Epilogue
PRESENT
ARNICK
We slept in after all the excitement of last night, and when Theo woke up, I magicked up some brunch-in-bed for us, much to his delight.
As we ate, I answered all his many, many questions.
I told him more about my friends, about the whole escaped dark souls debacle, about the other human mates, and anything else he wanted to know.
"Can I see the demon realm?" he asked once he'd freshened up and gotten dressed, and I blinked.
"You'd like to spend your birthday in the demon realm?"
"Is it dangerous?" he asked, and I shook my head. "Then why not?"
"Okay..." I hedged. "Let me just make sure everything is... acceptable."
"Acceptable?" he asked, and I shrugged, not wanting to tell him I didn't remember how much of a mess I'd left my room in the last time I was there.
"I'll just be a few minutes, I promise," I said, and he nodded.
Since I didn't have to hide anymore, I teleported in front of him, wishing I could've seen his reaction.
I appeared in my room, and with a wave of my hand, I made my bed, straightened the little knickknacks I'd brought over from the human realm in my previous visits—back when I'd gotten summoned by some enterprising witches and warlocks—and gave my room a onceover before deciding it looked as good as it was going to get.
Leaving my room, I decided to check if anyone else was around. While most demons tended to stay in the human realm, we came back every once in a while when we started missing the warmth of the demon realm.
Fortunately, the demon realm was empty for once, and I smiled, then went back to Theo, who shot up from the couch as soon as I arrived.
"That was crazy! You can teleport?" he demanded, and I chuckled.
"Yeah. I'm sorry I didn't warn you."
He waved me off as he hurried around the coffee table. "Can we go now? Will we teleport?"
"Yes, and yes," I said with a laugh, pulling him close by his hips. "Hold on."
He held onto me for dear life, and I teleported us straight to my room, removing my grip on him as soon as our feet touched the carpeted floor.
Theo took a step back, shook his arms out, and then turned around in a circle.
"This is more like it," he said, and I tilted my head at him.
"What do you mean?"
He glanced up at me, then shrugged. "Your apartment isn't really you, you know? It's very bland and catalog-ish, if that makes sense. But this room? I can see your touch everywhere, including that giant chocolate fountain poster. Where did you even get that?"
I snickered, eyeing the poster plastered across from my bed so I could look at it whenever I wanted. "I copied it off a show on TV."
"Of course you did," he said with a smile, then frowned.
"Why isn't there any food here? I'd have thought you would have boxes of chocolate stashed everywhere."
"I can only eat right now because I'm bonded to someone.
Not like our bond, it's a summoner bond, so his magic lets me eat and be visible to humans and just do normal human things, you know?
But without the bond, I can't eat, so there was no point in having food here.
Now, I don't spend enough time here, so I didn't bring anything over.
Are you hungry? I can magick some stuff up. "
"Nah, I'm still full. I was just curious. Although, there is another kind of hunger you might be able to help with," he teased, reaching for the hem of my t-shirt.
Grinning, I flicked a hand to bar anyone from coming into my room, then shucked my t-shirt off.
THEO
Now this, this was Arnick's room. The stone walls were painted a soft yellow with streaks of orange and red, reminding me of a campfire or a cozy fireplace.
There was the chocolate fountain poster, of course, dominating almost the entire height of the wall, and all the furniture was dark wood with rounded edges.
Arnick might've been unable to eat food until recently, but the little food-shaped tchotchkes on every flat surface told me just how much of a foodie he was.
He pushed his pants off, reminding me I had much better things to admire than the life-sized ceramic cupcake sitting on his nightstand.
Taking my hand, he pulled me to the bed, and I undressed before climbing on, trailing my eyes over him. I wondered...
"Would you like to shift?"
Arnick stopped in the middle of reaching for me, his eyes wide as they met mine. "Would you? Like me to shift, I mean?"
I nodded, and he grinned. Between one second and the next, he'd changed, back in the form he'd shown me just yesterday.
Leaning down, I kissed the black scales over his chest, running my tongue over the firm, leathery surface, and he moaned.
"Fuck, Theo. You aren't freaked out at all, are you?"
I shook my head as I sat up, my eyes latching onto his hard cock.
Like I'd suspected, it was bigger in this form, longer and thicker than his human dick.
