Nathan grinned wickedly. “I mean everyone would be able to see if I whipped out your dick and jerked you off like you wanted.”
Josh blushed. “Who said that’s what I wanted?”
“Your eyes and that woody said it all for you.” Nathan put his arms around Josh. Josh held on to his forearms, his cock aching when it brushed Nathan’s. Despite their very public situation, Josh moved closer, taking advantage of the way treading water gave him a good excuse to thrust back and forth against Nathan’s dick.
“Naughty boy, are you trying to get me as hard as you?”
“Uh-uh.” Josh shook his head but did it again.
Grinning, Nathan slipped his hand all the way down the back of Josh’s trunks, his middle finger caressing the crack.
Josh trembled and his cock throbbed harder. “Oh my God, you’re wicked,” Josh said, his dick at full mast now.
“I am very wicked. But in the nicest ways,” Nathan said, withdrawing his hand.
“Don’t,” Josh said, surprising himself. He surprised himself further when he said, “Put it in me.”
“What?”
Shyly but wanting it more than he’d ever wanted anything, Josh watched the water between them, then gazed into Nathan’s eyes, embarrassed but determined. “Your finger, stick it in me.”
“You sure? There’s people around.”
“We’ll move so my back is facing away from everyone. Just a little bit,” he pleaded. “Just one.”
“You kinky bastard.” Nathan chuckled, moving them in the water so his bigger body shielded Josh from view of the other snorkelers.
Josh didn’t know where kinky Josh had come from, but he knew then he wasn’t above begging. “Please, just real quick. Stick it in me.”
Grinning, Nathan glanced around, then slid his hand back into Josh’s trunks.
“Just one finger and just a little bit?” Nathan’s voice was colored with humor and desire, his hand unmoving on Josh’s bare cheek.
Josh should’ve been ashamed of himself, but he wasn’t. “Yes, please.”
And then Nathan prodded at his hole, the water helping the finger slip inside. He wriggled it a little.
“Fuck,” Josh moaned.
Gazing at Josh’s face and eyelids drooping with lust, Nathan curled his middle finger. He pulled on Josh’s ring, then pushed in a little bit more.
Then it was gone before Josh could even register how good it felt.
“Okay, I did it,” Nathan said, giggling.
But Josh wasn’t laughing. “Tease,” he said when Nathan’s hand slipped out of his swim trunks.
So keyed up and hungry, he looked around. Most of the faces were underwater, which might make fooling around underwater risky. But they were probably all looking down at the reef anyway, and there was something about Nathan that brought out Josh’s never-before-discovered wild side.
“Do it again,” he said. “But a little longer this time.”
Nathan grinned, and the water splashed around them. Then his hand slipped back inside, the largeness of it on both cheeks, his middle finger prodding at the hole again. Shimmers of pleasure raced over Josh’s body.
“Get in deeper,” Josh told him.
“You’re impossible to tell no, ya know that?” Nathan said, inching his finger in deeper and tickling his prostate for the barest moment.
Pleasure he couldn’t fathom ripped through him.
When Nathan went to withdraw, Josh seized his hand and held him in place. “Give me one more.”
“You’re crazy,” Nathan whispered in his ear, their legs tangled as they treaded water. But he pushed in another finger, the sting making Josh hiss and grab Nathan’s strong biceps. The thump of his pulse drowned out the ocean and music playing on the catamaran. It shocked Josh how much he liked Nathan touching him there. He knew he was sensitive, but… damn! The sting and stretch, the warmth of a man’s fingers moving in and out of his ass, trying to get deeper.
He’d never felt anything like it!
When Nathan pushed in all the way and prodded at his prostate, Josh let out a gasp. He convulsed once, and without warning, his cock shot hard and fast. He held on to Nathan, trembling as his body emptied itself.
“Shit, you’re coming,” Nathan whispered. Then he drove his fingers deeper and pressed that spot harder until Josh gasped from the sharp, more pleasurable sensation.
