Page 45 of Outcast

Demons and gargoyles have insane stamina. I’d lost count of orgasms twenty minutes ago. Instead, every moment was a jolting mix of pleasure and intense pain as they used my body in some sort of dominance battle.

Kol was the first to break, a loud roar bursting free as he came, filling me from below. My body shuddered, clenching around them, and Monty wasn’t able to hold back, filling my ass right after.

They were careful as they untangled themselves from me. Monty didn’t let the shadows recede yet, letting the cold soothe me without the energy. I was grateful they’d pulled free, the ache was maddening.

“I think we broke her this time,” Kol mused with a rough laugh.

“She’ll be fine,” Monty said with no remorse or sympathy. “We couldn’t have done that if she were still human.”

If I could have told them to fuck off, I would have, but I couldn’t make my mouth open. Had I been human, I’d have passed out long ago.

Instead, my body slowly mended. Monty was attuned to me enough he knew the moment it was bearable and slowly pulled his shadows free.

“I’m going to shower. Alone. I no longer want any more sex,” I grumbled as I wrapped the sheet around myself, somehow climbing to my feet. Once I was steady, I headed for the door.

Neither monster followed me. Clearly things hadn’t changed with my humanity.

At least Roman and Hiro were waiting to give me the sweet contrast to my monsters’ harshness. They said nothing as I walked into the third-floor hallway, only taking my hand and leading me to the showers. The pair washed me in tandem before we went back to their old room, cuddling me between them on their bed.

In a moment that was purely Hiro, he pulled out his old mythology book from the drawer and read.

It took a solid hour for my body to recover fully and the fatigue to ebb away. The lack of sleeping was strange, but as if Helheim could sense my loss of power, it doubled its efforts, feeding a fresh supply into me until I felt like myself again.

“It’s kind of embarrassing that Helheim just helped me heal from being fucked by two psychos,” I blurted out. Hiro fumbled over the words he was reading before they burst into laughter.

“Only you would say something like that,” Roman said with a shake of his head. His hands trailed absently over my body, and I felt relaxed for the first time in a long time.

“What have you guys been up to?”

“Well, when those two ran after you, we figured we’d let the three of you battle it out. Which turned out to be the right choice,” Roman joked.

“Drake and I were talking about bucket lists. But then his mom had a nightmare, so he went off to help settle her,” Hiro added.

“Bucket lists?”

“Yeah, things we wanted to do before we died. But we’re a bit late for now,” Hiro explained. “Though I’m not complaining. I gained an entire body from my death. And immortality.”

“Now I want to know what was on your lists,” I said, sitting up and conjuring an oversized shirt and boxers to stay comfortable.

“It was cooking, but I knocked that out with the pizza,” Roman said with a hint of vulnerability. “It sounds like such a stupid little thing, but I never got the chance to learn.”

“You did amazing with the pizza,” I reassured him.

“That was only because Stravos and Layne helped,” he admitted. “I also wanted to swim in the ocean.”

“We can do all of those things still. As long as I do my job, we can go anywhere. To the ocean, visit big cities, take random vacations. We can have whatever life we want afterward.” I don’t know how long we can be away from the portal but I’d be willing to find out. “Odin gave us the ability to leave.”

For the first time in our entire existence, we had control of our future. It was a strange feeling.

“Only when we do his bidding,” Hiro pointed out.

“Let’s not anger the gods tonight with our words,” I said, turning to Hiro. “What’s on yours?”

“Driving.” Hiro laughed. “I never got the chance to learn. They don’t let you get a license with all the meds I had to take. I’d be a danger.”

“I bet Drake would get behind that one,” I said with a smile. “It’s stupid, but do you know what I always wanted to do?”

“What?” they asked. Their voices were eager and I didn’t hesitate to answer. Even in this new life they were my safe space.

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