Page 106 of Evil Hearts

“It’s true.”

Silence nestled over them, the draw of their breaths tethering them together with a weak heat.

Lewis’ throat flexed. “Sometimes I look back and think if I had made different choices, my life would have turned out better. I could be successful … be happy …”

“I wonder the same … all the time.” The creature exhaled. “But there is tomorrow.”

Tomorrow. Lewis would have to check out of the hotel tomorrow. He would return home, take care of his dad, and type more articles at the demand of a narcissist while patrolling the internet for new opportunities. He sighed.

“If I could stretch out today forever, I’d rather not see tomorrow.”

Huk rattled a low hum and nuzzled its snout into Lewis’ chest.

In the warm silence, Lewis’ breathing eased. The subtle heat of Huk’s body inched closer beneath the covers. It soon draped over his chest and multiplied over his waist and legs. Weighed down by the essence of pebbles and driftwood, Lewis briefly imagined himself the guinea pig of some New Age massage. Then Huk’s heat seeped into him and slumber snatched them.

The clouds had parted, bowing to the noon sun when the two roused again. They awoke entwined, Lewis at the center of Huk’s coiling body. With every breath, Huk gently squeezed against the man. They soon synchronized in a slow beat. Tender flesh against stone scale and wooden plate, they struck a rhythm that built until they inhaled with need.

Though Huk’s shoulder locked Lewis’ head to its gaze, the man found the slit from the night before. He slipped in two fingers, rubbing the slick heat. A low groan issued from Huk’s throat, vibrating through Lewis’ neck. He exhaled and added another finger.

Further down, his hips slowly circled the resistance there. Lewis was unsure if it was Huk’s thigh or tail, but Huk returned his motions in kind. Hissing breaths fluttered past the man’s hair. He was now four fingers in. Inside the hidden sanctuary, they played with the nub that he had grazed over. It rose and fell with Huk’s shallow breaths, surging as the creature buckedagainst him. Even the starched duvet could not contain the squelching.

Aching now, Lewis stretched his free arm down to tug away his boxer briefs. Huk allowed him space to maneuver, just enough, loath to separate from the man. In their white linen cocoon, the pair transformed from two into one. Bound by the boxers around his knees and the heavy weight of Huk, Lewis flexed his hips into the slit. As though swimming in singular fluid movements, he dove deep into Huk.

Huk received him with greedy swells, pushing to meet his surges. Its nub kissed the tip of Lewis’ cock inside the wet chamber as their skin fought to join each other outside. Lewis’ hands caressed Huk’s jaws while his lips found a blunt plane to kiss. Huk slid out its black tongue, the slippery length lapping over the man’s chin and fingers. Lewis met it with his own.

The thin tapered muscle flicked into Lewis’ mouth, rounding past his teeth and gums. The man’s short tongue struggled to reach and effect any comparable feeling for Huk. His trial was cut short when Huk drew back.

“Not enough,” the creature breathed. “Never enough.”

Huk’s body tightened around Lewis’ frame. A moment of panic interrupted the man’s rhythm as he found himself lifted from the bed. Huk thrust itself upward, whipping the covers away. Freed from their cocoon, they were now a writhing union of dark coils and ungainly limbs.

Huk latched onto Lewis’ waist, its paws clenching the man’s rear, claws pinching the skin. Its arms locked him into place as the creature began to thrash. Lewis wrapped his entire body around Huk to weather the greedy bucking. Huk did his work for him and the man repaid it with a tight grip, refusing any space between them despite the violent upheaval.

Lewis crunched forward and groaned. Buried as deep as his body would allow, his cock chased the hot slick of the shortlength inside. The walls inside the slit tightened around his shaft, bringing forth the contact he sought. The nub swirled around his head as they drooled into each other.

“Fuck.” The man ground his hips, smothering himself against the pressure.

In one long inhale, Huk drew itself up the bed, straightening like a rod. Its taught body an exclamation. The creature swallowed the man, and he released. Lewis pumped into the sleeve, Huk’s nub echoing each pulse. Erratic pops of pleasure drew out their bliss as their flesh slid and rubbed together, churning their wet.

Lewis buried his face against Huk’s firm presence. The creature folded its snout over his shoulder as it lowered them back to the sheets. Its breath flowed across the man’s back, warming it from the chill of the open air. With the euphoria ebbing away, Lewis closed his eyes. Huk milked the final pulses, body roiling in soft waves. Lulled, the man’s breathing eased and he thought of the river.

He whispered, “Wh-what are you?”

“I …wasa dragon.”

Lewis was amused that he was not more surprised. In a way, it made sense. A creature that could cross oceans for his ancestral countryman, summon floods, and live for so long, it had to be nothing short of a dragon.

Still connected, Huk coiled around Lewis. It picked up the rumpled duvet and spread it over them. It nuzzled into the crook of Lewis’ neck, inhaling their combined scent spread over the pillows. The man gently stroked down the sides of Huk’s body, skimming over the fur-like feathers pinned with reeds, feeling the pleasant round smoothness of the scales, rubbing the grit of the wooden plates. Huk’s eyes glowed steadily, undisturbed candle flames.

“I never want to leave this bed.”

Huk sighed. “Yet you must.” Its gaze drifted away. “We both must.”

Lewis felt his stomach. “I’ll get up to pee and go grab some food really quick. But I’m coming back.” He nosed Huk’s snout. “You better be here when I return.”

Huk’s eyes glimmered, but it said nothing save for a low hum.

And so, promises were kept. Lewis cleaned himself and left the hotel for a late lunch. He returned with takeout from the Chinese restaurant. Huk was there on the bed, coiled politely with its arm, legs, and tail tucked to give space to their meal. They shared beef chow fun and stir-fried fish served with sugar snap peas.

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