I walk back around, keeping contact with him the whole time. He stands so still for me he might as well be frozen into stone.

My hands slide over his waist and move toward his groin.

My fingers can barely circle around his first hard cock. Gently, I test his rigidity, and find he has just enough flexibility to make it easy on me.

Flint’s huge hand takes hold of mine. I stop moving immediately, worried I’ve crossed a boundary he wasn’t ready to cross. His firm grip doesn’t allow me to release his cock, and I don’t know what to do now.

24

BONDING

FLINT

Jade gazes up at me like I’m actually someone she finds attractive.

I only recognize the look because it’s how Arran and Maxum look at her and how she looks at them.

How could she see me as anything other than a hideous monster?

Her soft warm hands on me are so much more than I ever dreamed possible. I collected all these soft pillows and fabrics to approximate the touch of someone who may have affection for me, but they are so far from being like the real thing that I’d laugh at myself right now if it weren’t so sad.

Her reverent touch makes me question my belief that this is all for my benefit. Her eyes follow her hands, over my chest, stomach, and my sensitive wings.

When her hands finally circle my first cock, the moment overwhelms me.

I grab her hand. Thankfully, not too hard.

Her beautiful eyes widen, and she appears as frozen as I can become.

“I thought… I’m sorry,” she whispers.

“It’s just a lot of sensations,” I breathe out. “I’m trying to stay calm while a frantic need almost takes over me.”

“If it’s too much, I can stop.”

“No,” I blurt. “I like it. But I am having urges.”

She smiles, and there is a glimmer of mischief behind it. “What kind of urges?”

“Ones I’ve never had before. I wish to rip your clothes from your body and dive into you. But I’m afraid I’ll be too rough, and I’ll hurt you. I don’t know how to please you and prepare you, as you mentioned earlier.”

I hate that I am so inexperienced. I’m failing her again.

From the look on her face, she hears my thoughts. “I’m going to do that complete honesty thing again. So… sure, I like a guy who knows how to please me. But it’s also a fantasy of mine to be with a guy who I can show what I like. That I will be his first experience.”

“You actually desire a… virgin?”

“You were a quick study with the kissing. I’m sure you will be with everything else.” Jade shrugs. “And you don’t have any bad habits to break.”

“So, then it’s a good thing? It makes you, as you say,turned on?” Relief washes over me when she nods.

“Would you like me to show you my body now?” She blushes. “To see if you will be attracted to me, too?”

“I don’t see how I couldn’t like your body. It’s connected to you—to your soul.”

Tears well in her eyes. Through our developing bond, I finally sense her. She isn’t upset with me, but overwhelmed by my acceptance of her.

Jade pulls off her t-shirt, revealing a silky bra. I’m thankful for the bit of modern knowledge I have and know what to call some things.