17
The caress of cold air against Noah’s naked back pulled him out of sleep. He peeled his eyes open and reached for the cover, finding it pooled around his waist as he lay sprawled on his stomach on Reign’s King-size bed.
Noah gripped the soft fabric. His left inner thigh ached slightly, the pressure that hadn’t been there before last night making him recount exactly how it had come to be. Rolling to his side, Noah took in the cloudy morning outside Reign’s partially open window, then uncovered his legs and traced his fingers along the shape of the demon sigil. The branded skin was warmer than the surrounding area, raw to the touch though not painful aside from the pulsing Noah could feel under it.
He deemed the sensation uncomfortable but not unpleasant, then shuddered as he remembered the sharp pain of the sigil coming into contact with his bone. Pure agony was what it had felt like, all-encompassing and absolute and so befitting the trade of one’s soul for a demon’s favor.
Reign was a demon. The demon from Noah’s fantasies. Or should he call him Sairreign? Either way case, Noah thought the name sounded pretty.
His head a little dizzy, he pushed himself up into a sitting position and threw his legs over the edge of the bed. When he stood up after a couple of minutes, his knees buckled, but he managed to retain his balance. His entire lower body was sore and aching in a novel way he’d not experienced before.
Noah pulled on his bottom lip as he dragged a finger down the crease of his ass, finding his hole still tender. Sex with Reign… had felt amazing. Mind-blowing. Hotter and more intense than he’d imagined it and—he entered the bathroom, and slipped under the shower—he was craving it again. Craving Reign, his touch, the noises he made, the way he commanded Noah’s body.
Thinking back on the sensation of being stretched, Noah palmed his hardening cock and let his fingers tease his hole. The pressure against it wasn’t enough though, not now that he’d had a taste of Reign’s dick, how it moved inside him and filled him.
Too turned on to linger under the hot water, Noah wrapped up his shower and grabbed the bathrobe Reign had draped over the heated railing. Draping it over his shoulders without bothering to tie it, he left the bedroom in search of the demon, whom he found sitting in one of the massive armchairs in the lounge with that old book in hand.
“Noah?” Reign lifted his gaze from the page he was reading and drank Noah in, a smirk manifesting on his face. “Come,” he ordered, folding his glasses and closing his book so he could place them both on the metal end table.
Noah didn’t need a second invitation. He made it over as Reign produced a vial of lube and then watched in a mesmerized trance as thedemonemerged, red-skinnedand just as otherworldly now in the light of day as he had been last night. Reign’s satin robe fell to the sides as he spread his legs and slicked himself, his tail coiling around his left arm. With a tilt of his chin, he beckoned Noah and Noah obliged, straddling his hips and sliding all the way down his flushed cock.
“Mm, Noah,” Reign let out a deep moan, the sound just as obscene and desperate as the noises leaving the human.
To have sex first thing in the morning, to have Noah seeking him out already, it was just as exhilarating as the tightness of Noah’s body clamping around him. It had been a truly pleasant surprise to discover last night just how insanely compatible their bodies were, how perfectly Noah molded to him. The reactions, the motions, the little shivers and the gasps, the way he cried out Reign’s name… all of it was driving Reign crazy, making him want Noah even more than he already did.
A human like this was addictive, a drug to a demon, making Reign feel as if he was the one being seduced. The insatiable lust Noah seemed to possess was fuel to his own, just like the open acceptance and the lack of fear, both of which were a novelty even after centuries of collecting human souls in exchange for silly wishes.
Reign retracted his tail from his arm and wrapped it around Noah’s waist, the tip grazing one nipple and then the other while Noah fucked himself like a whore on his dick. Noah was exquisite, like the taste of those unusual liquors Lucifer’s mysterious friends brought once to the Bone Palace. For the past ten long years, no other man or woman had managed to pique Reign’s interest, no plea oroffering worthy of forfeiting the chance of having this one. Perhaps it was the other way around then; Reign had been the one tempted right from the very start by a human not aware he even existed.
By the time their orgasms hit them, both of them were sweaty and panting. They took a bath together, though Noah was quiet throughout, flustered and thoughtful as Reign lathered and washed his body.
“Noah, what’s on your mind?” Reign prompted once they were out of the bathtub and getting dressed.
Noah’s brown-hazel eyes studied Reign’s reflection in the mirror. “I…” He licked over his lips, the pink tongue strangely alluring the moment it peeked out of Noah’s mouth, even if his demeanor suggested he was a little embarrassed by whatever he was about to confess. “I don’t know what came over me this morning…”
Hmm, he was worried about that?Reign zipped his pants and turned around, pulling Noah in and pressing their bodies together. Noah’s eyes fluttered closed when Reign’s hand reached over and groped one underwear-clad globe of his ass.
Mortals were… weak, fragile, the mark of a sigil an experience so overwhelming it usually took days before they sought out a demon’s company again. Yet, Noah had come back for more just hours after his soul had been marked.
Did that make him special? Reign didn’t think so. It was likely a side effect, if anything, of their deal, a resulting deviation from the norm because Reign could not fulfill Noah’s wish at this moment. With time, whether it was days or months or decades, that would right itself and the balance of equal trade would be restored. Until Noah’s true desire emerged, the clock would not tick, trapping themboth in this stalemate of Reign’s making. But this was fine, Reign didn’t mind waiting, not when Noah’s soul was the prize.
Licking a line down the side of Noah’s neck, Reign pressed his excited cock into Noah’s thigh and shoved his hand inside Noah’s briefs.
“I told you,” he spoke into Noah’s skin, reveling in the hissed moan reverberating into his body when he squeezed Noah’s balls. If Noah asked to, Reign would fuck him again, right here, bent over the counter. “I will make your body crave me every second of the day. Until it’s unbearable.” Reign had to,neededto, so he could sate his own hunger for Noah, ten years in the making.
Noah’s cock twitched at that, but remained mostly flaccid, too spent to go another round just yet.
“Get dressed,” Reign said as he pulled away and raked a hand through his still-damp hair. “I’ll be in the lounge.”
18
Dressed and somewhat in control of his desire, Noah joined Reign in the lounge. Having been very out of it earlier, he hadn’t paid much attention to the spacious room, but now that he was not thinking about riding Reign’s cock, he took a moment to appreciate the tasteful interior. Floor-to-ceiling windows lined the entire length of the outer wall, with the staircase tucked in one corner and the kitchen in the other. A massive TV occupied the wall across from the kitchen space, and in front of it were two sofas, one empty and the other still holding Noah’s suitcase where he’d left it last night. Next to them was the armchair they’d fucked in earlier, as well as a glass coffee table and a fluffy burgundy rug that matched the color of the cushions.
The most curious thing, however, was the piano just off the stairs, positioned in such a way that you could gaze out of the window while playing it.
“Reign, you play?” Noah couldn’t help but ask, curiosity getting the better of him as he sat down on one of the upholstered chairs around the dining table.
“I don’t,” Reign said, bringing over a basket with toasted bread and a plate with poached eggs. He set themboth in the middle, where he’d already placed a tub of butter and a bowl of sliced avocado.
