Total pages in book: 98
Estimated words: 92659 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 463(@200wpm)___ 371(@250wpm)___ 309(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 92659 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 463(@200wpm)___ 371(@250wpm)___ 309(@300wpm)
I’ve only been in the lower city for a few days, but the differences between it and the upper city are still startling. In the upper city, the sensation of being watched permeates everything. The only place I feel like I can really breathe is my own apartment, and then only if I’m alone. Everywhere else, I’m all too aware that anyone I come across is one photograph or video away from selling a story to MuseWatch. In the before times, I told myself that that little feeling of being prey was something I liked, even craved. At least they wanted to talk about me.
In the lower city, people watch me, but it’s only because of the company I keep. As soon as they realize I’m a welcome guest, not someone bothering Eurydice, they move on with their day. For the first time in my life, I’m being treated like a civilian. I fucking love it.
That realization, more than anything else, has me speaking. “I know there’s shit going on right now, but I would love for the two of you to show me the lower city.”
Eurydice smiles at me, and it’s like the sun peeking out from behind a cloud. It warms me right through. “Of course. I think there’s a lot down here that you’ll find inspiring.”
“Of that, I have no doubt.”
29
CHARON
It surprises me how much I like having Orpheus in my house. So much about this man goes against my assumptions and expectations of him. Even something as small as him taking the initiative to do the dishes after we eat is a bit of a revelation.
He catches me watching him and gives a surprisingly sweet grin even as he blushes. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Why are you asking questions you already know the answer to?”
If anything, he blushes harder. Orpheus is one of the most beautiful men I’ve ever encountered, let alone had in my bed. Add in the fact that he enjoys playing the same games that Eurydice and I do… Well, I already decided to keep him, didn’t I?
“Don’t tease poor Orpheus.” Eurydice moves around the table and slips onto my lap as if that’s the most natural thing in the world. There might come a day when I take her closeness for granted, but somehow I don’t think so. I’ve wanted this for so long, I wanted her trust and her intimacy and, yeah, her body. The shape of this might look different than I expected, but it’s better.
I tug her back against my chest and arrange her how I want her, guiding her to lean against me and spread her legs on the outside of mine. “Would you rather I tease you instead?”
“It’s only right.” I can hear the smile in her voice. “You wouldn’t want to distract him from his task.”
Orpheus stares at us for several long seconds, and then turns back to the sink. It’s hard to tell from this angle, but I think he might be washing even faster than ever. It pleases me. It obviously pleases Eurydice too, because she wiggles on my lap, grinding her ass against my hardening cock.
“You’re an unforgivable tease,” I murmur in her ear. “At this rate, he’s going to break a plate.”
“If he does, we’ll just have to punish him.” She doesn’t pitch her voice low, and the way Orpheus’s shoulders twitch, it’s clear he heard her. Eurydice turns her face to brush a kiss against my lips. “Hey.”
“Hey.” I nip her bottom lip. “Take off your pants, baby.”
Eurydice really is a little tease, because she doesn’t stand up to take the most efficient route to follow my commands. No, she leans back harder against me and lifts her hips to work her jeans down to her thighs. Then she grinds that tight little ass against my cock while she lifts her legs and slides the jeans down them. It’s the sweetest agony, and I’m going to make her pay for it.
I tug her shirt over her head and toss it to the side. She arches her back, giving me a good look at her lacy bra. It’s definitely meant for seduction, the faint floral pattern seeming to frame her brown nipples. It’s hard to see exactly from my angle, but I think her matching panties are doing the same thing to her pussy.
“Tease.”
“It’s only a tease if I don’t plan to do something about it.” She takes my hands and guides them to the inside of her knees. Even as I tell myself to take charge of this, I’m curious to see where she’ll guide us. I sit there submissively and let her run my hands up her smooth thighs until my knuckles brush against her panties.
I glance at Orpheus as I drag my knuckles up and down slowly. Eurydice wiggles, but I hold her tight to me with a grip on either thigh. She’s not the only one who knows how to tease. “If I pull your panties to the side, what am I going to find?”