As Josh rode out the waves of orgasm, Nathan was trembling and gasping too. When Josh’s vision returned, Nathan’s skin seemed to glow. Nathan withdrew his fingers, and seawater cooled Josh’s stimulated flesh.
Breathless and spent, Josh held on to Nathan and kicked his feet a few times.
Chest heaving, Nathan stared at him, and the sunlight glinting in his eyes gave the illusion they were glowing. “You came.”
He let out an airy chuckle. “Yeah, I did.”
“Oh my God, I can’t believe you did that,” Nathan declared.
Josh laughed, mortified he’d come so fast, yet pleased Nathan seemed to like it. Every experience with Nathan left him off-kilter but so desperate for more.
“I didn’t think that would happen,” Nathan told him. “I mean, not without….” He stopped talking and shook his head. Then he dunked his head, stayed under for a moment before resurfacing with his mouth gaped. He groaned. “Damn, Josh.”
“I have more surprises than that up my sleeve,” Josh promised, though at the moment, he didn’t know what they might be. He gazed into Nathan’s eyes, a cloud casting them in shadow so they looked normal again. “I can’t help it, you do things to me.”
“I didn’t do anything to you,” he said in a rush.
“What?”
“Oh, you mean my fingers,” he said, face scrunched in confusion.
Josh shook his head at his weirdness. “No, I meant you bring out my naughty side.”
“Oh, yeah, I knew that’s what you meant.”
Josh looked around, and everyone was still underwater. It was all so fast he didn’t think the other passengers could know what happened. Most were on the other side of the catamaran, and all the nearby snorkels and flippers indicated their users were paying attention to the reef, not them.
Nathan was still staring at him.
“What?” Josh said.
“I can’t believe you came that easy, without any….” He hesitated, then took a few shaky breaths. “Extra help. I didn’t see it coming. That was so fucking hot.”
“You just….” He paused and touched Nathan’s face. “Everything’s new and so intense.”
“Yeah,” Nathan said. “Intense.”
Treading water and trying not to kick each other with the fins, they smiled, gazing into each other’s eyes and letting the moment and their connection wash over them.
Josh wanted to listen to Clare’s advice and not get ahead of himself, not overthink everything. To do as Aaron said and just have fun. And he was having fun. So much fun!
But there was more going on between Josh and Nathan. All Josh could think about was being with him, touching him, laughing with him. Making love. Nathan made Josh feel alive—something he hadn’t been before. Maybe never had been, until he met Nathan.
And that both terrified and exhilarated Josh.
“Twenty minutes!” someone from the boat yelled, shattering the moment.
They moved apart. Nathan ducked under the water, then lingered, surfacing so only his mouth was exposed.
“You know there’s cum in that water,” Josh said.
Nathan laughed and popped his head up, yanking his mask off. “I do know,” he said, teasing Josh’s cock. “I’m the one who put it there.” He gave Josh an arrogant grin.
“You did,” Josh agreed. He reached down and fondled Nathan for a moment too. Nathan was hard as steel. “Now I owe you two.”
Nathan grinned. “Can’t wait to be paid in full.”
“Until that time, maybe we should snorkel for the next twenty minutes so this can go down and you can get back on the
boat with some measure of dignity.”
Chapter Nine
“YOU WANTED to see me, Nathan?” The captain sat behind a big oak desk, his white uniform crisp and perfect as always.
“Yes, sir.”
“Have a seat,” the captain said, attention on his paperwork.
Nathan looked around the room while he waited for the captain to finish. There were quite a few magical artifacts and photographs of Raoul and the captain scattered among books and shipping charts.
When Nathan looked back at the captain, he found the demigod studying him.
“You seem well,” the captain observed. “Have you fed recently?”
Nathan couldn’t have wiped the stupid grin off his face had he tried. He still could not wrap his head around how easily Josh came. Ordinarily Nathan worked hard or at least had some foreknowledge that an orgasm was coming. But Josh had come so fast and so unexpectedly, it had been like a sucker punch of power, tearing through Nathan’s body and stealing his breath.
