Page 33 of A Siren of Beasts

“No, that wouldn’t be the right emotion, more like overwhelmed. You’re right though, how I view the world is through the eyes of a human. The thought of being tied to someone that way is scary, but I also have to remember that monsters are much harder to kill. Wait, can you be killed? Aren’t you made from death?”

Slipping off one boot and working on the other, he shrugged. “All things can be killed if you look and try hard enough for their weakness. I guessed that would be your biggest worry about all this so I will wait for you to give your answer. Knowing that I gave you that and made my intentions known will help settle me, I think.”

With both boots off, Imp scooped me up and crawled onto the bed, settling me in the middle of the pile of pillows. Instead of leaving like I thought he would, he curved around my back wrapped his arms around me and tucked my body against his. “Rest now, Shiny, I can feel how tired you are. I will be here to make sure no one disturbs you in reality or in your dreams.”

Shifting I looked at him over my shoulder. “There are monsters who can do that?”

“Yes, there are monsters who feed off fear and use nightmares to get what they want out of others. We are weakest when we sleep, unless you’ve learned to guard your mind at all times, which we will teach you. Until then, I will keep your dreams safe as you sleep.”

The anger I had with Imp and his actions melted away as he reminded me that he truly cared about me. Could it be that I was mad at them because they were acting like the monsters they were? That was a thought to consider once I’d gotten some sleep. My mind and body were too weary to dive into that problem, it could wait. I let my body relax into Imp’s hold as I snuggled into a soft pillow and closed my eyes with a sigh of relief.

Soft lips moved along my neck as hands wandered my body stroking my skin gently, almost as if they were afraid to hurt me. The scrape of something sharp traced my nipple before a tongue laved over it, chasing away the sting and making me groan. They shifted, straddling my legs as they kissed down my stomach with the barest scrape of teeth that had me gasping. Heat flared in my body as they reached the point just above my pussy. A playful nip had my hips bucking and my eyes fluttering open.

A stranger looked down at me as he slid one of his hands between my legs. Before panic could set in he spoke, “Shiny, I can smell your need. Let me take care of you as a good mate should.”

“Imp?” I questioned before my breath caught in my throat at his touch. “What happened to your face?”

“The skull we wear is armor, but it is never removed unless we are alone or in the presence of our mate. This is my true face, I fear it might be gruesome to you but I wanted you to see the real me.”

While I was caught off guard his face was anything but gruesome to me. His eyes were still the same blood red that seemed to glow with his magic. Short little black feathers bordered his hair line but his actual face was smooth like mine. Shimmering red markings were etched on his skin. They flowed along his sharp angular bone structure in intricate patterns that made him stunning to look at.

Sitting up, I reached out to him letting my fingers trace the marks and he shivered at the touch. I noticed his ears were tucked close to his head and came to a sharp point but had been hidden by his mask. Unable to help myself, I let a finger slide along the outside shell of his ear which had him hissing and jerking away. That’s when I noticed his razor sharp white teeth that came to lethal points that could easily rip flesh from bone.

“Sorry, did I hurt you?” I asked, pulling my hand back but he grabbed my wrist stopping me and placed it back on his cheek.

“My Shiny, you didn’t hurt me at all,” he murmured, kissing my palm. “It’s just that my ears are very sensitive and I’m doing my best not to ravage you like the monster I am. You make it incredibly hard to have self-control when you look at me the way you are right now.”

“You’re incredibly handsome, Imp,” I pointed out. “I feel like it’s a good thing you wear that mask, otherwise you’d have all the monster females coming after you.”

“I don’t want them, I have you,” he countered, then leaned in so our noses were almost touching and I could feel his warm breath on my skin. “Right now, I’d like nothing more than to show you just how much I like you.”

“Is that so? How exactly do you plan on doing that?” I teased, giving him a smirk.

“Hmm, I feel this is a moment where actions are better than words,” Imp said before closing the gap between us, capturing my mouth with his.

The feel of his soft lips against mine and the velvet sweep of his tongue as it glided along the seam of my lips had me sighing. He took full advantage of getting me to open for him as he pressed me back down on the bed. His hand curved around the back of my head, holding me right where he wanted, deepening the kiss. The feel of his tongue sweeping against mine had me moaning as little sparks of pleasure burst through my body. Never had I allowed someone to kiss me like this, and I thanked the gods I’d held out for someone I truly wanted this experience with.

Spreading my legs for him, his body fit snugly between my thighs giving me the weight I needed to feel. His feathers teased along my skin as he rocked into me, grinding his pelvis against my pussy. I groaned at the pleasure that started to build, Imp feasted on the sound of my cries, refusing to let me break our kiss. My arms wrapped around his body, gripping his shoulders as I pulled him closer. Never had I wanted to feel someone against me the way I did him. It just felt like he belonged there, unlike anyone else I’d fucked.

The sensation of his talons dragging down my side had me writhing under him. There was something intoxicating about the fact that he could slice me open without a second thought—but he wouldn’t. Right here in this moment, I believed and trusted he wouldn’t hurt me, that he wanted my body to feel pleasure at his touch. Finally, he broke our kiss and kissed along my jaw and down my neck as if he needed to taste my body. When his lips wrapped around one of my nipples I let out a sob of pleasure, my hand taking a firm hold of the feathers on the back of his head.

“Gods that feel so good,” I whimpered. “It’s like you’re setting my body on fire, I’ve never felt like this before.”

He released my nipple with a pop as he looked up at me, his eyes alight with desire and anger all at once. “That’s because your body was never meant to be touched by any fucking humans. They don’t have the pheromones to even make your body interested in fucking them, how you ever managed to get wet for them is a mystery.”

I couldn’t help but snort-laugh at the disgust in his words as I let my fingers trace the markings on his cheek. “It was a lot of work making all of them believe they were as amazing as they thought themselves to be. I would get lost in thought and forget they were even rutting into me with those small little dicks of theirs.”

Imp caught my hand and let his teeth scrape along my palm, sending shivers of delight through my body. How could such a simple action make my pussy weep for his attention?

“Trust me, Shiny, when I get my cock inside you there’s no way you won’t notice. From today on, I promise to make sure your body gets all those missed orgasms over the years and then some,” Imp assured me, his tone raspy and full of lust that had my nipples tightening.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and let out a groan when I felt something warm and slick glide over my pussy. Unable to stop my curiosity I looked down and there between Imp’s legs was a cock unlike anything I’d ever seen before. It was a deep red color and was twisted to create a ribbed texture that I knew I would feel deep inside. As if sensing my gaze it bobbed and pulsed, a clear liquid oozing out of the tip telling me how badly Imp wanted me.

“Are you just showing it off or are you going to put that to good use?” I asked, sliding my gaze up to meet his.

Grinning, he fisted his cock and rubbed it over my clit, instantly sending me into an orgasm. “Oh, did I forget to tell you that while my cum might kill another monster, if I were to fuck anyone but my mate, it’s an aphrodisiac to my mate? Which means as I shoot my release inside you it will make you come again and again and again. We have lots of missed orgasms to make up for and I take my role very seriously.”

Just listening to him almost had me cumming again as he slowly nudged his cock to my entrance. He kept a hand on my stomach, keeping me from moving and pushing myself down on him.