And since his teasing me about marshmallows made me hungry, he also conjured me food—as well as a low table and a lengthwise cushion for me to sit. The spread was gorgeous and included a traditional marshmallow-and-graham-cracker s’more with melted chocolate that was human-worthy.
I ate everything on my plate while a huge basin with built-in benches filled up with water. We didn’t use the shower this time. A bath would be much more relaxing. And I didn’t mind that I was naked while I ate, either, especially when Ajax hand-fed me grapes.
I didn’t tell him that Melek had done the same thing. That would probably only add to his dick-measuring complexities.
And while I hadn’t seen Melek’s dick, I had a feeling it would compete.
Stop thinking about dicks,I chided myself.
Yes, stop,Az purred in my head, apparently having dismantled his wall in time to hear my thought about dicks.Unless you’re thinking about mine, too. Then, please, continue. And Melek’s dick is bigger than Ajax’s, since you were wondering,he added, making me choke on a grape.
“You okay over there?” Ajax asked.
He only wore a towel when he endured Typhos’s anger for you, so it wasn’t that hard to see,Az continued.Well, it was definitelyhard.And by endured his anger, I mean Ty fucked him. Brutally. While thinking of you, no doubt.
I rubbed at my temple as if I could push Az out while Ajax stared at me, waiting for an answer. “Mm-hmm,” I murmured, pretending that I wasn’t getting all hot and bothered.
For some reason, the idea of seeing Melek take on Lucifer in that context was… intense. And knowing that they were thinking of me wasn’t entirely unpleasant.
“Yep. Totally fine,” I said, grabbing a finger sandwich.
Enjoy putting things in your mouth, little warrior. I’m sure Ajax will make for a nice dessert.
I stared at my sandwich and frowned.
Why was he teasing me? Az was so fucking confusing. One minute he was furious, and the next he wanted to play games.
Ignoring him, I finished eating while Az went back to whatever he was doing. I didn’t feel so bad now that Az had left me in Ajax’s care, which included food.
And a bath.
It steamed and rippled with its invitation, complete with multicolored rose petals, because of course everything in this place had flowers in some shape or form.
But I didn’t mind it.
Ajax ushered me into the shower first under protest, which quickly died on my lips as I finally felt clean. It would have been a shame to get soot all over the pretty petals. “Okay, yeah. Maybe a day of chasing Az’s stupid Phoenix around a fire-scorched room wasn’t the best idea. All it did was wear me out. And cover me in ash.”
“If wearing you out was the lesson for today, I could have done that,” he said with a mischievous grin as he guided me back to the bath. “And it would have been much more fun.”
Ajax stripped off his clothes, not seeming to mind that I took full advantage of the view. My gaze lingered on his hardening cock that proudly displayed a barbell I loved to feel inside of me.
If he was trying to distract me from feeling like a total failure, it was working.
“Now, turn around,” he said, swirling his finger.
Rolling my eyes again, I complied, then slipped into the warm water.
Oh, Fae, this is nice.
My muscles relaxed as the soothing heat swept over me. Ajax joined me, then settled onto one of the underwater benches as his hands worked magic on my shoulders.
The petals floated around us as Ajax’s body lingered behind mine, only his hands touching me as he kneaded the sore knots.
I moaned in response. “Where did you learn to massage?” I asked, leaning into his strong grip.
He chuckled. “I’m just reacting to your body. When I do… this,” he said, pressing on a particularly tender spot. I responded with a guttural moan as pleasure and pain surged through my muscles. “And you sound like that? I know I’ve done something correctly.”
“Yes. Do that again,” I mumbled.
