“Yeah, man.”
“Your heart?”
And why would Helio ask for that? The one thing that couldn’t be tricked out of a human in a bargain. The one thing that had to be given willingly.
But Benny was always willing, wasn’t he?
As this very moment demonstrated, since Benny wasn’t scared off by Helio’s demands the way he should have been. He just tucked his head against Helio’s neck, murmuring, “You’re so intense. It’s really hot, actually.”
Helio loosened his hold on Benny’s ass, letting Benny move as he would. He slid against Helio again and again, his movements fluid in the seawater. There was no finesse, no seduction. Just fervent, feverish rutting.
But still, this was it.Thiswas what Helio should have been doing this whole time. Trapping Benny in his realm had beeneasy. Child’s play, really. But taking him in body as well as spirit? That was what had been missing from this arrangement.
Helio had been wasting his time lurking when he could have been possessing.
He pressed Benny’s head to his neck and facilitated his rutting, murmuring encouragements in his ear. “There you are, my pet. That’s it.”
The night rang out with Benny’s soft grunts and low moans. And then Benny was shuddering in his arms, his release coating Helio’s stomach only briefly before being washed away by the water.
Benny lifted his head from the crook of Helio’s neck, his eyes heavy-lidded with satisfaction. “Hey. Your skin kind of sparkles in the moonlight. Did you know that?”
Helio cursed to himself, fortifying his glamour. Now was not the time to get careless. “That orgasm went to your head,” he chastised.
Benny only hummed, then glanced down. “What about you though? Don’t you want to come?”
Helio let out a harsh breath, speaking before he knew it. “Benny, what if I told you that you were trapped here? That I have no intention of letting you go.”
Benny cocked his head, looking for all the world like a confused puppy. “But I like it here. This has been the best summer ever.” He grinned, his hips pulsing slightly. “Even better now. Although—” His brow furrowed, and his gyrating stopped. “I do have to go back home eventually. Check in with the fam, you know?”
Helio gritted his teeth. “And what if I said I wouldn’t let you go? Not ever.”
Benny met his eyes fully then, and the force of his gaze was surprisingly powerful. Like he wasn’t just seeing Helio for what he was but seeingthroughhim. When he finally spoke, thewords cut like glass, for all that the delivery was gentle. “I don’t think you’d really do that,” he said slowly. “You’re not cruel, Helio. A little lonely and possessive, maybe.”
Helio shut his eyes tight, wondering if when he opened them, Benny would have disappeared. A figment of Helio’s imagination. A fever dream.
But he was still there a moment later.
“You’re maddening,” Helio hissed.
“Maybe you’d feel better if you came,” Benny told him sedately. “Want me to jerk you off?”
“No.” Helio started gliding out of the water, still carrying Benny. He didn’t need the buoyancy of salt water to keep him in his hold. He was fae, damn it. “I’m going to fuck you now, Benny. Because I’m lonely and possessive and you’re mine.”
“Okay.” Benny wound his arms tighter around Helio’s neck. “Whatever you want, babe.”
For fuck’s sake.
This human was going to be the death of him.
6
Benny
Was Benny dreaming right now?
His perfect summer vacation had just turned into…his evenmoreperfect summer vacation.
Because being held up by Helio’s surprisingly large hands and strong arms (sleeper build, for sure) carrying Benny away to be sexed up for real?Amazing.