He’d felt it, effervescent and alive in the water, even dunking his head to immerse himself in its entirety. And it had been a powerful orgasm, just as intense and sweet as the night before, but without any of the foreplay.
Josh’s sexual energy was like nothing Nathan had experienced. Sweet, hungry, and eager, but so overwhelmingly intense. He didn’t know if it was sweetened by his growing affection for Josh or something else, but Nathan couldn’t get enough. Nor did he know where the control came from, not being balls-deep inside Josh this very instant, fucking him until Josh gave him more of that sweet power. His mouth began to water, and his demon purred its approval.
Josh had no idea what he was doing to Nathan’s demon, or how much that shocking orgasm today flamed a ravenous hunger within him.
But it wasn’t like he could tell the captain any of that.
“Yes, I have,” Nathan answered.
The captain tipped his head to the side in confusion. “You must be getting stronger and better able to control your energies, because I didn’t feel anything.”
It had been embarrassing at first, and a motivator to get his powers in check, when he realized every fairy and the captain could tell when Nathan had an orgasm. Not wanting to lie to the captain, he said, “I didn’t, um, you know? Just him.”
Nathan’s face went hot. He used to experience arrogance and pride when he talked about his sexual exploits, and while embarrassing at first, once he got used to the idea that the other fairies knew he’d had sex, he’d gotten a thrill out of it. But Josh’s pleasure was private, and he didn’t think his shy but adventurous lover would appreciate Nathan giving too many details.
“I see,” the captain said. “As long as everything is mutual.”
“Yes, very mutual.” Nathan had never been given an orgasm so freely and without effort.
Nathan had thought they were playing around, then bam! Josh’s orgasm had torn through him so fast, his vision went red. Thankfully Josh had been too busy shooting ropes of cum into the ocean at the time to notice.
“Very well. What do you wish to speak with me about?” The captain steepled his fingers beneath his chin, brow furrowed.
“The Timbers family? Did you find out what was going on?”
“Raoul told me about the incident, and I’ve looked into it,” the captain said. “There doesn’t seem to be anything unsafe, just a private family with normal issues. But the staff has been alerted and is watching them closely.”
“Oh, that’s good to hear.”
“It’s unlike you to be so nosey.”
“Yes, well…,” Nathan hedged. “Josh is worried about her. And he asked me to find out what was happening.”
The captain studied Nathan in that penetrating way that often left Nathan wondering if he could read minds. “You are becoming rather attached to this human, I take it?”
Without hesitation, Nathan said, “Yes, I am.”
“I am not your father and cannot tell you what to do, but I will caution you to proceed with extra care. He is a human after all. Not all humans react well when they discover they’re sleeping with a demon.”
Chagrined, Nathan nodded.
After being dismissed, Nathan stewed over the captain’s advice.
Nathan was a demon, but dammit, he was a human too!
And he cared about Josh, not just for his intense sexual energy. He loved the cute way his shy smile hid an adventurous soul. They had fun together and a lot in common, like their love of books and eighties music. He loved the way Josh saw life in music.
Nathan had listened to “Innocent Man” several times and could all but feel Josh’s two sides battling within himself—on one shoulder the “some people” telling Josh to steer clear of the edge, and on the other the “innocent man” telling Josh not to lie down and die but to take the risk on love.
Nathan too could understand the battle within, the fear of taking a risk. But for Josh, Nathan was willing to open his heart and put it all on the line. The weight of loneliness lessened when Josh was near. Nathan feared how much he would miss Josh when the cruise ended. He wanted to pursue more than a shipboard romance.
He wanted a chance at something real, lasting.
But would Josh ever accept a man who was part demon? Putting aside his fear that Josh might only want Nathan for the sex, like the fairies, what if Josh shunned the whole paranormal world? Then what?
Good mood deflated somewhat, Nathan headed to the Aruba Lounge. He and Roxy had a duet of Christmas songs tonight before karaoke. Josh promised to come watch Nathan perform. While he had been excited to show off in front of Josh, the captain’s words echoed caution and risk in his mind.
