quickly. “No, no, I wasn’t one of them. I’ve always been here in New England. What they did over there got so out of hand that they were recalled, every one of them. I hope you know me well enough to know that I’d never play with humans like that.”
I nodded, pressing as close as I could. The irony wasn’t lost on me that he could play with this human all he wished.
“But it is—how shall I say this?—within our rights to become partners with life on this planet. To better understand and relate to it. We can also bestow a bit of our own power on those whom we wish to reward. We do this by letting them take part in our rituals. Or even observe our rituals.” He paused a second. “You see where I’m going?”
Yeah , I thought. I was getting it in a big way. Now I understood what the lightning and thunder that hadn’t been lightning and thunder had meant. I’d had certain—things—bestowed upon me. Instantly I began to search my mind for how I was different. Other than being passionately in love, I felt pretty normal.
It hit me that it was going to be really hard to go back to my apartment or to the bank after this, though. The pull of this place, this lake, had been growing steadily all day, though I hadn’t recognized it until now. It was all bound up in the pull of him .
“Yes, I can see you’re feeling it, Kyle. You’ve always had the right natural instincts. You just understand them better now.”
I nodded.
“But I still feel really bad that this happened to you with no warning, without your consent. That’s why I thought I should just leave before the bond was fully formed. While you still might have gone back. Because now—you’re mine, Kyle, as wholly as the maidens Zeus took for his own. Unless you really, really want me to let you go? I could, if I had to.”
I answered that by pressing my mouth to his. Did he think I was crazy? For the first time in my life, I felt like something really good was happening. What downtrodden waif hadn’t dreamed of being chosen by a god? Even if accidentally.
Or had it been an accident?
Our kiss was making things start happening inside his jeans that I didn’t think he was going to be able to control much longer. I knew because the same things were happening inside my trunks. I really wanted our clothing to disappear.
“Are you sure? Because you walking away isn’t really going to be an option much longer.” His breathing was coming hard. “You’re shifting all kinds of balances inside me right now that are going to mean I won’t be able to work without you soon.”
I felt a burst of joy. I would be able to help him!
In answer I pulled him in the direction of the tent behind us. For a long, final moment, Jon held out, searching my eyes. Then we broke apart just long enough to get inside and out of our clothes. I lay on my back on the top sleeping bag, and he was over me and moving between my legs in a hot, smooth rush. I thrilled to the sensation.
He groaned. “Now I know what all the fuss in Greece was about. I had no idea how incredible this feels.”
I felt myself flushing, still not sure why someone like him could see anything in me. But I didn’t care as he took hold of my wrists again, this time spreading my arms out to the sides and pinning them there. Until he saw a length of thin rope meant for tying down the fly in a high wind, which I’d just tossed inside to get out of the way.
“Oh, Kyle,” he said, looking from it to me. The burn in his eyes grew brighter.
For just an instant, I was afraid again. But I was afraid of being afraid, I realized, and that was a whole lot different from being afraid of him. I held out my wrists.
Soon I was trussed so tightly I couldn’t even breathe, and I didn’t care. Ankles, knees, my arms bound behind me, a loop around my neck, another around my forehead. He didn’t blindfold me this time, so I could watch him going through my duffle bag until he found what he was looking for.
My
I nodded, pressing as close as I could. The irony wasn’t lost on me that he could play with this human all he wished.
“But it is—how shall I say this?—within our rights to become partners with life on this planet. To better understand and relate to it. We can also bestow a bit of our own power on those whom we wish to reward. We do this by letting them take part in our rituals. Or even observe our rituals.” He paused a second. “You see where I’m going?”
Yeah , I thought. I was getting it in a big way. Now I understood what the lightning and thunder that hadn’t been lightning and thunder had meant. I’d had certain—things—bestowed upon me. Instantly I began to search my mind for how I was different. Other than being passionately in love, I felt pretty normal.
It hit me that it was going to be really hard to go back to my apartment or to the bank after this, though. The pull of this place, this lake, had been growing steadily all day, though I hadn’t recognized it until now. It was all bound up in the pull of him .
“Yes, I can see you’re feeling it, Kyle. You’ve always had the right natural instincts. You just understand them better now.”
I nodded.
“But I still feel really bad that this happened to you with no warning, without your consent. That’s why I thought I should just leave before the bond was fully formed. While you still might have gone back. Because now—you’re mine, Kyle, as wholly as the maidens Zeus took for his own. Unless you really, really want me to let you go? I could, if I had to.”
I answered that by pressing my mouth to his. Did he think I was crazy? For the first time in my life, I felt like something really good was happening. What downtrodden waif hadn’t dreamed of being chosen by a god? Even if accidentally.
Or had it been an accident?
Our kiss was making things start happening inside his jeans that I didn’t think he was going to be able to control much longer. I knew because the same things were happening inside my trunks. I really wanted our clothing to disappear.
“Are you sure? Because you walking away isn’t really going to be an option much longer.” His breathing was coming hard. “You’re shifting all kinds of balances inside me right now that are going to mean I won’t be able to work without you soon.”
I felt a burst of joy. I would be able to help him!
In answer I pulled him in the direction of the tent behind us. For a long, final moment, Jon held out, searching my eyes. Then we broke apart just long enough to get inside and out of our clothes. I lay on my back on the top sleeping bag, and he was over me and moving between my legs in a hot, smooth rush. I thrilled to the sensation.
He groaned. “Now I know what all the fuss in Greece was about. I had no idea how incredible this feels.”
I felt myself flushing, still not sure why someone like him could see anything in me. But I didn’t care as he took hold of my wrists again, this time spreading my arms out to the sides and pinning them there. Until he saw a length of thin rope meant for tying down the fly in a high wind, which I’d just tossed inside to get out of the way.
“Oh, Kyle,” he said, looking from it to me. The burn in his eyes grew brighter.
For just an instant, I was afraid again. But I was afraid of being afraid, I realized, and that was a whole lot different from being afraid of him. I held out my wrists.
Soon I was trussed so tightly I couldn’t even breathe, and I didn’t care. Ankles, knees, my arms bound behind me, a loop around my neck, another around my forehead. He didn’t blindfold me this time, so I could watch him going through my duffle bag until he found what he was looking for.
My
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