Page 148 of Tempt

Everest isn’t as afraid as my brother, more curious than anything. ‘Can I touch him?’ he asks when Gerald pushes his block head against a small chair and shoves it across the room toward us.

‘Yes. He likes his shell being scratched.’

As Gerald makes his way toward us, Everest reaches out, and his hand glides over the rock-like shell, making Gerald stop, his antennae flicking toward him before he butts his head against Everest’s knee.

I see Everest throw his head back and laugh before getting Rathyn’s attention. ‘I want one. I want a pet.’

Rathyn’s lips turn down, and he scowls. ‘No.’

Everest rolls his eyes and then hides his hands when he signs to both of us. ‘I will get one. Just watch. I can coax and convince him.’

I find myself laughing, my back sinking into the cushion behind me as Rathyn and Eissa watch us for a long moment.

‘We will give you privacy,’ Eissa says, and then Rathyn and Eissa move out onto the front porch, Gerald meandering out after them.

‘Your ASL is getting very good, by the way,’ I tell Everest when he turns his gaze back to me.

‘I’ve been practicing. And I have all the time in the world to learn. I mean, I’m not working much, just getting my cock sucked and using all those toys Dante has made for us—’ His hands stop, and then he waves at my brother. ‘Show him what you brought.’

Dante’s eyes widen, and he hops up, moving to the front door where he left his cloak. He reaches into one of the pockets and pulls out a box.

‘I just made this. Everest and Rathyn tried it out, and they liked it.’

Everest flushes. ‘Rathyn liked it a lot. Appeals to their breeding nature.’

I pull the lid of the box open and stare down at it. It’s a large dildo, shaped after a Vyastil cock, the base thick with a knot.

‘What does it do?’

‘It lays eggs in you, and then you push them out.’

I blink a few times and then let out a laugh. ‘You’re fucking with me.’

‘No. He’s not,’ Everest replies. ‘It’s really hot. You know…because the Vyastil can’t breed humans and we can’t lay eggs, and they really like watching us…’ his hands waggle in the air, and then he says, ‘give birth.’

I hold up the dildo to my face and examine it. Well, fuck. My cock stirs at the thought of Eissa watching me push the eggs out, one by one.

‘I’ll try it.’

‘Let me know if you think there should be any modifications to it. I’m all ears.’

I clear my throat and look at Everest and then Dante. ‘He has two dicks.’

They stare at me and then lean forward simultaneously. ‘Two?’

‘Yeah.’

Then they’re asking me all sorts of questions, ones I’d normally balk at, but I have no one to discuss this with. Lucie, maybe, but we aren’t as close. This is a safe space, one where I can ask questions and receive answers without second-guessing myself, without wondering if I’m being judged.

‘Wow. That sounds so hot. So, you’re mated with a breeder? I can’t believe it,’ Dante says.

‘Yeah. Same-same.’

‘With two cocks,’ Everest says, sighing. ‘I think you should make a toy like that, so Rath can use it on me.’

He freezes for a moment and then rolls his eyes. ‘Rath is being a nosy bitch. Says that I don’t need two dicks to be satisfied, but that’s not the point! The point is I want to try it!’ I can see the way his lips move. He’s talking while signing this, probably loudly so that Rathyn can hear.

Suddenly, Rathyn appears, and Everest flips him off. It only leads to Everest being picked up off the couch by Rathyn and led somewhere in the house. Don’t want to know what they’re going to do, but it leaves Dante and me alone for a long moment.