You’re mine first. Always.”

The trench still pulsed with faint blue glow. Ren's breath tore in shallow gasps. Lyra straddled his hips, riding him with savage, desperate movements. Her nails dug bloody crescents into his chest.

Every thrust sent shockwaves through them both. Her inner walls clamped around him, hot and slick, a relentless claim that forced hoarse moans from his throat.

"Mine," she growled, voice cracked. "Say it— say you're mine—"

"Always… yours," he rasped, hands tight on her hips, guiding her down harder.

[SYSTEM ALERT: PRIMARY BOND FLARE. LYRA — PEAKING.]

Lyra's head snapped back with a strangled cry. Her walls fluttered wildly around him, milking every drop of his pleasure. Heat spilled between them, soaking into the soft anemone bed.

She collapsed forward, breath ragged, cheek pressed to his. "Don't— don't you ever look at her like that again."

But something darker was already rising in Ren.

Aurelienne watched them from a curve of living coral, her silver hair floating out like a halo. Her mouth was parted, pupils huge, chest rising in shallow breaths.

And something inside Ren — the chaos, the system, maybe just his own unspoken hunger — wanted her. Not to be taken by her, but to take her. To explore what her sleek, cold flesh felt like under his mouth.

Before he could second-guess it, he pushed Lyra gently aside, then crawled across the anemones toward the Pearl Queen.

Aurelienne's eyes widened.Her lips curved in a slow, hungry smile, but it wasn't her usual controlled confidence. It was softer, caught off guard.

"You seek me out now? Chaos indeed…"

Ren didn't answer. He grabbed her thighs, spreading them. She gasped — a tiny, surprised sound — as he pressed hot kisses up her inner leg. His teeth grazed the slick scales near her hips, and she shivered violently.

Then his mouth closed over one of her breasts, sucking hard, tongue flicking over the pointed silver-pearl nipple.

Aurelienne moaned outright, head falling back. Her hand flew into his hair, claws scraping his scalp. "Oh — you clever, hungry little storm…"

It was different from Lyra.Where Lyra burned — tasted of warm petals and heady musk — Aurelienne was cool and faintly salty. Her skin tasted like the ocean itself. Every suck at her nipple sent little pulses through her stomach, making her hips twitch under his hands.

[SYSTEM NOTICE: MANUAL INITIATION — AURELIENNE BOND INTENSIFIED.]

Ren pulled back only to kiss down her ribs, over the gentle curve of her stomach. His breath hitched, half-lost in the thrill of discovering something entirely new.

Behind them, Lyra snarled low.

"You bastard," she hissed — but her voice was wrecked with heat, not just rage. She crawled forward on shaky limbs, her hand tangling in Ren's hair to pull him up. Then she crashed her mouth onto his, tasting Aurelienne's salt on his lips.

"Don't you ever forget who comes first," she breathed against his mouth.

He groaned, caught between them as Aurelienne pressed closer from behind, her cool hands sliding up his sides.

Then Lyra surprised them both.She turned, grabbed Aurelienne's face, and kissed her hard. The Pearl Queen let out a muffled gasp — then melted into it, her hands falling to Lyra's hips.

Ren watched, dazed with lust, as Lyra bit Aurelienne's lower lip, pulling it before letting go. "If you're going to have him," she growled, "then you do it while you taste me too."

Aurelienne shivered, eyes blown wide. "Gladly, little bloom."

Lyra pulled Ren back down with her, spreading her thighs.Aurelienne crawled over them both, guiding Ren's length back inside Lyra with a slow, viciously delicious push. Lyra cried out, nails carving Ren's shoulders again.

But Aurelienne didn't stop there — she pressed herself down too, so her slick folds slid against Lyra's mound, their clits brushing. The friction made all three of them groan.

The Pearl Queen's mouth found Lyra's again, and they kissed hungrily as Ren began to thrust, hips rolling deep. The feel of Aurelienne's cooler slickness grinding atop Lyra's molten heat made his head spin.

The trench seemed to exhale around them.Lights flared in the dark water, spiraling up in lazy whirlpools. Strange distant shapes paused to watch.

[MULTI-BOND INTERFACE: 98%… PEAKING.]

Lyra's moans grew high and breathless, her legs locking tight around Ren. Aurelienne rocked against them both, sharp little gasps breaking her kisses with Lyra.

"Feel how the tides praise you," Aurelienne whispered, nipping Lyra's throat. "Feel how chaos fills you."

Lyra sobbed, then turned her head, kissing Ren with desperate hunger. "Faster — gods, Ren, don't stop—"

He didn't.He drove into her hard, again and again, feeling every pulse of Aurelienne's slick folds grinding with Lyra's. His hands tangled in both their hair, dragging them together to kiss over him — two goddesses moaning into each other's mouths.

When release finally tore through him, it felt like the entire trench exploded. Dark water rolled outward in heavy waves, carrying luminous spores that bloomed into tiny flowers and tiny silver fish all at once.

Lyra climaxed with a scream, nails raking his back bloody. Aurelienne shuddered, biting Lyra's shoulder, her slick folds jerking in little aftershocks against them both.

They collapsed in a tangled heap.Lyra half on Ren's chest, half clinging to Aurelienne, who purred contentedly against her shoulder.

Ren's heart thundered, the system still humming in soft, satisfied pulses.

[SYSTEM NOTICE: MULTI-BOND SECURE. TIDAL BLOOM ABILITY EVOLVED.]

Lyra panted, eyes fluttering closed. "Don't think this makes us equals," she whispered, voice hoarse. "You're mine first. Always."

Aurelienne only laughed softly, pressing a lazy kiss to Lyra's throat. "Then I'll simply have to settle for sharing."

Ren groaned, exhausted, chaos still curling warm and wild through his blood — knowing he was far from done with either of them.