Page 22 of A Soul to Steal

Before he could even see, the noises coming from within were obvious. The creaking of a squeaky bed, a headboard lightly bashing against a hard wall, the fwapping noise of two sweating bodies joining. There were soft moans and hard grunts.

Inside the room, a man lay on his back while he gripped the hipbones of a fully naked woman who bounced on his cock. Her short hair danced around her shoulders as she leaned her head back. While her small breasts jiggled and bounced along with the speed of her hips, she dug her nails into her partner’s lean chest.

His groin spread with tingling warmth, and suddenly the hand on his side became more noticeable, the heat of it causing a shiver up his spine. Despite not finding it particularly arousing, his body reacted to viewing an erotic scene no matter who was involved due to its sexual nature, and it made him hyperaware of the person next to him.

Aleron then asked him the mostabsurdquestion.

“Why are they hurting each other?”

Gideon couldn’t help chuckling at the naïve Duskwalker. “They’re not hurting each other,” he answered, shaking his head in disbelief. At least that informed him Aleron was, in fact, a virgin.

Then again, he’d never seen any genitalia on him.Maybe Duskwalkers don’t experience desire?

“But their faces show pain.” Aleron dipped back just enough so he could direct his skull to Gideon. “They look like they are fighting with their hips. Is this a human custom?”

Once more, he laughed at the Duskwalker, which caused his orbs to whiten. He hid his expression by returning to watchthe couple, just as the woman began to scream. He winced, the sound likely confusing Aleron even more.

“Pain and pleasure often have similar expressions. This is sex. They are fucking, and rather hard, if I may add. It’s a good thing, and it feels nice. We do this to relieve ourselves of pent-up lust, or to be closer to our partner.”

“I... see,” Aleron mumbled, tilting his head at the couple. “I can see they are connected.”

Then, he cupped the end of his snout and rubbed at his fangs as he watched while deep in thought. His claws dug into Gideon’s hip a little deeper, like Aleron wanted to clutch him, but it was the one that tickled into the muscled vee of his pelvis that caused him to flinch.

Gideon stepped back and out of his reach, since his ears were a little too warm for comfort. He just put it up to suddenly becoming sensitive due to what they’d been witnessing.

“We probably should leave. It’s not polite to watch two people in the middle of sex without their permission.”

“No,” Aleron rejected. Rolling his eyes, he tried to yank on Aleron’s arm, but the big Duskwalker only pushed him away. “I want to see what happens.”

Throwing his hands into the air, he gave up, doubtful he’d be able to change his mind. He was fascinated in his peeping, and far too strong for Gideon to have a hope of forcibly controlling.

Instead, he turned, sat on the ground, and leant his back against the brick exterior of the house.They should stop soon, then we can move on.

“Oh! Oh!” Aleron exclaimed as he bounced from foot to foot. His bird-like feet patted the dirt and crushed the poor, unsuspecting garden of flowers and overgrown grass. “Ingram told me about this! He is putting his cock inside her pussy. Yes, now I understand. He did say it feels wonderful.”

At least he’s learned something new.Something Gideon didn’t need to further explain. However, his head shot back as realisation dawned.Ingram... said it feels wonderful?

Horror drained the heat straight from his face right before he scrunched it up in disgust.Oh! Ew! That means he... she... they probably fucked.

And he didnotwant to think about his little sister in this light. He shuddered at the image that materialised in his head. When he’d insinuated it with Emerie, he’d only been joking!

That means their kind do feel desire. How would it even fit?Another question he didn’t wish to know.

Gideon palmed his face before twisting his head to Aleron beside him.Guess he’ll go find himself his own woman at some point.His brows drew together tightly.Wait... can Aleron even have a partner now that he’s dead?

He mentally threw his hands up. He didn’t know, and he doubted Aleron would either.

Thankfully Aleron wasn’t getting hard. He was purely watching out of gross inquisitiveness rather than being a creep, peeping through a window and jerking off.

Still, it’s kind of saddening that he may not be able to have a... what did they call it? A bride?His gaze slipped to his wing resting over Gideon’s shoulder, watching as it brushed up and down with his bounces.Then again... doesn’t look like he really cares.

“The male is touching the flesh on her chest – why?”

Gideon blew a few strands of hair that had fallen across his brow, wishing it would just stay back. He usually would have used some kind of paste to slick his hair back.

“Her breasts?” While keeping one leg straight, he drew up the knee of the other and rested his forearm across it. “Nipples are sensitive. It generally feels nice when someone touches your chest.”

“It does? So I should do this?”

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