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Kayena Roscente was still months away from her eighteenth name day and her first ever heat yet her body had crossed into the final season of ripeness, lush and full, a vessel prepared for the purpose written into her blood long before she drew her first breath.
The morning light did not soften her. It only revealed her more—brushing gold across the pale curve of her shoulders, sliding down the length of her nightgown like a worshipper’s hands.
She stood before the mirror the way one stands before an altar. Her eyes traced the swell of her breasts, the trim inward slope of her waist, the soft flare of her hips. She could not hide from what she saw. She could not pretend she did not know. The reflection was both herself and a stranger—a creature sculpted for one purpose alone.
And she understood, with the quiet misery of someone long aware, why eyes turned ravenous in her presence. Why lips parted as though they could taste her from across the room. She was not seen as a daughter or sister, not even as a girl. She was seen as an answer to hunger. A rare, mythic thing whose every existence pleaded at them to be claimed, owned, and used.
It did not matter if she wished otherwise.
It did not matter if she longed to be ordinary.
“You’re beautiful.”
The voice slipped through her pitiful mood like warm incense.
She turned, and there he was—Kassis Roscente, her twin, her shadow, her other half. The bond between them was a thing older than memory, deeper than choice. Even as children, they had moved as if tethered by an invisible cord.
He was propped against the headboard of their shared bed, the duvet low around his hips, the rise and fall of his bare chest unhurried. His hair was still heavy from sleep, his eyes half-lidded, but they sharpened the moment they landed on her. As if the world came into focus with her on his sight.
“Come.”
It was not a request. And it did not need to be. Her body obeyed before her mind could form any decision, feet carrying her across the room with the inevitability of tide to shore.
Kassis’s hands closed around her waist the instant she reached him. His palms were warm, his grip sure, as if she were a fragile thing he knew exactly how to hold. She often marveled at the difference between them. They were both omegas—though she was something other. Rarer. Sacred. Kassis was stronger than most of their kind, his frame built from athletic discipline, his arms molded from years of carrying and shielding her. With the same ease one might lift a chalice, he drew her into his lap, settling her astride him. Her knees pressed into the mattress on either side of his hips, her nightgown stretched upward because of the slim fit, accidentally showing off the soft plush of her upper thighs and released the appetizing scent coming from her most precious area.
Here, in his lap, the earlier ache in her chest dissolved. The position—indecent to others—was natural to them. They had been in this position so many times that she no longer questioned whether it was appropriate for her uncovered mound to leave a stain of her uncontrolled wetness against his clothing or whether it is still aligned with proprietary when she could feel his cock, in its full hardness underneath his pants also releasing its fluid at the same spot, making her feel her twin’s forbidden wetness. Despite all of it, the warmth of Kassis’ presence seeped into her, filling the cold spaces. His eyes, storm-gray a moment ago, deepened toward violet as though her nearness bled into him, and changed the very color of his soul..
For a breath, they simply looked at each other. She thought, fleetingly, that they might stay like this—still, peaceful, right.
But then his hand rose. His fingers found the thin strap of her satin nightgown—the only veil between him and her sacred indecency beneath. He did not rush, nor hesitate. He simply slipped it down, baring her shoulder, then the curve of her breast, then all of her to the morning air.
“I don’t want this today,” she whispered, voice low as if speaking too loudly might make it worse. Her gown pooled at her waist. Her breasts—heavy, soft, perfect, painted with bruises both fresh and fading—were exposed to his gaze. Her nipples tightened, readying for what’s about to come despite her words.
“I know, little dove.” His voice was velvet stretched over steel. His fingers traced the marks he had left over the years, each one a bead in the rosary of her body. His heartbeat was steady but strong, a pulse she could feel where her body met his.
She did not dodge away when he leaned forward. His mouth closed over her right breast, warm and wet, teeth grazing her sensitive skin before he sucked deep—reverent and possessive in the same breath. His other hand cupped her left, kneading with a slow, deliberate pressure that made her shiver as if he were shaping clay.
“Please… don’t,” she breathed again, but her hand rose into his hair all the same, fingers curling at the roots. She knew, as he did, that there were some things between them that could not be unlearned.
Her sob was soft, but it shook through her as pain overrode her senses, sending a coiling sensation in her gut that forced her to release more of that wetness between her legs. Her breasts were sore from yesterday. From the day before. From the day before that. It seemed that she would never get used to this ritual that had begun years ago when her body started to show its pronounced curves and delectable figure. It had never once been missed ever since. And it would not end—not until their father decreed it so.
Kazimir Roscente was their father in the mortal sense but he only acted as if he was only the owner of their bloodline, keeper of its legacy. Like all alphas, he was protective, but his possession was not born of love. It was born of ambition.
His dream was not a small one. He wanted to have the throne of their country, to be the president.. And in his mind, his children were not his heirs. They were his currency. A male omega worth the weight of gold, a female primal omega worth the weight of empires—together, they could purchase him a crown.
For years, he had cultivated alliances, sought the most worthy bidders, measured men by the strength of what they could offer in return. And as Kayena’s body bloomed even more into its divine shape, he had overseen her transformation with the focus of a craftsman.
The tending of her breasts was not affection—it was preparation. The daily “anointing” was meant to ensure they matured into their most perfect, most dangerous form. Kazimir would have done it himself, would have enjoyed his every minute working those beautiful globes, had Kassis not stepped forward. And out of recognition for the bond the twin shared, he allowed it.
Every morning, he came to see the work. Not as a father. As a custodian of a sacred relic.
And that morning, he stood in the doorway like a high priest entering the temple. Kassis bent over Kayena, her tears shimmering in the light, her scent of pure seduction, thick in the air, heavy and intoxicating.
Kazimir inhaled slowly, deeply, letting his lust awakened and smiled. The preparation was complete. His daughter was ready to be offered.