LOGINEVA
The room seems to spin around me, a carousel of low lights and deep shadows dancing on the walls. Every sensation is amplified, increased tenfold. Their gazes are warm weights on my skin, invisible fingers that trace paths of fire and ice on my flesh. My body is a tense arc, vibrating with primal alert, long before my mind can form a coherent thought. Fear and excitement intertwine, a burning snake coiling in my stomach.
“Stand up,” Sasha whispers, her voice a husky, commanding caress that brooks no hesitation.
I stand up, my legs trembling, seeming to belong to someone else. Every movement reveals me to them, every jerky breath betrays the chaos that reigns within me. Niko steps forward, his woody and spicy scent enveloping me like a precious shroud. It no longer just touches my cheek; his fingers trace a slow, burning line from my temple to my chin, forcing my gaze to meet his. Then his hands move down to my bare shoulders, massaging with a firmness that makes my muscles give way, making me teeter between restraint and total abandon.
“Close your eyes,” he whispers, his mouth so close that I feel his hot breath on my eyelids. Feel every movement. Don't anticipate. Suffer.
I do so, and the world explodes into a constellation of sensations. Sasha walks behind me, her body a warm bulwark against my back. His hands no longer just slide; they explore. They sculpt the curve of my arms, linger in the crook of my elbows, descend along my spine with maddening slowness, awakening shivers so intense that I hold my breath. I feel every fingerprint, every pressure, as if my skin had become ultra-sensitive parchment.
“Focus on the sensations,” Sasha said, her voice vibrating against my back. Let go of your mind. Let your body be the only guide.
Niko approaches again. His hand, large and warm, spreads over the base of my back, bending me slightly forward in a gesture of absolute gentleness and domination. My body arches instinctively, an arch offered. The mixture of control and proximity upsets me, cracking the last ramparts of my modesty.
“Let yourself go,” Niko whispers in my ear.
And before I can respond, his lips are on the delicate skin of my neck. It's not a kiss, but a slow burn. His warm, moist mouth presses, tastes, explores the quivering course of my pulse. A muffled moan escapes my throat. Sasha, sensing my weakness, wraps her arms around my hips, holding my trembling body, while her hands move up and close on my breasts over the fabric of my dress.
The double attack is devastating. Niko's mouth on my neck, Sasha's hands on my breasts, caressing, pressing, making my tips harden under the fabric. A flood of liquid and heavy heat floods my lower abdomen. I shiver violently, shaking like a leaf, my breath nothing more than a series of hurried gasps.
— Do you see? Sasha whispers, her fingers tracing bold circles on my taut nipples. Your body speaks to us. He tells us what he wants.
Niko withdraws for a moment, his dark, brilliant gaze staring at me like prey. Then he captures my mouth.
It's a kiss that's anything but gentle. It’s a taking of possession. His tongue begins a learned conquest, exploring, tasting, dominating mine which, after a brief resistance, gives in and responds with an ardor that amazes me. This is the most exciting submission I have ever experienced. I taste its taste, I feel its strength, and I lose myself in this dizziness.
Meanwhile, Sasha's hands are getting bolder. They slide up under my dress, his warm palms resting on the bare skin of my thighs. They rise with exquisite slowness, millimeter by millimeter, making every part of my flesh shudder. I am suspended between their two mouths, between their four hands, completely disoriented and yet more anchored in my body than ever.
“Every boundary you cross, every hesitation transformed into desire… it is you who choose to awaken,” Sasha repeats against my ear, while his fingers now brush against the hem of my panties, so close to the burning center of my being that I cry out into Niko's mouth.
Niko breaks the kiss, a string of saliva connecting our lips for a moment. His eyes promise things I can't imagine.
- Your body speaks to you, Eva, he growls, his hand descending between my shoulder blades, then lower, stopping at the base of my buttocks. Listen to him. This tremor, this heat… it’s your language. And he begs us.
Sasha chooses this moment to slip a finger under the elastic, brushing the ultra-sensitive skin of my lower abdomen. I jump violently, a spasm of pure pleasure coursing through me. My body responds before my thoughts; my hands cling to Niko's shoulders, looking for an anchor point in this deluge of sensations.
“You're finding yourself,” Sasha whispers, her finger tracing a slow, hot path lower, grazing the silky curls of my pussy. Every fear you let go is a veil that is torn apart.
