Seoha’s POV

Memory; one year ago.

It’s spring, and for the first time in weeks, Daeshin is taking me for a walk like a dog.

It’s to see the cherry blossoms, I really like the pink flowers, but it’s scary to go see them alone.

I still have no mark, no collar, not even his scent on from intimate moments...nothing.

Daeshin stopped to greet a friend from work, so I stand in front of the store, staring up at the glass display of newly made collars.

After a while, Daeshin’s warm hand slides into mine, he’s still talking to the omega man.

While he talks, I gently squeeze his hand, passing a silent message to my boyfriend.

"Daeshin..." I whisper, tugging on his hand gently, and he looks at me like he doesn’t understand the message I’m passing.

"Daeshin" I say again, daring to point at the collar with one shaky finger.

"Have some decency, Seoha" he leans down to whisper in my ear, and I drop my hand.

My boyfriend isn’t a violent man, he is the most understanding alpha an omega can have, but genuinely...I wish he would hit me than treat me like this.

His friend is distracted with what he came to do, so Daeshin turns his full attention to me.

"Baby, you’re from a rich family. You shouldn’t drag your family’s name in the mud" he tsk and press a sweet kiss to the side of my head.

"I’m only asking for a collar...everyone wears them" I say in a quieter voice, and his kisses me again.

"I knew those omegas were a bad influence on you"

"What?" I ask, the person he calls ’those omegas’ is Minjae, and I don’t like it.

"Only desperate omegas beg for a collar like a whore begging for a knot. Seoha, I love you. okay?" he says in that heartbreaking soft voice that I can never be immune to.

"I love you" I whisper back, killing another dream of mine.

No fashion dreams, no omegaspace comfort seeking, no sex, and now no collar.

Nothing but existing as his perfect Seoha.

Present.

"Come back to me" a voice says and I blink twice in confusion.

Huh?

"Am I too much, baby?" Taesan asks, and the gentle question brings me back to the present.

I’m not in front of a store begging for love; I’m here by the riverside with my mate and he’s giving back a desire I smothered.

A desire to be owned by someone.

A collar.

I’ve always wanted a collar with Daeshin. I imagined that he would buy a tight one.

Daeshin wouldn’t care about the comfort or the design.

I just knew he would slap it on me and call it a day. But with Taesan, it’s not the same...it’s shouldn’t be this way but...

He’s holding it out like an offering; watching my face with a dangerous intensity like he’s looking for a sign of discomfort.

"Oh...Taesan" I whisper, looking at the beautiful collar in his hands.

It’s nothing like the torture device I had always imagined that I would end up in. it’s made out of white leather with his initials as a pendant in the front.

A bold writing of K.T.S in silver, and on the insides, there’s a small writing of my name and his name.

Seoha the river, and Taesan the mountain.

"Will you?" he asks and I shudder from the night breeze. It’s not that it’s cold, it’s just that this feels too much like a dream.

"Will you be mine?" Taesan asks his question.

"Y-yes" I whisper with a breaking voice and he makes a whining noise at the back of his throat, shoulders dropping with relief.

"That’s a relief, come closer little deer" he beckons to me once and my legs obey before I think it through.

He runs his fingers along my neck, like he’s saying goodbye to the last time it would be bare.

I hold back a moan as he brushes it over my scent gland, right over my bite mark and the entire act suddenly feels holy.

"Baby, I have been craving to claim you like this from the start" he says, putting the collars around my neck and securing it with the buckle.

"I have been yours from the start" I say in an unstable voice and Taesan groans deeply.

"I want to brand you everywhere and in every way" he slides his hand from my neck to my waist, holding me there like it’s his anchor.

"You make it hard to stay in control; you keep me under control and make me lose control at the same time" he says like he’s talking to himself.

And maybe he’s talking to himself because I no longer hear any of the words he is saying, I just bite my lips and gasp as his hands feel my waist and stomach.

"It doesn’t feel right, but Seoha..."

"I want you" I say, standing on my feet to smash our lips together in a deep kiss.

For the first time, this man who rarely speaks is talking too much for me.

Kang Taesan wraps his arm around my waist to keep me from falling, and he presses me closer to his solid body. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

I feel the thick swell of his cock against me, and my omega purrs wantonly, needing the man that has collared us to fill us.

"Want you, want you so bad" I hear myself say with a hunger that I didn’t know that I possessed.

"Fuck...fuck...baby, you have me" Taesan says, panting against my lips as he grabs my thighs and lifts me.

I grind my cock against his stomach, and he holds me, letting me rock against his rock hard abs.

It’s not enough.

"Down, down" I say breathlessly, and Taesan seems to understand me; he puts me down on the sand and positions himself above me.

"Now" I whine and he growls at me like a predator warning his prey.

"You wear my collar omega, you listen to my commands, not the other way around" he says in that voice.

My body responds to the roughness in his voice.

My alpha commands, I obey. My alpha offers, I take.