Chapter 26

Eurydice was staring out the window of Hecate”s bedroom, unable to pull herself away from the view. She had been consumed with the thought of her and Pan together ever since he”d left, unable to get any sleep whatsoever. She had the opportunity to make a decision that was utterly selfish...to choose Pan and her own heart over the overwhelming weight of the expectations of being a part of a famous couple. For the first time in her life, she wondered what it would be like to be selfish.

She didn”t take another second to think about it. Eurydice ran straight downstairs and disappeared out Hecate”s front door, knowing exactly where she could find Pan.

She journeyed quickly through the Underworld to the forests, praying that Pan was still somewhere in the Underworld. Eurydice breathed a sigh of relief when she stumbled into her favorite clearing, her eyes drifting straight past the flowers she loved so much and landing on Pan. He was sitting with his back towards her, leaning against the oak tree that had sprung up after their full moon spent together.

”Pan!” Eurydice”s voice cracked when she called out to him, and she realized her cheeks were wet with tears. Centuries of longing were held in the close gap between them. Pan turned around, and his mouth dropped open in surprise. He smiled at her but quickly faltered, regaining his composure as he walked over to her. He was walking slowly, but his entire body was tense as if he was holding himself back.

”Eurydice...” he whispered the word like it was holy. ”Does this mean...?”

”I love you,” Eurydice cried out to him. She crossed the short distance remaining between them and jumped into his arms. ”I love you. Gods, I love you, Pan. It”s enough. It”s always going to be enough.”

Pan”s smile was so bright that it could”ve outshone Helios himself. It made Eurydice giggle, and her entire body felt lighter than it had in years. Everything about Pan felt right as he wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her to him.

”Are you sure? If you need time, I understand.”

”Please stop talking.” Eurydice shook her head. ”I know what I said, but I was scared. I was scared, and I don”t want to be afraid anymore. I don”t care what other people think, what anyone has to say. I just want you.”

Pan”s smile turned devious as he started to lower them both down to the soft earth beneath them.

”Then stop thinking.” Pan grinned as he laid Eurydice on her back. Arousal was already running hot through her veins. All it took was the feeling of Pan”s body on hers, and she was on fire.

”How come the past couple times I”ve seen you, I always end up in this position?” Eurydice smirked, watching Pan”s playful expression as he kissed his way up her center line until he was suspended above her.

”God of fertility, remember?” He winked, kissing Eurydice again. There was nothing tentative or gentle about it; it was claiming and possessive. Pan kissed like a god who had finally found something he’d wanted, and he was never going to let that go.

Eurydice moaned into the embrace as Pan nipped at her lip, tracing his tongue along the seam of her mouth until she opened up for him. He started grinding against her core, his hips already moving at a devastating, even rhythm against her as she cursed.

”Fuck you,” she gasped playfully. ”You don”t play fair at all.” Eurydice”s hands came up and gripped Pan”s horns as he laughed louder, trailing one hand down her torso. He left goosebumps in his wake, and Eurydice”s back bowed as her nipples went taut under the thin chiton she had thrown on. Pan”s expression went hot as he tugged the fabric down, his eyes lighting up as she was revealed to him.

”Of course I don”t play fair,” Pan chuckled. His hot breath ghosted over her breasts, and Eurydice whined at the teasing sensation. ”Now that I”ve got you in my arms, saying that you love me, I”m going to use every trick in the book to remind you why you should”ve come to this realization a long time ago.”

Eurydice started to laugh before it devolved into another gasp as Pan sucked one of her nipples into his mouth. He bit and sucked at her with just the right amount of pain and pleasure, and Eurydice”s thighs clenched tighter around nothing.

”I thought you said you didn”t want me to t-think,” Eurydice panted, letting her head fall back as Pan switched to her other breast.

”Oh, sweet Eurydice,” Pan ripped the rest of her tunic off her body, ”my tricks don”t involve ”thinking” whatsoever.”

Eurydice gasped as Pan continued his perfect assault on her breasts, switching back and forth between them until she was practically begging for more. Pan was hellbent on worshipping her body and getting to know every square inch of it, even though he already seemed to know everything about Eurydice”s arousal as if he”d been handed a map.

