A happy grin spread across my face as I slowed along with his ragged breathing, then slid off of him to snuggle up contentedly at his side. A dreamy sigh escaped his lips. “Ah…”
For a moment he lay mesmerized on the bed, eyes closed, squeezing me against him. After a few more shaky breaths, he flopped his head to the side and smiled when he met my eyes.
“You look rather pleased with yourself, I see.” His cheeks glowed with a soft pink flush.
I giggled and laid my head on his shoulder. “Yes, I think I am.Gods, that was lovely.” I kissed every bit of him within reach, unable to contain my glee. “You’re so gorgeous,” I sighed.
Thanatos held me with gentle adoration, his fingers drifting over my heated skin. Then he sat up and pulled me into his lap, warm against my back. He cuddled me, stroking me softly, still breathless in the wake of his orgasm. “Mmm,” he hummed. He kissed the top of my head. Then, to my surprise, he snickered into my hair. “Did you think I was done with you?” he murmured.
“Uh…I…ahhh…” He’d slipped his hand between my legs and was playing with me, teasing me with the tips of his fingers. Aching heat flared instantly beneath his touch, and with it thedeep tension that only he could relieve. A low moan escaped my throat as I lay back against his chest, my eyelids fluttering shut. Only now did I realize how desperately I needed him.
Goosebumps spread across my shoulders and down my arms, and my hips arched under the touch of his dexterous fingers. He rubbed my clit in soft circles, then stroked down my wetness to tease my sensitive opening. I let out a soft cry. He dipped a couple fingers in—oh!—and stroked back up again, his fingers slick with our desire. This he continued, exploring, massaging, and I melted in his arms.
His lips brushed against my ear as he fondled me. “Be mine,” he whispered, his breath hot against my skin. “Bemineand let me love you.”
“Oh,” I moaned faintly. “Oh…kay…”
He was perfect. Deargods, he was perfect, and he wasmine. I became vaguely aware of some incoherent nonsense falling out of my mouth as the feel of him overwhelmed me. The scent of spices and sweat, his tenderness and strength, his fingers settling into a wonderful, torturous rhythm. Oh,fuck. My legs trembled, the pressure unendurable.
Thanatos nuzzled against me. “Let go,” he whispered. I whined loudly.
He nibbled the crest of my ear, and that one little bite began the cascade of my undoing.
The soft stroke of his thumb on my clit was too much to bear, and a surge of bliss forced me to clench around the fingers he’d slipped inside me. With one more gentle stroke, he had me throbbing around them, whimpering and shuddering as my breath was stolen by incomparable pleasure. Raw sensation pulsed outward from my core, forging tingling pathways up to my delicate breasts and down to my curling toes.
“Almighty fucking Zeus,” I swore weakly. Never in any of my solitary explorations had I felt anything that camecloseto this.
Thanatos tightened his arms around me, clutching my quivering body possessively. “Don’t you dare,” he murmured. “Only my name will pass your lips in pleasure.Mine.” He nibbled my ear again.
“Thanatos,” I whispered, breathless. “I’m yours.”
I was.
“That’s better.” He hummed as he cradled me, content to stroke me gently as my breathing slowed. But he was not content for long.
“This is not enough, though, I think,” he decided. “Do you want more?”
“More?” I asked. More? What more could there possibly be?
I felt his smirk without even looking. “Mmm, did you think I was done with you?” he asked quietly, his breath tickling my skin. He kissed gently down my neck once again. “Do you want more, Cyrie?”
Oh, almighty…perfect, incomparable Thanatos.
“Yes,” I breathed.
“Then lie down for me.” He gave me a soft squeeze and released me from his embrace.
When I did as I was told, he flickered to the side of the bed and pulled me to him so that my legs dangled over the edge. He knelt there and lifted my thighs over his shoulders, my calves resting between his wings. I propped myself up on my elbows. What was happening?
I must have had a nervous face, because he gave me a comforting smile. “Just lie down, and close your eyes,” he instructed. His feathers tickled my ankles.
Anxiety fluttered in my stomach as I obeyed, and I scrunched the sheets up in my hands. We’d already managed the most amazing sex, so surely this was tempting fate. How was I going to mess it up? Nothing was ever this nice.
But I forgot all of that when I felt his mouth on me. He swirled his tongue in an exploratory lick, and I probably forgot my own name, too. Lost in his affections, I could do nothing but lie sighing in a rapturous haze. I was already so sensitive from all of his loving, and now he coaxed from me even more pleasures that I had never known before. He devoured me masterfully.
“I thought you’d not done this before!” I groaned.
He paused to plant a kiss on the soft skin of my inner thigh. “Mmm. That does not mean I do notknowthings. I have seen many minds…and I have been around a little longer than you, you know.”
