Chapter 31
Iwoke up hours later to a noise coming from the en suite bathroom. I turned around, the bed next to me was empty. The room was dark, but I could clearly see him coming out of the bathroom, sneaking across the room.
“Hey,” I said sleepily.
He gave me a kiss on the cheek.
“I’m sorry, trouble. I didn’t mean to wake you. Go back to sleep.”
I sat up straight. “Can you do me a favor? Can you get me a glass of water from the dresser over there?”
“Of course, hold on.” He smiled and got up in all his naked glory.
He handed the glass to me, and I took a small sip.
“Thanks, but I just wanted to see your ass again.” I smirked.
His laugh echoed through the room as he took the glass from me, placing it on the bedside table and settling in next to me again.
“And are you satisfied with the basic anatomy of my behind?” he asked.
I nestled closer and placed my hand on his backside, “Oh, very much so,” and squeezed. “Well, then… now it’s my turn, on your belly!” he ordered, mock stern. I obliged. My lower back and bum were still covered with the sheet, and he made a slow show of pushing it down.
He paused, straightened slightly, and adjusted his glasses with exaggerated precision, like a professor about to begin a lecture. Then he leaned over, tracing little kisses down my spine and over my ass.
“Delicious, darling,” he said, pretending to bite me. I laughed, grabbing him and pulling him up until we were face to face, nose to nose.
“No matter what happens, let’s promise each other to come back here again one day,” I whispered. He closed the distance between us with a kiss and planted his hand on my bottom, pulling me flush against him. His cock responded instantly, and he was hard before our kiss had even ended.
“All right, wordsmith, you have to tell me now. Do you want to sleep or do you want me to carry on? Because right now I might still be able to stop myself, but not for long.”
I grinned and reached down between us to where his cock was already waiting for me.
I gently grabbed his length and opened my legs, sliding his cock up and down my folds.
I was already so wet that he could have easily slipped it in, despite its size.
Theo drew in a rugged breath and pushed himself up on his elbows and positioned himself between my legs.
He kissed me deeply, the scruff of his beard tickling my sensitive skin, and lowered himself onto me. “You,” he kissed my jaw, “are,” he kissed the side of my mouth, “everything,” he breathed as he kissed my eyes.
He positioned himself between my legs and looked down to where his hard cock was pressing against my entrance. He stilled in his movements, his shoulders were tense and he seemed to hesitate.
“We don’t have to do this,” I said softly. “If you’re unsure, if you’d rather wait until the prophecy is fulfilled—”
His eyes searched mine, full of something deep and trembling, something close to reverence. He shook his head slowly, a small, wistful smile tugging at his lips.
“No,” he whispered. “I don’t want to wait anymore.”
I felt his breath hitch as he gathered his thoughts, as if pulling them from a place he’d kept locked away for years.
“For so long, I told myself I had to stay pure. That every choice I made had to serve the prophecy. That I couldn’t give myself to anyone, not even when I wanted to. And then you came along, and—”
He paused, his hand finding mine, holding it gently between us.
“You make me feel like I have a choice again. Like I’m allowed to want something for myself. And I do, Maelis. I want this. I want you. Not because of some prophecy… but because you’re the only person I’ve ever wanted like this.”
The air between us was heavy, charged with both emotion and something unspoken. I searched his expression, looking for hesitation, but there was none, only quiet certainty, and a tenderness that made my heart ache.
“Are you sure?” I asked one last time, voice barely above a whisper.
He leaned forward, resting his forehead against mine.
Instead of answering, he kissed me and slowly pushed himself inside me.
The sensation was incredible, feeling him slowly filling me up, more and more with each movement.
He stopped and a grin tugged at the corners of his mouth. “I must warn you, there are 500 years of pent-up desire inside of me, this probably won’t be the lovemaking you deserve.”
A genuine laugh escaped me, and he hissed because my muscles contracted, deliciously teasing his cock inside of me.
“I think you underestimate just how much I want you inside me, Theo. This is going to be quick for me too.”
His eyes rolled back into his head, and with a shake of his head he added,
“Don’t say things like that. Have mercy, woman. It’s only going to make me cum quicker.”
He started moving again then, faster this time, going deeper with each stroke.