Lorenzo She's crying. Softly. Silently. Like she always cries. "I'm sorry," I say. "For what?" "For everything. For hurting you. For loving her. For still loving her." "Do you love me, you and me?" "Yes. But it's different." "I know. That's why it's complicated." We stay there, hand in hand, watching the rain against the window. Outside, the world continues. Inside, we're trying to rebuild something we broke ourselves. And in Portugal, there are my children growing up. And there's her. Always her. --- Béatrice Night. The twins are sleeping. The apartment is calm. I look at my phone. The draft is still there. The one I wrote a year ago. The one I never sent. "You were right. About everything." I reopen the message. I reread it. A year later, it's still relevant. I could send it. Now. Tonight. Tell her I'm sorry. That I think of her. That I wish things were different. But I don't. Because it's too early. Because it's too late. Because I don't know. My phone vibrate
BéatriceLisbon. The sun comes in through the wide-open window. The shouts of the twins in the living room. Alma wanting her bottle. Benjamim having once again managed to empty the pots and pans cupboard.One year. It goes by so fast. And so slowly at the same time.I prepare the bottles while listening to their babbling. Nine months. They are nine months old and already have strong personalities. Alma is calm, observant, like her father. Benjamim is a hurricane, like...Like me, I suppose.My phone vibrates. 10:03 a.m. Like every day.Lorenzo.I answer. I switch to video call."Hi.""Hi. Are they there?"I turn the camera towards the living room. Alma is in her bouncy chair, Benjamim in the middle of his pots and pans."Damn, Benjamim, you made a mess again," says Lorenzo laughing."He takes after you.""No, he takes after his mother who lets him do whatever he wants."We laugh. It's become our ritual. Ten minutes, every day. So he can see them grow up. So they can hear his voice. So
BéatriceI get up without making a sound. I go to the living room. I sit on the floor, back against the couch, like Aurélie a few hours earlier.I think back to that promise. The summer one. The one where I swore."I would never do something like that. Never."I believed it. At that moment, I really believed it. I thought those feelings would eventually pass. That I would meet someone. That everything would sort itself out.But feelings don't always pass. They settle in. They dig their hole. They become a habit, an addiction, a drug.Him. His laugh. The way he runs his hand through his hair. The way he says my name. Everything. Everything is etched into me.How do you stop loving? How do you extract someone from your skin?I open my phone. I look at the conversation with Aurélie. I scroll up. I see our messages from before. The jokes. The photos. The "I love you, my sister." Everything that was simple. Everything that became complicated.She's right.The thought imposes itself, clear,
AurélieThe silence. The void. The absence of everything."He kissed me," Béatrice continues. "And in that kiss, I felt years of waiting, years of shutting up, years of pretending. And I should have pushed him away. I should have told him no. I should have thought of you. But I thought of myself. For the first time, I thought of myself.""You're right," I say.My voice is calm. Too calm."What?""You're right. You thought of yourself. And that's exactly the problem. You thought of yourself without thinking of me. Without thinking about what it would do to me. Without thinking about our parents. Without thinking about anything other than your desire.""I...""Let me finish. You say you can't choose who you love. Maybe. Maybe that's true. But you can choose what you do with that love. You can choose to stay away. You can choose to protect your sister. You can choose not to go towards your sister's man. That, you can choose. And you didn't.""No. I didn't.""Why?""Because... because I'm
AurélieIt's 4:17 a.m. Seline is sleeping on the couch, curled up under a too-thin blanket. Me, I'm sitting in the dark, back against the hallway wall, phone in hand.I look at her message. "You are my sister. You always will be."My sister.That word that should protect. That bond that should be sacred. That thing we imagine indestructible until the day someone tramples it.I think back to that conversation. Two years ago. At my parents' house. Summer."You know, Béatrice, I'm really lucky with Lorenzo. I'm happy.""I know. It shows.""You too, one day, you'll find someone.""Maybe. In the meantime, I'm enjoying life.""Promise me something.""What?""Promise me you'll never meddle in my relationship. That you'll never try to... I don't know... take my place.""Aurélie, what kind of stupid question is that?""It's not stupid. I know stories. Sisters who... well, you know. Promise me.""I promise. You're my sister. I would never do something like that. Never."Never.I type. This time
LorenzoI don't answer. I can't. Because the answer is too complicated. Because the truth is, I want to be there for her too. But I can't. Not after seeing Aurélie's eyes."I have to go," I say."Okay.""I'll call you back.""Promise me you'll come back. Not for me. For the babies. They need their father.""I'll come back. I promise."I hang up. I stay there, in my car, staring at the darkness through the windshield. And I cry. Like a kid. Like a man who just lost everything without even realizing he was playing.AurélieSeline went to get food. I'm not hungry but she insisted. "You have to eat. To keep your strength up. To hold on."I'm alone in the living room. In the dark. I look at my phone.Messages. Lots. From my mother. From my father. From colleagues. From people who don't know. Who can't know.And one message from him."I'm sorry. I know it's not enough. But I'm sorry. I love you. I will always love you. No matter what happens."I read it. I read it again. I don't delete it.
Dawn barely breaks, tinting the luxurious drapes with a gray and cold light. I wake up before them. Their sleeping bodies still encircle me, Sasha behind me, Niko facing me. Their breaths are deep, animal-like in satisfaction. The weight of their arms on me feels like chains of flesh.Every muscle
Eva A heavy, golden silence settles in, populated only by the harsh sound of our breathing which slowly calms down. The sweat that covered us begins to dry, leaving a thin salty film on our skin. I'm sandwiched between them, my back against Sasha's warm chest, my stomach against Niko's. The weight
EvaThe air I breathe is saturated with us, with sweat, sex, and power. I lie, utterly spent, on the sofa cushions, my body nothing more than a map of sensitive nerves, all converging on the epicenter of my vulnerability. The last wave of orgasm has just receded, leaving behind a strange calm, heav
EvaThe torn fabric of my dress rests on me like a silk shroud, revealing more than it conceals. The cool air on my bare skin is a caress in itself, but it is overshadowed by the weight of their gazes. I am lying down, offered up, my thighs held open by Niko’s expert hands. Vulnerability is total,







