He frowned at himself as the realization struck that yes, he had in fact been doing that. He’d been in denial about it, but subconsciously, ever since he’d hurt Bay in the woods, he’d been going easier on him, letting him set the tone and the pace of their interactions.
Hell, Sila had disappeared for three days straight because he’d needed space to sort through this weird thing that was happening to him and he still hadn’t been able to properly deduce what it was.
But at the sound of that offer, that feeling within shifted.
“Keep you?” It’d never occurred to him that was a possibility. He figured he’d play with him until he got bored and that would be that. But keeping him…Sila had never met anyone like Bay before. Was there a chance he could entertain him for the rest of their lives? Forever was a really long time. “Do you understand what that means?”
That small voice within scolded him for asking. It whispered he shouldn’t give Bay any chances to change his mind and just take him now. Take him and claim him for real.
“I don’t want to die.” Bay removed his face from hiding and pulled back enough to meet Sila’s gaze. His eyes were puffy from crying and there was still dried spit on his chin from sucking him off. “I did before, but I don’t anymore.”
“Death or the Devil?” He lifted a brow. “You could have asked for anything, but those are the options you picked?”
“Without the devil,” Bay dropped his gaze, embarrassed, “death is the only option anyway.”
Sila stilled. “What does that mean?”
“You brought me back to life,” Bay said. “You should take responsibility. Wouldn’t it be a shame if all your hard work went to waste? If you just killed me and it was over? Isn’t that why you stopped on the bridge? You could have choked me to death there, but you didn’t. You want this too, Sila.”
“Do I?” His eyes narrowed. “You’re trying to manage me.”
“I’m trying to stay alive,” Bay disagreed.
“Oh?” Sila felt the call of his base nature and he welcomed it, basking in the familiarity. The calculations ran through his mind and it was as though that whole confusing mess of a person he’d been only a moment ago was finally washed away, replaced with his true self.
There was a way Sila could have everything he wanted, everything he needed to appease both his devilish side and the strange aching part of himself. The part that didn’t want to see Bay’s lifeless corpse after all.
Bay didn’t want to die?
He was in luck. It turned out Sila didn’t want that either.
However, there was no way in hell he was going to roll over and allow the professor to think he was in charge here. He wasn’t and he never would be.
Sila still wanted to punish him for the bridge, even if Bay had come to his senses and changed his mind. But the idea of keeping him also appealed…
“Here’s the deal, Kitten,” Sila said, easing Bay down onto his back on the mattress so that he was looming over him. He ran his tongue over his teeth, his full cock bumping against the side of Bay’s naked thigh. “I’ll let you live. If you can survive me.”
Bay inhaled and Sila grinned viciously down at him.
Even if this thing in his chest was care or, dare he say, love, it would take a lot more than that for a person to be a good fit for Sila. He’d never even considered taking a life partner before, had scoffed at the idea, in fact. But now…admittedly, there was a sort of appeal to the thought of having Bay whenever and however he wanted him. From now until the end of time.
He’d have to prove he could handle it though, handle Sila’s true self, because if he couldn’t…Well, that wasn’t the type of disappointment Sila wanted to deal with later on down the line, once he’d gotten even more attached to the older man.
Sila lowered himself, careful not to crush Bay, wanting to ease him back into a sense of security. That was also why he kept the kiss light, just a brushing of their lips before he was pulling back and smiling down at him all over again.
“Remember what you said, baby. Try to stay alive.”
The doubt had only just begun to trickle into Bay’s eyes when Sila let go off the last thread of control and finally introduced the real Devil of Vitality to the world.
Chapter 26:
It should have made him realize what an epic mistake he’d made when Sila forced his thighs apart and practically bent him in half to get to his unprepared hole.
But it didn’t.
Bay didn’t even fight it when that massive cock poked at his ass, seeking out his puckered entrance, even knowing the absolute hell it was about to bring him. Sure enough, that hot rod of steel tore him open in one brutal thrust, his insides screaming in agony as a fresh wave of tears flooded from his eyes.
His cry gave him away though. The sound of it, a distinct mixture of pain and pleasure, laying him barer than the man currently on top of him had.
