Page 45 of Their Marked Mate

“I didn’t care if you were angry,” she yelled. “No one gives a shit if we’re angry. We’re just punished until we obey!”

Alex stood suddenly, taking her with him. He turned and placed her over the bed. Her legs dangled over the side, toes lightly resting on the floor. “You knew there would be consequences and you chose to do this anyway. Are you going to deny that?”

“No,” she gritted out.

“Your motivation was more or less pure, so I’ll offer you a choice. Punishment or submission.”

Confused by the offer, she twisted her neck and looked at him. “What do I have to submit to?”

“Nate is about to fuck your ass, but you get to decide how he does it.” Authority and anger snapped through every syllable. He would not soften his position. She had earned this consequence and this was the only compromise he would offer. “If you want to struggle and scream, choose punishment. His cock is still going up your ass, but it will satisfy your pride to make him work for it. Submission is harder, at least for you. You must admit that you manipulated me and willingly submit to my beta in the most humiliating way possible. I’d do it myself, but I’m too angry. And whether you believe it or not, I will never take you in anger.”

“Punishment brings only pain,” Nate warned. “If you choose submission, I will give you pleasure, eventually.”

Luna clenched her fists and stared straight ahead. This was so unfair. This whole fucking planet was unfair! “I was trying to make things better for the females on this planet. Is that so wrong?”

“You undermined the power structure of this village,” Alex pointed out. “You will soon be mate to the village alpha and yet your actions are blatantly insubordinate.”

She gritted her teeth and sneered, “I’m sorry.”

“Sure you are,” Alex responded sarcastically. “Punishment or submission. Choose now.”

If Alex was going to fuck her, Luna would have chosen punishment. But she wasn’t as angry at Nate. “Submission. I willingly offer my bottom to your beta and only your beta. You can go to hell.”

Alex kicked her legs apart and spanked her pussy much harder than before. She cried out and struggled, but he easily held her down. “Defiance is pulsing off you in waves.”

“This is why I want my friends to choose their mates,” Luna yelled angrily. “If they choose, maybe Rydarian males will stop acting like insecure Neanderthals!” She braced for more stinging slaps, but the next smack never fell. Instead, she heard a strange, choked sound and looked back at her tormenter. The bastard was laughing at her. “I’m glad you find this amusing.”

“Insecure Neanderthals?” Alex echoed. “I’ll own the Neanderthal part, but when have I ever seemed insecure?”

“Leave me alone,” she grumped and turned her head back around. She might not be able to escape this, but she’d be damned if she’d let them humiliate her.

Alex stroked her bottom, reigniting the heat. “We’re both anxious to feel your tight little ass wrapped around our cocks. You’ve earned a little discomfort, so we might as well combine your punishment with something we want badly.”

She whipped her head around again. “Are you going to⁠—”

“Absolutely, but not tonight. If you’re a good girl for Nate, I’ll forgive you for screwing with the formula. But we need to have an in-depth conversation about the changes. I have some serious concerns.”

“Understood.” She exhaled and moved her head to a more comfortable angle.

Anal sex was unavoidable when dealing with more than one male. She’d learned that from the mated females, so she wasn’t upset about what Nate was about to do. In fact, she’d expected Alex to take her there long before now. Anal sex was also a fast and easy way to establish dominance, and males didn’t come any more dominant than Alex.

Nate moved behind her and cupped her reddened cheeks, giving them a firm squeeze. “You look so pretty like this.” He ran a finger down the crease in between her abused cheeks as he said, “You’ll look even better with my cock buried deep inside your ass.”

“Yes, beta,” she whispered, but she was still annoyed with both of them.

“Have you ever taken a cock anally?”

She shook her head. She’d experimented with toys, but none of her lovers were adventurous.

He teased her pucker, his finger feeling suspiciously slick. “Have you ever wanted to be fucked like this?” He pushed the finger inside her as he asked the question.

Luna sucked in a breath. “I’ve been curious,” she admitted. Who wouldn’t be when multiple partner sex was all her friends wanted to talk about? There were no couples on Rydaria. All the females were being claimed by small groups.

“It can feel really good.” He drizzled something cool and slippery over her opening and worked it inside her with the motion of his finger. “Stay nice and relaxed for me.”

She tried, but his finger felt surprisingly erotic as it slid in and out. She squirmed and instinctively contracted her muscles.

“Don’t clench like that. If you do that around my cock it will burn like fire.” As if to prove his point, he pushed a second finger in beside the first.