Total pages in book: 53
Estimated words: 51038 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 255(@200wpm)___ 204(@250wpm)___ 170(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 51038 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 255(@200wpm)___ 204(@250wpm)___ 170(@300wpm)
“To Olympus.” I shake my head. “It’s not possible.”
“Why not? If they can cross to this realm, why can’t you cross over there?”
“I dunno. It’s just the rules.”
“If it’s just the rules, then someone made those rules. Which means the rules can change.”
“Anyway,” I sigh. Because this is a nowhere conversation if ever there was one. “What about the collar? You were pretty pissed off about that.”
“We’ll figure it out.”
“Yeah, we will, I guess. When I take you back to Apollo.”
“Are you going to take me back to Apollo?”
It’s an honest question. One I can’t really answer. Partly because if it comes down to me against Declan and Aric, I’m pretty sure one of them will come out on top way before I do. And partly because if I had a choice, no. I would keep her. If she was my type. And she might not be. “You could be my type,” I say. Trying to close the distance between us. “You are pretty.”
She smiles. And it’s a real, honest smile. “OK. Now we’re making progress.”
“You don’t care?” I ask. “That we’re all here to use you, Star?”
“I do, it’s just… I don’t think it’s going that way, Quaid. It was at first, but after being with Aric…” She shrugs.
“You like him.”
She nods. “I do. And he likes me too, I think.”
“So you want to be with him?”
“Well, he’s part of us. And I’m OK with it. Are you OK with it?”
“With you being with him?”
“Yes.” She winks at me. “I’ve heard that you’re one of those traditional guys. Suits, and ties, and monogamy.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
“Nothing. But there’s more than one way to be monogamous.”
I actually laugh. It’s not a hostile one, either. It’s just amusement. “You want all of us.”
“Why wouldn’t I?” She laughs too. “I mean, look at you, Quaid. I can’t see much with all those clothes on, but I’m pretty sure if you took that shirt off, you’d have abs I’d want to lick. And Aric’s cock is…” She sighs. “God, the things I could do with that cock.”
“What about Declan?” And to my surprise, again, my question is not heated. I’m just… intrigued. Because I’ve never heard of a woman who wanted three men all to herself. It’s fucking crazy. Especially when two of them are demigods.
“Oh, he just looks fun,” she giggles.
“What about me? I mean, besides the abs?”
“Well, you’re the serious one. Kind of opposite to Declan. But it works for you. Are you one of those considerate lovers, Quaid? Who likes to please?”
My guffaw is so loud, it actually startles her.
“What’s so funny?” she asks.
“No, Star. NO. I am not a considerate lover. I’m not picky about my women because I’m looking for a wife. I’m picky because I’m looking for a submissive. And I like to keep it neat, that’s all.”
“Oh. My god.” She puts her hand over her mouth and just blinks at me for a few moments. “You’re serious.”
“I’m dead fuckin’ serious.”
“Well. I totally had you all wrong. Why didn’t you just say so?”
“Say what? I like to spank and choke? And sometimes I can’t control it so I need to be very careful with the women I choose to sleep with? Trust me, that’s not how it’s done. In this day and age… well,” I let out a long breath. “I’m sure you understand.”
She studies me, probably running that one sentence over and over in her head. And sometimes I can’t control it… “So we need a safe word.”
“What?” I laugh again. “What do you know about safe words?”
“Believe it or not, I’m actually pretty traditional too. I’m picky about men. I don’t have one-night stands. I’m loyal, I guess. But I read a lot. Romance. Most of it the spicy variety. So I’m versed in what you’re talking about.”
I’m shaking my head. “If you think what you read in books describes what I’d want to do to you, you’re wrong.”
“What would you do to me? Spank and choke, obviously. But what else?”
“Control you, of course. Every part of your life.”
“So sharing would kind of put a damper on that?”
“Well, it would definitely be different. A different type of control, I mean.”
“You would want to control me when I was with them?”
I was getting to this, but it hadn’t fully manifested in my thoughts yet. “I could see it going that way, I guess.”
“Sounds fun.”
My eyebrows go up. “You’re joking.”
“I’m serious.”
“What would they think?” I nod my head towards the door.
Star shrugs. “I don’t think they’d agree every time we’re together, but they’d play along. Declan would definitely play along.”
She’s right. Declan would play along. He’s very easy going.
“He might even let you control him too,” Star adds. “Every once in a while.”
Which puts an intriguing spin on things. Controlling a couple? Now that’s not something you get a chance to do every day. “I hadn’t considered that,” I admit.