[o] bad luck never lost a race

SOHALIA

and there we are again when nobody had to know

Ace drove deeper into Sohalia than she thought possible, and as the strength of her orgasm took her, she felt the throb of his release as he fell over the edge with her. For a moment, all she could feel was the combined pleasure between them, unable to think of anything else, giving herself over to the sensations coursing through her body. Ace’s roar echoed in her mind, her own wordless cry joining his.

As the last pulses of her orgasm faded, Soh felt Ace’s lips capture hers in a kiss that was tender and gentle, running lazy hands over her bare skin. She returned the favor, leaning into his kiss as her own hands rover over his body. So were you, she replied, suddenly shy in the face of her actions. But in this moment, here in his arms, she didn’t have it in her to feel embarrassed that this had been her first time.

you kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath

There is no such thing as a bad idea.

The high of their orgasms hung in the air like a drug, leaving his mind comfortably fuzzy at the edges. He breathed in the scent of their actions like an addict, deep and heady with the way his body was drained of the excess energy. Sohalia's hands worked along the sensitive skin of his chest and back, raising goosebumps in their wake, but he didn't mind, letting her get her fill of him (literally). 

He chuckled at her words, confident enough in his own abilities not to dispute them, although he took them as a sign that the moment was passing. Ace kissed her again as he asked, Do you want to get cleaned up? There were plenty of pools around to wash in if she wished, and he would be more than willing to assist. He wasn't quite ready for a round two, but he wouldn't turn down more opportunities to nip and tease at the woman, taking every drop of desire from her like some junky already withdrawing from the thrum of his racing heart.

Only Poorly Executed Awesome Ones.

Ace

SOHALIA

and there we are again when nobody had to know

Soh was very suddenly aware of everywhere their bodies touched, and not necessarily in the this-was-fun-let’s-do-it-again kind of way. For the gods’ sake, she was a former queen, and she’d allowed herself to be thoroughly seduced beneath the midnight sky for all the world to see and hear.

And what was worse was that she’d liked it.

And if she stayed, she wasn’t sure she’d have the willpower necessary - or the physical strength needed - to drag herself back to her apartment in the city. She was already too comfortable in Ace’s arms, and she barely knew him. Maybe that was fine for her to have sex with him, but it certainly wasn’t enough to trust him as she slept.

I should go, she murmured, softening the rejection with a last sweet kiss. She gathered her clothes from where they’d been discarded nearby and dressed hurriedly, hardly caring about the dirt that marred her skin or the twigs that had tangled in her hair. She paused before leaving, meeting Ace’s ice-blue gaze with a hesitant, shy smile. I’ll see you around, she added, but she wasn’t sure if she meant it. What would happen if she saw him again? She couldn’t deny their attraction - not when it had led to that - but nor could she pretend that this hadn’t been a mistake.

Or had it been? Maybe this was better - no strings, no attachments, no messy relationships for her to screw up.

Swallowing her misgivings, Soh fled, shifting into a snowy owl for a more direct flight back to her apartment in the city.

fin

you kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath