Ursuline made the first strides toward the door, and I set into motion as well. My veins lit on fire again, my skin feeling exposed as we waited to reach the stop. No one paid us any mind, but it felt like they watched us regardless. The crawling sensation would be rough to shed.
The subway came to a firm stop, and the doors slid open.
Ursuline and I lunged through the exit.
When we stepped out, Casino Alley’s flashing neons and dark alleys created a barrage of noise and chaos. The subway zippedoff behind us, and the airwhooshedaround us in its wake. Dry leaves skittered by, circling around my feet.
The Spires loomed over all of it, a dark, craggy silhouette against the skyline.
To many it might be ominous, but to us? It spelled salvation.
Ursuline extended their hand, and I rested mine in it. The squeeze of our palms bolstered me like nothing else.
“Let me introduce you to the ‘Beast’ of the underworld,” Ursuline said, flashing me a wicked grin. “If we’ll be safe anywhere, it’s here.”
Together, we set off to safety.
Chapter 26
Going up in a private elevator was a new experience, and the older woman who escorted us seemed formidable at first, her silver hair in a tight bun, but then she cracked a joke or two with Ursuline. We’d been shown to a room and given the time and space to settle in and catch some rest. Amelia, the older woman, had told us what time breakfast was in the morning and then let us be.
We’d promptly passed out.
When I woke up in the foreign bed, my muscles were screaming. The only solace was the fact that Ursuline was wrapped around me like they’d been when we were in Sofia’s house. If I could sleep like this with them every night, I wouldn’t want for anything more. Something as simple as their companionship filled in the cracks in my psyche like nothing ever had. Not even art. The need for touch had been an activethump, thump, thumpin the background of my entire life.
For a while, I lay there, staring at the ceiling.
Had Gretel made it safely? What was Frederick doing now that we’d given him the slip? How were my parents reacting to their business deal falling through?
The carousel of thoughts was dizzying, and my fingers itched with the longing to paint, to sketch, to get these messy emotions out on paper or canvas in whatever way possible.
Ursuline’s arms clutched me tight, a solidness I clung to. The feel of us touching skin to skin like this sent a shiver down my spine. This sort of comfort had always been so out of reach for me, and despite the danger we were in, I couldn’t help but bask in this moment. Their body was so intensely warm, and their tentacles encircled my legs, the extra contact making my skin sensitized. My trapped cock throbbed in the cage, and I let out a low groan. My balls ached at this point, so heavy, and we hadn’t even discussed when I’d be set free.
Truth be told, I’d had more important things on my mind.
However, now that I was lying in bed with them, with no immediate plan, I couldn’t help but fantasize about their tentacles spearing into me. I longed for the moment they released me from the cage and I could unload everything that was pent up now.
Ursuline shifted, a soft murmur coming from them, and one of their tentacles roamed a bit higher up my leg. My whole body flushed at the attention, and I chewed on my lower lip to suppress a moan. I hadn’t even looked around the room yet or examined my surroundings, but something about the sinful way they stroked higher and higher up my thigh had me reeling. Pre-cum gushed from my cock, trapped in the tiny metal cage.
Their tentacle slid against my taint, and I whimpered. The sensation felt so strong, so intense, I almost grew lightheaded.
“Missed hearing that sound,” Ursuline murmured, clearly awake. However, their arms remained around me, just the way Iwanted it. “You’ve been such a good boy for me, Elrich. I’ll make sure to reward you tonight.”
My mouth went dry. By reward, did they mean…?
Ursuline nipped at my ear, and I didn’t need to turn around to sense the wicked smile on their lips. Before I could ask, they stroked against my taint again, and I trembled. The pleasure that shot through me was wild, the area so much more sensitive after the time I’d spent with my cock caged up. I swallowed hard, trying to keep from being too loud as they continued to tease me there.
“You’re going to look so pretty coming undone on my mating tentacles tonight,” they said, their breath a hot puff against my ear. “And since you’ve been so good for me, I’ll let you sink your cock into my hole to release.”
That answered my question. Heat roared through me, and I detonated.
“Maybe I’ll even fuck you into it,” they teased. “Just control your thrusts with mine.”
My jaw dropped, and I salivated with want. The imagery that sprang forward in my brain had me burning up inside, and the neediness that had been dormant for a while now returned with more force than before.
Ursuline pressed their lips against my neck, then they sank their teeth into the tender spot between my neck and shoulder, and a soft moan escaped me.
“I want that so badly,” I confessed. “Just to be surrounded by you.”
