“Yeah, but you’re not my thigh muscles right now,” Toni snipped as he readjusted, taking Jude deep and rolling his hips. Jude, for his part, just snickered.

Focusing on grinding the textured base of Jude’s cock against his rim, Toni gritted his teeth and moaned. The pressure must have been working for Jude too, because his human was moving with him, making sexy little noises in the back of his throat.

Sweat trickled down Toni’s temple, abs complaining as he undulated, and he released Jude’s hair to wrap his hand around both his cocks, stroking furiously. The pleasure was building, and Toni’s fingers bleached around their hold on the headboard.

“Fuck.” Toni pressed his forehead to Jude’s, baring his teeth. “I’m gonna come. Jude, baby, I’m gonna come.”

“That’s good, Toni.” Jude thrusted up into Toni’s pliant body as much as he could pinned beneath Toni’s weight. “Oh my god, you’re doing so good.”

The praise sent pleasure singing through Toni’s veins. His orgasm built in his belly, spreading heat through his groin and aching thighs. He quickened his pace on his cocks as Jude carved crescent nail-shapes into the dark stripes on his sides.

“Come, Toni,” Jude said, air puffing against Toni’s parted lips. “Be a good boy, and come on my dick.”

“Oh fuck,” Toni barked as his cocks started firing ribbons over his fist and Jude’s chest. His ass clenched around the base of Jude’s cock, the textured pattern of silicone rubbing just right as he came. “I’m coming on your cock. Shit, I’m coming.”

He ground down hard to keep his pleasure going, and it had Jude releasing a choked moan as he captured Toni’s mouth with his and shoved his tongue into his mouth. Something tore on Toni’s teeth—Jude’s lip or tongue, Toni didn’t know—but his mouth flooded with his human’s blood, and it sent another wave of pleasure through Toni’s body.

Grabbing Jude’s head with both hands, Toni angled it back to give him complete access to his mouth, drinking down Jude’s whimpers and, yes, the sweet metallic blood that some primal part of Toni wanted to feast on. Toni had heard about frenzy before, how an Elas could get so worked up they’d lose themself to the passion, to the lust. But he’d never felt it until now.

It took all his self-control to pull back, to stop himself from sinking his teeth into Jude’s shoulder for no other reason than to feel the flesh give, to taste the blood flooding his mouth. It wasn’t a physical hunger, not really. It was born from possessiveness, from the bone-deep need to have Jude inside him in every way possible, to leave his mark on Jude in return.

He wanted it, needed it. But he fought it, because Jude was human. He was so fragile, and Toni would never forgive himself if he hurt him. Jude was Toni’s to protect, even if that meant protecting him from himself. So Toni buried his face in Jude’s hair instead, inhaling bergamot and sandalwood and musky sweat.

And every single cell in his body said,“Mine,”and,“mine,”and,“mine!”

Chapter twenty-one

Boundaries and Forgiveness

They sat tangled togetherfor a long time, both fighting to catch their breath as the sweat cooled on their skin. Jude was covered in Toni’s jizz, which Toni liked immensely. Trailing kisses down Jude’s sweaty temple, Toni rubbed his cum into Jude’s chest, leaving gray streaks on his skin.

“Wonderful,” Jude deadpanned as he glanced down at the absolute mess Toni had made of him. “Now I need to shower again.”

“I’m definitely washing your back this time,” Toni said, and Jude dropped his forehead on Toni’s chest and laughed. “And I’ll eat your ass while I’m at it. Maybe get a third orgasm outta you.”

Jude smacked his thigh, but he was smiling, so Toni didn’t feel truly reprimanded. With a hiss, he lifted off Jude’s dick, ass twinging, but he liked the ache. He wanted the reminder of Jude being inside him, of what they’d shared together.

Jude removed the dildo from his harness and dropped it haphazardly over the side of the bed, wet condom still attached. After loosening the straps, he shimmied out of his harness, andit joined the dildo on the floor. Lying on his side, Toni reached out and traced the marks the harness had left etched in Jude’s skin.

“Does it hurt? The harness?”

Leaning back against the headboard, Jude shook his head. “Not always. It can be uncomfortable, but it’s not usually painful.”

Toni shifted until his head was propped on Jude’s thigh, and he hummed when Jude sifted his fingers through his hair. “Good. ’Cause we’re definitely doing that again.”

“You like the way I fuck you?” Jude said, tightening his grip on Toni’s hair until his scalp prickled.

“Yeah, bitesize, I like the way you fuck me.” Toni turned his head and kissed his thigh. “But now I need a nap or something.”

“Maybe a shower first?” Jude suggested, and Toni whined in protest before he nodded.

“Fine. I guess I should probably clean the lube from my ass before it dries.”

Snickering, Jude slid down until he was horizontal beside Toni. Their legs tangled, and Toni smiled as Jude leaned in and kissed him, tongue lazy against his. They kissed, slow and easy, for several long minutes, and it was so good.

But the moment shattered when the front door opened, and Oliver called out, “Honey, I’m home!”

And every muscle in Jude’s body locked. “Shit,” he hissed as he immediately rolled away and scrambled to his feet. “I thought he was at Liel’s all weekend.”