Page 99 of Bonds of Magic
Soon, his breath came faster, his moans more frequently, and suddenly, he clamped a hand on my shoulder. “I’m gonna come. If you don’t want me to come in your mouth, pull off now.”
But I already knew my answer to that. I wanted to taste him. Noah gripped my shoulder tighter, his cock throbbed in my mouth, and I tasted the salty tang of his cum on my tongue.It was sour, but a little sweet too, and I lavished his cock with attention, keeping him in my mouth until he told me to stop.
He pulled me up after that and kissed me deeply. I was pretty sure I’d swallowed every drop of his load, but he seemed to be trying to find some trace of himself in my mouth anyway. I was happy to let him.
When he finally pulled back, I smiled. “Did I do a good job?”
“A+.”
I wanted to ask if I’d been a good boy, but I couldn’t quite bring myself to do so. As if he could see the silent question in my eyes, he said, “I mean it. Come here.”
He tugged me tighter, and I let myself be pulled. It was perfect. Lying there in his arms was the best I’d ever felt. Like time could stop. Like I could die right then, and be fine with it. I never wanted this moment to end.
“It worked, by the way,” I mumbled into his neck.
He stroked my hair. “What worked?”
“You said you wanted to keep me safe,” I told him. “It worked. I always feel safest when I’m with you.”
I meant I felt safest when we were tangled up like this, but it was true even when our clothes were on. Being around Noah loosened the tension inside me. He made me feel more like myself.
He pressed a kiss to my forehead. “Good.”
I wanted to ask him to stay the night, the way I had at his cabin. But I knew he would say no, and I didn’t want him to push me away again.
“Now get out of here so I can sleep,” I said, smiling.
“Oh, I see how it is.” He grinned. “You use me for my body, then kick me out when you get what you want?”
“Basically.”
He laughed, and I laughed too. I could do this. No clinging. No whining. No feelings. This didn’t have to be anything more than it was.
“Fine then.” He brushed a final kiss across my lips before getting dressed. “But you’d better actually be sleeping. No getting up to trouble while I’m gone.”
“I’m way too exhausted to do anything more than lie here.”
Which was mostly true.
I kept smiling until Noah left the room, then rolled over onto my side. Iwasexhausted, but not so much that I didn’t wish he were still here with me. Not so much that I didn’t start shaking now that I was alone.
With Noah gone, it didn’t take long for the doubts to start creeping back in. The voices telling me I was worthless. That I should be ashamed of myself.
I did my best to push them away again, but it was a long time before I fell asleep.
20
NOAH
Ifelt dizzy as I left Cory’s room. Light-headed, spacey, and deliriously happy.
Which was ridiculous. I wasn’t a kid anymore. This wasn’t my first rodeo.
But it was my first one with Cory. Well, second. But it was just as breathtaking as the first, and it left my head spinning. I was grinning like an idiot. I felt like I might start floating down the hall any second.
I saw Teresa turn a corner into one of the freshmen halls when I got down to the third level. Whatwasshe doing that had her so interested in freshmen? I thought about catching up to her and asking again, but I doubted I’d get any more information.
No, if I wanted to find out what she was doing, I needed to catch her in the act. Which meant I would need to start spending more time in the manor, instead of in the gym and my cabin. I needed to keep an eye on her more than I currently could.
