There was a time every part of this scene — a claimed Gabe, Ava as our omega — would have been impossible for me to imagine. Long ago, I became resigned to the idea of buying the privilege of whatever omega could remotely match our cadre. All of that was upended when Ava flew into our lives, sank her tiny fangs into my lip, and set in motion a cascade of action weaving all of us into better versions of ourselves when it would have been her right to just sit back and let us pamper her. It’s why she needs to let us bring her back. She has to wake up and shift so I can show her what it means to
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