Nathan found Roxy behind the bar, slicing lemons. She only had a few patrons, as most people were still on the island, and those who’d returned were preparing for dinner and the Best Dressed Elf costume party on the pool deck.
“Hey,” Nathan said.
“You look like you found a lump of coal in your stocking,” Roxy observed.
Roxy was a witch, and lucky for her chosen profession, she had an uncanny ability to read human emotions as an empath.
But Nathan was part demon and could block any of her psychic abilities.
Roxy sensed his block and was smart enough to know that meant the discussion was over.
“You have a playlist for tonight?” she asked, back on business.
“No,” Nathan said, shoving his hands into his pockets. He glanced over to the small stage with two stools and microphones. “I figured we’d just take requests from the audience.”
“Sounds good. I’ve seen you talking to that guy with the loud family.”
“Josh,” Nathan supplied, unable to stop the smile even as he said his name.
Yes, the captain might have been right and things could get sticky if Nathan told Josh the truth, but weren’t all relationships sticky? Not that Nathan had ever had one, but he’d witnessed his fair share. Every couple had things they needed to work out, didn’t they?
So if what he and Josh had was meant to last, they would work it out, right?
“He’s coming to see us tonight,” Nathan said, sitting at the bar across from her.
“He’s a very sensitive one,” Roxy said. “Thought you should know.”
Though Roxy was just sharing some of her empathetic wisdom, Nathan didn’t need the tidbit. Josh himself had told Nathan his heart was on his shirtsleeve with all the shy smiles and confessions he’d already shared.
“Don’t worry,” Nathan said, more to himself than Roxy. “I won’t hurt him.”
“Good to know.”
“I find that hard to believe,” a snide voice said from off to Nathan’s right.
“And what’s that supposed to mean, Kevin?” Nathan asked his fellow ship’s photographer.
Kevin slid lightly onto the stool beside Nathan, wearing a skeptical expression. “Everyone on board knows you’re a heartbreaker.”
Nathan wasn’t in the mood for Kevin�
�s jealous snit. Several months back, they’d had sex—more than willing sex on Kevin’s part. Nathan had been totally up-front, just like he had been with all his paranormal lovers. He’d needed to feed and wasn’t interested in a relationship.
Funny, but he couldn’t stop thinking about a relationship with Josh.
Nathan didn’t waste time defending himself. Instead, he asked, “Do you think you could take my shift tomorrow night?”
Nathan had hoped to free up the evening so he could spend it with Josh.
“What’s in it for me?” Kevin raised his perfectly sculpted brows, though Nathan knew they just grew that way naturally.
“That I’ll switch shifts with you when you need me to,” Nathan said, as if it wasn’t obvious.
“No,” Kevin said. “I want incubus sex.”
Roxy nearly dropped the glass in her hand as she choked on a laugh.
Nathan shook his head at Kevin’s brash demand.
But then something happened that shocked him more than Kevin’s offer.
Ordinarily, the mention of sex or the proximity of people having sex would cause his demon to thrash with excitement, wanting to be involved in whatever sex was available. He could detect others having sex and feed off that energy too, though it was more like a cracker when you were starving, not the Thanksgiving Day feast that was an orgasm.
But not even a stir of arousal happened just now.
For the first time in his entire life, the mention of sex did nothing. It was like his demon gagged at the thought of touching Kevin, then went completely dormant.
What the hell?
The fairy sitting next to him had a nasty attitude and a spiteful streak Nathan didn’t want any part of, but his demon should’ve been intrigued by the offer, not grossed out. Fae sex was powerful fuel for incubi, and even though he didn’t like the guy, if the offer had come last week, he would’ve taken him up on it.
But that was before I met Josh….
Confused by his demon but in total agreement with it, Nathan shook his head. “I’ll pass, Kevin. I’m seeing someone.”
Roxy and Kevin gaped.
“What?” Nathan demanded.
“I didn’t think an incubus could turn down sex,” Roxy said.
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