started to ache. Yes, that was also real. An ache between my legs, sopping wet, my clit felt positively swollen. This had never happened to me before. Could someone be so aroused as to ache? Short answer, yes. Long answer? Yes, Commander.
Michael stroked my hand, massaged my biceps, and walked his claws over my arm all the way down to my wrist. He took one wrist, then the other into one hand and moved my arms above my head, where the other free hand held them. My pajama shirt started sliding off, over my head, and wrapped around my wrists, which freed his hand so he could flick my nipple. I didn’t shiver from the cold.
I lay there, quiet, aching, and perhaps a little scared. Michael was born or made—I didn’t know which—to wage wars, heal, comfort, and hold vigil over the mortals. He didn’t know what love was. I did. That scared me. But I didn’t let fear break me now. I couldn’t. In the Before, if a guy came at me like this, maybe I’d get up and walk away, take a cab to my parents’ house or even my apartment at college. Maybe I’d never call the guy again. But this was no ordinary guy, and I was not that Julia. There were no exams to pass. There was life to learn and survive.
Again, and with my wrists firmly restrained, his palm pressed my belly, and he groaned with his lips on my ear. I heard him breathing, a little heavier than before. “Good morning, Julia.”
Oh boy. The bedroom voice. Smooth, rough, titillating.
“Good morning,” I managed.
“It’s Sunday,” he said.
“Is it?” What a stupid question. Inwardly, I rolled my eyes. My brain was short-circuiting.
“Today, we rest.”
“I thought evil never rested and neither shall we. Or some such.” I attempted humor and even chuckled a bit, my nerves getting the better of me.
“You may rest assured that today, evil is not resting. It’s out there either screaming or bleeding or both. But I’d rather not talk about it.” He kissed my shoulder. “I don’t want to talk at all.” His fingers lifted the hem of my underwear, and his hand snuck inside, slowly at first, making room between my legs. I froze, thinking perhaps I should clamp my legs closed, but that was not to be. Michael pushed a knee between my thighs and spread my legs for me. He cupped my aching place, one finger running along my entrance, sometimes, though not often enough, stroking my clit, teasing, taking his sweet time with exploring, arousing me to the point where my hips moved with his strokes and I almost pushed his fingers inside my channel. I let out a frustrated breath.
He took it as a cue.
He moved down my body. Under the covers, all I saw was the massive hill made by his wings and another small hill made by his head between my legs. As if made of goo, my legs fell open, parting, and Michael pushed my knees back together so he could slide my underwear off. He picked up my ankles and held them in one hand, then pushed my legs up so my knees rested on my breasts. A warm, wet tongue slipped inside my pussy. It wiggled, then swiped the length of my channel. Then again, he swiped his tongue over the length of my slit. Over and over again, he feasted like this, and my pussy pulsed and pulsed, making that clear liquid for him to eat. He stroked my clit with his fingers, slowly, painfully, and I was pretty sure my little bud swelled to bursting. I lifted my hips, seeking more, thrusting with his strokes, aching, matching his speed, until I was a mindless puddle of lust, wildly grabbing fistfuls of his hair, not caring that one finger probed my back hole and entered. I screamed, my belly contracting as an orgasm took me. I rode his face, and he let me, even grabbed my ass and pressed me against his mouth.
Tremors shook my body.
My muscles gave up. I lay there completely uncaring if the skies dropped.
Michael’s head poked out from under the covers. I could barely keep my eyelids open. His eyes shone bright, two suns not letting me look, but I watched anyway. Tears brimmed and spilled at the edges of my eyes. Michael covered me with his body and licked my tears. He fisted my hair, pulled, and, his mouth at mine, said, “Julia, would you take