Hello everyone! A warm welcome back to you all, I've missed you.
I know, I know, it has been a horrendously long time since I've uploaded a chapter and I don't like it any more than you do. However, life simply happens the way it does and I haven't been able to upload sooner. If it's any consolation, this is a loooooong chapter for you to enjoy ;D
As always, a heartfelt thank you to LiterKnight for editing my work. Her honest views on my writing are deeply appreciated as ever.
Enjoy <3
***Dante***
What a day...
Aurora was softly, yet excitedly, talking about everything and nothing as we leisurely strolled down the pavement. The moon had nearly vacated the sky and the rising colors in the eastern sky indicated the sun would soon appear. I looked at Aurora as she walked beside me, vividly trying to elaborate her words with extensive hand gestures, and couldn't help but smile.
Today, she transformed and grew in more ways than one, and I was so immensely proud and happy to experience the delightful woman that had been hidden underneath all that trauma. Her resilience and the way she adjusted to this new life were beyond admirable. Without thinking, I wrapped an arm around this delicate angel of mine and pulled her close to me, placing a kiss on her hair and chuckling as she still tried to avidly subtitle her words with her hands.
We had been strolling and chatting for quite some time now, walking in the general direction of home when I began recognizing landmarks and street names, and realized we were nearing the factory. A yearning smile crept upon my face as I thought of seeing Cyrea and Layla again.
Ever since I claimed the both of them, I hadn't really been away from them for very long, and after such an eventful day like today, I was especially looking forward to holding them again. My demon grumbled lecherously in my mind - oh yes, we were
very
much looking forward to holding them again.
A melodious giggle to my side pulled me out of the lusty fantasies my demon was flooding me with. My mind's eye shifted its focus from steamy memories mixed with fantasies to what my eyes were looking at, and I realized I was staring at Aurora wearing a rather naughty grin on her face.
"Eager to go home?" she mused with a knowing smile.
I chuckled.
"Yes, actually..." I confessed with a grin.
Aurora giggled again. "I could tell..." she replied and gave me a meaningful look.
I chuckled again and glanced at the cheerful angel to my side. The passing street lights lit up the scars on her skin and I swallowed hard.
"About that..." I drawled and cleared my throat, suddenly feeling uncomfortable. "Since you'll be staying with us, I do need to be honest with you... When I'm making love to you I'm more or less gentle with you and don't want to... uhm... be overly assertive. However..." I mumbled, trying to find words that were both delicate and direct enough to convey what I was about to say.
Aurora's melodious giggle took me by surprise.
"Let me guess... With your succubi you aren't," she surmised with a knowing grin and a humored look in her eyes.
I cleared my throat and looked back to the pavement again, occupying my eyes with the pattern in the pavement tiles as we walked over it.
"Not exactly, no," I answered slowly and cleared my throat again.
I wasn't really comfortable telling Aurora my demon could make me just as lust crazy as the very demons who had raped her...
With a sigh I continued, "It's just... Once in a while my demon feels the need to reassert his claim on my succubi. When that happens it's really hard to control him, and well... Things get...rough," I tried telling her without going into too much detail.
I carefully monitored our bond but could not detect any anxiety or fear coming off of her. In fact... She giggled again and playfully bumped into me with her shoulder as we walked.
"Did you really expect me to believe you were just as gentle with your succubi as you were with me? Please..." she chuckled with a knowing smile. "I know firsthand how wild and rough demons can get during sex and I know you'll be no different with your succubi," she stated matter-of-factly.
I just looked sheepishly at her.
"Well... Yes..." I mumbled, although I would have chosen subtler words when trying to explain it.
Aurora took my hand in hers and stopped walking. She wore a shy smile on her face before she cast her eyes down to stare at our intertwined hands.
"I know you'll control yourself when you're with me, and that is more than I could ever ask of you," she said softly. "I don't mind if you're rough with your succubi, Dante. Please, don't feel like you need to hold back for my sake. I don't want to be a bother like that," she said, squeezing my hand.
I let out a deep sigh. That went way better than expected.
"Thank you for understanding..." I mumbled and pulled her close to me for a quick hug and a soft kiss. Aurora flowed into my embrace and answered my kiss with a delighted purr.
"Honestly, I'm relieved you feel this way, because it's practically impossible to live with us and not be exposed to us having sex," I mumbled against her lips.
Aurora chuckled in my embrace and dragged her tongue along my lip before breaking the kiss.