and spent the next eternity with my woman shoving all kinds of food at me, from sweet to savory, mild to spicy, sour to bitter, and everything else in between. She took an almost malicious pleasure at my dismay whenever I tasted something I considered foul. Naima’s sadistic streak was fucking sexy, despite it being aimed at me. It would have been an even bigger turn on if the rancid flavor of some of the repulsive dishes didn’t still linger on my taste buds.
My woman didn’t just sit there watching me eat, but shared my meal, often finishing the things I’d taken a single bite out of before cringing. Naima had a healthy appetite. While our tastes completely differed on certain things, her pleasure as she enjoyed our meal not only soothed me, it also fed my ethereal energy. No wonder my kind were so eager to connect with their creator in this Plane. Their mere presence was an energy battery constantly fueling us. It was strange to enjoy simply eating in my mate’s company. I never thought I could find pleasure in anything that didn’t involve stalking and killing a prey, or consoling my mate after ‘punishing’ her.
It turned out that I enjoyed food with strong tastes; sweet, spicy, and acidic. Crunchy food gave me an odd sense of power. I loved the sound of them shattering beneath my teeth. And meat… I loved meat, bloody… or rare, as my female called it.
“You have expensive tastes that you might not be able to afford,” Naima said as I chowed down on a nearly raw piece of meat.
I smirked with shameless arrogance. “They’ll give me the meat I want to keep spanking their runaway Nightmares.”
She shook her head at me but didn’t challenge my statement. My gut said she also believed it.
I stopped eating long before my mate. Those signs she’d mentioned about my body talking to me manifested themselves with a sensation of fullness in my stomach that threatened to become uncomfortable if I didn’t stop. For a moment, I feared that this vessel’s limitations would also impede my ability to gorge on ethereal energy. But to my relief, my full belly didn’t block me from continuing to feed from the emotions my mate projected.
By the time we got up to leave, I’d almost forgotten the presence of the other agents. That was reckless, especially for a predator. The minute you let your guard down, your enemies would get the jump on you.
That would not happen again.
Chapter 10
Naima
Good Lord! Zain’s human form was freaking insane! I now better understood why so many humans ended up in a relationship with their Wishes. We had dreamed up our ideal partner. And boy, had I gone to town on mine! He was tall and built like a bodybuilder. Not the overly bulgy ones where they even stop looking human, but the perfect proportions, and divinely well-defined grooves that made you want to lick him up and down. Thank God I wasn’t a man, or I’d be walking around with a permanent hard on.
I’d never been a superficial type of woman. In truth, most of the men I’d dated wouldn’t have qualified as drop-dead gorgeous. That I’d even think of Zain as a human right now showed how hard I had fallen for his appeal.
When I embarked on this whole adventure, I’d convinced myself I’d be safe because my Nightmare wasn’t a real person. He was just a fantasy that had somehow managed to take a human appearance. But when I’d joined him inside the bathroom to show him the basics, the only thought that had played in a loop in my mind was how badly I’d wanted him to pin me against the wall and fuck me senseless.
I no longer feared him. Whatever reservations I had about him being a threat to me had further faded away in his room earlier. As a psychopath driven by self-gratification, he shouldn’t have stopped masturbating when I’d asked. In many ways, Zain was in a position of power. We needed him far more than he needed us. He knew that as long as he didn't cross certain lines, we would have no choice but to close our eyes to some of his more questionable behaviors. As long as he didn't try to force himself on me, I technically couldn't have forbidden him from enjoying his own body.
I couldn't begin to imagine what it was like for him to feel touch for the first time—real human