“You own me, right, Dev?” he breathes, almost sweetly. “Maybe you’ll have to prove it.” It's Valentine's Day and Rome wants to drive Devin crazy just so he can see and feel the breadth of Devin's possessiveness. But will it go the way he planned? By The Throat is a 12k word short story that was previously published in the Anti-Valentine anthology, and it can be read as a standalone.