14. Kami

14

Kami

T he door closes behind Oz.

I glance at the bed where Crash is passed out.

Malkar glances from the unconscious fae to the naked merman to me. "Pretend I'm not even here."

Sure. That'll be easy.

Not.

I've had sex before.

Twice.

It was okay, I guess.

But though I'm mouthy and stubborn, I'm also kind of shy. Dryads like our privacy, and most of us live our lives hiding in trees.

Of course, I'm a monster, and I've spent a lot of my life playing games with people to con them out of coins. So I could, you know, survive.

If I'd lived alone, I'd have much rather hidden in a tree and lounged on wooden limbs and in soft, green bowers while communing with nature .

Now I'm supposed to commune with a stranger in front of other strangers.

Life is weird, and my life is weirder than most.

My heart is racing as I force myself to look at Ries, who looms over me.

So much larger.

All of him is just…big.

And getting bigger as he smiles down at me.

"No harm will come to you, sweetheart. This I pledge."

I feel his sincerity but no sense of magic in his promise.

He sighs. "You'd feel that if they hadn't stripped me of my magic. Look." He appears a bit uncomfortable. "I know mermen get a bad rap. Mostly we've earned it. Not me," he says quickly. "I've never forced anyone into bed."

"You likely don't have to with that cock," Malkar mutters before blending into the shadows as he sits on the corner of the other bed, next to Crash. "You sure you're not part incubus?"

I flush. I try to act sophisticated, but I don't really know how to get my freak on. I should have paid better attention to the pleasure poppies I've met over the years.

"Um, well, what do you want me to do?" I feel awkward as hell.

Though Malkar is right. Ries has an amazing body.

"You do nothing but feel good," Ries says. "Pretend it's just you and me. You don't see anyone else here, do you?"

I glance at the other bed, so close by, and am surprised to see it dark there.

"N-no."

Ries's hands are at my waist. He pushes down my trousers, leaving me bare.

He licks his lips but says and does nothing for a moment.

"We'll go slow. "

I nod, curious at the sensation melting my reluctance. His obvious attraction is making me hot. He smells of the sea, of life and change and the rush of male seduction.

All of the sudden, I feel slick between my thighs.

His breathing gets faster as he leans closer to undo my top.

I tense, especially when his dick juts against my belly. He's huge and hard.

Really big where I'm not.

"Don't worry. It'll feel good. I promise."

"Famous last words," I mutter and am pleased when he laughs.

Then his mouth is on mine, and I'm stunned at the wash of pleasure coursing through my blood.

My top drops, leaving me naked, and he's hugging me while ravaging my mouth.

I gasp at the feel of my breasts against his hard chest, his flesh scoring tendrils of need through my nipples and throughout my body.

I've never felt this before.

It's kind of overwhelming. The pleasure isn't anything I might have imagined.

If it always feels this good, no wonder mermen constantly want to fuck.

Ries invades my mouth with his tongue, his dick grinding against my belly starting to hurt.

Before I can protest, I'm on my back on the unoccupied bed.

Ries is no longer kissing me. His lips curl around one nipple.

He sucks.

I cry out, not having expected such intense desire to race through me .

His fingers slide between my legs.

"So wet," he groans and returns to my other nipple.

He's sucking and teething me, his fingers working magic over my sex, and I can't understand how.

But my confusion is nothing compared to the rapture that engulfs me, a cascade of pleasure rushing over me in a huge tidal wave.

" Ries. " I'm moaning, thrusting against his lips as I'm consumed by satisfaction.

I can barely breathe, still trying to make sense of this feeling, when Ries is on top of me and sliding his big, thick cock inside.

It doesn't hurt, though the sensation of being invaded is there. I blink up at him, his face a mask of agony as he starts pumping.

The dichotomy of sharing something so intense while also submitting to someone stronger is both confusing and oddly pleasing.

But I don't have time to think, because desire fogs my brain.

I'm still coming down off that high he gave me when he triggers a second rise toward climax, his pelvis brushing against my clit over and over.

"Fuck. You're sweet." He kisses me again, this time with a sense of desperation. "Oh yeah, take it. All of it," he mutters and stiffens.

I cry out into his mouth as I'm coming, and he's groaning as he continues to release inside me.

I sense a hot warmth invading my system, flooding my roots and stirring my need to flower.

To reproduce.

I'm still in a daze when he withdraws from me, rolls us over so he's on his back and I'm on top of him, and puts his still-hard cock back inside me.

"One more time?" he asks.

"I, uh, you want to?" It's obvious from the state of his aroused body, but I'm having trouble stringing words together.

I'm still vibrating with happiness, my entire body throbbing in a weird way.

Not bad weird, just weird-weird.

I want more, which shocks me.

I thought we'd get it on so I would get his protection. Maybe some spirit energy. But nothing so amazing that would make me tingle all over.

"Can I…?" I bite my lip.

"Sweetheart, you can do anything you fucking please." He groans as he thrusts up, sliding deeper into me.

He's so big, filling me so much. I close my eyes for a second to savor this and hear an answering groan from the bed next to us.

I freeze.

"No, no. Just focus on me. What do you want?"

Ries's hands are on my hips, encouraging me to ride him.

I shift up and down, getting the rhythm. But I'm hungering for something more as well.

I lean down and whisper, "Can I have a sip?"

"Of what?" he whispers back, brushing his lips over my earlobe and stirring me to new heights of arousal.

"O-of you," I rasp back. Your energy.

He sits up so that I'm caught in his arms, speared on his dick. "Oh, that feels good. Fuck it. Take whatever you want. I'm going to come again. So hard."

He swivels his hips and comes again, pouring into me, and the need is too pressing to ignore .

I take his face in my hands, cupping his smooth cheeks, and kiss him.

He kisses me back, giving me so much more than I'd thought.

For the first time in forever, I'm not hungry any more.