I could feel the pressure of him against my clit, adding to the sensation of having him deep inside me.
He leaned down to kiss me, his thrusts becoming quicker and more urgent and before I knew it, my body spasmed and I came with a force that I didn’t think possible.
That seemed to push him over the edge too and he released himself inside me, panting and moaning even after the initial sensation had passed.
“I am never leaving this bed again. And neither are you!” he said when he had finally caught his breath and grinned down at me with bright orbs floating in his eyes.
It was impossible to go back to sleep after what we’d just shared.
We went downstairs and watched the sun come up behind the mountain, basking the snowy landscape around us in a bright orange light.
We made love again and the sun on his skin made him look all the more the glorious God I knew he was.
When we lay there panting, he hugged me close to him and said, “I don’t want to boast or anything, but I think I am getting the hang of it. ”
I was already exhausted and laughed softly into his chest. “If this is you being an amateur at something, I am scared for what’s yet to come”
“I have sooo many ideas, Mae, and I am going to try them all on you.” He chuckled and kissed me deeply again.
“Well, if that’s the case, you should probably rest and recharge while I make us some pancakes,” I teased and wiggled myself free of his hold.
“I feel like that’s a ploy to keep me out of the kitchen, but all right. If it means I get to watch you walk around in only my shirt, I am all for it.”
We ate pancakes on the sofa, watching the snow fall outside, and I couldn’t help but think how normal our lives felt in that moment.
For the first time in years, I felt at peace, my demons finally quiet.
As if they too were tired of the ever present feeling of guilt and shame and self-doubt.
It was a fragile state of illusion, carefully held together by a yearning so deep it perpetrated every cell in my body. If only this could be my happy ending.
* * *
At some point, between breathless kisses and laughs, Theo picked up an old board game.
“I used to play this with Malek when we were sent into the mountains to ‘cool off’ as teenagers. We would always get ourselves into trouble, back then it was the biggest punishment having to stay in a cabin in the woods with nothing to do. Oh, how the times have changed, eh?” he said.
I smiled at him and ran my hand through his hair.
“So, what are we playing?”
Theo opened the game and started putting pieces together.
“This is a strategy game. You have different creatures at your disposal to grow your own village, but you also have a secret mission that you need to accomplish.”
I looked at him and laughed, “So basically this game is called ‘How to be a God’ for Dummies?’”
“Ha! I wish it was this easy to be a God. I need to warn you, I am incredibly good at this game,” he said.
After several rounds, I was ready to throw my hands up in defeat.
I had known it would be difficult to win in any game against the God of Wisdom, but the way he dominated every game was unreal.
He seemed to calculate all of my moves in advance and before I even knew which play I was going to make, he had already anticipated which way I would go and had made provisions.
After I lost six times, I magically won round seven and although he swore to me that he had not intentionally played badly, I knew he had let me win. It was late afternoon already and if I blinked, it would be the next day and we had to leave this place to go into battle.
“I can see what you’re thinking, wordsmith. Don’t let your thoughts wander. Stay here with me, in this moment,” he gently said.
“You’re right, I just wish these days didn’t have to end.” I sniffed.
He pulled me into his side, my nose buried in the crook of his neck, breathing him in.
“Nothing is ending. We are only just getting started, darling.”
He was wrong.
And while every fiber of my being rebelled against it, I started building my walls up again. I needed full control over my emotions if I wanted to go through with my plan.
* * *
“All right, open your eyes,” he said as he led me into the attic room.
I slowly opened them, letting them adjust to the light.
Theo had not only prepared the hot tub and two glasses of wine, but had also lit several candles around the room.
“Wow, you are going all the way to get me naked, aren’t you?” I teased, and he grinned at me, pulling me in for a kiss.
“I am confident that I wouldn’t need any of this, if I can just do this,” he said, grabbing my ass and kissing me senseless.
I laughed against his mouth, “All right, all right, I give in. Let’s get naked.”
I was already fully immersed in the tub when he started undressing right in front of me.
I couldn’t take my eyes off of him, the way his muscles worked when he stripped off, his big hands handling buttons and cords with precision and most of all, the look of pure desire on his face.
To my surprise, he placed a book next to the tub.