Page 174 of Tempt

I work my hand faster, fucking him with my cock and my fingers until he’s spilling onto my abdomen. The sight of being covered in his cum wrecks me. I explode with his name on my lips, my release filling him, an endless stream.

His chin meets his chest, and I see his torso heaving as he struggles to breathe. Then his eyes open and those rainbow irises meet mine.

He falls onto me, his face buried in my neck, his lips sucking and pulling on the tender skin where he marked me. I feel the love and affection he has for me traveling through the bond, and I hold onto him tightly, my cock slipping from his slit as we roll to our sides and hold onto each other tightly.

Our lips meet once more in soft, lazy kisses, the kind you give when you feel safe, when you realize you could have lost it all but didn’t.

We fall asleep like that, our bodies twined, our faces tucked into each other. Just existing. For the first time in what feels like forever, it’s just Eissa and me.

I wake to the sight of Eissa staring down at me, a hand stroking my cheek absently. I know the Vyastil don’t sleep as much as humans, so I knew he’d be up before me. I snuggle in closer, nuzzling my face against his neck, pressing a kiss there, feeling his skin flutter under my lips.

‘How are you feeling?’ he asks when I finally pull back.

‘Happy to be home with you.’

His hand runs down the front of my neck, and he places it over my heart.

‘I am happy as well.’

I reach over and clutch his hand in mine. ‘Are you sure? That was a lot…’

He glances away, and a flit of anxiety pulses through me. Kori betrayed him in the worst way, but Eissa did care for him. He can’t be entirely okay right now.

‘Do not worry,’ Eissa replies, feeling the spark of anxiety flaring to life within me. ‘I am…’ his lips turn down, and his hand flutters before me for a moment. ‘I am hurt more than anything. That he would do this to me when I did nothing but care for him. It was not what you and I share, but it was important to me. I am hurt he didn’t feel the same…didn’t respect me enough to try to save us both the grief.’

‘Jyrion,’ I hiss with my fingers.

‘Yes, he wormed his way into Kori’s life, and Kori fell for it. Betrayed me in the worst way.’

I will kill him. I should have killed him.

My hands curl against the scars on his back, and Eissa lets out a long breath. ‘No. I wouldn’t want that on your conscience. You humans have a word for this…karma.’

I nod, and he touches my face once more, soft and adoring. How could Kori have ever betrayed someone like him? I’ll never understand the corruption of certain minds.

‘He’ll get what’s coming to him.’

Eissa nods and presses his forehead against mine, breathing me in. When I was there in front of the council, all I could think about was you. Even when I saw Kori…I was just worried about you, my Luca. I did not want you harmed.

His body shudders, and I hold him tightly. I was just worried about you. I didn’t want you hurt again.

I’m unharmed.

You are, but…it was a lot. It’s okay to not be okay for a while.

I will consider it, my human. Because I have you, and you, my Luca, are my heart.

Eissa shudders once more, and we just hold one another, finding comfort in each other. We stay like that for hours until we’re rustled from bed by Vyrian.

He’s standing over the bed, his eyes wide.

‘I did not sleep,’ he tells us in ASL. ‘Everything is…fascinating.’ He blinks and then pulls out something from his tunic. ‘Did you know there are things called seeee-quinz.’ His fingers get jumbled as he tries to fingerspell it, but I know what he means as soon as he opens his palm. Inside, I see a bunch of different colored sequins glittering up at us.

‘They’re beautiful, and my new friend has many of them.’ He looks delighted, and I can’t help but let out a small laugh.

I sit up, the sheet falling around my waist, and Eissa lets out a small growl, and for a moment I think it’s because I’m naked in front of another Vyastil, but that’s not it. It’s because I’ve moved away from him. His tail wraps around me, and he tugs me onto his lap as Vyrian pulls out another treasure from his pocket.

I lean forward and see a stapler and a pile of rubber bands.