Page 30 of A Soul to Steal

Well, that wasn’t entirely true. Neither knew how long they’d been stuck in Tenebris with each other. It’d seemed like a sleepless forever.Maybe it’s been two or three weeks?Then again, the passage of time in Tenebris felt wonky, and his estimation could be grossly inaccurate.

He said he was curious, and Gideon was too. He’d been intrigued about this Duskwalker for a while now, their prolonged, uninterrupted companionship giving him thoughts and feelings he probably shouldn’t be considering. He just hadn’t wanted to act on them since he thought Aleron wouldn’t want it.

Gideon decided to try and let go of the past. He could have a future here, and the idea of having Aleron in it permanently was starting to bring him contentment.

Let’s just get this over and done with.His cock throbbed at the thought.Shit. Stop that!The idea of getting hard when Aleron may grow uncomfortable only caused mortification to singe his nape.

Gideon raised his right hand, unable to deny how much it shook in nervousness, and reached it towards Aleron’s neck.Just go slow.Sometimes relationships could start off weird and uncomfortable.I gave him my conditions, so hopefully he’ll tell me to stop if he doesn’t like something.

“You should start in places that aren’t intimate and work your way from there. Sometimes those touches can matter more.”

The moment his fingertips brushedintothe long, furry collar surrounding Aleron’s neck, his lips parted on a gasp. Although it was fluffy and undeniably soft, it didn’t feel fuzzy like every other fabricated thing here in this false world. The strands werefibrous, but silky.It feels real.He should have known that by the scraping roughness of Aleron’s palm.

Trying to watch out for anything negative in Aleron’s body signals, he dug his fingers deeper until he was able to caress down to the root of his fur. He touched lightly, and Aleron leaned into it, the arches of his wings twitching. When Gideon scratched his nails into him instead, wondering if more pressure felt better, his orbs turned black and Aleron stretched his neck out for him.

Okay, that’s a good sign.

Gideon pushed his other hand into the fur of his chest, only to pause the moment his fingertips caressed something hard. Parting his black fur just enough to peek through, he discovered he’d touched a protruding rib bone. He continued to search, moving fibres to the side, until he found his sternum – stark white and protruding as well.

The strangeness of bone on the outside of his body should have been off-putting, but Gideon found he kind of liked it. Silkiness surrounded his fingertips from the fur, the bone just as nice, but the flesh surrounding it was hot. Even his other hand felt heat when he glided it to the back of Aleron’s neck so he could scratch down the nape of it and over his shoulder, causing his wings to twitch even more.

“Is this alright?” Gideon asked, touching at the bone.

Oddly enough, his mouth grew parched, when not once since waking up in this world had he felt thirsty or even hungry.I guess I’ve grown used to all his features.Not even the new ones were truly startling to him; they were just another fascinating aspect of this monster.

Aleron nodded, and he allowed himself to be more confident. He shoved his hand to the side, trying to figure out if he had nipples under all this fur to play with.

Just as the pad of his middle finger grazed something small and firm, Aleron’s chest dipped forward. The tiniestgrowlradiated from between his fangs. He paused, his eyes widening since it was the first time, other than when they’d met... that Aleron had growled.

The hairs on the back of his neck stood on end at the same time a tingle raced down his spine.

“Yes, still fine,” Aleron rasped, and he wasn’t sure if it was huskier or not. He gripped Gideon’s hand to press it firmly against his chest. “I was surprised.”

Who the fuck growls because something surprises them?

Yet, when Gideon grazed his nipple again, another rumble vibrated from Aleron.

“Aleron,” Gideon warned.

“Leave me be, human. I do not know why I am reacting this way,” Aleron answered curtly. “You gave me your conditions, and I have not said ‘stop,’ as you have asked of me.”

So, he was supposed to just go against his human instincts when something was snarling at him to stop irritating it? He almost wanted to roll his eyes, but he decided he would try to ignore Aleron’s unnerving response.

He slipped his other hand down so it could join the first in fumbling around his furry chest. He attempted to grip around the hardness of rib bones in order to squish whatever muscle Aleron had beneath his flesh. He wasn’t as plump as Gideon’s muscles made him, but there was some softness there. It elicited a warmer response, as a contented ‘hum’ came from his throat.

“Anything?” Gideon asked as he flicked his thumb over his nipple again, gaining a less feral growl, while his other hand descended slowly down his hard body.

Lustrous fur greeted him everywhere he went, and it didn’t take him long to admit that he enjoyed the feel of it slipping through his fingers. It disappeared around his navel, until heeventually brushed over scales. Even they were nice to touch, lightly textured.

“I am... unsure.”

Gideon wished he could say the same thing. The more he touched Aleron, the stiffer his own dick grew. It was only semi-hard, though; the thing stopping him from truly growing erect was the shaky uncertainty of this.

The moment Gideon glided the pads of his fingers down a seam of fur at Aleron’s pelvis, his orbs flickered purple. His fangs parted slightly to let out a gruff exhale as his entire abdomen clenched.

Not once since they’d met had Aleron’s orbs morphed to purple. He decided to make an assumption on the colour’s meaning.

“Here?” he asked, tickling that seam with an up and down motion. Bright purple persistently flickered, and Aleron’s maw parted further. “Considering I’ve never seen it, I figured it could be hidden inside you or something.”

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