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Azriel raised an eyebrow. “Oh, you’re gay, and that’s now allowed here, is it?” He’d heard that humans had a rule against men fucking, and that was practically unfathomable back in his realm.

“I’m not gay!”

Azriel paused. “But if your fantasy is to have sex with a guy…”

“No, my fantasy was to get tied down by a woman while she rides my cock.”

“So you like both?”

“No! I’m not into men.”

Azriel averted his eyes. “You seemed to like having my cock in your mouth.”

“That-that was so you’d jerk me off. My own hand gets boring. I’m definitely not gay at all. If you were making me feel good, shouldn’t it be equal? Being fair doesn’t make me gay.”

Azriel wasn’t sure what to say to that. He felt guilty about Vali giving him oral anyway because he hadn’t planned on that. It had just seemed like a good idea at first since he'd been so hungry, and Vali had partially tied himself down and was eager. It was only afterward that he’d realized that the human must have thought he had to be an angel’s sex slave.

Of course, he’d been too damn stupid to figure it out at first because his hunger had been ruling him.

“You do know you’re not my slave, pet, or anything like that, right?”

“I figured I was kind of like your bitch.”

“No! You’re not my bitch, and you’re not here to get me off.”

“But I liked it, especially when I got to suck your cock. If I didn't, I wouldn’t have waited for you, or I’d have gotten a weapon. Besides, you need the angel candy, right? Or you at least like it a lot.”

“It’s not candy. I was pretty low, and it took a lot of energy to get out of the Fallen realm and into this one. It’s a spell, and we need energy for it. That’s what the smoke is. When we don’t have enough, it’s like a second hunger in our head, and it means we need to feed. The pearl isn’t quite angel food in the way you think, and I won’t starve to death without it.”

“This is normal there? Everybody has sex for the, erm, energy?”

“Yeah. And being gay is normal.”

“Well, it’s fine if you’re gay, but I’m not.”

Azriel struggled not to roll his eyes. Because a man who was entirely straight loved gagging on cock. “I had to feed, and I had an accident, so I needed more to heal.”

“What kind of accident?”

“I…it was something stupid. I was hurt and needed the pearls to heal myself.”

Vali looked at him for a long moment like he could sense there was a lie in there somewhere. “If you need to feed from me again, you can. I'll suck your cock.”

“I’m good now.” Azriel hastily looked away. Why keep insisting that he wasn’t gay and then offer to suck his cock?

“Okay. You look tired, so you can sleep in my bed if you want. I should probably clean up downstairs. Since you’ve been hiding in my attic, you can have a bath too, and if youwantfood or water just to enjoy the taste or anything, you can.”

Azriel figured he probably looked like shit. “I do want a bath. And a nap. I haven’t slept much lately.”

Vali

So much for a nap. Vali had told the angel that he could sleep in the bed, but when he crept up later to check on him, Azriel had taken his spare blanket and pillow to lay on the floor instead.

Vali used to imagine angels wearing long white robes to show how holy they were, but Azriel’s clothes were pretty normal and consisted of trousers and a linen shirt that was a little frayed around one cuff. No robes there.

When Vali returned and checked on him one more time, it was nearly mid-afternoon, and he was still passed out and in the same position. He must not have gotten much sleep lately.

Vali went downstairs to get started on dinner for Mother since she was usually back a little after five. Something about the things Azriel had said wasn’t right. Why would he be crying that hard for saying Vali was a nephilim? He’d seemed so terrified in the attic too, but it was clear he could protect himself. It had been easy for him to hold Vali down, so he was stronger.

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