Eurydice”s eyes fluttered closed as Pan reached down and started rubbing firm circles on her clit, bringing her right to the edge as he left another love bite on the swollen flesh of her breast.

”My wild thing,” he purred. Pan”s beard scraped against Eurydice”s overheated skin. ”Come for me, Eurydice,” Pan whispered the command, and Eurydice”s first orgasm shot through her like wildfire, turning all the blood and bone in her body to liquid heat. She collapsed against the ground and tried to catch her breath, watching as Pan gently licked each of his fingers clean. The sight was so erotic that it lit Eurydice up from the inside out, and she was desperate to get a taste of him.

”Is that so?” Pan raised one brow, and Eurydice realized she said the last part out loud. Her brain was pleasantly muddled from her last orgasm, and she wasn”t processing through a filter.

”Yes,” she nodded, biting her lip. Pan sat up on his knees and fisted his cock, already hard and dripping at the tip. He moved forward up Eurydice”s body, his skin flushed with sweat and arousal.

”Then be good and open your pretty mouth for me, Eurydice,” Pan cooed in a sweet tone of voice that was in direct opposition to the dirtiness of his words. Eurydice clamped her legs together as another wave of heat rushed through her body.

She obeyed immediately, and Pan kept a grip on the base of his cock, feeding it past her swollen lips.

”Fuck,” Pan swore, his head dropping back. ”Just like that, Eurydice. That”s it. Get me nice and wet.”

Eurydice moaned around him, causing Pan”s entire body to shiver and go taut. She sucked him down until he hit the back of her throat, causing her to gag as spit pooled at the corner of her mouth. Eurydice went to quickly wipe some of it off her cheek, but Pan caught her wrist.

”Absolutely not,” Pan chided, slowly starting to rock his hip, shallowly thrusting in and out of her mouth. ”I want you to make a mess of me, Eurydice. Cover my cock in your spit so I can thrust it right back into your weeping cunt.”

Eurydice cried out around him and hollowed out her cheeks, sucking Pan down as far as she could take him, lying on her back. As he pulled out, she flicked her tongue around the head and savored the salty flavor of him. Everything around her had been reduced to one singular point, and that was Pan. Nothing in her life had ever made as much sense as feeling him on top of her, both of them wild for one another in ways that she had never understood before then.

”F-fuck,” Pan cursed again. ”I”m close,” he warned her, his thrusts becoming more erratic. Eurydice only sucked harder in response, reaching her hand up between his legs to cup his balls in one hand. Pan came with a shout, and Eurydice swallowed everything she could, some of his come mixing with the spit dripping off her lips as he pulled away.

”Gods be damned,” Pan panted, staring down at Eurydice as if she was the sun and the stars. ”You look utterly debauched right now, my love, and never more stunning.” Pan leaned down and kissed her, not even hesitating for a moment.

Pan pulled away, and Eurydice whimpered at the loss of contact.

“Don”t worry. I”m hardly done with you.” Pan chuckled. ”Get up on all fours.” Pan got off Eurydice and helped her into position, her coordination thrown off with the strength of the need coursing through her.

”Pan, I need you,” Eurydice gasped as she settled into position. Pan leaned over her body, pressing gently down on her shoulders until Eurydice rested her head on her arms with her back arched.

”You”ll have me soon,” Pan promised, sounding equally out of breath. ”If I die, the last thing I want to see in this world is your dripping pussy with your ass up in the air for me.” Pan delivered a sharp slap to Eurydice”s ass, causing her to moan obscenely and rock her hips backwards.

”My gods,” Pan exhaled heavily, running his fingers through her core. ”You”re soaking wet, Eurydice. And to think I thought your pretty face streaked with my come was a beautiful mess, but your flushed cunt is just begging for attention, isn”t it?”

”I swear to the gods, Pan,” Eurydice snapped, ”if you don”t fuck me, I”ll find someone... Oh, fuck!”

Eurydice cut herself off with a scream as Pan grabbed her hips and thrust his cock to the hilt inside of her. Eurydice cried out in relief as he stretched her open, pounding into her with a devastating and dominating pace. She couldn”t formulate a single thought besides the delicious ache and pleasure of Pan fucking her on all fours like they were no better than animals in the woods themselves.

