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"Tell me the third part, Selene," I asked. I could still taste her in my mouth, sweet and earthy, unlike any other woman I had ever kissed. I wanted to kiss her again, but it was getting late and the fear of her mother returning was hovering over me. I still had to get some sleep so I could be at least semi-functional for tomorrow's activities.
Selene's eyes seemed to glow in the hollow's darkness, like twin moons. I hadn't noticed that before, but maybe it was lingering strands of the magic between us. With each step I broke, our connection grew. I couldn't explain it, but I could definitely feel it.
"You must delight my body."
My cock twitched, like it was ready to get to work on that right now. I shifted, trying to adjust my hardening bulge without drawing attention to it.
"Your body… Like…" I licked my lips, trying to figure out how to say this without being crude. "Sex?" I raised an eyebrow, tried to play it cool, though my heart was hammering in my chest and I wanted her. I wanted her badly, had been drawn to her from the moment we locked eyes.
With a self-conscious laugh, Selene shook her head. "Your member cannot enter my…" Her gaze flicked to mine and then away again. "But there are other ways to delight a body."
I couldn't tell in this faint light, but I was sure she was blushing.
Selene
My lips felt bruisedby his kiss in the very best way. I brushed my fingers over them, in awe at the way it had felt.
I had never been kissed before. Never known what it truly felt like to want another, and now it was like a floodgate had been opened inside me; a connection I'd never expected to have.
But I had to stop it. Now. Before it was too late. If Brody completed the last task, there was no way I would be able to resist dragging him into my bed. Every inch of my body already yearned to be touched, and once we'd lain together, his fate was as doomed as if he failed to lift the geas.
Nico was my only chance. He would get my mother to undo her curse, to free Brody and ensure that he was safe. He wanted no death on this land, but Mother was hungry for it. If I could get to Nico, tell him…
I stood up, ignoring the tug of healing skin at the wound in my side. It was irrelevant right now and healed enough for me to move easily, even if I couldn't take to the skies. The night was dark aside from the moon hanging high; I scanned above the trees, making sure that she wasn't out there.
I stepped outside of the hollow in the tree for the first time in days, my legs feeling a little shaky from disuse. My eyes adjusted to the darkness until I could see almost as easily as if it was daylight. I stretched my wings behind me and yearning for the sky tugging at my soul. I longed to soar again. Night was the only time we could really take to the sky and fly in the way I loved most. Any other time and we'd be spotted too easily, far too large to be mistaken for a bird.
It would have to wait until I'd resolved this situation I was tangled up in.
Moving through the undergrowth, I tucked my wings against me, using them to deflect branches from scratching my skin.
I weaved through the trees, barely making a sound. I'd been trained by the best; my mother had taught me how to move stealthily and I was grateful for it now.
Eventually, with one last push of my wings, I broke free from the forest and out into a clearing far too small to be a meadow. In the center, bathed in moonlight, was a single figure.
The harpy queen.
I let out a long sigh as she turned toward me, a wicked smile on her face.
"You didn't think I'd let you stray too far, did you? Not after what happened the last time."
I stood my ground at the edge of the clearing as she stalked toward me. I could see the burning rage in her eyes; that I would go against her was enough to ensure she would punish me when this was all over and done with.
"You can't kill him," I said, my voice quavering despite my determination to be strong.
My whole life, Mother had kept me small and meek, and I had been willing to go along with that; there was no reason not to.
Now, I had a reason.
She laughed, and it rang through the clearing and seemed to bounce from the trees surrounding us. All the other sounds of the night stopped then, as if every living creature could hear the inherent threat.
"I can do whatever I want," she said, her chin high, that haughty expression I hated so much on her face.
"We made an agreement. With Nico. You have to abide by it. He knows you're up to something."
It felt cowardly to turn this onto him, but it was the truth. I had no actual power here; she was my queen. But I could put my foot down.
Brody was too important to me to let him die. I didn't understand why I felt like this about him, but I did. Every time I saw him, each part of the geas he broke, I felt like a wall between us had broken too. His kindness, his desire to please me, to find out what would delight me.
