." a shake of her head, teeth nipping at his bottom lip, stubborn about it. "didn't miss you." and yet, lia still started to unbutton his shirt so she could touch his bare chest.

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half naked on the couch making out with his girlfriend's younger sister in the middle of the night was probably something to be frowned upon. especially when said girlfriend was asleep down the hall and could wake up and catch them at any moment. yet as lia's hips ground down against his, he knew the risk was worth it, kissing her slowly and languidly, grinding back up against her as they rocked against each other. "did you miss me that badly?" he teased into the kiss, fingers slowly hiking up her shirt.

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"What are you doing here?" she almost dropped the glass that she had been bringing back to the kitchen. Lia hadn't been aware that Silas had the keys to her shared home with her sister, or that he would have been dropping when she wasn't even home. Suddenly the tee that she was wearing, as oversized as it was, was too short. "You know she isn't going to be home for the next week, right?"

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