Page 11 of Burn in Bliss

I had a feeling the roles had been reversed for Orion and Samael, given Samael’s state, with his tattered pants and chains with a magicked collar around his neck.

But now, here, in my world, there were no prisoners.

And there were no masters.

There was only love.

“I’ve missed you, beloved,” Samael whispered in my ear as he held Orion’s wrist against my chest, keeping his large hand where he wanted it. “Did you miss me?”

“Desperately,” I said, turning into him so I could indulge in his kiss.

He swept his tongue into my parted mouth, eagerly accepting my invitation as he devoured me.

Orion wasn’t going to be forgotten—not that it was possible. He gently squeezed me again, then pressed his other burning palm into the small of my back. It was so much more sensual than if he had immediately cupped my sex or grabbed my ass.

He simply claimed me in that subtle way, letting me know he was there as he dipped his fingers into my flesh.

When Samael stopped kissing me, presumably to allow me to breathe, his bright violet eyes glimmered with startled confusion.

“You taste… like sunlight,” he said, glancing at the demigod now pressed against my back.

Samael released the male’s wrist, which allowed him to lower the band of his arm around my belly and pull me flush against him. My wings flared out, grazing over his arm. Everything about him was hard and smooth except for a scab that ran down his chest.

“Tell me what happened, Orion,” Samael softly demanded, still playing that lead role while he slowly undid the straps of my halter top. It put his fingers precariously close to Orion’s teeth, but the demigod didn’t bite like I’d thought he might.

The two seemed absolutely feral against each other for some reason.

“I think when Lily was unconscious, I kept my sunlight safe in her,” Orion said. He nestled himself between my ass cheeks, having developed a strong hard-on he wasn’t inclined to hide. “It makes sense. I couldn’t fight Calamity, but I didn’t have to, did I? Not when there was such a pretty package to keep a part of me safe.” He pressed a kiss to my throat, making me shiver. “A part that belonged to her anyway.”

My eyes widened when Samael tugged down my halter, revealing my breasts. Light pulsed on my left side and he ran his fingers over the swell of my flesh. “Is that why I’m inclined to do this with you, demigod? After everything you’ve put all of us through?”

I was going to ask what this might be until Samael replaced his fingers with his tongue, making me freeze.

He traced a line over my left breast, right above my heart, before sucking my nipple into his mouth.

Orion wrapped his large fingers around my thighs, spreading me while the top of my dress dangled over my hips. He didn’t move his fingers inward, where I wanted them. Instead, he held me in place, making me tremble while Samael tortured my nipple until I forgot how to breathe. Then he moved to the neglected one and did it again.

“This is what that incubus was up to,” Orion whispered in my ear, talking as if he had solved some great mystery.

Meanwhile, his thumbs drew small circles on my thighs, making me forget my own name while Samael licked a line back up to my throat.

“Incubus?” I asked, having no idea what he was going on about when I was ready to implode from barely being touched.

“Your boyfriend,” Samael reminded me, the accusation hot on my lips before he speared his tongue into my mouth.

I took his punishment, happy to be reprimanded for not remembering anything when I was half a person like this.

But really, fuck. If my Virtues did this to me when I was half a person, I almost wanted to be nothing at all.

I wasn’t much more than an instrument to be played, to bring together an angel and a demigod. I felt like the only thing in the entire universe that could have possibly made this unlikely pairing happen.

Samael didn’t share with anyone except his brother.

And Orion was, well, Orion. He had made Logan watch while he fucked me in the locker room.

Wait, how do I even remember that?

“I need her to take more, Samael. I didn’t get very far before I was interrupted. That’s why I’ve been stuck all this time. I was keeping it safe from Calamity until she found me again.” He cursed as he pressed against me, his body seeking friction against mine. “I’m so sorry to do this to you, my star. You’re going to have to take so much more. You’re going to have to keep it safe until I see you again and you’re strong enough to give it back. Can you do that for me?”