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He was relieved by her demand. No more could he restrain himself. He pounded into her, his hips thrusting until reality blurred and he caught himself coasting toward a bright light. She dug her nails into his back, and he was there, pitching over the edge into the abyss, her body wrapped around his as they soared above everything.

A moment later, he collapsed beside her, panting.

“That’s not what I expected,” she said.

“What did you expect?”

She propped herself on her elbow. “I didn’t think it would feel like…” She ran her hand up her torso and wrapped her fingers around the base of her throat. “Like flying and falling all at the same time.”

He gave her a lazy smile and rolled onto his back. “Well, I for one would like to send you to the stars again sometime soon.”

She trailed her fingers along his sternum. “I’d like that very much.”

Orpheus was nothing if not a man who loved a challenge. He reached for her once again.