I look to my right and find Quaid standing next to me. He’s naked. I look down at myself, find me in the same state, and then look out at the horizon. We’re on some kind of a cliff overlooking a peaceful summertime valley.
I look back at Quaid. “I didn’t do this.”
“Well, it wasn’t me. I don’t normally interrupt my fucking and choking to go into a dream.”
“Hmm.” That’s all I say back. Because yeah, when you’re on the verge of having the best orgasm of your life, you don’t generally want to interrupt that with a paranormal experience. But then the maze comes back to me and I turn to him. “Oh, my god, were you there? In the maze with me? Did you see it?”
“What are you talking about?”
“The maze! The Minotaur! It was chasing us and we were running towards a wall with glowing symbols. I had to sing the song, and we floated up into the air, and you were fucking with the lights, and then…” I blink. “Well, a big flash of light occurred and we came here.”
He’s shaking his head. “Nope. That’s not what I saw.”
“What did you see?”
“Code. Like… I was inside a computer, or something.”
“Like the green outlines in the maze?”
“No, it was literally code. All around me. Like those symbols on the walls that you light up.” We stare at each other for a moment. Then he says, “That’s your power. That’s the one I unlock.” He smiles. Like he’s proud of this fact. “It’s how we get out!”
“But what’s this place?” I ask. Panning a hand to the peaceful valley. It’s very picturesque. Almost unreliably beautiful. Like it was painted or something. But it’s real, we’re here, and I can feel the heat of the bright sun and the coolness of a gentle breeze on my naked body.
Quaid studies the valley down below, then looks around where we’re standing on the cliff. He points up. “Look. Is that a village up there?”
I turn and look up in the direction he’s pointing. It does, in fact, look like some kind of village. “Where are we?”
“I don’t know,” he says. “But when you saw us running in the maze, was it that time we were all running together? When we first figured out where we were?”
“No.” I shake my head. “It wasn’t that time. It was different because we—you and me—we were only half dressed. No shoes. It was like we were interrupted in the middle of sex and had to get the fuck out of Dodge, pronto.”
“Do you think that something is happening back in… reality, or whatever? Are Aric and Declan in trouble?”
I shrug. “I didn’t get that feeling. In fact, I got the feeling you and I were on a mission. Like, on an assignment. I was supposed to sing the song and you were messing with the glowing symbols on a wall.” I let out a huff. “It doesn’t make much sense, does it?”
Quaid looks at me and smiles. I think, fully realizing that we’re naked. “Feels like paradise to me so, I’m not complaining.”
“But it’s not real.” Again, I pan a hand to the place where we’re landed. “This is like a dream.”
“Hmm. You’re right. It is like a dream. I’m stuck with a naked woman in paradise.” He thinks for a moment, looking around a little. Then his gaze meets mine. “Let’s think about this logically. The only reason we were having sex is to unlock your power. The one you and I share—for whatever strange reason. And this is what happened. I saw code and you saw…” His eyes light up. “The future!”
“Why would it be the future?”
“Because it hasn’t happened yet. You saw… the plan!”
“The plan to escape?” At first, I’m not sure. But the more I think about it, it did feel like a plan. Like I said. A mission. An assignment.
“We need to get back,” Quaid says. “We need to get back and tell Aric and Declan because all the puzzle pieces are finally starting to make sense to me.”
I let out a long breath. “I’m really glad you’re here because it doesn’t make any sense to me at all. Most importantly though, how the hell do we get back?”
My question makes him smile as he takes a few steps towards me. One hand snakes around my hip, pulling me right up next to his naked body, while the other goes back up to my throat. He starts walking forward, forcing me to go backwards.
Suddenly, I can feel the roughness of the cliff behind me, and then Quaid reaches down, hooks his hands under my knees, and lifts me up, pressing his stomach right into my open pussy.
Bracing himself against the wall to keep me in place, he reaches down, gives his cock a couple of priming tugs, and slips it right up inside me.
I close my eyes, moaning, and then he’s got his hand on my throat again and the stars are back…
The next thing I know, I’m lying down on the bed having the orgasm of my life. My back arching, moans and squeals pouring out of my mouth, and I’m looking up at Quaid as he comes too. His low grunts and growls even more a turn on than his cock.
Then he falls on top of me, spent and happy as he kisses my neck and breasts.
The door to the room flies open and Aric comes rushing in. “What the hell is going on in here!”
Declan is right behind him, chuckling. “We thought you were killing her!”
“Well,” I say. “If I died, then I’d do it all over again. Because we just went to paradise.”
