Twenty-One

Lux

Gunner was in bed, and everything around the house was taken care of, which meant Archer and I were finally alone.

After Maya's visit earlier today, all I wanted was to touch Archer and be touched by him, to assure my very insistent demon side that Archer was right here and wasn't going anywhere, that no one was going to take him from me.

When I stepped into the bedroom, Archer was sitting cross-legged on the bed, and his eyes met mine instantly, as if he'd been watching the door and waiting for me.

Closing the door behind me, I walked around the bed to the nightstand, and switched on the baby monitor before crawling onto the bed.

"Hey."

Smiling, Archer patted the spot in front of him, and I settled in, sitting sideways with my legs stretched out in front of me.

"Hey." Archer took my hand and tugged me closer until our lips were barely an inch apart. He gazed into my eyes, and I gazed right back into his, soaking in all the care and adoration I saw there. I'd never expected a simple job interview would lead me to this moment, and I was grateful to Fate for crossing our paths.

"I want to see you," Archer murmured, his warm breath washing over my lips, and I blinked, puzzled.

"I don't understand."

"I want to see the other side of you. The demon side."

I pulled back so I could look at him better, unsure if he really meant it. While my demon form wasn't as scary or overwhelming as some of the others', it was still very…inhuman. Archer had been afraid of it the first time I'd shifted, even if he'd tried to act like he wasn't. What if I scared him again?

It wasn't like I hadn't shifted since then, but I usually did it when it was just me and Gunner. Gunner loved playing with my tail, and it was easier to work around the house with him wrapped to my chest when I was in my larger form. And the few times Archer had come home when I was still in my demon form, I'd shifted back quickly, not that he'd ever asked me to.

"Are you sure?"

Archer ducked his head, then squeezed my hand, leaning forward to press a kiss to my cheek. "I know I didn't react very well the first time, but that was because of the shock more than anything else. I'd really like a chance to see you properly."

I gazed at him for a long moment, trying to decide if he really meant it or if he was just doing it to make me happy. I couldn't see any hesitation or fear on his face, just patience and anticipation, and that made me relax a little. It wasn't like I wanted to keep my demon side hidden. I was actually pretty proud of my demon form, and I wanted to share it with Archer. I'd just been waiting to make sure he was comfortable with the idea first, and I supposed this request meant that he was.

"Okay." I took a deep breath as I gazed into his eyes, then let my magic do its work, dissolving my human self and returning myself back to my original demon form.

Archer's lips parted, but before he could say anything, there was a loud creak, and then a crash as we fell two feet down to the floor, the pieces of the shattered bed surrounding us.

My arms and tail had wrapped instinctively around Archer as we fell, and I glanced down at him with wide eyes. He stared right back at me, and after a stunned moment of silence, he chuckled.

"Well, that was unexpected."

Flustered, I pulled back from him, then glanced around us at the wreckage, glad I'd put up the silencing ward. The sound would've surely woken Gunner up otherwise.

"Uh, sorry about that."

Snapping my fingers, I returned the bed to its former shape, changing the wood into something that would be able to handle my weight.

"You have nothing to apologize for," Archer said with a shake of his head, then reached out a hand. "Can I touch you?"

I blinked, then nodded quickly, eager to know what his skin felt like against mine in this form. Would it feel the same, or would it be different?

Slowly, Archer placed his palm on the center of my chest, his skin warm and soft against mine. His touch did feel different, as if before he'd been touching me through a layer of cloth, and this was the first time we were skin-to-skin. It felt almost overwhelming, but I soaked it in, lowering my head in the hopes that he'd touch my face too. My head was the most inhuman part of me—other than my tail—and probably also the scariest, so I wouldn't blame him if he avoided touching it.

"Your skin feels so smooth, like marble." Archer's voice was full of wonder as his palm slid up my chest, then cupped the side of my neck. I leaned into his touch, and he smiled before reaching up with his other hand and placing it on my jaw. He trailed his hand up my cheek, and I shivered when a finger traced the outline of my ear.

I gasped softly when I felt his palm against the base of my horn, and then the pressure as he trailed it over the whole length.

Archer explored me like I was a piece of art, and I felt seen in a way I'd never felt before. It was like he was examining and appreciating every inch of me, and I found myself falling deeper and deeper for him.

"You are stunning, Lux. I can't believe I was ever scared of this side of you," Archer murmured, and I huffed softly.

"I do look a little scary," I allowed him, and he chuckled, shaking his head.

"Maybe at first glance, and if I didn't know you. But I do, and I adore you because of it."

I really, really wanted to kiss him, but I wasn't sure if he'd be okay with that when I was in this form. Instead, I reached out with my tail, and wrapped it around his waist, tugging him closer to me.

Archer

Lux in his demon form was breathtaking. He was bigger than me, at least a foot taller, and maybe double my weight and all muscles. Power wafted off of him, and while usually I wanted to wrap him up in my arms, today I wanted to be wrapped up in those buff arms of his.

Getting up on my knees to close the distance between our faces, I gazed into his small eyes, black with a small ring of blue at the edges, and placed my palms on his sharp cheeks.

"May I kiss you, Lux?"

He blinked slowly, his eyes roaming over my face as if searching for something. Then he spoke, his voice deeper and rougher in this form. "Yes."

