Epilogue

ONE YEAR LATER

Lark

I press my hand to my hat as I run. The wildflowers chime all around me and I laugh as I plop right in the middle of a cluster. Pike comes in beside me, gingerly trying to find a space that won't crush any of the flowers, even after all this time, and it makes me love him even more.

"Join me!" I hold up my hand.

Pike hesitates still. His tail whips around and I grab it before it can get too far.

"They'll recover." Just like me, though it's a hard journey after ten years as a captive. Pike, my brother, Ava, the rest of Flutter and Fang all help. Not to mention my therapist. I have a support system that allows me to heal and grow. Ava, too.

Pike and I live between three realms, and I think it helps. I no longer have to hope I'm treated like a person. Pike never asks for me to glow, but most days I can't help it. My wings glow because of him. Because I'm happy.

The breeze blows, making the chime flowers play a lovely little song, and I shut my eyes. This is life. Perfect. Wonderful.

Pike finally settles in beside me and pulls me close. "That looks a little like a flower." He points to the clouds in the sky.

"It does. And that one looks like a mountain."

"They all sort of look like mountains," Pike snorts as he rolls over to grab me. We tumble through the flowers until we land at the bottom of the short hill with me on top of him. The chime flowers clang as we run into them, but they stand strong again once we've moved past.

Pike's still getting used to his new demon type. His eyes flash with lust as his tail slithers up my side, then dips into the waistband of my pants. He knows how much I like the tease and he presses against my hole.

"You know something we haven't tried since I got wings?" He asks.

"What?" I flash him a grin, knowing exactly where this is going.

"Fucking in the air."

"Mmmm, that could be fun." I trail a hand down his chest, finding a nipple through his shirt.

"You're interested?" Pike nibbles at my jaw as I slide across his erection.

"Of course, I'm interested." I shimmy my shirt off and throw it. Pike's hands roam up my sides. "At least I'm interested, if you remembered lube."

"I remembered." Pike pulls a bottle from his pocket. He flips me to my back and mouths kisses down my stomach until he reaches my belly button. His fingers work the button off my pants and yanks them off me.

I love being naked with Pike, and the meadow is clear of others right now, so I don't hold back my sounds of pleasure.

The flowers seem to echo my noises, chiming with each moan I make. Pike kisses a path to my cock before taking me in his mouth. His tail wraps around one of my thighs and lifts it, making me laugh. Pike sinks a lubed finger into my hole. I sigh at the sensation of him inside me, even just a finger fills me with joy.

I rock under him, begging, and he adds another finger to my hole.

"Please, more."

Pike's eyes glow as he feeds on my pleasure. Lust demons need pleasure, like Fae need the sun. It doesn't have to be sexual, though it's the quickest way some days. But others, he says, just being in my life and experiencing my joy is enough.

"Pike," I whisper and grasp his horns, drawing a moan from him. I'm not sure what his plan is, but I want his cock inside me sooner rather than later. "Naked. Now."

He must have forgotten he's the only one wearing clothes. He pulls the shirt off in record time and tosses it over his shoulder. I push to my knees to help him with his pants. Mostly so I can kiss his beautiful cock before he fills me with it. I dip my tongue in the slit, drawing a moan from him.

"Fuck me, Pike." I massage his thighs. They're so thick. His tail wraps around one of my wrists and hauls me up. My wings flutter as my heart races. He looks like he'd devour me in a second if he could.

Without warning, he grabs me by the armpits, and we're in the air. My wings help keep me stable as he takes us higher and higher. I wrap my arms around his neck and legs around his hips, hovering right above his cock. When we kiss, he's stealing every breath I take. I want and need more of him.

He takes my hips in his hands, and slowly I drop down on his cock, impaling myself. "So good," I moan as I rock. It took us so long for me to get to this point and now I can't imagine any other cock or toy that's not Pike's cock or tail. He plays my body so perfectly.

When I look down, we're much higher in the air than I expect and I cling to Pike's neck, forgetting I have wings of my own. After a decade of being confined, it's still so strange to have the freedom.

"So good for me, darling. Such a perfect hole taking me in."

I moan as he thrusts again. We have to take it slow in the air so we both don't go crashing down. I've heard of Fae that fuck in the air and get tangled when they come and don't pay attention to where they are. I don't want that to be us.

Pike's hands roam my body, hitting every spot he knows makes me practically purr.

His cock hits me right in the spot that makes my toes curl. I hold his shoulders to give me better leverage to ride him. I'm lost in the feel of him. His touches. His kisses. His taste. He strokes my cock in time with my hips.

"Not gonna last." It takes a lot of effort to fly and fuck. But fuck me, is the experience so different. The wind whips through my hair and bites at my skin, but i don't care. All I know is bliss in Pike's arms.

"Gonna come," I pant as cum shoots from my cock all over both our chests.

"Fuck. Fuck." Pike pumps into me a few more times before he holds my hips still and fills me with his load. "You're going to be raining cum from your ass if we stay up here too long."

The image alone sends me into a fit of giggles. "I don't think my wings will hold up after that."

"Same here. That was a lot of effort I didn't expect." He keeps me plugged with his cock as he gently spirals us toward the ground.

Once we're on our feet again, Pike tugs me back to him. "Thank you for rescuing me. I didn't know I needed it too. I was in denial, but I can truly live now and it's all because of you and your determination to keep your promise."

I tug him down and kiss him again. "Everyone deserves to live a life unhindered by expectations put on them for whatever reason. You had a curse, I had a soul tether. Now we're free from all of it and I can't wait to see what our lives have in store now."

Can't wait to see what our love can do.

The end.

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Nightmare for Hire

Merman Kisses and Starving Incubi

Sea and Sky

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