Pan bent down until his chest was pressed against Eurydice”s back, wrapping one hand around her throat and squeezing gently. Eurydice let out a sound that was somewhere between a cry and a moan. Pan cursed as Eurydice fluttered around him in response.

”Hear me now,” Pan grunted, his breath hot in her ear. ”I”m not like anyone else you have ever dealt with, Eurydice, and there will be no escaping me.” He punctuated his words with well-timed thrusts, as if he could drive home his point to the very core of Eurydice.

Her eyes burned as her heart seized in her chest, an overflow of emotions threatening to come out of her as Pan kept up his brutal, delicious pace. Orpheus had wanted to possess her, to keep her like a trinket; Pan wanted her to be his, not in ownership, but in something more equal altogether. He started speaking again as if he heard the thoughts running through Eurydice”s head.

”You”re mine, Eurydice, but don”t forget that every inch of me has always belonged to you. Every hair on my head and every breath in my lungs.”

Pan pulled Eurydice up to her knees so her back was flush to his chest, tightening his grip around her throat and dropping his other hand to rub gentle circles around her clit. He felt even bigger inside of her this way, making Eurydice cry out. She dropped her head to his shoulder, the overflow of arousal and emotions making her sob.

”Let it out, my love, my heart,” Pan was panting heavily and rocking his hips against hers. ”Come for me. Let it all go.”

Eurydice”s body tightened up, and she screamed, her release pummeling through her like she had been run over by a herd of wild horses. Pan”s hips stuttered, and he was coming a second later, his release spilling into her.

Eurydice nearly collapsed to the ground, but Pan caught her, holding her in his arms as he gently lowered them both down to the earth. He rearranged them until Eurydice was nestled on top of him, Pan on his back, resting her head on his chest. Eurydice dozed for an undetermined amount of time until she felt like her capacity for thought had come back.

”Pan...” she started slowly, and Pan made some sort of chuffing sound underneath her.

”If you are about to express some sort of sentiment of regret, I would like to inform you that I simply won”t be accepting it.” He opened his eyes and winked at her, his playful countenance always putting Eurydice at ease. Pan had been her best friend for centuries. She knew that he would listen to anything she had to say with sincerity.

”No, I don”t regret it,” Eurydice laughed. ”I don”t think anyone could regret sex like that.”

Pan preened with obvious pride. ”I”m flattered.”

”Don”t take it too seriously, god of fertility. I”m not sure if that means you”re talented or just lucky in the sex department.”

”Do you care enough to make the distinction?” Pan quipped back.

”Not at all.” Eurydice gave a little shrug, propping her chin up on Pan”s chest so she could look him in the eye. ”I don”t know if this feels too fast, too slow, or too...anything. I”ve known you for ages, but now that I”ve realized I love you, it feels like everything clicked into place all at once. I can”t imagine going a day without you now. Is that insane? I know I should probably take some time, reflect on everything that happened with Orpheus...”

”Eurydice,” Pan interrupted her gently, ”you have spent centuries wondering about what the right thing is. You always think about other people and what their thoughts are. You stayed with Orpheus for as long as you did because you were worried about what people would say. Am I wrong?”

Eurydice flushed. ”You”re not wrong.”

”Anyone in your position would”ve done the same thing. It”s daunting.” Pan pushed some of the hair off Eurydice”s forehead. ”Just answer one question. Do you love me? Do you want to be with me?”

”You know I do.”

Pan smiled. ”Then don”t worry about anything else. If you feel later down the road that you want to take some time apart or you feel differently, we”ll cross that road when we come to it.”

”You”d let me go if I told you that I wanted some space?” Eurydice raised a brow and looked at Pan with a healthy dose of skepticism. Pan chuckled in response.

”Oh, sure. I”d let you go all the way into the next room over, if you really needed it. Might even let you go outside for a few hours if you really needed space.”

Eurydice burst out laughing and tumbled off Pan”s chest, landing on her back next to him. He laughed alongside her and found her hand, intertwining their fingers together.

”I”m serious, though. Whatever you need, I”ll find a way to give it to you. Even if it means one day that you want some space. I just won”t be happy about it, unfortunately, but I won”t apologize for missing you.”

Eurydice blushed bright red, kissing Pan”s cheek and curling into his side. ”You”ll never have to.”