“Why would they?”
I swallowed.
He continued. “All gods descend from Lune and Mor. They are the greatest lovers of all time. The fathers of all gods. Both male.”
I couldn’t help the laugh that pulled from deep inside me. Gay gods. A world where people’s genders didn’t influence who others believed they should love. That alone was worth leaving this place behind.
“I’m going to like your world.” I smiled.
His lips pulled into a wide grin again. “Yes, you will.”
My stomach fluttered. His smile was so beautiful. I was going to make sure he’d only ever smile from now on.
The desires of my body quickly surpassed the need to talk, the need to think. Powerful instincts would rise up with little warning, and I found myself a slave to them. Khorli didn’t seem to mind.
A moment later I was climbing his body. My tail wrapped around his thigh, as his was around mine. I didn’t know how to make it do that, or how I’d make it stop. It seemed to do whatever it wanted, but I didn’t care right now. Especially not as our lips connected again.
I wanted him. Needed him. A hunger unlike anything I’d experienced before. Our blood-soaked fuck in the woods had taken the edge off, but I already needed him again. I wanted more this time. I doubted my body could have taken him when I was human, but I wasn’t human anymore. I was stronger now. I felt fucking indestructible, and I wanted to test the limits of what I could handle, starting with that monster cock of his.
I opened my mouth to demand it. “I need—”
“Hey Joey.” A familiar voice from the creek bank.
I turned to see familiar gray eyes staring back at me.
Tash.
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JOSIAH
Khorli growled, the flowers over his antlers and the orb floating between them growing rapidly brighter.
“Settle,” I warned him, tugging at his antlers to break the death stare he had on her. “That’s Tash. She’s a friend.”
“A friend?” Tash scoffed. “Clearly not.”
Khorli’s grip on my hips tightened. It took all my willpower not to resume what we’d just been doing, even with her standing there watching us with a disapproving glare.
I smacked at his hands as he refused to release me. He continued to glare back at her when I finally managed to pry his fingers from the grip he had over my skin.
“Tash, just…” I waded through the water toward the bank. “Turn around for a moment.”
“No.” She had her chainsaw in hand, and she looked like she was debating whether to start it up and massacre us both.
Thankfully for me, and the dick that refused to listen to me, her attention was mostly focused on Khorli as I left the water and tried to pull the denim up my wet legs as fast as possible.
I ended up tearing new holes in the waistline, but I got them on and tucked my dick into the now damp fabric, so I could attempt to speak with her and not make this more awkward than it already was.
“I’m so glad you’re here.”
Silver eyes flicked back to me. She absolutely did not seem to share that sentiment.
“Do you know how long you’ve been missing, Joey? I thought you were fucking dead.”
“I know,” I sighed. “I know. I’m sorry. It’s been… pretty crazy here. A lot has happened, but please believe I literally couldn’t come back and update you.”
“Why?”