Her eyes snapped open. This feeling was far too alien for her, no matter how good it was. It must be the ritual, she realized. It wasn’t finished!
“Alex,” she grunted.
He kept thrusting into her. She had driven him wild, and she knew instinctively that she would soon be just as out of control. Her hedonistic nature smothered the panicked thoughts in her mind.
“Alex…oh…master…you must… oh…hhhh…”
“What?”
She couldn’t help but clutch at him with undeniable need. “No! Don’t stop! More!”
Alex abandoned all self-control. Instinctively, he grabbed a fistful of hair and wrenched her head up to kiss her as he buried himself within her. She surrendered to it, sharing his release with greater pleasure than in all her many centuries. They clung to one another, riding out mutual climax.
Eventually his embrace became tender while they both gasped for air. She felt something instinctively territorial in the way he held her. Lorelei found it irresistible. It was all so good. So good.
“Alex,” she whispered hoarsely. She couldn’t even think of trying to break free from him now. She no longer wanted to.
“Lorelei?” he moaned.
“Thank you, Alex. Thank you…”
Chapter 4:
He had no idea how long he had been plundering her, but it wasn’t nearly long enough. The feeling was entirely mutual; Lorelei encouraged him in every way she could. They paused only to bask in the afterglow of every finish, kiss one another deeply and longingly, and inevitably fall into irresistible rutting again.
The sun had long since set by the time Alex finally came up for air. “We must have been going at it for hours,” he breathed.
“And yet you could go on,” Lorelei pointed out triumphantly. She brushed her fingers through his hair, now rather matted, looking up at him with unmistakable affection.
“I could,” Alex agreed. He breathed heavily, but not unpleasantly so. “Is that you? That’s not…that’s not normal, right?”
She nodded. “You have youth, energy and passion, but even all that carries one only so far. I have certain effects on my prey that encourage cooperation from both of us. Welcome to your new sex life.”
“I thought it was supposed to work the other way. Aren’t you supposed to kill me like this?” He smirked at how casually he could ask such a thing, but at this point, his mind was completely blown anyway.
“Not right away. Normally, it’s a long, decadent road to each prey’s downfall. Worry not. I know all the dead ends. I promise you we won’t be taking the uglier turns,” she teased. “Do you feel your head is clearer now that you have ravished me?”
“I do, I just… wow,” he repeated. “I could keep going if you wanted to. It’s like I can’t get enough. I don’t think I’ll ever have enough of you.”
“Nor I of you, Alex,” Lorelei smiled. “My body will always invite yours. You need never wonder if I want you. This is what I long for above all things. Take me freely. Embrace your lust for me, for I welcome it. And let’s have no more worries about boring me or any of your other hang-ups.”
Alex nodded. “I think we’re going to do this an awful lot.”
“Good.”
He glanced out the window, then at his clock. “Oh god, Mom’s gotta be home by now.”
“She will completely ignore us. You could have me screaming and she wouldn’t notice.”
He grinned with some amusement, but he said, “Let’s not test that.”
“Aw,” she pouted in feigned disappointment.
“Sorry to spoil your fun.”
Lorelei slipped her arms around him and squeezed him with a purr. “I am sure I’ll find plenty more opportunities for mischief.” She tilted her head thoughtfully. “For such a young man, you have a great deal of patience, master.”
“You’re sure you want to keep calling me that? It’s okay to call me Alex. You’d definitely better use that when we’re in public.”
“I’ll be careful. But I can tell it gives you a little thrill.”
He seemed to blush. “It’s flattering.”
“I would flatter you more,” she smirked. “You’re a good man, Alex. I have…I have never been with such as you. I am not supposed to have good men. I have never had anyone who was not well on the way to Hell. I have always enjoyed myself, but not like this. You feel wonderful.”
“I don’t want to just be your master, Lorelei. I know you say we can’t undo that, and you don’t hold it against me, but can we be master and servant and still be…I dunno,” he wondered, not wanting to push too far too soon. “Can we be that and still be at least friends? Does that even work?”
“You mean more than friends,” she said, the smile in her voice turning quiet. She stroked his cheek with her fingers.
“Yes.”
“I don’t see why not. I’m not an ordinary friend. “Alex,” she then said, sounding out his name slowly, “why does this trouble you so? I am no drone or browbeaten servant. I am not chattel. I have told you it does not bother me. Such is part of the nature of my existence. You are a dramatic improvement over my previous… circumstances. In ways I cannot explain.”
Alex shrugged. “Slavery’s wrong.”
“It has been the way of the world for a very long time. In the scheme of things, this mindset of your society is an anomaly. Even now, slavery lives on in many ways.”
“It was wrong back then, and it’s still wrong now. Maybe I wouldn’t think so if I’d been raised differently or in a different time, but I like to think I would. Honestly, if I could free you, I’d do it. I’d…miss you. I’ll never forget this. But if there’s ever a way-”
“Sshhh,” Lorelei said, and interrupted him with a kiss. “You didn’t bring this on yourself, or upon me, and I am not troubled.” She grinned a bit. “Have some fun with it. I call you master in part to remind you that you are not at anyone’s mercy. You don’t have to be cruel or domineering about it. It doesn’t seem to be in your nature, anyway. But after this, I am here with you as much by choice as anything else.”
“It’s a little hard to believe I’m that great.”
She slowly shook her head. “I cannot lie to you.”
“I honestly thought my first time would be a lot more awkward, though,” he admitted hesitantly. “Did you, um…did you do something to me? Other than just turning me on so much?”
“You had no reason to feel inadequate even before we lay together,” she winked, “but yes, you are slightly changed. The face and body you find in the mirror later may seem somewhat different. A succubus must be kept entertained to carry out her purpose, after all. Don’t worry, it’s nothing nefarious. Other mortals match your sex appeal… though not many. You’ll just have to get used to it. But any woman ready to run off on her husband for you would do so for another attractive man. There is no supernatural compulsion at work.
“You’ll become aroused more easily, and you’ve already experienced the sort of virility that comes with the curse laid by my kind. Those changes will remain even if you lay with another. Ultimately, though, much of that is superficial. You already have natural passion, natural desire, genuine affection…and your technique will only improve with time and practice,” she added with a grin. “I may enhance all that, but you would have done just fine without me in your life.”
“You’re just sayin’ all that,” Alex smirked.
“I cannot lie to you,” she repeated. “Alex, even beyond this, we share the bond that the priest meant to create. I share your pleasures as you experience them. I can’t quite articulate it or distinguish it from the joy you give me independent of that bond, but I know it’s there. I would love to experience that bond while you lie with another.”
“You keep suggesting that. I can’t imagine ever wanting to hook up with anyone else.”
“You say that now,” she winked demurely.