Chapter 1 #2
My mind reeled, but more than anything, I wondered how it was that my cock hadn’t gotten the hint by now.
It was still half-hard, unusually interested in this creature before me.
His body, half of which was ethereal as a god, the other half so tantalizing it left heat behind as it had wrapped around my body.
I couldn’t help but think what else the tentacles were capable of doing to me.
“I pulled you down in order to save you from the same fate as the rest of the crew.” Xexon’s voice echoed around me and washed over my body, stirring emotions I wasn’t sure I was ready to acknowledge yet.
Fear had slowly ebbed and in its place came more of the heated need that my cock felt.
There was no rational reason why I would feel so strongly toward this creature when I had never met him before.
Especially as I watched him kill several of my crewmates.
Though they may not have been the best humans, they were still people.
Yet, beyond all of that, there was this pull deep within my gut.
An ache that urged me to draw nearer to Xexon and allow him to embrace me.
His dark gaze was softened, though his expression remained calm.
Was this how he drew in his food? He used magic to calm them down moments before he devoured them?
Did he even eat humans? Why was I thinking of this?
And damned the gods, why was my cock still hard? !
I opened my mouth to demand to be let free. To be allowed to go back to the surface. To face whatever fate was deemed worthy of the rest of the crew. But all that escaped was a quiet, “Why?”
Xexon’s lips twitched, and he shifted a bit closer. “Because you protected me. When your crewmate used that crossbow on my arm,” he lifted one of his tentacles that seemed completely fine, “you stopped him. You pulled the arrow from me, allowing it to return to the sea and be healed.”
“Are you immortal?” Why the fuck was I even asking that? He was a creature living at the bottom of the sea, protecting a magical underwater kingdom. Was there a need to know if he was unkillable?
Xexon tilted his beautiful head, his silky hair fluttering over his shoulders.
“I do not know if I am immortal in the sense that I will never cease to exist. I have lived for centuries, forced into a pact with the five kingdoms. I can be hurt as any other person can be, I suppose, but if I submerge my body back into the safety of the sea, it will eventually heal itself. Some wounds may take longer to heal. So, to answer you clearly, I do not know. I have been the only one of my kind in existence that I know of, so there is no way for me to find that answer for you. I apologize.”
“No, I mean… don’t apologize.” The awkward tension caused me to rub the back of my head to distract myself from the intensity of his gaze.
Xexon was odd. He wasn’t the fierce monster the rest of the ship had believed him to be.
He seemed almost human-like, though with rough edges from not being raised around others.
“I… um, I helped you because I knew you weren’t attacking us simply to devour our bodies.
I knew you were only trying to protect Brasil from another ship getting too close.
It was our fault for trying to find the kingdom. ”
“Why do you want to find Brasil?”
Why was I saying so much in front of him?
Xexon’s presence was warm, and even as he stood before me, I could feel the heated touch of his tentacle still on me.
I opened my mouth and almost asked him to touch me.
To wrap his tentacle around my waist once more.
“I have been enamored with the sea kingdom since I was a little boy. I was told that it was filled with creatures we’d never seen before.
Though growing up, they turned the stories into nightmares to scare us into staying away.
As I grew older, I found this pull to the sea.
I wanted to explore and see what was out there in the world.
Away from the mainland. But the captain of the ship wanted to plunder Brasil.
I found out the day after I had already signed up for the voyage.
Unfortunately, there was no turning back for me. ”
“I believe you, Dante.” Xexon smiled softly and moved closer once more.
He was so close that if I reached out, I could touch him.
His arm, his defined form, his tentacles.
Heat erupted within my body and I realized I wanted much more from Xexon than was honorable.
“I knew when you acted on my behalf that you were different than the others. I heard you call out for your crewmate to stop their attack, although they were trying to save you. Along with the strong pull I had toward you already, I knew I had to get you off that ship.”
“What do you mean?” I tried to keep calm and harden my voice to hide my overwhelming emotions, but it was impossible.
There was a need that tightened the end of my words and Xexon could sense it, I knew.
His eyes became hooded as he searched my face.
He licked out at his lips and I did my best not to groan from the sight. What was he doing to me?
“There is another reason why I saved you, but I cannot simply tell you. That’s not how it works.” Xexon sighed, his expression hardening and that need from before was closed off. “I must send word to Brasil.”
His words hung in the air as he turned to move away. My hand moved of its own accord and I was a breath away from one of his tentacles before my mind finally caught up with my body and I snapped my hand back.
“Wait,” I called out as he distanced himself. “What about me? What will I do now?”
Xexon paused, his gaze meeting mine for but a fleeting moment before he turned away once more. “Fear not, my dear Dante. I will ensure help arrives for you. Soon you will be rid of me and this sea.”
With that, Xexon vanished and I was left alone in the main section of the cavern.
His form moved smoothly around a bend in the rock face and I lost sight of him pretty quickly.
Unsure of what to do next, I stood there, listening to the sound of the water dripping and plinking both on the rock and pool, interchangeably.
I could escape while he was busy, he even said as much, but how was I going to swim all the way to the surface? I didn’t know where this cavern was even located in conjunction with the ship, or where we’d been attacked, and who knew how deep we were.
Xexon had only shown me kindness since even before I’d woken up here, even if he had yet to tell me why.
There was a bond between us that was silent yet stole my breath.
It churned in my mind as I wondered if Xexon had the abilities of other underwater creatures, ones that lured seamen to their deaths, dragging them under.
But they sang songs that bewitched their dinner, and Xexon had saved me.
He could’ve killed me by now, but why bring me here alive?
Even as danger still lurked in the shadows, Brasil so close, if they saw me as a threat and wished me dead, Xexon would have to follow the order.
Right? But he had a gentle touch and I would much rather meet my end looking into his glimmering gaze than suffocate and drown in the deep depths of the sea.
I stared down at the illuminated pool and smiled. My mind was even trying to come up with a reason to stay. So be it.