Kissing Lux in demon form was very different from kissing him in his human form, though no less exciting. There was a sense of danger in his sharp teeth that scraped along my bottom lip without ever digging in—I knew he wouldn't hurt me—and his tongue was rough and much longer than a human one. It slid into my mouth like it belonged there, and I moaned as he wrapped it around my tongue and sucked, sending bolts of pure pleasure down my spine.

I'd been hard since before we started kissing, and I could feel my precum making a mess in my underwear. I wanted us to be naked, to see all of Lux, to touch all of him.

Jerking back from the kiss, I tried to catch my breath as I pulled my shirt off. Lux, even more impatient than me, snapped his fingers, getting rid of the rest of our clothes. I shivered at the sudden chill, and he pulled me back in, dragging me into another kiss that heated me right up.

I could feel his hard length against me, his precum unnaturally hot as it leaked against my abdomen. His size was proportional to the rest of his body, and I wondered what he would feel like inside me.

I'd never had something inside me before, not even my own fingers. Until now, I hadn't even thought it was something I'd enjoy. I'd assumed I was a strict top. Then again, I'd also once assumed I was straight. I should've learned my lesson.

The idea of having Lux inside me spurred me on, and I wrapped my palm around his length as I kissed him, moaning at the size of him.

Pulling back just enough to meet his eyes, I gave him a squeeze. "I want you inside me."

"I'm yours." His dark eyes gazed at me unblinking as I spoke, and I groaned. Fuck, I'd never thought having someone say they were mine would be such a turn-on. But it wasn't about someone , was it? It was a turn-on because Lux was the one saying it.

"I've never bottomed before," I warned him, and he smiled, flashing me a full set of super-sharp teeth that should've scared the crap out of me but didn't.

"I'll take care of you," he promised, and then he picked me up like I weighed nothing. To him, I probably didn't.

Settling on his knees with his ass on his heels, he placed me on his lap with my legs on either side of his hips. I placed my palm on his chest as he wrapped his tail around my thigh, his large palms wrapped firmly around my waist.

Lux lowered his head and pulled me into another kiss, and I slid my palm up his chest, cupping the back of his neck as I returned the kiss.

I shivered as I felt a long talon of his trail down my spine, and then wondered how he was going to prep me with those sharp things in the way. I got my answer a moment later when I felt soft, talon-free fingers press against my hole. He'd transformed his hand into his human one. Lube appeared between our skin from seemingly nowhere, and I groaned into the kiss as he slid a single finger inside me.

By the time he'd finished prepping me, I was a panting, gasping mess and a moment away from blowing my load. If I'd known that assplay could feel that good, I'd have been doing it ages ago. Straight guys were really missing out.

"I'm ready," I said, gazing up at Lux. He stared at me for a few moments, as if trying to decide if I was being honest. "Please," I added, and he lowered his head to press a kiss to the top of mine. Then his palms cupped my asscheeks, once again large with sharp talons digging into my skin just enough to remind me they were there, and he picked me up.

Lux positioned me over his length and then allowed me to set the pace as I slowly lowered my hips, anchoring myself by digging my fingers into his shoulders. The burn was intense, but I pushed through it, and the shout that left my mouth as his head slid into my hole would've woken the whole neighborhood if not for Lux's silencing ward.

Out of patience, I slammed my hips down, then immediately regretted it when pain shot through my insides.

"Shit! Are you okay?" Lux demanded, grabbing my waist as I doubled over. I nodded mutely as I tried to catch my breath while simultaneously berating myself for being too hasty.

A tingle of warmth in my belly made the agony disappear as quickly as it'd arrived, and I glanced up at Lux. "Was that you?"

"I can't see you in pain," he said with a shrug, as if it wasn't the sweetest thing anyone had ever said to me.

"Thank you," I said, and then leaned up to press a kiss to his chin. Then, I wrapped my arms around his neck and asked him to move.

And move he did. Lux elicited sounds from me I'd never made in my life before, and he turned me into a sweaty, drooling mess of a man within a few strokes. The head of his cock brushed against that amazing spot inside me again and again, and I came before I even realized it.

Lux kept going after my orgasm, his thrusts relentless as he chased after his own climax, his mouth on mine as his tongue fucked my mouth.

As his thrusts started to stutter, I realized I was going to come again. I wasn't young enough to have such a short refractory period. Was that magic too?

"Shit, Lux. Are you close?"

Lux grunted in what I took as agreement, and I pulled back to catch my breath, burying my face in the crook of his neck as I spilled between us, a rough groan slipping past my lips as I shuddered through the aftershocks while he continued to fuck me.

Lux went still for a moment before he filled me, his cum hot and thick inside me. He pumped it into me, his hips jerking through his climax as cum started seeping out of my hole. Fuck, that felt good. How had I never known it could feel this good?

Then again, I had a feeling it wouldn't feel like this with anyone else.

When Lux stopped moving, he wrapped his arms around me, and then his tail circled my waist as he surrounded me with his body. I let him hold me like that for a few minutes before the situation between us started getting sticky.

"Uh, Lux?"

Lux hummed in reply, and then a stir of magic removed all traces of cum from between us. I could still feel him inside me, though. His cock and his cum.

He was being all kinds of possessive and demon-y, and I was surprised to realize I liked it. I really, really liked it.