What I hadn't expected was for it to be black, and covered in smaller scales.
I reached for it with some trepidation, but the way the scales felt against my palm made me shiver.
His cock would feel amazing in my ass. I just knew it.
"Can you, like, prep me with magic?" I asked, a little too impatient to take my time with it, and Arnick smirked.
"Of course. You really want this cock in you, huh?" he asked, fisting his cock, and I moaned.
"Now, please."
With a hum, he snapped his fingers, and I felt my hole go slick and loose. Fuck. This was so damn useful.
I shifted forward on my knees and grabbed his cock with one hand before lowering myself on it.
"Fuck!" I exclaimed as I felt the head of his cock push in, and he grabbed my hips and took over as he slowly lowered me onto his giant cock.
"Feel good?"
"Mm-hmm," I grunted, unable to form proper words as he made me feel more full than I ever had.
My ass pressed against his thighs as he filled me completely, and I panted with an open mouth, wondering how he could possibly fit so well inside me.
It was like I'd been made for him. Was this what being mates was about?
We didn't just fit well physically. Arnick's optimism balanced my realism, his sweet tooth was a perfect match for my profession, his gentle side a balm on my rough edges. We really were soulmates, weren't we?
"Move," I urged once I'd gotten used to feeling him inside me like this, and he hummed as he grabbed my hips and started moving me over his cock. I didn't have to do anything as he made me ride him, and I lost sense of time, place, everything as I let go, as I let him move me however he wanted.
Bracing my hands on his scaly shoulders, I panted against his neck as the scales on his cock rubbed my hole with every thrust, sending sparks of pleasure shooting up my spine. He felt so damned good. I was never going back to human sex after this.
"I'm close," I warned him, and suddenly, I was on my back with Arnick hovering over me. His cock hadn't slid out as he moved, and he thrust deep, making me shout his name as his cock pressed against that spot inside me, his scales scraping against it as he pulled out before pushing back in.
A few more thrusts and I was gone, my cock spurting bursts of cum as it lay untouched against my abdomen. I'd never come untouched before, not even when Arnick and I'd had sex before. But there was just something about his true form that drove me wild.
Arnick kept thrusting, and I whimpered, all my senses buzzing with pleasure. Reaching up, I wrapped my hands around the base of his horns, tugging gently, and he grunted.
His cum was hot, so hot I could feel it as it filled me, as it spilled out of my hole and onto the sheets as Arnick kept thrusting, filling me with more and more of his cum until there was none left.
He slipped out, then fell beside me as I panted for breath. His chest was still, but I knew he was no less affected than I was. He just didn't need to breathe.
Once I'd caught my breath, I turned on my side, gently running my fingers over the scales on his chest. They gradually ended just above his nipples, turning lighter and softer the closer they got to the dark nubs. I thumbed over a nipple, but Arnick caught my hand, then brought it up to his lips.
"Don't do that. Not unless you're ready for round two," he warned, and I chuckled.
"Give me twenty minutes. And maybe some water," I said, and he smiled, then waved his hand. Two water bottles plopped onto the mattress behind him, and he handed one to me before placing the other on the nightstand.
"I was going to tell you today, you know," he said as I sipped water, and I raised a brow at him. "I had a whole plan."
"Yeah? What were you going to do?"
He told me his extremely elaborate strategy, and I was grateful things had happened the way they had. I didn't think I would've handled a big reveal as well.
"I like the way we've spent my birthday so far. Brunch in bed, cuddling, and sex. It's been perfect. I wouldn't mind staying in this bed for the rest of the day," I said, and Arnick smiled, waiting until I'd put the water away before pulling me on top of him.
"Me neither," he murmured, then pulled me into a soft kiss, his lips hot against mine. I hummed, hoping he could feel all my love for him in the kiss.
When we parted, our gazes met, and we spent a few minutes just... just staring into each other's eyes. There were no thoughts in my head except how much I loved this man, this demon who'd turned my life upside down after he'd turned me upside down.
"I love you, Arnick," I murmured, smiling gently with his face cupped between my hands. "Thank you for throwing me into the bouquets that day."
Arnick chuckled, then turned his head to kiss my palm. "I love you too. Happy birthday, Theo."