“Is this because-“ Alex started to ask, and then stopped. “No. Not because. Is this why you wanted me to be with other women?”
“Partially,” confessed Lorelei. “I derive both pleasure and power when you give in to your desires. Our direct intimacy and that which you share with Rachel is always the most fulfilling. Your other dalliances do not bring the same ecstasy, but they are still wonderful.
“Yet I also hoped that your freedom would help you eventually understand my point of view and my urges, and the security we have together.” Her voice fell a notch. “I did not expect to have this conversation with you so soon. Not for years. But I knew it would come. I knew this double standard would trouble you long before I began to chafe.”
“Yeah, I guess I kind of knew, too. That’s why I haven’t been fooling around. It just didn’t seem right when you couldn’t.”
Slight amusement brightened her face. “We haven’t exactly had a complete restriction. I’ve had my fun.”
“Oh, I’m sure,” Alex rolled his eyes, “but I imagine only being able to get with other women isn’t the same.”
“You should not underestimate how much pleasure I take from women.”
“Still,” he shook his head. “The more I think about it, the more the only reason I was okay with other women but not other men was just… ego.”
“You’re allowed to have an ego, Alex,” Lorelei smiled.
“Yeah, but I’m saying… you and Rachel are serious. You’re in love. It’s not a Penthouse fantasy. So if I’m okay with that, why should the gender matter?”
“Every relationship must find its balances. Again, I don’t want you to force yourself on this. I am not burdened. You’ll note I’ve never brought the subject up.”
“Okay, but… what do you want?”
Lorelei shrugged. “I cannot imagine wanting to be with another man when I could have you, but the two of us are not together at all times-nor should we be. I would enjoy the freedom to play when we are apart, should interest arise… and it inevitably will. Context also plays a role; often my desires are born more from a situation than by attraction to a given individual. Sooner or later, I will want to play through on such circumstances.”
“One night stands can turn into something bigger,” he observed soberly.
“They can,” nodded Lorelei, “and we must both recognize that. But Alex-can you imagine falling for anyone the way you have for Rachel and I?”
“Seems a little far-fetched, given who we’re talking about there,” he frowned.
“Do you think that I am any less in awe of you and her?” Alex looked up to her eyes. “You have been with several women since we came together. None of them changed anything for you and I. Do you think that my love is not as deep?”
Alex let out a long sigh. He stared at the coffee table. “I know what I’m gonna say,” he grumbled. “It’s just a big step. I’m not the type of guy who fantasizes about his girlfriend screwing someone else.”
“I know all of your desires,” Lorelei nodded. “You aren’t that type. Alex, I would never disrespect you or our love, or tolerate such from anyone else. If I have ever held anything sacred, it is what you, Rachel and I share. Now more than ever,” she added quietly.
It only reminded him how much she amazed him. “I just… I don’t know if I won’t get jealous, you know?”
“You may,” she conceded. “It happens. My love and respect for you and Rachel is paramount. We will work through anything else.”
“You could fall in love.”
Lorelei nodded slowly. “It seems unlikely…though you and I seemed unlikely at first, too, yet here we are. Again, all our bonds aside… I know that I will never love or desire another as much as you and Rachel. Only time can prove that.”
“Just like every other relationship in the world, huh?” Alex asked.
“I suspect you find that far more comforting than any mystic binding.”
“Yeah, I would,” he nodded soberly. “Okay. We’ll need to work out some details, but…”
“But what about you?” Her voice dropped to an intimate hush. She crept forward, guiding his shoulders back onto the couch. “Will you allow yourself to indulge in the opportunities that come your way?” She slid one leg between his as she crawled over him. “You turned down satisfaction today. For all your troubles, you still carry that arousal.”
A single, deft hand loosened and slid off his belt. She unbuttoned and unzipped his pants, relieving him of the tension of fabric against hardening need.
“I share your desires, my love. I have carried this arousal, too… with no danger or great concern to distract me.”
“No distractions?” he asked with a grin. “How’d the conservatory board meeting go?”
“Fine,” she shrugged dismissively. “There will be high-end fundraisers soon. I will charm considerable money out of wealthy people for the sake of the arts. Except for a few stodgy old men, the board is quite taken with me, as you expected. It’s hardly the sort of thing on my mind right now.”
“I’m interested in your life, Lorelei,” Alex said, though his tones grew heavy with arousal along with hers.
“I am interested in your pleasures, Alex,” she countered. “You must learn to accept them as they come, both from me and from others.” Her hair fell around his head, creating a familiar curtain of intimacy that she knew he loved. “I want this for you. I love you. I would drown you in a sea of lust if I had my way,” she told him softly. “Over and over, until the world ended.”
Her mouth came down on his, pushing his head back against the cushion as she kissed him deeply. Alex slid his hands up her legs and then along her back. He untied the knot of fabric holding her dress up behind her neck.
Lorelei knew Alex loved a good show. She leaned back briefly, allowing her dress to cascade from her shoulders to reveal her breasts. She smiled with approval as he slid the fabric up from her hips and aided him in bringing it the rest of the way over her head to toss it aside on the coffee table. Then she moved in again, resuming their deep, hungry kiss.
His pants were gone literally before he knew it. She unbuttoned his shirt without him even noticing. He loved that trick.
She slid against him, leaving him trembling with pleasure at the sensations of her skin on his. One hand remained around his neck. The other traced down his chest once more, down his stomach, fingers curling around his erection and slowly stroking him.
“I live for this,” he confessed.
“You do. Your lust defines you as much as your conscience. We merely have to find a way to balance them.”
He let out a soft moan as her hand brought him between her legs, teasing him with her moist, welcoming flesh. Their eyes fluttered open together, staring back at one another for this moment as they so often did. His hands on her hips urged her down onto him, and as she took him inside her they shared a trembling breath.
Lorelei smiled broadly, grinding her hips against his to revel in the intimacy that would consume their whole night together. Establishing her control, Lorelei set a slow, savoring pace. His hands slid up her sides to cup her breasts. Before they met their goal, Lorelei squeezed him within her and ground against his groin, leaving his eyes rolling back as he gasped.
When his eyes opened again, he found his succubus staring back with a haughty grin. Her smooth, perfect skin turned red. Her horns and wings were now on full display. He felt her tail slash against his legs. It left him feeling all the more naked, and all the more intimate.
“Shall we bargain, mortal?” the demon asked, proud and wicked and loving. “Do you trust me?”
She never let up on him, claiming him within her mercilessly. It made it difficult to talk, as she knew very well. He remembered the first time she asked him this. “With my life,” he exhaled.
“You offer me great freedom,” she said, her slow grind driving his body to trembling pleasure. She took his wrists in her hands and pinned them over his head. “Surely there is some price.”